ECONOMIC SURVEY
OF
HIMACHAL PRADESH
2016-17
Economics & Statistics Department
FOREWORD
Economic Survey is one of the budget documents which indicates the important economic activities and achievements of the Government. The salient features of the State of the economy of Himachal Pradesh during 2016-17 are presented in Part-I, and statistical tables on various subjects are given in Part-II.
I am thankful to all the departments and public undertakings for their co-operation in making available the material included in the Survey. The burden of collection and updating the huge and voluminous data and its presentation in a concise and inter-related form was borne by the Economics & Statistics Department. I appreciate and commend the work done by the officers and officials of this department.
Dr. Shrikant Baldi Additional Chief Secretary (Finance, Plg., and Eco. & Stat.) to the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh.
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Contents Pages 1. General Review 1 2. State Income and Public Finance 10 3. Institutional and Bank Finances 15 4. Excise and Taxation 32 5. Price Movement 35 6. Food Security and Civil Supplies 37 7. Agriculture and Horticulture 42 8. Animal Husbandry and Fisheries 58 9. Forest and Environment 66 10. Water Resource Management 70 11. Industries and Mining 72 12. Labour and Employment 75 13. Power 79 14. Transport and Communication 94 15. Tourism and Civil Aviation 98 16. Education 101 17. Health 115 18. Social Welfare Programme 122 19. Rural Development 134 20. Housing and Urban Development 141 21. Panchayati Raj 147 22. Information and Science Technology 149
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Part-I
ECONOMIC SURVEY-2016-17
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1. GENERAL REVIEW
Economic Situation at National `136.75 lakh crore as against Level `124.34 lakh crore in 2014-15 shows an increase of 10.0 percent 1.1 THE global macro during the year. The Gross Value Added economic landscape is currently (GVA) at basic prices witnessed a chartering a rough and uncertain terrain growth of 7.8 percent during characterised by weak growth of world 2015-16 (Base 2011-12) against the output. Indian’s growth story remained growth rate of 6.9 percent during the positive and registered a steady pace of previous year. The growth rate in Gross economic growth in 2016-17. However, Value Added during 2015-16 has been weak growth in advanced and emerging achieved due to the higher growth in economies has taken its toll on India’s Real estate, Ownership of dewellings exports. The economy having grown and Professional services 7.9 percent in 2015-16 is expected to (12.6 percent), Trade, Repair, Hotels & decline to 7.1 percent in 2016-17. Restaurant (11.6 percent), Transport, Communication and related services to
1.2 The macro economic Broadcasting (9.1 percent), parameters of fiscal deficit, current Manufacturing (10.6 percent), Mining & account balance and inflation have Quarrying (12.3 percent), Public shown signs of improvement whereas administration & Other Services (8.9 the savings and investment rates are percent) and Agriculture, Forestry & showing hardly any signs of revival. Fishing has shown an increase of 0.8 The Wholesale price inflation has been percent. in negative side for more than a year and Inflation in terms of Consumer Price 1.5 The per capita income at Index in this period continued to be half current prices is estimated at `94,178 what it was a year ago. Given the in 2015-16 as against `86,513 for the prevalent overall macroeconomic previous year recording an increase of scenario, the Indian economy seems to 8.9 percent. The per capita income in consolidate growth story. real terms i.e at 2011-12 prices, is estimated at `77,524 for 2015-16 as 1.3 The world views India as against `72,712 in 2014-15 registering the most vibrant economy but the an increase of 6.6 percent. developments over the last one year have resulted in an erosion of investor 1.6 The growth rate for the confidence. fiscal year 2016-17 is expected around 7.1 percent as per the advanced 1.4 The Gross Domestic estimates. Product (GDP) at constant prices, with new Base year i.e. 2011-12, in 2015-16 1.7 The inflation management is estimated at `113.58 lakh crore as was the key priority. The inflation rate, against `105.23 lakh crore in 2014-15. year–on-year, as measured by the At current prices Gross Domestic Wholesale Price Index (WPI), remained Product in 2015-16 is estimated at below 3 percent in the most part of the
1 current financial year (2016-17) in 1.9 The State Gross Domestic comparison to the previous years in Product (GSDP) at factor cost at current when it was as high as 7.3 percent. The prices, the GSDP is estimated at inflation rate in terms of Whole Sale `1,13,667 crore in 2015-16 as against Price Index was 3.4 percent in the `1,04,177 crore in 2014-15 showing an month of December, 2016 against increase of 9.1 percent during the year. (-)0.5 percent in the month of At constant (2011-12) prices in December,2015. The All India 2015-16 is estimated at `96,289 crore Consumer Price Index Number for as against `89,095 crore in 2014-15 Industrial workers was 2.2 percent in registering a growth of 8.1 percent December,2016 as against 5.9 percent during the year as against the growth during the period December, 2015. rate of 7.5 percent during the previous year. The increase in total State Economic Situation in Himachal Domestic Product is mainly attributed to Pradesh 12.3 percent in Community & Personal 1.8 In a short span of time of Services sectors, 11.0 percent in Himachal Pradesh has become a model manufacturing sector, 9.2 percent of development not for smaller States increase in Electricity, Gas & Water but for the bigger States of the country Supply, 8.6 percent increase in in the field of Education, Health, Transport and Trade, 7.5 percent in Horticulture, Social Welfare and Finance & Real estate. Whereas the inclusive growth. Today Himachal is Primary sector has shown a marginal known as most prosperous and fastest increase of 0.7 percent. Food-grains growing economy in the country. The production, which was 16.08 lakh MT economy of the State is expected to during 2014-15 has increased to 16.34 achieve a growth rate 6.8 percent in the lakh MT during 2015-16 and is targeted current financial year . at 16.45 lakh MT in 2016-17. The fruit production has increased by 23.5 percent i.e from 7.52 lakh MT in 2014- 15 to 9.29 lakh MT in 2015-16 and Growth Rate during 2016-17 (up to December, 2016)
8.5 production was 5.10 lakh MT.
8 8.1 1.10 The Per Capita Income at
7.5 7.5 current prices witnessed an increase of Percent 7 9.1 percent as it increased to `1,35,621 6.8 6.5 in 2015-16 from `1,24,325 in 2014-15.
6 1.11 As per the advanced estimates 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 and on the basis of economic conditions Year up to December, 2016, the likely growth rate for 2016-17 will be around 6.8 percent.
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TABLE 1.1 Key Indicators
Indicators 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16
Absolute Value %age change over previous year G.S.D.P.(`in crore) (a)At current prices 1,04,177 1,13,667 9.9 9.1 (b)At constant prices 89,095 96,289 7.5 8.1 Food grains production 16.08 16.34 1.5 1.6 (lakh tonne) Fruit production (lakh tonne) 7.52 9.29 (-) 13.2 23.5 Gross Value Added from Industrial Sector*( ` in crore) 25,436 26,662 8.0 4.8 Electricity generated (Million Units) 2,097 1573 7.4 (-) 25.0 Wholesale Price Index 181.2 176.7 2.0 (-) 2.5 C.P.I. for Industrial Workers(HP) 225 235 5.6 4.4 *At current price
1.12 The economic growth in growth still is being determined by the the State is predominantly governed by trend in agriculture and horticulture agriculture and its allied activities production. It is the major contributor to showed not much fluctuations during the total domestic product and has nineties as the growth rate remained overall impact on other sectors via input more or less stable. The economy has linkages, employment and trade etc. shown a shift from agriculture sector to Due to lack of irrigation facilities our industries and services as the agricultural production to a large extent percentage contribution of agriculture still depends on timely rainfall and and allied sectors in total State weather conditions. High priority has Domestic Product has declined from been accorded to this sector by the 57.9 percent in 1950-51 to 55.5 percent Govt. in 1967-68, 26.5 percent in 1990-91 and to 9.4 percent in 2015-16. 1.15 The State has made significant progress in the development 1.13 The share of industries and of Horticulture. The topographical services sectors respectively has variations and altitudinal differences increased from 1.1 & 5.9 percent in coupled with fertile, deep and well 1950-51 to 5.6 and 12.4 percent in drained soils favour the cultivation of 1967-68, 9.4 & 19.8 percent in 1990-91 temperate to sub-tropical fruits. The and to 25.2 and 43.9 percent in region is also suitable for cultivation of 2015-16. However, the contribution of ancillary horticultural produce like other remaining sectors showed a flowers, mushroom, honey and hops. favourable shift i.e. from 35.1 percent in
1950-51 to 21.5 percent in 2015-16. 1.16 During the year 2016-17
up to December, 2016, 5.10 lakh tonne 1.14 The declining share of of fruits were produced in the state and agriculture sector do not, however, it is envisaged to bring 3,000 hectares of affect the importance of this sector in the additional area under fruit plants against state economy as the state economic which 2,817 hectares of area has
3 already been brought under plantation sectoral activities to address climate and 7.53 lakh fruit plants of different change. species were distributed up to December, 2016. Growing of off-season 1.19 Information Technology vegetables has also picked up in the has a great scope for employment state. During the year 2015-16, 16.09 generation and revenue earnings. The lakh tonne of vegetables were produced HIMSWAN provides various G2G, G2C, as against 15.76 lakh tonne in 2014-15 G2B, e-Procurement & e-Samadhan etc. recorded a growth rate of 2.1 percent. systems to bring efficiency and It is anticipated that the production of off transparency in administration. season vegetables will be of the order of 15.00 lakh tonne in 2016-17. 1.20 Tourism is a major engine of economic growth, an important 1.17 In view of the growing source of revenue earnings and a need of the State economy, the generator of employment of diverse government has embarked upon a kinds. The State Govt. has also programme to provide uninterrupted developed appropriate infrastructure for continuous access to power supply in its development which includes the state. Several steps have been provision of public utility services, roads, taken for increasing power generation, communication network, airports, strengthening of transmission and transport facilities, water supply and distribution. As a source of energy civic amenities etc. As a result of high hydro power is economically viable, non- profile media thrust, a significant rise polluting and is environmentally has been noticed in the domestic as well sustainable. In order to restructure the as foreign tourist inflow during last few sector, the Power Policy of the State years as below:- attempts to address all aspects like capacity addition energy security, TABLE 1.2 access and availability, affordability, Tourist arrival (In lakh) efficiency, environment and assured Foreigners employment to people of Himachal. Year Indian Total Though the private sector participation 2005 69.28 2.08 71.36 2006 76.72 2.81 79.53 in terms of investments in this sector 2007 84.82 3.39 88.21 has been encouraging but the smaller 2008 93.73 3.77 97.50 projects has been reserved for investors 2009 110.37 4.01 114.38 from Himachal Pradesh only (up to 2010 128.12 4.54 132.66 2 MW) and preference will be given for 2011 146.05 4.84 150.89 projects up to 5 MW. 2012 156.46 5.00 161.46 2013 147.16 4.14 151.30 1.18 Himachal Pradesh 2014 159.25 3.90 163.15 continued to take ambitious targets in its 2015 171.25 4.06 175.31 actions in the area of climate change 2016 179.98 4.53 11111 184.51 mitigation. The State action plans on climate change aim to create 1.21 Containment of price is on institutional capacities and implement the priority list of government. Himachal
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Pradesh Working Class Consumer Price implemented for efficient and Index number during 2016-17 increased timely solutions. by 3.4 percent in December, 2016 as Himachal is the first State in the against 2.2 percent at National level. country to do away with the affidavits, where courts conditions 1.22 The annual plan for are not necessary. 2017-18 has been proposed at Social Security Pension `5,700.00 crore which will be increased from `600 to ` 650 per 9.6 percent higher than the plan size of month. current year 2016-17. Under the skill development scheme an allowance of `116 1.23 To fulfil the commitments crore has been distributed to towards public, a separate department 1,58,100 beneficiaries. of Redressal and Public Grievances All persons above the age of 80 under the direct supervision of the years and above are being Hon’ble Chief Minister has been set up provided an old age pension of in each of the public service oriented `1,200 per month irrespective of Departments to make this more efficient. any income limit except those Himachal Pradesh is the first state in the drawing any other pension. country to launch e-samadhan for 7.14 lakh Kisan Credit Cards redressal of public grievances. have been issued by the banks. Essential commodities are being 1.24 The priority of the supplied on subsidized rates to government has always been for Social 18,26,390 ration card holders in Welfare programmes. Concerted the State so as to save them from efforts have been made to improve the on- slaught of rising prices. the efficiency and quality of public Under Rajeev Gandhi Ann Yojna services delivery. identified beneficiaries are being Major achievements on the provided rice at the rate of `3/- path of Socio-Economic resurgence per Kg and wheat ` 2/- per Kg are:- every month.
To save and promote agriculture The State has been adjudged activities from the menace of best State in Education and stray animals, wild animals and inclusive growth in the country. monkeys the government has Himachal has been declared introduced the “Mukhya Mantri second State under Open Khet Sarkasan Yojna” under Defecation. 60:40 ratio. Under Smart City Mission Under Restructured weather Municipal Corporation Based Crop Insurance Dharmashala has been approved Scheme(R-WBCIS) total of by Government of India. 2,33,378 number of farmers have Under “Public Service Guarantee been covered till Rabi crop in Act” 119 services in 20 2016-17 season. departments has been To bring diversification in horticulture industry an area of
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79.693 hectares has been Swachh Bharat Mission is being brought under flower cultivation implemented in all the 12 districts upto December, 2016. of the State in project mode and To protect the horticulture Himachal is considered as a produce from hail storms the leading State in the field of government is providing subsidy Sanitation. of 80 percent on anti-hail nets. Under Matri Shakti Bima Yojna The WBCIS is being implemented all women in the age group of in 36 blocks for apple, 41 blocks 10-75 years, living below poverty for Mango, 15 blocks for Kinnow, line are covered in case of their 13 blocks for Plum and 5 blocks death or special ability. for Peach crops. Under Lal Bahadur Shastri To increase the productivity and Kamgar Avam Shahari Ajivika quality in Horticulture, the World Yojna, an amount of `1.50 crore Bank has funded `1,169.15 crore has been provided for wage project. employment in newly created/ During the financial year 2015-16, merged areas of Municipal 1,573 million units of electricity Councils/ Corporations in the were generated. Pradesh. 10,351 MW hydro power has 1,416 Kms roads/ paths/ streets been harnessed out of 27,436 and drain are being maintained MW identified potential which by 54 Urban Local Bodies. comes out to 37.73 percent. 208 beneficiaries were provided 10 L.E.D bulbs are being skill training under National Urban provided to domestic consumers Livelihood Mission. at cheaper rate from market. Special attention is being given to Investor meets organized in quality education and to achieve Mumbai, Bangluru, Ahmedabad the target of universalization of and New Delhi. elementary education under Under Mahatama Gandhi Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is National Rural Employment vigoursly implemented Guarantee scheme 160.31 lakh A programm named Prayas for Mandays have been generated the popularisation and innovation by providing Employment to in Science and Math was 4,31,933 households. launched for students of 6 to 8 Under Rajiv Awaas Yojana 846 class. houses are being constructed in Free education is being provided the State during current financial to girl students in the State upto year. University level. A new scheme of Mukhya Mantri The girl students studying in Awaas Yojana has been started classes IX to XII belonging to SC, in the current financial year for ST, OBC, minority communities the general category BPL and BPL families are being families. The unit cost of this provided with hostel facilities in scheme is `1,30,000/- the educationally backward blocks.
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Under Post Matric Scholarship to 277 couples have been SC/ST/OBC a total of 52,969 benefitted. students have been benefitted. Under Indira Gandhi Matritva Under Rajiv Gandhi Digital Sahyog Yojna there is provision Vidyarthi Yojna the student of 10th of cash incentive of `6,000 and & 12th have been provided 10,000 so far 4,717 women have been Notebooks. benefitted. To improve the quality education To provide financial assistance two govt., Sr. Sec. Schools have and support services to Rape been designated as Aadrash victims an amount of `75,000 is Model Schools in each being provided and 56 women Constituency of each district. have been benefitted under this To improve the educational status scheme. of the deprived section of the 23,875 childern have been society, various types of benefitted under Mother Teressa scholarships/ stipend are being Asahay Matri Sambal Yojana in provided by the State/ Central the current financial year. government at various stages. In order to ensure accountability, Three Medical colleges are being transparency, efficiency and to opened in districts of Chamba, improve service delivery Sirmaur and Hamirpur. mechanism to general public The State government has taken Web services has been started over the ESI Medical College in for all planning & special areas in Mandi district. the State. Under National Rural Health 25 percent exemption in bus fare Mission 95 Health Institutions are for woman in road transport has identified to provide 24 hours been started. emergency services. Under Rajiv Gandhi Panchyat More than one lakh smart cards Sashaktikaran Abhiyan the newly have been issued under Mukhya elected representatives of Mantri State Health Care Scheme Panchyati Raj Institutions will be to the selected families . provided training. Under “BETI HAI ANMOL Yojna” Himachal is the only State which 11,359 girls have been has provided horizontal benefitted. connectivity to 1,860 government BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO offices in the State. has been started in Una district of Under State Portal and State the Pradesh. Now this scheme Services Delivery Gateway, 57 has also been started in Kangra G2C services have been made and Hamirpur districts. available through this portal at Under Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan www.eserviceshp.gov.in Yojna 1,314 beneficiaries were Under Aadhaar scheme UID has covered upto December, 2016. been generated for more than Inter caste marriage grant has 72.46 lakh (100.69 percent) been increased from `25,000 to residents against the projected `50,000. During the current year population of 2015.
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Public Services Delivery Helpline The Per Capita Income has has been set up for the people of touched the level of the State. `1,35,621 in 2015-16 witnessing A facility of Toll Free telephone a growth of 9.1 percent over number has been set up for 2014-15 and is estimated at reporting the cases of corruption `1,47,277 in 2016-17. in the government departments.
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Table-1.3
Receipt and Expenditure of the State Government
( incrore) Item 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 (Actual) (Actual) (RE) (BE) 1.Revenue Receipts(2+3+4) 15711 17843 24514 26270 2.Tax Revenue 7612 8584 10239 11803 3.Non-Tax Revenue 1785 2081 2240 1668 4.Grant-in-aid 6314 7178 12035 12799 5.Revenue Expenditure 17352 19787 24765 26746 (a)Interest Payments 2481 2849 2950 3400 6.Revenue Surplus/Deficit(1-5) (-) 1641 (-) 1944 (-) 251 (-) 476 7. Capital Receipts 4619 13252 4812 6102 (a) Recovery of loans 17 41 17 18 (b) Other receipts 551 1684 900 1000 (c) Borrowings & liabilities 4051 11527 3895 5084 8.Capital Expenditure 4091 11207 5237 5847 9.Total Expenditure(5+8) 21443 30994 30002 32593 Plan expenditure 4714 6088 7480 7726 Non-plan expenditure 16729 24906 22522 24867
As Percent to the Gross State Domestic Product
1.Revenue Receipts(2+3+4) 16.58 17.13 21.57 21.09 2.Tax Revenue 8.03 8.24 9.01 9.48 3.Non-Tax Revenue 1.88 2.00 1.97 1.34 4.Grant-in-aid 6.67 6.89 10.59 10.27 5.Revenue Expenditure 18.31 18.99 21.79 21.47 (a)Interest Payments 2.62 2.73 2.60 2.73 6.Revenue Deficit/ surplus (1- 5) (-) 1.73) (-) 1.87 (-) 0.22 (-) 0.38 7.Capital Receipts 4.87 12.72 4.23 4.90 (a) Recovery of loans 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.01 (b) Other receipts 0.58 1.62 0.79 0.81 (c) Borrowings & liabilities 4.27 11.06 3.42 4.08 8.Capital Expenditure 4.32 10.76 4.61 4.69 9.Total Expenditure 22.63 29.75 26.39 26.16 Plan expenditure 4.97 5.84 6.58 6.20 Non-plan expenditure 17.66 23.91 19.81 19.96 Note:GSDP estimates for 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16(Q) & 2016-17(Advance).
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2. STATE INCOME AND PUBLIC FINANCE
Gross State Domestic Product 2.4 The economy of the State 2.1 Gross State Domestic also appears to be in resilient mode in Product (GSDP) or State Income is the terms of growth. As per advance most important indicator for measuring estimates, the growth rate of GSDP the economic growth of a State. during 2016-17 will be 6.8 percent.
According to quick estimates, the total 2.5 The table given below State Domestic Product for the year shows the growth of economy of 2015-16 is `96,289 crore against Himachal Pradesh during the last three `89,095 crore in 2014-15 thereby years:- registering a growth of 8.1 percent at Table 2.1 constant prices (Base:2011-12). (Percent) Year H.P. 2.2 As per the quick 2013-2014 7.1 estimates the value of Gross State 2014-2015(P) 7.5 Domestic Product of the Pradesh at 2015-2016(Q) 8.1 current prices which was estimated at `1,04,177 crore for 2014-15 Per Capita Income (Provisional estimates) increased to 2.6 According to quick `1,13,667 crore during 2015-16, estimates (New Series base 2011-12), registering an increase of about the Per Capita Income at Current prices 9.1 percent. This increase is attributed increased to `1,35,621 in 2015-16 from to the agriculture & allied activities `1,24,325 in 2014-15, showing an sector besides other sectors of the increase of 9.1 percent. At constant economy. The food grains production prices (2011-12) the Per Capita Income increased to 16.34 lakh MT in 2015-16 during 2015-16 is estimated at from 16.08 lakh MT in 2014-15 and also `1,13,447 against 1,05,774 in 2014-15 the production of apple increased to witnessing an increase of 7.3 percent. 7.77 lakh MT in 2015-16 from 6.25 lakh
MT in 2014-15. Sectoral Contribution 2.3 The economy of Himachal Pradesh is predominantly dependent 2.7 The sectoral analysis reveals upon agriculture and in the absence of that during 2015-16, the percentage strong industrial base, any fluctuations contribution of Primary Sector to total in the agricultural or horticultural GSDP of the State is 14.90 percent, production cause some changes in Secondary Sector 41.14 percent, economic growth also. During 2015-16 Transport, Communications and Trade about 9.4 percent of State income has 12.09 percent and Finance and Real been contributed by agriculture sector Estate 15.88 percent, Community and alone. Personal Services is 16.00 percent.
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2.8 The structural composition Primary Sector of the State economy witnessed significant changes during the decade. Primary Sector 2015-16 %age The share of agriculture including (`in crore) Inc. /dec. horticulture and animal husbandry 1.Agriculture and in GSDP had declined from 21.1 percent Animal Husbandry 9,446 3.0 2.Forestry & in 2000-01 to 9.4 percent in 2015-16, 3,741 (-) 5.2 yet the agriculture sector continues to Logging occupy a significant place in the state 3. Fishing 81 10.6
4. Mining & economy and any fluctuation in the 262 7.6 Quarrying production of food grains/ fruits affect the economy. The share of primary Total Primary 13,530 0.7 sector which include agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining & quarrying 2.11 Primary sector, which has declined from 25.1 percent in includes Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, 2000-01 to 14.9 per cent during Mining and Quarrying, during 2015-16, 2015-16. witnessed growth rate of 0.7 percent.
2.9 The Secondary sector, Secondary Sector which occupies the second important place in the state economy has Secondary Sector 2015-16 %age witnessed a major improvement since (` in crore) Inc. /dec. 1990-91. Its contribution increased from 1. Manufacturing 24,816 11.0 26.5 percent in 1990-91 to 41.1 percent 2. Construction 7,918 4.1 in 2015-16, reflecting healthy signs of 3. Electricity, Gas & 8,195 9.2 industrialisation and modernisation in Water Supply the State. The share of the electricity, Total Secondary 40,929 9.3 gas and water supply sector which is a component of secondary sector has also 2.12 The Secondary sector, which increased from 4.7 percent during comprises Manufacturing, Construction 1990-91 and to 8.0 percent during and Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 2015-16. Tertiary sector which is registered a growth of 9.3 percent comprised of sectors like trade, during 2015-16. As compared to the last transport, communications, banking, year’s performance in these sectors the real estate & business services, Manufacturing sector has shown an community and personal services has higher growth in this year. also witnessed change in its share. Its Tertiary Sector share in GSDP for the year 2015-16 is 44.0 percent. Tertiary Sector 2015-16 %age (` in crore) Inc. /dec. Sectoral Growth 1.Transport, Comm. 11,049 8.6 2.10 Following are the major & Trade Hotel constituents of the economy which 2.Finance and Real 13,438 7.5 attributed to 8.1 percent growth of state Estate 3.Community and 13,044 12.3 economy during 2015-16. Personal Services Total Tertiary 37,531 9.5
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Transport Storage, Communications Percent Contribution of LBs and Trade Year(s) Percent Contribution 2.13 This group of sectors shows a growth of 8.6 percent during 2013-14 0.24 2015-16. The transport by other means 2014-15(P) 0.25 component of this sector has shown a 2015-16(Q) 0.24 growth of 5.9 percent. Prospects- 2016-17 2.17 As per the advance Finance and Real Estate estimates based on the economic 2.14 This sector comprises performance of State upto December, Banking and Insurance, Real Estate, 2016, the rate of economic growth of Ownership of dwellings and Business State during 2016-17 is likely to be Services. It witnessed a growth of 6.8 percent. The State has achieved 7.5 percent in 2015-16. growth rate of above 7.0 percent for last two years. The GSDP at current prices Community and Personal is likely to be about `1,24,570 crore. Services 2.15 The growth in this sector 2.18 According to the advance during 2015-16 is 12.3 percent. estimates the Per Capita Income at current prices during 2016-17 has been Contribution of Local Bodies in the estimated at `1,47,277 against State Gross Domestic Product `1,35,621 in 2015-16 showing an (GSDP) increase of 8.6 percent. 2.16 The overall contribution of local bodies in the GSDP for the year 2.19 A brief analysis of the 2015-16 is 0.24 percent. Table below economic growth in Himachal Pradesh, shows the growth of local body’s in the however, reveals that the State has State. always tried to keep pace with the all-India growth rate as shown in Table-2.2 below:-
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Table 2.2 Period Average annual growth rate (Percentage) Plan Years/Year H.P. All India First Plan 1951-56 (+)1.6 (+)3.6 Second Plan 1956-61 (+)4.4 (+)4.1 Third Plan 1961-66 (+)3.0 (+)2.4 Annual Plans 1966-67 to 1968-69 .. (+)4.1 Fourth Plan 1969-74 (+)3.0 (+)3.4 Fifth Plan 1974-78 (+)4.6 (+)5.2 Annual Plans 1978-79 to 1979-80 (-)3.6 (+)0.2 Sixth Plan 1980-85 (+)3.0 (+)5.3 Seventh Plan 1985-90 (+)8.8 (+)6.0 Annual Plan 1990-91 (+)3.9 (+)5.4 Annual Plan 1991-92 (+)0.4 (+)0.8 Eighth Plan 1992-97 (+)6.3 (+)6.2 Ninth Plan 1997-02 (+)6.4 (+)5.6 Tenth Plan 2002-07 (+)7.6 (+)7.8 Eleventh Plan 2007-12 (+)8.0 (+)8.0 Twelveth Plan 2012-17 (i) 2012-13 (+)6.4 (+)5.5 (ii) 2013-14 (+)7.1 (+)6.5 (iii) 2014-15 (+)7.5 (+)7.2 (iv) 2015-16 (+)8.1 (+)7.9 (v) 2016-17 (+)6.8 .. Public Finance
2.20 The State Government 2.21 The State’s own taxes mobilizes financial resources through were estimated at `7,469 crore in direct and indirect taxes, non-tax 2016-17(BE) as against `6,396 crore revenue, share of central taxes and in 2015-16(RE) and `5,940 crore in grants-in-aid from Central Govt. to 2014-15(A). The State’s own taxes meet the expenditure on was estimated 16.78 percent more in administration and developmental 2016-17 (BE) as against 2015-16 activities. According to the budget (RE) . estimates for the year 2016-17 (BE) the total revenue receipts were 2.22 The State’s non-tax estimated at `26,270 crore as revenue (comprising mainly of against `24,514 crore in 2015-16 interest receipts, power receipts, (RE). The revenue receipts road transport receipts and other increased by 7.16 percent in administrative service etc.) 2016-17 over 2015-16. was estimated at `1,668 crore in
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2016-17(BE). The State’s non tax the year 2015-16(RE) and revenue was 6.35 percent of total 2014-15(A) were 38.45 and 42.65 revenue receipts in 2016-17. percent respectively. The revenue receipts from State excise duties 2.23 The share of central is estimated at `1274 crore in taxes was estimated at `4,334 crore 2016-17 (BE). in 2016-17(BE). 2.25 The percentage of revenue 2.24 The break-up of the deficit to total GSDP for the year State’s own taxes reveals that sales 2014-15 is (-) 1.87 percent and in tax of `4,716 crore constitute a major 2015-16 the percentage of revenue portion i.e. 39.96 percent of total tax deficit to the total GSDP is (-) 0.22 revenue in 2016-17. The percent. corresponding percentages for
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3. INSTITUTIONAL AND BANK FINANCES
3.1 The State of Himachal have Branch network of 193 and Pradesh comprises of 12 districts. The Kangra Central Co-operative Bank Lead Bank responsibility has been (KCCB) is having 210 branches. In allocated amongst three banks viz. terms of district-wise spread of bank PNB in 6 districts, namely Hamirpur, branches, Kangra district have highest Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Mandi and number of 401 bank branches and Una; UCO Bank in 4 districts namely Lahaul-Spiti has lowest number of 23 Bilaspur, Shimla, Solan & Sirmour and branches. The outreach of bank State Bank of India in 2 districts services has further increased by namely Chamba & Lahaul-Spiti. The installation of 1,818 ATMs by various UCO Bank is the Convenor Bank of banks. Bank has installed 202 new State Level Bankers Committee ATMs in the State between (SLBC). Up to September, 2016, the October, 2015 to September, 2016. State has a network of 2,061 and more than 80 percent branches are 3.4 The peer banks (PSBs) functioning in rural areas. Banks have in the State viz. PNB, SBI, UCO, opened 106 new bank branches during SBOP, Canara Bank have full fledged October, 2015 to September, 2016. At controlling offices (i.e. Regional office/ present 1,661 branches are located in Zonal office/ Circle office) in the State. Rural areas and 308 in Semi-urban Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has its areas and 92 are functioning at Regional office headed by Regional Shimla, the only Urban Centre in the Director and NABARD has Regional State classified by RBI. office headed by Chief General Manager. 3.2 As per census 2011, the average population per branch in the 3.5 The Himachal Pradesh State comes to 3,330 against National State Cooperative Bank Ltd. is an level of 11,000. Public Sector Banks apex Bank of the State, in three tier (PSBs) in the State have total Branch short term credit structure of the State. Network of 1,196 branches up to Bank is delivering banking services in September, 2016. Punjab National remotest of the remote areas in six Bank is having the largest number of districts with a network of 198 320 branches, SBI and its associates branches and 21 extension counters, is having 359 branches and UCO bank all these branches are on CBS mode. is having 172 branches. Private State Co-operative Bank is the first Sector Banks have network of 125 State Co-operative Bank on the branches. National financial switch through which the customers are getting ATM 3.3 In addition, there is a facilities all over the Nation and about Regional Rural Bank (RRB) sponsored 71 own ATMs on strategic locations. by PNB namely Himachal Pradesh 27 licenses have been received from Gramin Bank (HPGB) having total Reserve Bank of India for opening of branch network of 244 as on bank’s new branches, out of these 3 September, 2016. Besides Extension counter have been Co-operative Sector Banks have total upgraded in to full fledged branches branch network of 496 and State apex and one new branch at Jalog have Co-operative Bank i.e. Himachal been opened. Process for opening of Pradesh Co-operative Bank (HPSCB) remaining branches have also been
15 initiated by the Bank. Bank is also enhanced. As on September,2016 providing anywhere money transfer banks in the State has achieved four facilities through RTGS/ NEFT. The National Parameters lending to Priority Bank is taking proactive steps towards Sector, Agriculture Sector, Weaker financial inclusion and has adopted a Section and lending to women, out of BC Model in two villages with the help six stipulated National Parameters by of PACS. Government of Himachal RBI. At present, banks have extended Pradesh has authorised the Bank to 68.30 percent of their total lending to disburse pension to the retired the Priority Sector Activities viz. government employees all across the Agriculture, MSME, Education Loan, State. The Bank is issuing RuPay, Housing Loan, Micro Credit etc. KCC Cards, Debit Cards and also providing Moblie Banking, SMS Alerts 3.7 Agriculture Advances and Auto renewal of FDRs facilities to have proportion of 21.16 percent in its valuable customers. Bank is Total Advances extended by Banks. actively participating in Government of Moreover Advances to Weaker India Social Security Scheme i.e. Sections and Women have proportion PMJJBY and PMSBY. of 15.71 percent and 6 percent in total lending by banks as against the 3.6 The role and National Parameters of 10 percent and responsibility of banks has well 5 percent respectively. Credit Deposit recognized as a partner for Ratio (CDR) stood at 55.64 percent accelerating the socio-economic upto September, 2016. The position of growth wheel of the State. The flow of National Parameters is given below in credit in all priority areas has been theTable-3.1
Table-3.1
Position of National Parameters
Sr. Sector Percentage of Percentage National No. advances of advances Parameter as on as on in 30.09.2015 30.09.2016 Percentage 1. Priority sector advances 71.82 68.30 40 2. Agriculture advances 21.11 21.16 18 3. Advances to weaker sections 14.90 15.71 10 4. Advances to women 6.21 6.00 5 5. DRI Advances 0.10 0.03 1 6. C.D. Ratio 60.80 55.64 60 7. MSME Advances(PSC) 41.47 40.16 - 8. Advances to SC/ST (PSC) 9.75 10.28 - 9. Advances to Minorities (PSC) 2.50 2.46 -
Financial Inclusion: society into formal financial system in 3.8 The effort to include the India is not new. The financial financially excluded segment of the inclusion denotes delivery of financial
16 services at an affordable cost to the B. UNIVERSAL SOCIAL vast section of the disadvantaged and SECURITY INITIATIVES low income group. For this purpose, a UNDER PMJDY SCHEME. comprehensive Financial Inclusion 3.10 In the 2nd phase of Campaign- “Pradhan Mantri Jan- implementation of the scheme, Dhan Yojana” (PMJDY) launched Government of India has launched through out the country on three Social Security Schemes as a 28th August, 2014 to cover the comprehensive social security initiative excluded section of society and the targeted mainly at the poor and campaign has completed more than unprivileged. The present status of two years. It is a National Mission on Social security scheme is mentioned financial inclusion to provide all as below:- households in the country with affordable financial services with 1. MICRO INSURANCE SCHEMES: particular focus to empower the weaker section of society, including i) PRADHAN MANTRI women small and marginal farmers SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA- and labourers both in rural and urban (PMSBY): areas. 3.11 This scheme is providing renewable one year accidental death cum special ability cover of `2.00 CURRENT STATUS IN HIMACHAL lakh (`1.00 lakh for partial permanent PRADESH: special ability) to all the saving bank account holders in the age group of 18 A. PRADHAN MANTRI JAN to 70 years for a premium of `12.00 DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY): per annum per subscriber and renewable from 1st June every year. 3.9 Banks in the State have Banks have enrolled 8,91,208 covered all the households with at subscribers under Pradhan Mantri least one Basic Saving Deposit Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) from Account of each household. Banks the date of launch (08.05.2015) till have opened total 9,86,817 Basic September, 2016. Saving Bank Deposit Accounts (BSBDA) under the scheme up to ii) PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN September, 2016 since the launch of JYOTI BIMA YOJANA- the scheme on 28.08.2014. Out of total (PMJJBY) : PMJDY accounts, 8,44,968 BSBDA 3.12 This scheme is providing accounts are opened in Rural areas a renewable one year life cover of and 1,41,849 in Urban areas. In the ` 2.00 lakh to all the saving bank State, banks have issued RuPay Debit account holders in the age group of 18 Cards to 7.28 lakh customers thus to 50 years, covering death due to covered more than 83 percent of any reason for a premium of ` 330.00 PMJDY accounts. Total number of per annum per subscriber and 7,71,873 accounts are seeded with renewable from 1st June every year. Aadhaar number, thus covered 78 Banks have enrolled 2,76,264 percent of PMJDY accounts up to subscribers under Pradhan Mantri September, 2016. Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) from the date of launch (08.05.2015) till September, 2016.
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2. MICRO PENSION SCHEME: organized camps to focus on targeted groups. Besides camps are being ATAL PENSION YOJANA organized by FLCs on imparting (APY) financial literacy and awareness on the 3.13 Atal Pension Yojana is social security schemes. focused on the unorganized sector and it provides subscribers a fixed 3. PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA minimum pension of `1,000, 2,000, YOJANA (PMMY): 3,000, 4,000 or 5,000 per month 3.15 Pradhan Mantri MUDRA starting at the age of 60 years, Yojana (PMMY) rolled out on depending on the contribution option 08.04.2015 in the country including exercised on entering at the age Himachal Pradesh. The smaller of the between 18 and 40 years. Thus the micro enterprises mainly consist of non- period of contribution by the subscriber farm enterprises in Manufacturing under the scheme would be 20 years Trading and Services whose credit or more. The fixed minimum pension needs are below `10.00 lakh and all the would be guaranteed by the loans given to these segments for government. While the scheme is open income generation will be known as to the Bank account holders in the MUDRA loans. All advances granted on prescribed age group, the Central or after 08.04.2015 falling under this Government would also co-contribute category be classified as MUDRA loan 50 percent of the total contribution or under the scheme. `1,000 per annum, whichever is lower for a period of 5 years for those 3.16 Banks in Himachal subscribers which are not member of Pradesh have sanctioned fresh loan to any Statutory Social security scheme the tune of `419.92 crore to 28,553 and are not income tax payers. new micro entrepreneurs under the Scheme in the current financial year 3.14 The State Government 2016-17 up to period ended has also announced to contribute to September, 2016. In the financial year the Atal Pension Yojana. The co- 2015-16 banks have disbursed `940.60 contribution from State Government in crore to 70,054 micro entrepreneurs. respect of each account holder of unorganized sector worker would be 4. STAND-UP INDIA SCHEME `1,000 per annum for the next three (SUIS): years who joins the scheme between 3.17 Stand up India scheme the period 01.06.2015 to 31.03.2016. has been formally launched on 5th April, The State Government has made a 2016 throughout the country. Stand up budgetary allocation of `10.00 crore to India scheme aims to encourage cover 1.00 lakh workers / subscribers entrepreneurial culture among under the Atal Pension Yojana in unserved and underserved segments of Himachal Pradesh. The State the society represented by SC, ST and Government is focusing on women. MGNREGA workers, Mid Day Meal workers, Agriculture and Horticulture 3.18 The Scheme facilitate labourers and Anganwari workers to loan from Banks between `10.00 lakh adopt the Atal pension Yojana. In the and `1.00 crore to at least one Atal Pension Yojana (APY), banks Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled have enrolled 30,997 subscribers Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one under the scheme. Banks have woman borrower per bank branch for
18 setting up of a new enterprise (also villages in the current financial year termed as green field enterprise). The 2016-17. In addition all the villages loans will be extended for setting up of with population of above 5,000 are to a new enterprise in Manufacturing, be covered with opening of a Brick and Trading or Service sector by SC/ST/ Mortar Branch in the each village and Women entrepreneur. Banks have banks have Roadmap to cover all sanctioned `46.41 crore to 299 new villages with population above 5,000 enterprises till September, 2016. with in current financial year 2016-17.
5. FINANCIAL AWARENESS AND Business Volume of Banks: LITERACY CAMPAIGNS 3.21 The Aggregate Deposits 3.19 The financial literacy of all banks operating in the State campaign is taken up on the ongoing increased from `80,529.97 crore as on basis by the Financial Literacy Centers September, 2015 to `93,726.96 crore (FLCs) set up at each district head as on September, 2016 with the quarter by the concerned Lead bank market share of Commercial Bank at and by the FLCs set up by Cooperative 68 percent, RRB at 4 percent, sector banks in the State. Co-operative Banks at 21 percent and Private Sector Banks at 7 percent. Banks have achieved year over year RBI Roadmap 2013-16 growth of 16.39 percent in deposits. The Aggregate advances have also Extension of Banking Services in increased from `31,159.78 crore as on all un-banked villages with September, 2015 to `34,961.91 crore population below 2000 in Himachal as on September, 2016 thereby having Pradesh. year over year growth of 12.20 percent as on September, 2016. 3.20 In RBI Roadmap, total 18,948 villages with population below 3.22 The overall banking 2,000 are covered by banks through business of banks in the State crossed opening of Brick & Mortar branch and `1,28,688.87 crore up to September, fixed location Business 2016 and having year over year Correspondents agents (called Bank growth of 15.22 percent. The Public Mitra) outlets as of September,2016. Sector Banks occupy market share of Banks have targeted to provide 68 percent business in the state. The banking outreach in all 20,060 villages comparative data is as under in the having population below 2,000 and Table-3.2: banks will be covering the remaining
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Table- 3.2
Comparative Data of Banks in HP (` in crore)
Sr.No. Item 30.09.2015 30.09.2016 Variation in September, 2016. over September, 2015 (Y-O-Y) absolute percent 1. Deposit PPD Rural 49758.22 60296.95 10538.73 21.18 Urban/SU 30771.75 33430.01 2658.26 8.64 Total 80529.97 93726.96 13196.99 16.38 2. Advances (O/S) Rural 16702.50 20247.70 3545.20 21.23 Urban/SU 14457.28 14714.21 256.93 1.78 Total 31159.78 34961.91 3802.13 12.20 Total Banking 3. Business ( Dep+Adv) 111689.75 128688.87 16999.12 15.22
Investment made by 4. 5546.96 5064.16 (-) 482.80 (-) 8.70 Banks in State Govt.
Securities/Bonds. 5. CD RATIO as per 60.80 55.64 (-) 5.16 (-) 8.49 Throat Committee Priority Sector 6. Advances (O/S) of 22378.75 23882.32 1503.57 6.72 which under: I) Agriculture 6579.61 7397.90 818.29 12.44 ii) MSE 9281.68 9593.37 311.69 3.36 iii) OPS 6517.46 6891.05 373.59 5.73 7. Weaker Section Advs. 4643.94 5494.18 850.24 18.31 8. DRI Advances 44.31 10.27 (-) 34.04 (-) 76.82 9. Non Priority Sec. Adv. 8781.03 11079.59 2298.56 26.18 10. No. of Branches 1955 2061 106 5.42 11. Advances to Women 1937.14 2709.67 772.53 39.88 12. Credit to Minorities 560.90 585.17 24.27 4.33 13. Advances to SCs/STs 2183.33 2455.00 271.67 11.06
Performance under Annual Credit plan outlay and fixed at `18,213.01 Plan 2016-17 crore. Under Annual Credit Plan 3.23 Banks prepared Annual 2016-17, Banks have disbursed a Credit Plan for financial year 2016-17 fresh credit to the tune of `7,858.34 for disbursement of fresh loan on the crore upto half year ended September, basis of potentials worked out for 2016 and achieved 43 percent of various priority sector activities by Annual commitment. The Sector-wise NABARD. The financial targets under target vis-a-vis achievement upto Annual Credit Plan 2016-17 was 30.09.2016 is as under in the increased by 21 percent over the last Table 3.3:
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Table-3.3
Position as on September, 2016 at a glance
(` in crore) Sr. Sector Annual Targets Achievement, Percentage No. Target Sept., September, 2016 Achievement 2016-17 2016 Fresh Amount and Targets Units 1. Agriculture 6816.31 3408.15 162453 2599.27 76 2. MSME 5092.64 2546.32 40364 2762.46 108 3. Other Priority Sector 4013.36 2006.69 15448 650.71 32 4. Total Priority Sector 15922.31 7961.16 218265 6012.44 76 (1 to 3) 5. Non Priority Sector 2290.70 1145.35 39572 1845.90 161 Grand Total ( 4+5) 18213.01 9106.51 257837 7858.34 86
Implementation of Government amounting to ` 124.24 lakh during half Sponsored Schemes: yearly ended September, 2016. a) Prime Minister Employment c) National Rural Livelihood Generation Programme Mission (NRLM) (PMEGP) 3.26 During the current year 3.24 Under this scheme 563 upto September, 2016, banks have projects sponsored by KVIC/ KBIB & assisted 928 Self Help Groups under DIC are sanctioned by the banks upto National Rural Livelihood Mission September, 2016 against the annual (NRLM) with credit of `12.11 crore. target of 985 units in the State. d) Dairy Entrepreneurship b) National Urban Livelihood Development Scheme Mission (NULM) (DEDS) 3.25 National Urban 3.27 NABARD has further Livelihood Mission (NULM) has introduced the Dairy Entrepreneurship introduced under which loan were Development Scheme (DEDS) under given for setting up of Self the centrally sponsored Govt. schemes Employment Ventures, Skill having capital subsidy from Govt. of Development and Housing loans India and banks have disbursed to economical weaker section residing `250.36 lakh to 148 new in Urban areas. The scheme covers entrepreneurs under the scheme up to the urban poor. Banks are assigned half year ended September, 2016. annual targets of disbursement of `10.00 crore under SEP component of 3.28 Banks are providing National Urban Livelihood Mission short term credit to farmers for meeting (NULM) during the current year their production needs through Kisan covering total 2,400 beneficiaries. Credit Cards (KCCs), an innovative Under this scheme banks have credit delivery mechanism to meet the extended credit to 106 beneficiaries production credit requirements of the farmers in a timely and hassle free
21 manner. So far Banks had issued 7.14 Farming, Agri Marketing Infrastructure lakh KCCs to needy farmers. (AMI), Solar Schemes, National Livestock Mission (NLM), Agri-clinics e) Rural Self Employment and Agribusiness centres etc. Training Institutes (RSETIs) 3.29 The Lead Banks i.e. Rural Infrastructure UCO Bank, PNB & SBI have set up 3.31 Government of India had Rural Self Employment Training created Rural Infrastructure Institutes (RSETIs) in 10 districts of the Development Fund (RIDF) within State. These institutional NABARD in the year 1995-96. Under arrangements are playing a very this scheme, concessional loans are crucial role in empowering the rural given by NABARD to State youth. These RSETIs are conducting Government and State owned EDPs under various Government Corporations for the completion of sponsored programmes for BPL/APL ongoing projects as also to start new families and Macro/ Small projects in certain selected sectors. entrepreneurs under PMEGP This scheme has also been extended Schemes. Banks have so far trained to Panchayati Raj Institutions, Self total 30,264 rural youths for taking Help Groups and Non-Government gainful ventures for self sustained Organizations for development of growth as well with the credit linkages various location specific infrastructures by Banks up to September 2016. having a direct bearing on society and the rural economy. NABARD 3.30 The National Bank for 3.32 The development of Agriculture and Rural Development infrastructure in rural areas through (NABARD) has strengthened its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund association with the developmental (RIDF), since its inception in 1995-96, process substantially for Integrated has emerged as NABARD's major Rural Development in the recent years intervention in partnership with the by initiatives encompassing a wide State Governments. The fund has range of activities viz. Development of continued with the yearly allocations in Rural Infrastructure, Micro Credit, the successive Union Budgets. Under Rural Non-Farm Sector, Minor this scheme, loans are given by Irrigation and other agricultural NABARD to State Governments and sectors, besides strengthening the State owned Corporations for rural credit delivery system in the completion of ongoing projects as also State. The active support from to execute new projects in selected NABARD is generating tremendous sectors. RIDF initially focused on social and economic benefits in the execution of incomplete projects rural areas of the state. In addition to mainly under irrigation sector, its own schemes, NABARD is also however, financing over the years implementing centrally sponsored have become broad based covering 36 credit linked subsidy schemes of eligible activities classified into Government of India, like Dairy Agriculture and related sectors, social Entrepreneurship Development sector and rural connectivity. Schemes (DEDS), Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for commercial 3.33 From an initial allocation Production Units of Organic Inputs of `15.00 crore under RIDF-I from the under National Project on Organic year 1995-96, the allocation to the
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State has now reached the level of houses with micro irrigation systems `469.00 crore under RIDF-XXII (2016- on farmer fields. In addition, 2,921 17). RIDF has played an important role rooms in Primary Schools, 64 Science in development of diversified sectors Laboratories in Secondary Schools, 25 like irrigation, roads and bridges, flood I.T. centres and 397 Veterinary protection, drinking water supply in Hospitals/Artificial Insemination addition to primary education, Centres have already been veterinary services, watershed constructed. development, IT infrastructure etc. In recent years, innovative project for New Business Initiatives development of poly-houses and micro a) NABARD Infrastructure irrigation systems have been Development Assistance supported, a trend setter for (NIDA) development of agri-business and 3.37 NABARD earlier in sustainable farming on commercial 2011-12 started a line of credit for lines. State owned institutions/ corporations 3.34 Financial assistance of with sustained income streams, both `6,218.39 crore has been sanctioned on-budget and off-budget, for creating under RIDF for implementation of rural infrastructure outside the ambit of 5,399 projects as on 31st December, RIDF borrowing. This opened new 2016 to the state including rural avenues for creating rural roads/bridges, irrigation, rural drinking infrastructure in non traditional areas. water, and education, animal In order to further widen the scope of husbandry etc. During the current financing rural infrastructure, financing financial year 2016-17, an amount of through Public private partnership `469.00 crore has been sanctioned mode is a major thrust area under under RIDF–XXII upto 31st December, NIDA. Infrastructure projects largely 2016. An amount of `397.39 crore has benefitting the rural areas and covered been disbursed up to 31st in a harmonized list of projects as December,2016 to the State approved by the Government of Government raising the cumulative India/Reserve Bank of India and disbursement to `4,294.66 crore. activities covered under RIDF and Rurban mission are also eligible for 3.35 After the implementation/ funding under the PPP. completion of the sanctioned projects, drinking water will be made available b) Food Processing Fund (FPF) to more than 40.32 lakh persons 3.38 NABARD has (Ultimate Population) 7,594 km. road established a food processing Fund will become motorable, 1,849 mtrs. with a corpus of `2,000 crore for the span bridges will be constructed and year 2014-15 for providing financial 1,20,938 hectares land will be assistance for establishing the benefited through irrigation projects. designated food parks and also for setting up of individual food/ agro 3.36 In addition, about 27,317 processing units in the designated hectare land will be protected from Food Parks with the purpose to flood damages through protection provide impetus to development of measures, 6,219 hectare land will be food processing sector on cluster basis covered under watershed projects. An in the country to reduce wastage of area equivalent to 231 hectare of farm agricultural produce and to create lands will be brought under poly-
23 employment opportunities, especially assistance of `75.00 crore as on 31st in rural areas. Cremica Mega Food December, 2016. Park Pvt. Ltd. Singha, Una is being established with a financial assistance Micro Credit of `32.94 crore under the fund. 3.40 The Self Help Group (SHG) movement has spread across Refinance Support the state and is now on a firm base. 3.39 NABARD extended The movement has been upscaled financial support amounting to `568.89 with support in the human resources crore during 2015-16 and `624.35 and financial products. In Himachal crore during 2016-17 upto 31st Pradesh, the cumulative number of December, 2016 to the banks credit linked Self Help Groups were operating in the state by extending stood at 44,185 covering 6.5 lakh rural refinance disbursement for diverse households against 13.12 lakh total activities viz. Rural housing, small road rural households in the state with a transport operators, land development, total loan outstanding of `111.66 crore minor irrigation, dairy development, as on 31st December, 2016. Women self help group, farm mechanization, Self Help Groups programme is being poultry, plantation and horticulture, implemented by NABARD, through sheep/goat/piggery rearing, packing local NGOs, in two districts viz. Mandi, and grading house activity and other Sirmaur with grant support of `29.55 sectors. In addition, NABARD has crore and target of formation and credit introduced a fund “Long Term Rural linkage of 1,500 and 1,455 Women Credit Fund” in 2014-15 to supplement SHGs respectively. As on 30.09.2016, the resources of cooperative Banks cumulatively 2,752 Women Self Help and Regional Rural Banks Under this Groups have been saving linked and fund, NABARD, has disbursed an 2,326 Women SHGs have been credit amount of `233.26 crore in 2015-16 linked. and an amount of `222.60 crore in 2016-17 upto 31st December,2016. 3.41 The announcement in NABARD also supplemented the Union Budget 2014-15, financing of efforts of Coperative Banks and RRBs, Joint Farming Groups “Bhoomi Heen for crop loan disbursement in the State Kissan” (landless farmers) has further by sanctioning ST (SAO) credit limit of given credence to effort of NABARD in `520.00 crore against which the banks innovating and reaching out to the have drawn refinance assistance of landless farmers through Joint Liability `520.00 crore on 31.03.2016. During Groups mode of financing. As on 31st 2016-17 credit limit of `520.00 crore March, 2016 nearly 2,835 Joint was sanctioned and against it a total Liability Groups have been provided disbursement of `464.73 crore has credit amounting to `1,112.85 lakh by been made as on 31.12.2016. Apart banks in the State. For propagating from this, NABARD has introduced a “Self Help Groups Bank Linkage new product “Additional Short Term Programme” and “Joint Liability Group” (Seasonal Agriculture Operation)” in scheme NABARD is partnering with 2016-17 to meet the additional short about 50 Self Help Promoting term requirement to Cooperative Institutions/ Joint Liability Promoting Banks and RRBs. Under this fund, Institutions in the State. Further, NABARD has sanctioned a sum of NABARD facilitates short duration skill `210.00 crore to HPSCB against which development training for SHG the bank has drawn refinance members, having availed credit facility
24 from banks. During 2016-17 (up to another Baryali Fagwana CBP project 31-12-2016) 15 number of Micro in CSR mode has been sanctioned for Entrepreneurship Development the year 2015-16 in Solan District with Programme (MEDPs) have been grant assistance of `14.95 lakh on sanctioned to various SHPI partners, 50:50 sharing basis with Ambuja which resulted into 440 SHG members Cement Foundation. So far, an amount got training for undertaking livelihood of ` 383.47 lakh has been disbursed activity either individually or in group under the projects against the mode. Further two Livelihood sanctioned amount of ` 657.47 lakh. Enterprise Development Programmes During the year 2015-16, an amount (LEDPs) have been sanctioned during of `142.84 lakh was released. All the the year 2016-17 for training and projects cover an area of about 12,389 entrepreneurship development of 240 hectares and 6,292 households from SHG members. 118 villages. These projects would result not only in raising the water Farm Sector Initiatives availability but prove to be an 3.42 A total number of 3,083 important mechanism for environment Farmers Clubs have been promoted in st protection besides increasing the state as on 31 December, 2016 productivity and income of the farmers covering 37,545 farmers from 5,921 and conserving the diminishing villages. A Federation of Farmers pastures, thus facilitating animal Clubs has been formed in Sirmaur husbandry also. district and another in Bilaspur district is working for the welfare of farmers. b) Tribal Development through Further, the ‘Scheme for Capacity the Tribal Development Fund Building for adoption of (TDF) Technology’(CAT) through training and 3.44 In addition to three exposure visits (within/outside the projects under tribal development fund state) to facilitate farmers to adopt NABARD, Regional Officer, Shimla has new/innovative methods of farming viz, sanctioned another project with total vermi-culture, bio-manure, organic financial support of `728.57 lakh farming, poly house technology, including grant assistance of `672.57 medicinal and aromatic plant lakh and loan assistance of `56.30 cultivation, implemented. These visits lakh covering 1,432 families. During are arranged in collaboration with the year 2015-16 Udaipur Block of selected research institutes, KVKs and lahaul-Spiti district has given the grant Agriculture/ Horticulture Universities. assistance of `157.46 lakh and loan of Cumulative 78 CATS have been `15.80 lakh. These projects aims at conducted covering 1,561 farmers. 60 setting up of Wadis (small orchards) as villages in 11 districts have been well as dairy units in selected villages covered by Village Development covering about 910 acres of area for Programme (VDP) and about 2,000 plantation of Mango, Kinnow, Lemon, families are expected to be covered Apple, Walnut, Pear, Wild Apricot. The under this programme. projects are expected to provide tribals with an opportunity to raise their a) Watershed Development income level through the wadi and 3.43 In addition to Seven dairy initiatives. Watershed development projects
25 c) Support through the Farm e) Umbrella Programme on Sector Promotion Fund Natural Resource (FSPF) Management (UPNRM) 3.45 Under FSPF, 23 projects 3.47 NABARD has been and 13 seminars/ workshops/ fairs/ implementing NRM based projects like Apple exhibiton have been funded so watershed and Wadi projects for the far with a grant assistance of past 16 years under Indo-German `281.34 lakh. So far, upto 31.12.2016, collaboration with support from KFW a grant assistance of `205.54 lakh has and GTZ. With a view to restructure been released for the purpose. These bilateral cooperation in the field of projects pertain to validation and NRM, the Government of India and promotion of fixed bee hives for Germany have launched an UPNRM. rearing indigenous honey bee (Apis NABARD and German Development cerena), Promotion and Replication of Cooperation have been identified as System of Rice Intensification (SRI) the two strategic partners in the method for sustainable live hood, programme. The objective of the Project for Agricultural Development programme is to reduce poverty by with focus on System of Wheat creating livelihood opportunities, intensification, Conservation of increasing farm income, strengthening Chilgoza pines, cultivation of medicinal the agriculture value chain and and aromatic and spice crops and conserving the natural resources. To Farmers training and demonstration on achieve environmental friendly production and protection technology economic growth across all strata of of temperate fruits in far flung areas. society, UPNRM supports projects that Through the projects and seminars/ link natural resource management with workshops/ fairs about 30,000 farmers livelihood improvements of the rural have been benefitted. poor. In the State, up to 2016-17 (31.12.2016) financial assistance of d) Promotion of Farmer `67.26 lakh has been sanctioned by Producer Organisation Himachal Pradesh Regional Office of (FPOs) NABARD under UPNRM projects. 3.46 Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, has allocated a Rural Non-Farm Sector budget of ` 200.00 crore for formation 3.48 NABARD has identified of 2,000 Farmer Producer Rural Non-Farm Sector as one of the Organisations in the country. In the thrust areas of development. It is state of Himachal Pradesh, NABARD providing refinance support to has sanctioned a grant of `525.48 lakh Commercial Banks/ RRBs and to 19 NGOs for formation / promotion Cooperative Banks for development of of 57 FPOs in Shimla, Mandi, Kinnaur, Rural Non-Farm sector in the State. Sirmaur, Chamba, Kangra, Hamirpur, NABARD is also supporting Swarojgar Bilaspur, Kullu and Lahaul & Spiti Credit Card (SCC) Scheme by way of districts.These FPOs will undertake refinance, for the benefit of rural production, primary processing and artisans and other small marketing of vegetables, medicinal entrepreneurs, by keeping provision of and aromatic plants and flowers on timely and adequate credit for working aggregation basis. As on 31st capital or block capital or both to them. December 2016, an amount of In addition to providing refinance for `126.05 lakh has been released. production and marketing of Rural
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Non-Farm products, NABARD is potentials, as also the credit providing financial assistance for and non-credit linkages needed promotion of skill/entrepreneurship for achieving the targets development amongst the Rural envisaged. The PLPs are Youth, Training by Master Craftsman, prepared based on detailed Rural Development and Self discussions/ interaction with Employment Training Institutes various stakeholders viz. State RUDSETIs, RUDSETI type of Govt, District Administration, institutes engaged in training rural Banks, NGOs, farmers and youth in various activities having other related agencies. Broad potential for employment and income sector wise PLP projections for generation. Skill Development 2017-18 has been assessed at Initiatives envisage to develop, `20,332.53 crore for Himachal upgrade or diversify the existing skills Pradesh. of the people in rural areas looking for wage employment or livelihood Financial Inclusion opportunities both in group mode or 3.50 Financial Inclusion is the individually. The cumulative number of process of ensuring access to SDPs sanctioned in the State till appropriate financial products and March, 2016 was 233 involving grant services needed by all sections of the assistance of `120.18 lakh benefiting society in general and vulnerable about 4,832 persons. During 2016-17 groups such as weaker sections and (up to 31.12.2016), three RSETIs low income groups in particular at an Shimla, Una, and Kangra have been affordable cost in fair and transparent sanctioned a total number of 22 training programs in different manner by mainstream institutional disciplines with reimbursable grant players. Government of India assistance of `7.43 lakh. constituted two funds viz. Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) and Financial Ground Level Credit Flow Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF) to 3.49 provide impetus to financial inclusion a) The credit flow at the ground initiates in the country. Both were level during 2015-16 for Priority merged to create a single “Financial Sector aggregated `10,496.36 Inclusion Fund” following intervention crore representing an increase under FIF & FITF have been made by of 11.21 percent over 2014-15. NABARD in Himachal Pradesh to The target for 2016-17 has scale up Financial Inclusion drive. been fixed at `15,922.31 crore for various banks based on 3.51 The objective of FIF is to Potential Linked Credit Plans support “developmental and prepared by NABARD. Till promotional activities” with a view to 30thSeptember, 2016, the securing greater financial inclusion, achievement against this was particularly among weaker sections, `6,012.44 crore. low income groups and in backward b) NABARD has been preparing regions/ hither to unbanked areas. the district level Potential Linked NABARD continued to manage FIF for Credit Plans (PLPs) on an meeting the cost of developmental annual basis for all districts of and promotional interventions. the State which reflect in a NABARD has sanctioned a support of realistic way the ground level `1287.13 lakh in financial year
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2016-17 to Banks & NGOs for this connection, NABARD has spreading Financial Literacy and sanctioned `535.56 lakh for strengthening Banking Infrastructure of covering 247 sub Service Areas the State. The support can be of SBI, PNB,UCO and HPGB illustrated as under: Banks. iv) Financial Awareness through i) Financial Literacy Awareness Audio Jingles: NABARD has Programme (FLAP): NABARD granted a cumulative sanction with the motto of spreading of `35.46 lakh to All India Radio, Financial Awareness has BIG FM and Radio Mirchi for sanctioned 1,013 financial spreading Financial Awareness literacy Awareness Programme through broadcasting of audio to Co-operative Bank, RRB and jingles in Himachal Pradesh. NGOs with a cumulative v) Bank Sakhi Model: NABARD sanction of `123.62 lakh. has sanctioned a project of 50 ii) Digital Financial literacy Bank sakhis to HPGB, Mandi Awareness Programme involving an amount `14.50 lakh (dFLAP): Post Demonetisation wherein SHG Leaders/Members the Government of India will work as BC agents in the thrusted upon moving towards a villages thereby thrusting the cashless economy so there was financial inclusion drive in the a need to aware the people state. about various models of vi) CBS for Co-operative: cashless transactions in this Financial support to the tune of direction. FIF Advisory Board `4.08 core, `3.90 crore and 0.60 came up with Digital Financial crore has been sanctioned to Literacy Awareness Kangra CCB, Himachal Programmes which specifically Pradesh State Co-operative focused upon helping Bank and Jogindra CCB demonstrate the usage of respectively for moving toward cards, internet banking and ledger free Banking. various other modes of vii) Promotion of Cashless cashless transactions to the Transaction: citizens. NABARD has i) NABARD on the sanctioned 400 dFLAPs in the recommendation of FIF state to Himachal Pradesh advisory Board has also Gramin Bank, H.P. State Co- come up with a target of operative Bank, Kangra Central deploying 02 PoS Co-operative Bank and machines in 1 lakh Jogindera Central Co- villages in India through operatives Bank involving a Banks which are having cumulative amount of `56.40 merchant acquirer status lakh. from RBI. iii) Addressing Connectivity ii) NABARD is also giving issues of the State: To one time support of address the connectivity issues `3.00 lakh for capital of the state, setting up of solar expenditure i.e. for powered V-SAT/ Non-solar purchasing training powered V-SATs on CAPEX or equipment and OPEX model was taken up. In maintenance thereof of
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RSETI/ RUDSETI. `385.37 lakh has been sanctioned by iii) NABARD will also ensure NABARD. coverage of 1.24 lakh Kisan Credit Card Financial Assistance to holders in HP through Federations Rupay Kisan credit 3.54 In order to strengthen thereby enabling the Marketing Federations/ Cooperatives farmers to move towards in the marketing and other agriculture the cashless front of the activities a separate line of credit, viz. economy. Credit Facilities to Federations has been made available for the Marketing New Business Initiatives Federations/ Cooperatives to promote the marketing of agriculture produce and other agriculture activities. Financial Assistance to Marketing Federations/ Cooperatives Producers Organisation (PODF) having PACS and other producers’ 3.52 In order to support and organisations as members/ finance Producers Organisations, shareholders are eligible to avail NABARD has set up the “Producers financial assistance under this Organisations Development Fund”. scheme. Financial assistance will be The fund has been set up to support available in the form of short term loan any registered producers organization for crop procurement under Minimum viz., Producers Company, Producers Support Price Scheme (MSP) and Cooperatives, registered Farmer supply of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, Federations, Mutually Aided plant protection, etc to the farmers and Cooperative Societies, Industrial in the form of long term loan for post Cooperative Societies, other registered harvest handling including sorting & federations, PACS, etc. set up by grading, primary processing, marketing producers to meet the needs of the etc. Such Federations/ Cooperatives producers (farmers, artisans, should also be supported for providing handloom weavers, etc.) by providing agro advisory services and market timely credit (mix of loan & limited information through e-agriculture grant), capacity building of producers, marketing. strengthening of Producers' Organisations. Financial Assistance to Cooperative Banks Financial assistance to PACS for 3.55 NABARD has been taking up Multi Service Activities traditionally providing refinance 3.53 In order to enable PACS support to District Co-operative Banks to provide more services to their through State Cooperative Banks. members and generate income for NABARD has designed a Short Term themselves, an initiative has been Multi purpose Credit Product for taken to develop PACS as Multi financing the CCBs directly for meeting service Centres for enabling the PACS working capital and farm asset to provide ancillary services to their maintenance needs of the individual members and for creating additional borrowers and affiliated Primary business avenues and diversify its Agricultural Cooperative Societies activities. In the year 2016-17 (up to (PACS). 31.12.2016) financial assistance of
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Investment Credit owned subsidiary promoted by 3.56 The scheme for National Bank for Agriculture and Development/ Strengthening of Rural Development (NABARD) and is Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, engaged in providing consultancy in all Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) spheres of agriculture, rural and Grameen Bhandaran Yojana, a development and allied areas. Capital Investment Subsidy scheme Nabcons leverages on the core for Construction/ Renovation of Rural competence of the NABARD in the Godowns has been formulated by areas of agricultural and rural Govt. of India to develop marketing development, especially multi infrastructure in the country to cater to disciplinary projects, banking, the post-harvest requirement of institutional development, production and marketable surplus of infrastructure, training, etc. The broad various farm products. From 1st April, areas of specific competence in which 2014, both these schemes have been the consultancy assignments are taken merged under “Agriculture Marketing up by NABARD Consultancy Services Infrastructure (AMI)”, a sub-scheme are feasibility studies, project under “Integrated Scheme for formulation, appraisal, financing Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)”. arrangement, project management and monitoring, concurrent and impact 3.57 With a view to provide evaluation, restructuring of agri- sustainable employment opportunities business units, vision documentation, to members of SHGs and rural folks to development administration and increase their income level and also to reforms, institution development and increase milk production in the state by turnaround of rural financial better cattle and milk management, institutions, performance rating of rural through DEDS scheme of Government agencies, bank supervision, policy and of India. During 2015-16 `148.45 lakh action research studies, seminars on subsidy was disbursed to 188 rural development themes, micro beneficiaries and during 2016-17 up to finance related training, exposure visits 31.12.2016 `109.58 lakh subsidy has and capacity building, training of been disbursed to 142 beneficiaries. trainers and building up training institutions, non-farm enterprise 3.58 In addition to this, four promotion. more Government sponsored Schemes namely “ Agriclinic and 3.60 In the state of Himachal Agribusiness centres Scheme”, Pradesh, NABCONS has completed “Scheme for commercial production the following major assignments with a Units of organic inputs under National quality benchmark and high level of Project on Organic Farming”, client satisfaction; “National Livestock Mission” and “Scheme for promoting solar i) Third party inspection of BADP Photovoltaic (SPV) Water pumping projects in kinnaur and lahaul- Systems for Irrigation Purpose” are Spiti districts operational in the state under which ii) Third party evaluation of subsidy is routed through NABARD. interventions under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) NABCONS iii) Evaluation of the poly house 3.59 NABARD Consultancy scheme under Pt. Deen Dayal Services (NABCONS) is a wholly Kisan Bagwan Samridhi Yojna.
30 iv) Preparation of DPRs, survey C-PEC and selected CTIs to bring and investigations of Japan about an objective improvement in the International Co-operative performance of the CTIs and linking Agency projects in Mandi and the same to SOFTCOB assistance. Kangra districts. The CTIs must accord priority to v) Management Consultancy for training programmes that address to CA/CS stores and Mandi the training needs of Co-operative Automation for Himachal Banks and PACS in areas such as, Pradesh Marketing Board. core banking solutions, vi) Preparation of State Irrigation computerization, financial/ profitability Plan (SIP) District Irrigation aspects and risk management areas, Plan (DIP) under Prime Minister etc. for enhanced competency in Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKYS) financial sector. NABARD extended for 12 districts in the State. financial support of `20.00 lakh in vii) Evaluation of special central 2015-16 to ACSTI of the State. Assistance to Scheduled Caste Sub Plan Schemes in the State. NABARD’s initiatives for Climate viii) Feasibility Study for setting up Change in Himachal Pradesh of 12 Controlled Atmosphere 3.63 NABARD has been (CA) stores/ cold Stores in the designated National Implementing State. Entity (NIE) for Adaptation Fund (AF), ix) Design, Development, Green Climate Fund (GCF) set up Implementation and under United Nation’s Framework Maintenance of Mandi convention on Climate Change Management Information (UNFCCC) and for ‘National System in APMCs. Adaptatiion Fund for climate change x) Appraisal of projects for Kangra (NAFCC) set up by the Ministry of Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. Environment, Forests and Climate Change. Institutional Development 3.61 NABARD has been 3.64 NABARD in its efforts to extending financial support to meet the future challenges of climate Agriculture Cooperative Staff Training change has facilitated the preparation, institutions (ACSTIs) under SOFTCOB development and sanction of a project out of Cooperative Development Fund on ‘Sustained Livelihoods of (CDF) to facilitate effective training Agriculture Dependent Communities in delivery and support their training Drought Prone District of Himachal capacities for visible improvements in Pradesh through Climate Smart the Cooperative Credit System (CCS) Solutions’ in Sirmour District from the with enhancement of skills and Executing Entity (EE) i.e. Department capacities of staff available with CCS. of Environment, Science and Under the scheme the training Technology, Government, of Himachal expenditure as well as capital Pradesh. The MoEF&CC has expenditure of the institutions is sanctioned `20.00 crore for the reimbursed as per the scheme. project. An amount of `3.30 crore has since been released by NABARD as st 3.62 NABARD has initiated a on 31 December, 2016. participative exercise with the help of
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4. EXCISE AND TAXATION
4.1 The Department of material and packing material Excise and Taxation is a major brought from outside the State revenue earning department of the for consumption, sale or use in government of Himachal manufacturing, including Pradesh. During the year 2015-16 contract manufacturing, revenue collected under VAT was processing, conversion, job- `3,992.99 crore, which is 71.11 work and assembling by percent of total revenue collected of existing industrial units and new `5,614.75 crore. During the year industrial units from 2 percent to 2015-16 revenue of `1,131.22 crore, 1 percent (for existing industrial has been collected under the head units) and 1 percent to 0039-State Excise against the target of 0.5 percent (for new industrial `1,137.72 crore, which is 20.26 units) respectively. percent of total revenue collection and Proposal to give the powers to remaining 8.63 percent collection was AETC/ETO I/c of district to under the HP passenger and Goods authorize to collect payment for Tax Act, HP Luxury Tax Act, HP additional goods tax/ certain Certain Goods Carried by Road Tax goods carried by road under the Act, HP Entertainment Tax Act and HP HPPGT Act/ HPCGCR from Toll Tax. industrialist/ dealers instead of Excise and Taxation Commissioner ealier. 4.2 The Department has Government has reduced provided different facilities and the CGCR on drinking water from targets fixed for these facilities have 7.50 per ten liter to 2.00 per ten been described below:- liter. Electric vehicles have been Govt. has exempted circus and exempted from payment of VAT magic shows from payment of for five years w.e.f. 03.10.2016. entertainment duty from Solar Cookers and Solar 01.04.2015 for ten years, so Lantern have been exempted that these tradional arts can be from payment of tax w.e.f. promoted. 03.10.2016. With effect from 01.04.2015 the LED lights has been exempted quarterly/monthly returns have from VAT w.e.f 03.10.2016. been merged and the dealer will With effect from 01.05.2016 be required to file return in entry tax has been reduced Form VAT-XV. This will not only from 0.25 percent to 0.10 save time but lead to better percent on precious metals. mapping of the data provided SIM Cards have been by the dealer. exempted from payment of VAT Goods vehicles entering the w.e.f. 12.08.2016. state with full e-declaration of VAT rate on Anti hail nets has loaded vehicles are not required been decreased from 13.75 to stop at the barrier w.e.f. percent to 5 percent on 18.05.2015. It is pertinent to 18.11.2016. mention that out going vehicles Entry Tax has been decreased are already not required to stop on Industrial Inputs, raw
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at the barrier, in case they administration more smooth make e-declaration. and transparent. E-payment of tax under CST The revenue target for the and VAT has been made financial year 2016-17 has been compulsory w.e.f. 01.10.2015 to fixed at `1,274.26 crore which is facilitate the dealers and to `136.54 crore under 0039-state result in better accounting of tax excise more than the target of deposited. the previous year 2015-16. The With a view to facilitate the department is making all-out dealers for tax payment more efforts to achieve the target than 40 banks have been fixed for this financial year. intergrated in Cyber Treasury The State has implemented w.e.f. 06.06.2015. Provision under, its own Excise The dealers who filed annual Act, 2011 w.e.f. 18.08.2012, return withdigital signature will under which ‘Confiscation of not be required to file hard copy vehicles’ being used for the of the same w.e.f. 14.12.2015. smuggling of liquor has been Electronic facility for e-return stipulated. and deposit of tax in Cyber The affixing of EALs/Holograms Treasury by the registered on each and every bottle of dealer’s w.e.f. 01.04.2015 IMFS and country liqur has under the revenue head 0045 been made compulsory to Luxury Tax has been made ensure qualitative liquor to the available to make the tax consumers.
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TABLE 4.1
GROWTH OF REVENUE RECEIPTS (` in crore) Year State Excise Sales Tax PGT OTD Total 2000-01 209.17 302.05 43.05 52.60 606.87 2001-02 236.28 355.08 34.26 63.74 689.36 2002-03 237.42 383.33 31.45 75.10 727.30 2003-04 280.21 436.75 33.96 85.24 836.16 2004-05 299.90 542.37 38.42 97.83 978.52 2005-06 328.97 726.98 42.61 124.14 1222.70 2006-07 341.86 914.45 50.22 118.64 1425.17 2007-08 389.57 1092.47 55.12 137.16 1674.32 2008-09 431.83 1246.31 62.39 169.00 1909.53 2009-10 500.72 1488.16 88.74 197.13 2274.75 2010-11 562.95 2103.39 93.26 283.35 3042.95 2011-12 707.36 2476.78 94.36 294.96 3573.46 2012-13 809.86 2728.21 101.39 331.88 3971.35 2013-14 951.95 3141.09 104.94 326.26 4524.24 2014-15 1044.14 3660.57 110.04 365.01 5179.76 2015-16 1131.22 3992.99 115.28 375.26 5614.75 2016-17 929.47 3338.82 89.57 276.14 4634.01 Upto December, 2016
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5. PRICE MOVEMENT Price Situation during the month of December, 2015 5.1 Containment of Inflation is was 176.8 which increased to 182.8(P) in the priority list of Government. in the month of December, 2016 Inflation hurts the common man most as showing an inflation rate of (+)3.39 their income is not indexed to prices. percent. The month-wise average Inflationary tendencies are measured by Wholesale Price Index Numbers for the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). The year 2016-17 depicting inflation rate is Wholesale Price Index at National level given in the Table 5.1 below:-
Table-5.1 All India Wholesale Price Index No.(Base 2004-05=100) Month 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Inflation rate April 138.6 152.1 163.5 171.3 180.8 176.4 177.8 0.79 May 139.1 152.4 163.9 171.4 182.0 178.0 180.2 1.24 June 139.8 153.1 164.7 173.2 183.0 179.1 182.9 2.12 July 141.0 154.2 165.8 175.5 185.0 177.6 184.2 3.72 August 141.1 154.9 167.3 179.0 185.9 176.5 183.3 3.85 September 142.0 156.2 168.8 180.7 185.0 176.5 183.2 3.80 October 142.9 157.0 168.5 180.7 183.7 176.9 183.6 3.79 November 143.8 157.4 168.8 181.5 181.2 177.5 183.1(P) 3.15 December 146.0 157.3 168.8 179.6 178.7 176.8 182.8(P) 3.39 January 148.0 158.7 170.3 179.0 177.3 175.4 .. .. February 148.1 159.3 170.9 179.5 175.6 174.1 .. .. March 149.5 161.0 170.1 180.3 176.1 175.3 .. .. Average 143.3 156.1 167.6 177.6 181.2 176.7 .. .. P: Provisional
5.2 The price situation in Consumer Price Index (CPI) IW (Base Himachal Pradesh remained under 2001=100) of Himachal Pradesh constant watch. The Food, Civil increased at slightly higher rate as Supplies and Consumer Affairs compared to the National level. The Department of the State has been C.P.I. for industrial workers in H.P. keeping constant vigil on the price increased by only 3.36 percent in situation and maintained the mechanism December, 2016 against 2.23 percent at of supplying the essential consumer National level. Further, in order to check commodities to the public through a hoarding and profiteering and other network of 4,891 fair price shops. In malpractices in the sale and order to monitor food insecurity and distribution of essential commodities of vulnerability issues the Department of mass consumption, the State Govt. is Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer vigorously enforcing various Orders/ Affairs is also implementing Food Acts. A system of regular weekly Insecurity and Vulnerability Mapping monitoring of prices of essential System (FIVIMS) through G.I.S. As a commodities continued during the year result of various measures by the State so that effective measures can be taken Government the pricesof essential in time to check undue price rise. commodities remained under control.
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Table - 5.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers in H.P. (Base 2001=100) Month 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Percentage change over previous year April 167 185 201 219 227 237 4.41 May 169 185 205 219 229 238 3.93 June 169 186 208 221 230 241 4.78 July 174 192 213 227 233 246 5.58 August 174 195 214 229 234 246 5.13 September 176 195 215 228 236 245 3.81 October 179 195 217 227 239 248 3.77 November 179 196 218 225 241 248 2.90 December 177 196 213 224 238 246 3.36 January 178 198 214 225 237 .. .. February 178 199 215 225 237 .. .. March 180 199 217 226 236 .. .. Average 175 193 213 225 235 .. ..
Table- 5.3
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers of All India (Base 2001=100) Month 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Percentage change over previous year April 186 205 226 242 256 271 5.86 May 187 206 228 244 258 275 6.59 June 189 208 231 246 261 277 6.13 July 193 212 235 252 263 280 6.46 August 194 214 237 253 264 278 5.30 September 197 215 238 253 266 277 4.14 October 198 217 241 253 269 278 3.35 November 199 218 243 253 270 277 2.59 December 197 219 239 253 269 275 2.23 January 198 221 237 254 269 .. .. February 199 223 238 253 267 .. .. March 201 224 239 254 268 .. .. Average 195 215 236 251 265 .. ..
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6. FOOD SECURITY AND CIVIL SUPPLIES
Targeted Public Distribution System(TPDS)
6.1 One of the main 2) Other than NFSA (APL) constituents of the Government strategy for poverty alleviation is Targeted 6.2 In the State, the TPDS, Public Distribution System which having total ration cards 18,26,390 ensures availability of essential covering cards population 77,34,264. commodities like Wheat, Wheat Atta, These card holders are provided with Rice, Levy Sugar etc. and through a net essential commodities through the work of 4,891 Fair Price Shops. The network of 4,891 fair price shops which total families for distribution of essential constitutes 3,196 Cooperative Societies, items have been divided in two 16 Panchayat, 78 Civil Supplies categories viz; Corporation, 1,594 Individual and 7 1) National Food Security Act Mahila Mandals in the State. (NFSA) (Eligible Household)
i) Antyodaya Anna Yojana 6.3 Distribution of essential (AAY) commodities during the year 2016-17, ii) Priority Households upto December, 2016.
Table-6.1
Sr. Name of Commodity Unit Distribution of items upto No. December,2016 1 Wheat/Atta APL M.T. 1,30,447 2 Rice APL M.T. 65,500 3 Wheat BPL M.T. 17,909 4 Rice BPL M.T. 16,732 5 Wheat (AAY/NFSA) M.T. 83,302 6 Rice (AAY/NFSA) M.T. 61,248 7 Rice Annapurna M.T. 57 8 Rice (M.D.M). M.T. 11,228 9 Levy Sugar/ Sugar (NFSA/APL) M.T. 41,139 10 Dal Channa M.T. 6,296 11 Kabli Channa M.T 27 12. Rajmah M.T 9,173 13 Dal Rongi M.T 3,828 14 Dal Masri M.T 4,257 15 Black Masur M.T 8,363 16 Iodised Salt M.T 8,175 17 Refind Oil K.L 13,468 18 Mustard Oil K.L. 8,427
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6.4 Presently, following food items are being distributed under TPDS and H.P. State subsidised schemes which is as under :-
Table- 6.2 Sr.No. Per Ration Card Distribution (Quantity) 1 Up to two members One Kg. Dal Rajmah, One Kg. Dal Black Masar, One Kg. Dal Masri, One Kg. I.Salt and only One litre E/Oil. 2 Three or four members One Kg. Dal Rajmah,One Kg. Dal Black Masar,One Kg. Dal Masri, One Kg. I. Salt, Two litres E/Oil. 3 Five & above members One Kg. Dal Rajmah, One Kg. Dal Black Masar, One Kg. Dal Masri, One Kg. I.Salt, Two litre E/Oil . Rate of Dal Rajmah @ ₹45.00 per Kg., Dal Black Masar ₹40.00 per Kg, One Kg. Dal Masri @ ₹50.00 per Kg, One Kg. I. Salt @ ₹4.00 per Kg., Edible oil (Mustard Oil) @ ₹82.00 per litre. 4 Other than NFSA i) APL 18 Kg. Rice @₹10.00 per Kg. Note:- The State Govt. has decided to provide 20 Kg. Atta and 15 Kg. Rice per ration card per month to APL category of Tribal Areas of the State w.e.f September, 2014. ii) BPL The BPL families is being issued additional food-grains to make good the quantity equal to 35 Kg. per family per month at BPL rate i.e. Wheat @₹5.25 per Kg., Rice @₹6.85 per Kg. The quantity of wheat and rice will be distributed according to the household members for which detail is as given. For one member family 17 Kg. and 13 Kg., two members family 14 Kg. & 11 Kg., three members family 11 Kg. & 9 Kg., four members family 8 Kg. and 7 Kg., five members family 5 Kg. and 5 Kg., six members family 2 Kg. and 3 Kg. respectively. iii) For Annapurna card 10 Kg. rice free of cost. holder
5 NFSA For AAY ration card 35 Kg. per family i.e. 20 Kg. Wheat @ ₹2.00 per Kg. and holder 15 Kg. Rice @₹ 3.00 per Kg. For Priority Households 5 Kg. per member i.e 3 Kg. Wheat @₹2.00 per Kg. and 2 Kg. Rice@ ₹3.00 per Kg.
6 Sugar For APL ration card holders 600 gms. per member per month @₹19.50 per Kg. For Non-APL ration card holders 600 gms. per member per month @₹13.50 per Kg.
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Table 6.3 Corporation procured and distributed Items Stocked in the Tribal Areas various commodities under TPDS to the for Distribution as on tune of ₹872.25 crore as compared to ₹900.91 crore during the corresponding December,2016 period of last year. Sr. Name of Unit Quantity No. Commodity 1 Wheat/Atta APL M.T. 5,932 6.7 Presently, the Corporation 2 Rice APL M.T. 5,752 is also providing other essential items 3 Wheat BPL M.T. 671 like cooking gas, Diesel/ Petrol/ 4 Rice BPL M.T. 401 Kerosene Oil and life saving 5 Wheat M.T. 3,155 drugs/medicines at reasonable rates to (AAY/NFSA) the consumers of the State through its 6 Rice (AAY M.T. 2,351 /NFSA) 119 Wholesale Godowns, 76 Retail 7 Rice Annapurna M.T. 2 Shops/ APNA STORE, 54 Gas 8 Sugar M.T. 1,195 Agencies, 4 Petrol Pumps and 36 9 I. Salt M.T 379 Medicine Shops. In addition to this, the 10 Dal Chana M.T 191 procurement and distribution, of non- 11 Rajmah M.T 331 12 Black Masar M.T 360 controlled commodities (like sugar, 13 Dal Rongi M.T 133 pulses, rice, atta, detergents, tea leaves, 14 Dal Masri M.T 7 excercise note books, cement, CGI 15 Kerosene Oil K.L 1,118 Sheets, medicines, items under SNP, 16 L.P.G. 14.2 Kg. No. 1,57,122 MNREGA- cement & petroleum 17 Edible Oil K.L. 737 products etc.) through wholesale godowns and retail shops of the Other Activities Corporation which certainly has played an important role in stabilising prices of Petrol and Petroleum Products these commodities prevailing in the 6.5 At present, there are 28 open market. During the current wholesale kerosene oil dealers, 362 financial Year, 2016-17, up to Petrol Pumps and 146 Gas Agencies December, 2016 the Corporation working in the state. procured & distributed various commodities under the scheme to the Himachal Pradesh State Civil tune of ₹321.86 crore as compared to Supplies Corporation (HPSCSC) ₹340.30 crore during corresponding period of last year. 6.6 The H.P. State Civil
Supplies Corporation as a “CENTRAL 6.8 The corporation is PROCUREMENT AGENCY” for all arranging the supplies of rice & other controlled and non-controlled essential supplementary items under the Mid-day- commodities in the state is procuring & Meal Scheme to Primary and Upper distributing foodgrains and other Primary Schools as per the allocation essential commodities to the entire made by the concerned Deputy satisfaction of the Government under Commissioner. During the current the Targeted Public Distribution System financial year 2016-17 up to December, (TPDS) and National Food Security Act 2016 the Corporation arranged the (NFSA). During the current financial distribution of 11,428 MTs rice as year, up to December,2016 the
39 compared to 11,617 MTs during the openingAPNA STORE/ MALL, Mandi corresponding period of last year under and Shimla. In the Bus stand Kangra this scheme. The Corporation is also APNA STORE is being made functional arranging the supplies of identified very shortly. On the other hand more Specially Subsidized items (pulses of Medicine Shops are proposed to be various kinds, Edible Oil (Mustard/ opened in the premises of the Govt. Refined) and I.Salt) under the State Hospitals. Sponsored Schemes as per the decisions of the purchase committee Government Supplies constituted by the Government. During 6.11 Himachal Pradesh State the current financial year 2016-17, upto Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. is December, 2016 the Corporation has managing the procurement and supplies distributed these commodities under the of Ayurvedic and Allopathic medicines to said scheme to the tune of ₹372.85 Govt. hospitals, Cement to Government crore as compared to ₹277.62 crore Department/ Board/ Corporation and during corresponding period of last year other Govt. institutions and GI/DI/CI to the Ration Card holders as per the Pipes to I & PH department of scale fixed by the State Government. Government of Himachal Pradesh, During the year 2016-17 for the School Uniform to Education implementation of this scheme, a departmentof Government of H.P. budgetprovision of ₹210.00 crore has During the current financial year, been made as State subsidy. During the 2016-17 the tentative position of Govt. year 2016-17 the corporation is likely to supply remain as under:- achieve a total turnover of over ₹1,433.35 crore as compared to 1 Supply of Cement to ₹96.82 crore ₹1401.52 crore during the year 2015-16. Govt. Deptt./ Boards/
Corporation New Sales Centres Sanctioned/ Opened 2 GI/DI/CI Pipes to 57.12 crore 6.9 The Corporation has I&PH Department sanctioned/ opened New whole Sales Centres at Badoh and Jawali district 3 School uniform to ₹48.22 crore Kangra in public interest during the year Education 2016-17. department
Proposal of opening APNA Total ₹ 202.16 crore STORE / MALL 6.10 The Corporation has MNREGA Cement Supplies initiated proposal of opening “APNA 6.12 During the financial year STORE/ MALL” at Shimla, Solan, 2016-17 upto December, 2016 the Dharmshala, Mandi.In the first Corporation managed the procurement phase,the APNA STORE/ MALL has and distribution of 17,78,111 bags been made functional at Bus stand cement amounting to ₹49.83 crore to Nagrota Bagwan and Palampur, for the various Panchayats used for sale of various non-controlled items. developmental works of the Panchayats Efforts are being made for in the whole of the State.
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Food Security in Tribal and through its 119 wholesale centres to Inaccessible Areas of the State Fair Price Shops for further distribution 6.13 The Corporation is among the beneficiaries of the State. committed to provide all essential During the financial year 2016-17 up to commodities, Petroleum products December, 2016, 61,404 MTs rice and including kerosene oil and LPG in tribal 85,942 MTs wheat at the rate of ₹3.00 and inaccessible areas, where private and ₹2.00 per kg per month respectively traders do not venture to undertake have been distributed to the identified these operations due to economic non- beneficiaries. In addition to above, in the viability of the trade. During the current absence of separate Warehouse financial year, 2016-17 the supplies of Corporation of the State Government, essential items and Petroleum products the Himachal Pradesh State Civil to tribal and snow bound area were Supplies Corporation is managing arranged as per the tribal action plan of storage capacity itself, through 22,980 the Government. MTs owned and 37,508 MTs hired godowns in the State. In view of Dividend successful implementation of the NFSA, 2013 additional Storage 6.14 The corporation is earning Capacity is being created and efforts are profit since its inception i.e 1980. being made for constructing of godowns During the year 2015-16 a net profit of at various places ranging from 300 ₹2.06 crore was earned and a sum of MTs to 1,000 MT capacity for which ₹35.15 lakh was paid as dividend to the identification/ transfer of Govt. land in Government of H.P. the name of the Department/
Corporation is in progress. State Implementation of National Government has provided funds to the Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) tune of ₹2.99 crore, for creating 6.15 Under the task and additional foodgrains storage capacity. responsibilities assigned by the Governemnt of india to states for SAIL Yard implementation of National Food 6.16 During the current financial Security Act 2013, the Hon’ble Chief year, 2016-17, as per initiative taken by Minister, Himachal Pradesh lauched the corporation, the Steel Authority of most prestigious scheme of “Rajiv India Ltd. has enthrusted SAIL Yard at Gandhi Anna Yojana” on 20-09-2013. Bhattakuffar for the supply of quality The Himachal Pradesh State Civil steel to various Government Supplies Corporation is playing major Departments/ Boards/ Corporations and role in implementing the scheme upto December,2016 a total quantity of through timely procurement, storage 1,793 MT steel had been supplied. and supply of allocated food grains
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7. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
AGRICULTURE
7.1 Agriculture is the main Table-7.1 occupation of the people of Himachal Distribution of Land Holdings Pradesh and has an important place in Size of Category No. of Area Av. Holdings (Farmers) Holdings (lakh Size the economy of the State. Himachal (hect.) (lakh) hect.) of Holding Pradesh is the only state in the country (hect.) whose 89.96 percent of population Below 1.0 Marginal 6.70 2.73 0.41 (69.78%) (28.63%) (Census 2011) lives in rural areas. 1.0-2.0 Small 1.75 2.44 1.39 Therefore dependency on Agriculture/ (18.17%) (25.55%) Horticulture is ominent as it provides 2.0-4.0 Semi 0.85 2.31 2.72 Medium (8.84%) (24.14%) direct employment to about 62 percent 4.0-10.0 Medium 0.28 1.57 5.61 of total workers of the State. (2.87%) (16.39%) 10.0-Above Large 0.03 0.51 17.00 7.2 Agriculture happens to (0.34%) (5.29%) be the premier source of State Income Total 9.61 9.55 1.00 (GSDP). About 10 percent of the total GSDP comes from agriculture and its 7.3 About 80 percent of the allied sectors. Out of the total total cultivated area in the State is geographical area of State (55.67 lakh rainfed. Rice, Wheat and Maize are hectare) the area of operational important cereal crops of the State. holdings is about 9.55 lakh hectares Groundnut, Soyabeen and Sunflower in and is operated by 9.61 lakh farmers. Kharif and Rapeseed/Mustard and Toria The average holding size is about are important oilseed crops in the Rabi 1.00 hectare. Distribution of land season. Urd, Bean, Moong, Rajmash in holdings according to 2010-11 Kharif season and Gram Lentil in Rabi Agricultural Census shows that 87.95 are the important pulse crops of the percent of the total holdings are of State. Agro-climatically the state can be Small and Marginal. About 11.71 divided into four zones viz.:- percent of holdings are owned by Semi Sub Tropical, sub- Medium and Medium farmers and only mountain and low hills. 0.34 percent by large farmers. The Sub Temperate, Sub distribution of land holdings in Humid mid hills. Himachal Pradesh has been depicted Wet Temperate high hills. in Table-7.1 Dry Temperate high hills and cold deserts.
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The agro-climatic conditions monsoon performance in various in the state are congenial for the districts. production of cash crops like seed Table 7.2 potato, off-season vegetables and Monsoon Season Rainfall ginger. (June- September, 2016) District Actual Normal Excess or 7.4 The State Government is (mm) (mm) Deficient laying emphasis on production of off- Total %age season vegetables, potato, ginger, (mm) pulses and oilseeds besides increasing Bilaspur 833 877 (-) 44 (-) 5 production of cereal crops, through Chamba 601 1406 (-) 806 (-)57 Hamirpur 996 1079 (-) 83 (-) 8 timely and adequate supply of inputs, Kangra 1351 1582 (-) 231 (-) 15 demonstration and effective Kinnaur 116 264 (-) 148 (-) 56 dissemination of improved farm Kullu 563 520 43 8 technology, replacement of old variety L/Spiti 103 458 (-) 356 (-) 78 seed, promoting integrated pest Mandi 1047 1093 (-) 47 (-) 4 management, bringing more area under Shimla 649 634 15 2 Sirmaur 883 1325 (-) 442 (-)33 efficient use of water resources and Solan 899 1000 (-) 101 (-)10 implementation of Wasteland Una 819 863 (-) 43 (-) 5 Development Projects. There are four Average 624 844 (-) 220 (-) 26 distinct seasons with respect to rainfall. Almost half of the rainfall is received Table 7.3 during the Monsoon season and Post Monsoon Seasons Rainfall Data remaining precipitation is distributed for the period from among other seasons. The State (October-December 2016) received an average rainfall of 1,251mm District Actual Normal Excess or Kangra district gets the highest rainfall (mm) (mm) Deficient followed by Chamba, Sirmaur and Total %age (mm) Mandi. Bilaspur 14 70 (-) 56 (-) 80 Chamba 9 127 (-)117 (-) 93 Monsoon Season 2016 Hamirpur 3 86 (-) 83 (-) 97 7.5 The performance of Kangra 7 105 (-) 97 (-) 93 Kinnaur 7 102 (-) 95 (-) 93 agriculture is closely related to the Kullu 5 98 (-) 93 (-) 95 performance of monsoon. During the L/Spiti 1 144 (-)143 (-)100 monsoon season of 2016 (June- Mandi 11 81 (-) 70 (-) 86 September) in Himachal Pradesh the Shimla 9 75 (-) 66 (-)88 rainfall received was Normal in Bilaspur Sirmaur 13 87 (-) 74 (-) 85 Hamirpur,Kangra, Kullu, Mandi , Shimla Solan 23 89 (-) 66 (-) 74 Solan and Una District, Deficent in Una 8 72 (-) 63 (-) 88 Chamba, Kinnaur and Sirmour Scanty Average 8 103 (-) 95 (-) 93 in Lahaul & Spiti. For Himachal as a Note: whole, the total rainfall during the entire Normal = -19% to +19% monsoon season season was (-) 26 Excess = 20% and above percent below the annual normal rainfall. Deficient= -20% to –59% Scanty = -60% to –99% The Table 7.2 shows southwest
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Crop Performance 2015-16 rainfed. The sowing of Kharif crops 7.6 The economy of Himachal starts from the end of April and goes up Pradesh is largely depend on agriculture to the mid of June. Maize and Paddy are which still occupies a significant place in the the principal food grain crops the state economy as 10 percent of growing during Kharif season. Other total State Domestic Product in minor crops are Ragi, Millets and 2014-15 was generated by agriculture pulses. An area of 395.27 thousand and allied sectors and any fluctuations in hectare was sown under different Kharif the production of foodgrains affect the crops. During this season about 20 economy significantly. During the Twelth percent of area is sown in the month of Five Year Plan, 2012-17 emphasis has April-May whereas 70 percent of area is been laid on production of off-season sown in the month of June and July vegetables, potato, pulses and oilseeds which is a peak Kharif sowing period. besides cereal crops through timely Due to normal rain in the most part of and adequate supply of inputs, bringing the state, the sowing could be done in more area under irrigation, approach of time and overall crop condition was watershed development, demonstration normal. However,during Monsoon and effective dissemination of improved season, 2016 there was heavy rainfall in farm technology etc. The year 2015-16 some pockets of the State and standing agriculturally remained a normal year Kharif crops were affected to some and the foodgrains production was extent and the total production of 8.88 16.34 lakh MT against 16.08 lakh MT lakh MT has been achieved against the achieved during 2014-15. The production target of 8.85 lakh MT for production of Potato was 1.83 lakh MT Kharif, 2015 season. During Rabi, in 2015-16 as against 1.81 lakh MT in 2015-16 season, the rains received 2014-15. The production of vegetables were defiant in the post Monsoon during the year 2015-16 was 16.08 lakh season rainfall for the period October to MT as against 15.76 lakh MT in December, 2015 which affected Rabi 2014-15. sowing to some extent. As such, against the Rabi, 2015-16 target of 7.34 lakh MT Crop Prospects 2016-17. the total production of 7.46 lakh MT has been achieved as per final estimates. 7.7 The food grain production The crop wise production of foodgrains target for 2016-17 are to be around and commercial crops in Himachal 16.00 lakh MT. The Kharif production Pradesh during 2014-15, 2015-16, mainly depends upon the behaviour of 2016-17 and target for 2017-18 is south west monsoon, as about 80 shown in Table 7.4 percent of the total cultivated area is
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Table-7.4 Foodgrains Production (In ’000 MT)
Crop 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (Tentative Final) (Anti.Ach.) (Target)
I.Foodgrains Rice 127.38 129.88 131.00 132.00 Maize 735.96 737.65 750.00 740.00 Ragi 1.91 1.93 3.50 2.00 Millets 3.39 3.09 6.00 3.70 Wheat 648.29 667.62 650.00 670.00 Barley 36.70 34.33 38.00 36.00 Gram 0.38 0.38 3.50 0.45 Pulses 53.88 59.17 18.00 61.00 Foodgrains 1607.89 1634.05 1600.00 1645.15 II.Commercial Crops Potato 181.38 183.25 195.00 200.00 Vegetables 1576.45 1608.55 1500.00 1540.00 Ginger 16.50 32.33 35.00 32.70
Growth in Foodgrains Table 7.5 Production Food grains Area and Production 7.8 There is limited scope of Area Produc- Produc- increasing production through Year (`000 tion tion per hect.) (’000 hectare expansion of cultivable land. Like whole M.T.) (M.T.) country, Himachal too has almost 2011 -12 788.06 1544.49 1.96 reached a plateau in so far as cultivable 2012-13 786.43 1541.33 1.96 land is concerned. Hence, the emphasis 2013-14 774.72 1585.13 2.05 has to be on increasing 2014-15 755.21 1607.89 2.13 productivity levels besides diversification 2015-16 764.85 1634.05 2.14 towards high value crops. Due to an (Ant Ach) increasing shift towards commercial crops, the area under foodgrains High Yielding Varieties production is gradually declining as the area which in 1997-98 was 853.88 Programme (H.Y.V.P.) thousand hectares is likely to be 7.9 In order to increase the declined to 764.85 thousand hectares in production of foodgrains, emphasis has 2015-16. Increase in production thus been laid on distribution of seeds of high reflects gain in productivity as is evident yielding varieties to the farmers. Area from the Table 7.5 brought under high yielding varieties of
45 principal crops viz. Maize, Paddy and Table-7.7 Wheat during the last five years and Achievement and targets proposed proposed for 2016-17 is given in (‘000 hect.) table 7.6. Year Coverage of Distribution Table-7.6 Area under of Area Brought Under High Yielding plant chemicals Varities protection (M.T.) (‘000 hect.) measures ('000 Hect.) Year Maize Paddy Wheat 2012-17 425.00 600.00 2011-12 279.05 75.08 330.35 (12th Five 2012-13 279.60 76.90 336.56 Year Plan 2013-14 285.05 76.05 341.35 Target) 2014-15 288.00 74.00 352.00 2012-13 92.00 161.19 2015-16 200.07 62.64 324.00 2013-14 120.51 210. 90 2016-17 255.00 75.00 354.00 2014-15 108.00 190.11 (Target) 2015-16 82.29 144. 00 2016-17 92.00 160.00 There are 20 Seed (Likely) Multiplication Farms from where foundation seed is distributed to registerd farmers. In addition, Soil Testing Programme there are 3 Vegetable 7.11 In order to maintain the Development Stations, 12 Potato fertility of the soil during each season, Development Stations and 1 Ginger soil samples are collected from the Development Station in the State. farmers field and analysed in the soil testing laboratories. Soil testing laboratories have been established in all Plant Protection Programme the districts(except Lahaul & Spiti), 7.10 In order to increase the where as four mobile soil testing production of crops, adoption of plant vans/labs out of which one exclusively protection measures is of paramount for the tribal areas is in operation for importance. During each season, testing the soil samples at site. These campaigns are organised to fight the laboratories have been strengthened menace of crop disease, insects and with latest equipments. At present 11 pest etc. The Scheduled Castes/ soil testing labs has been strengthened Scheduled Tribes, IRDP families, and 7 mobile labs has also been setup farmers of Backward Areas and small by the department and about 1.00 lakh and marginal farmers are provided plant soil samples are collected for soil protection chemicals and equipments at analysis in a year. During 2015-16, 50 percent cost. From October, 1998 67,800 Soil Samples were analyzed the Government has allowed 30 and about 82,000 number of soil percent subsidy on such material to big samples are expected to be analyzed farmers also. Achievements and Targets during 2016-17. Soil testing programme proposed in distribution of chemicals are has been adoped as flagship shown in Table 7.7 programme by Govt. It has also been
46 ensured to provide Soil Health Cards to total Bio-gas produced in the Himalayas every eligible farmer by the end of 12th about 90.86 percent is being produced Plan which will help farmers to know in Himachal Pradesh alone. During the soil status and nutrient 2015-16, 150 number of Biogas plants requirement etc.in their fields and to were installed in the state and it was adopt soil test basis recommendations proposed to install 150 more Bio-gas to use nutrient in their crops/ fields. The plants during 2016-17 against which 60 soil fertility map is being prepared by the number of such plants have already CSKHPKVV Palampur by using Global been installed upto December, 2016. Positioning System (GPS). The State This programme is at saturation stage. Government has also declared soil testing as public service under H.P. Fertilizer Consumption and Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011. Subsidy 7.14 Fertilizer is a critical input, Organic Farming which helps in increasing the production 7.12 The organic farming is to a great extent. The level of fertilizer becoming popular being suitable, consumption in 1985-86 was 23,664 environmental friendly and health tonnes, which is now increased to concern to all concerned. Organic 57,580 tonnes in 2015-16. In order to farming is being promoted in the state in promote balanced use of chemical a systematic manner by providing fertilizers, a subsidy of `1,000 per MT trainings, laying out demonstrations, on complex fertilizers have been organizing fairs/ seminars to the allowed, use of water soluble fertilizers farmers. It has also been decided to is promoted in a big way for which set-up vermi-composting units at every subsidy has been allowed to an extent th house by the end of 12 Plan. Under of 25 percent of cost limited to `2,500 this scheme financial assistance of per quintal whichever is less. The `5,000 per farmer is being provided (50 subsidy is being provided under the percent) assistance for construction of Plan schemes. About 51,000 MT of Vermin pit size of 10x6x1.5 ft and 2 Kg. fertilizers in terms of nutrients are of Vermiculture. Beside this, incentive is proposed to be distributed during being provided on approved organic 2016-17. inputs. For adoption of Organic Farming, incentive @ `10,000 per hectare Agriculture Credit (50 percent) and for certification `10,000 7.15 Traditionally, non- per hectare is being provided for 3 institutional sources of finance have years. been the major source of finance for the rural households due to various socio- Bio-Gas Development programme economic conditions. Some of them 7.13 Keeping in view the depleting have been lending at exorbitant rate of sources of conventional fuel i.e. interest and since the poor own few firewood, biogas plants have assumed assets, it is unviable for the financial great importance in the low and mid hills institutions to secure their lending with in the State. Till March, 2016 since collateral. However, the Govt. has taken inception, 44,671 Bio-gas plants have measures to ensure timely and been installed in the State. Out of the adequate supply of institutional credit to
47 the rural households at reasonable rate preventing sowing, post harvest losses, of interest. In view of the propensity of localized calamities and losses to the farmers to borrow money, most of standing crops (from sowing to harvest) whom are marginal and small farmers, have been covered under this new credit flow for purchase of input is being scheme. The scheme is compulsory to made available by the banks. loanee farmers availing Seasonal Institutional credit is being extensively Agricultural Operational (SAO) crop disbursed but there is scope to increase loans for the insurable crops from the the same particularly in respect of the Banks and Primary Agricultural crops for which insurance cover is Co-operative Societies (PACs) and available. Providing better access to optional for the Non loanee institutional credit for small and marginal farmers.Under PMFBY claims beyond farmers and other weaker sections to 350 percent of premium collected or enable them to adopt modern percentage of claims to sum insured technology and improved agricultural exceeds 35 percent which ever is higher practices has been one of the major at the National level, of all the objectives of the Government. The companies combined, shall be paid by banking sector prepares crop specific Center and State equally. credit plans and the credit flow is monitored urgently in the meetings of The Govt. of India, Ministry the State level Bankers Committee. of Agriculture has launched another Crop Insurance Scheme from Kharif, Kisan Credit Card (K.C.C) 2016 season called “Restructured 7.16 The scheme is under Weather Based Crop Insurance successful operation for the last twelve Scheme. (R-WBCIS) Under this scheme to thirteen years in the State. More than four crops Potato, Ginger. Tomato and 2,061 bank branches are implementing Peas are to be covered during Kharif, this scheme. Till December, 2016 about 2016 season. The scheme intends to 7.14 lakh Kisan Credit Cards (K.C.C.) provide insurance protection to the were issued by the various banks in the cultivators against Natural Calamities State. which are deemed to adversely affect the Kharif crops during its cultivation Crop Insurance Scheme period. Total 2.33 lakh farmers and 7.17 The State Government 82,146 hectres have been covered till has introduced this scheme from Rabi, now upto Rabi 2016-17 season. Under 1999-2000 season. Now Pradhan Mantri this scheme, a budget outlay of `400.00 Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) has been crore has been proposed for 2017-18 launched in the state from Kharif, 2016 season as per the administrative Seed Certification Programme approval and operational guidelines 7.18 Agro-climatic conditions in the issued by the Department of Agriculture, State are quite conducive for seed Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. In production. In order to maintain the this insurance scheme, Maize and quality of the seeds and also ensure Paddy crops have been covered during higher prices of seeds to the growers, Kharif season. The different stages of Seed certification programme has been risk leading to crop loss due to given due emphasis. Himachal Pradesh
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State Seed Certification Agency Agriculture Mechanisation registered growers in different parts of 7.21 Under this scheme, new the State for seed production and farm implements/ machines are certification of their produce. popularized among the farmers. Testing of new machines is also done under this Agriculture Marketing programme. The department proposes 7.19 For the regulation of to popularize small power tillers and agricultural produce in the State, implements suited to hilly conditions. Himachal Pradesh Agricultural/ Horticulture Produce Marketing Act, Seed Village Programme 2005 has been enforced. Under the (100% CSS): Act, Himachal Pradesh Marketing Board 7.22 Major constraint in has been established at the State level. increasing production and productivity of The whole of H.P. has been divided into crops noted is the lack of sufficient ten notified market areas. Its main quantities of quality seed of improved objective is to safeguard the interest of varieties to be made available to the the farming community. The regulated farmers in time, To overcome this markets established in different parts of constraint, Govt. of India has started a the state are providing useful services to novel programme known as “Seed the farmers. A modernised market Village Programme”, by which sufficient complex at Solan is functional for seed multiplication can be achieved in marketing of agricultural produce, order to meet local seed requirement besides construction of market yards in besides facilitating supply of seeds at different area. At present 10 market reasonable cost and ensuring quick committees are functioning and 55 multiplication of new varieties in a markets have been made functional. shorter time. Under this programme, For the benefits of the farmers, the areas of better seed production will be market fee has been reduced from 2 identified and a compact area approach percent to 1 percent. will be followed. 50 to 150 suitable,
responding/ willing farmers for the same Tea Development crop will be identified/ selected 7.20 Total area under tea is preferably in compact area/ cluster 2,310 hectares with a production level of approach. Foundation/certified seed at 8.6 lakh Kgs achieved in 2015-16. 50 percent cost will be made available Schedule Caste tea planters are to these identified farmers. The seeds provided agriculture inputs on 50 for half an acre per farmer will be percent subsidy. In the last few years, allowed. Training on seed production there is slump in the market and tea and seed technology will be imparted to industry has been affected badly. It is the identified farmers for the seed crops envisaged to give impetus for effective grown in the seed villages. and remunerative returns of this commodity to the producers. Focus would also be on result and Soil and Water Conservation demonstration. 7.23 Due to topographical factors the soil is subject to splash,
49 sheet and Gully erosion resulting into and collectively by agroup of farmers, degradation of the soil. Besides this (low/medium lift, pumping machinery) 50 there is biotic pressure on the land. To percent subsidy shall be provided. curb this menace particularly on the Agriculture lands, the Department is Table No. 7.8 implementing two soil and water Project Components conservation schemes under state (2014-15 to 2017-18) sector. The schemes are:- Sr.No. Component Nos. Covered area i. Soil Conservation Works. 1 Poly House farmed 4700 835350 structure Nos Sqm. ii. Water conservation and development. 2. Micro Irrigation 2150 820050 (spinkler/Drip System Nos Sqm. Water conservation and Poly Houses as per feasibility) minor irrigation programme has been 3 Low lift, medium lifts 870 - accorded priority in order to boost & pumping Nos agriculture production. The Department machinery 1 HP with poly houses as per has prepared a plan to harvest rain feasibility water by constructing tanks, Ponds, 4 Total cost of civil `10178.10 lakh. - check-dams and storage structures. works. 5. Farmers `940.45 lakh. - Besides this, low lifting water devices Sensitization, and efficient irrigation system through contingency and sprinklers are also being popularized. In Cost Escalation. these projects, major thrust would be on 6. Total Project Cost `11118.55 lakh. - soil & water conservation and creation of employment opportunities at farm Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna level. (RKVY) 7.25 Concerned by the slow Dr. Y.S. Parmar Kisan growth in Agriculture and allied sectors, Swarozgar Yojna the Government of India has launched 7.24 In order to achieve faster Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna. The and more inclusive growth in agriculture RKVY aims at achieving 4 percent sector, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh has annual growth in the agriculture sector started “Dr.Y.S.Parmar Kisan during this Plan period, by ensuring a Swarozgar Yojna” (Poly house and holistic development of Agriculture and Micro irrigation inside polyhouse). allied sectors. The main objectives of Project components include creation of the scheme are as under:- need based infrastructure and are 1. To incentives the States so as to expected to fulfil objectives of high increase public investment in productivity, quality, safeguard against Agriculture and allied sectors. adverse weather, efficient input use etc. 2. To provides flexibility and Project components include construction autonomy to states in the process of location specific models of poly of planning and executing houses with micro irrigation facility. For Agriculture and allied sector this, 85 percent project assistance shall schemes. be provided to the farmers. Also for 3. To ensure the preparation of creation of water sources individually agriculture plans for the districts
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and the states based on agro- 3. Sub Mission on Agriculture climatic conditions, availability of Machanization (SMAM). technology and natural resources. 4. Sub Mission on Plant Protection 4. To ensure that the local needs/ and Plant Quarantine (SMPP). crops/ priorities are better reflected in the agricultural plans of the The new component will be in the states. ratio 90:10 Centre and State Share. An 5. To achieve the goal of reducing the expenditure of `200.00 lakh is yield gaps in important crops, anticipated during 2016-17 and a budget through focused interventions. outlay of `250.00 lakh is proposed 6. To maximize returns to the farmers under NMAET during 2017-18. in Agriculture and allied sectors. 7. To bring about quantifiable National Mission on Sustainable changes in the production and Agriculture (NMSA) productivity of various components 7.27 Sustainable agriculture in Agriculture and allied sectors by productivity depends upon quality and addressing them in a holistic availability of Natural resources like soil manner. and water. Agricultural growth can be sustained by promoting conservation The Government of India has and sustainable use of these scarce allocating funds for agriculture growth natural resorces through appropriate which includes Horticulture, Animal location specific measures. Thus, Husbandry, Fisheries and Rural conservation of natural resources in Development. The budget provision conjunction with development of rain fed amounting to `46.60 crore has been agriculture holds the key to meet made in favour of Agriculture burgeoning demand for food grain in the Department for the year 2016-17. How state. Towards this end, National ever, projects worth ` 25.09 crore have Mission for Sustainable Agriculture been approved by SLSC under RKVY (NMSA) has been formulated for for the year 2016-17. enhancing agricultural productivity especially in rain fed areas. National Mission on Agricultural Extension & Technology Main deliverable under this (NMAET) mission are: th 7.26 During 12 Five Year Plan 1. Developing rain fed agriculture. the National Mission on Agricultural 2. Natural resources management. Extension and Technology (NMAET) 3. Enhancing water use efficiency. has been launched to make the 4. Improving soil health. extension system farmer-driven and 5. Promoting conservation agriculture. farmer arrangement of technology dissemination. NMAET has been It is a centrally sponsored divided into Four Sub-Mission. scheme and the component will be in 1. Sub Mission on Agriculture the ratio of 90:10 center and state share Extension (SAME). respectively. An expenditure of ` 200.00 2. Sub Mission on Seed and Planting lakh is anticipated during 2016-17 and Material (SMSP).
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National Food Security Mission Rajiv Gandhi Micro-Irrigation (NFSM) Scheme 7.28 The National Food 7.30 State Government is Security Mission (NFSM) aimed at to commited to promote Agriculturte in the enhance the production of Rice, Wheat State by increasing the productivity of and Pulses.NFSM has been launched in crops. For efficient system of irrigation the State from Rabi 2012 with two major the Government has launched crucial components viz.NFSM-Rice and NFSM- Project named ‘Rajiv Gandhi Micro- Wheat.Under NFSM-Rice is in operation Irrigation Scheme’ with an outlay of in three districts of state and whereas `154.00 crore over a period of 4 years NFSM-Wheat in nine district with 100 starting from 2015-16 to 2018-19. percent assistance from Central Through this project 8,500 hectare area Government. The aim of Mission is to will be brought under Drip/Sprinkler increase production of Rice and Wheat Irrigation System benefitting 14,000 through area expansion and productivity farmers. The subsidy @ 80 percent for enhancement restoring soil fertility and the installation of Micro-Irrigation productivity, creativity employment systems such as Drip, Micro, Mini opportunities and enhancing level of Portable Sprinkler, Semi-Permanent farm economy in targeted districts. An Sprinkler and large volume Sprinkler expenditure of `159.00 lakh is and 50 percent for augmentation of anticipated during 2016-17 and an water sources would be provided to the outlay of `165.00 lakh has been farmers. Durinig 2015-16, an area of proposed for 2017-18. 296.88 hectares has been brought under Micro-irrigation Systems and 344 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai farmers were benefitted. A budget Yojana: provision of `10.00 crore has been 7.29 In an attempt to improve made for this component during the Agricultural productivity, the 2016-17 and `10.00 crore has also been government of India has started a new proposed for the financial year 2017-18. scheme, viz. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY). Micro- Uttam Chara Utpadan Yojna irrigation projects (“Har Khet Ko Pani”) 7.31 With a view to increase and end-to-end irrigation solutions will fodder production in the state, the state be the key focus of this scheme. “The Government has launched a scheme; major objective of the PMKSY is to ‘Uttam Chaara Utpadan Yojana’for achieve convergence of investments in fodder development by bringing an area irrigation at the field level, expand of 25,000 hectare under fodder cultivable area under assured irrigation, production. Quality seed of fodder improve on-farm water use efficiency to grasses, cuttings, seedings of improved reduce wastage of water, enhance fodder varieties will be supplied on adoption of precision-irrigation and other subsidised rates to the farmers. Subsidy water-saving technologies”. Under this on Chaff Cutters is available to the scheme a budget provision of `2.00 SC/ST and BPL farmers. A provision of
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`6.00 crores has been proposed for 7.35 The area under temperate 2017-18. fruits other than apple has increased from 900 hectares in 1960-61 to 27,908 HORTICULTURE hectares in 2015-16. Nuts and dry fruits 7.32 The rich diversity of agro- exhibit area increase from 231 hectares climatic conditions, topographical in 1960-61 to 10,491 hectares in 2015- variations and altitudinal differences 16, Citrus and other sub tropical fruits coupled with fertile, deep and well have increased from 1,225 hectares and drained soils favour the cultivation of 623 hectares in 1960-61 to 24,063 temperate to sub-tropical fruits in hectares and 53,658 hectares in Himachal. The region is also suitable for 2015-16, respectively. cultivation of ancillary horticultural produce like flowers, mushroom, honey 7.36 This pace of development and hops. is further jeopardized due to the erratic apple production, owing to weather 7.33 This particular suitability of vagaries and market fluctuations. The Himachal has resulted in shifting of land advent of WTO, GATT and liberalisation use pattern from agriculture to fruit of economy is further imposing many crops in the past few decades. The area challenges on the dominance of apple in under fruits, which was 792 hectares in fruit industry of Himachal Pradesh. The 1950-51 with total production of 1,200 fluctuations in the production of apple tonnes increased to 2,26,799 hectares during last few years have attracted the during 2015-16. The total fruit attention of the Government. It is production in 2015-16 was 9.29 lakh necessary to explore and harness the tonnes, which during 2016-17 (upto vast horticulture potential of the hill December,2016) has been reported as State through diversified horticulture 5.10 lakh tones. During 2016-17, it was production in varied agro-ecological envisaged to bring 3,000 hectares of zones. additional area under fruit plants against which 2,816.72 hectares of area was 7.37 Horticulture Development brought under plantations and 7.53 lakh scheme is the major programme aiming fruit plants of different species were at the creation and maintenance of distributed upto 31.12.2016. infrastructural facilities in the rural areas for ensuring equitable access to the resources and inputs required for the 7.34 Apple is so far the most promotion of all fruit crops. Under this important fruit crop of Himachal scheme, the programmes like Pradesh, which constitutes about 49 development of fruit production, area percent of the total area under fruit expansion programme, demonstration of crops and about 84 percent of the total new technologies and improved fruit production. Area under apple has package of practices on the orchards of increased from 400 hectares in 1950-51 fruit growers, development of Walnut/ to 3,025 hectares in 1960-61 and Hazelnut / Pistachio nut, mango / litchi, 1,10,679 hectares in 2015-16. strawberry and olive are being
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7.38 During the year 2016-17 7.40 To provide quality packing the procurement price of Apple, Mango material to the growers and to adhere and Citrus fruits has been remained the standards of apples for different grades, same under Market Intervention scheme Notification in this regard was issued by as it was in the previous year and the State Government dated 04.04.2015 16,177.420 MT, C grade Apple fruit by specifying maximum weight allowed valued to `10.52 crore has been 24.00 Kgs. and 12.00 Kgs for Standard procured under this scheme. Under (Full Box) and Standard (Half Box), Mango Market Intervention Scheme respectively. 2.78 MT Mango fruit (Seeding and Grafted) valued to `17,930 has been 7.41 To bring diversification in procured and the Citrus Market horticulture industry a total area of 79.69 Intervention Scheme 1.56 MT Galgal hectares has been brought under flower fruit valued to `7,800 has been procured cultivation upto 31.12.2016. To promote upto December,2016. flower cultivation two Tissue Culture Laboratories have been established 7.39 In warmer area of the under Model Flower Cultivation Centres State mango has emerged as an at Mahogbagh (Chail, District Solan) important fruit crop. Litchi is also gaining and Palampur District Kangra. Four importance in certain regions. Mango Farmers Cooperative Societies are and litchi are fetching better market functioning for the production and prices. In the midhill zone, the agro- marketing of flowers in district Shimla, climatic conditions are highly suitable for Kangra, Lahaul & Spiti and Chamba. the successful cultivation of new fruits Ancillary horticultural activities like like kiwi, olive, pomegranate, pecan and mushroom and Bee keeping are also strawberry. The production of fruits for being promoted. During 2016-17 upto the last three years and current year December, 2016, 435.07 MT of upto December, 2016 is given in pasteurized compost for mushroom was table 7.9. prepared and distributed in the Table 7.9 department units located at Fruit Production Chambaghat, Bajoura and Palampur. (’000 tonnes) A total of 5,103.00 MT of mushroom
Item 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17(up to was produced in the State up to 31.12.2016) December,2016. Under the Bee keeping programme, 263.80 MT of honey has Apple 738.72 625.20 777.13 456.00 been produced upto 31.12.2016 in the Other temperate State. fruits 66.13 43.61 70.26 20.42 Nuts & 7.42 The weather based Crop dry fruits 3.48 2.41 3.37 Insurance Scheme was initially 1.52 Citrus launched in Himachal Pradesh in 6 fruits 22.27 22.17 26.62 8.39 Blocks for apple crop and in 4 Blocks Other for Mango crop during Rabi 2009-10. In sub tropical view of the popularity of this scheme, fruits 35.74 58.55 51.45 23.21 the coverage under this scheme has Total 866.34 751.94 928.83 509.54 been extended during the consecutive
54 years. Presently during year 2016-17, hailstorms, the State Government has the scheme is being implemented in 36 enhanced subsidy on Anti Hail Nets Blocks for Apple, 41 Blocks for Mango, from 50 percent to 80 percent by 15 Blocks for Kinnow, 13 Blocks for bringing in 14 lakh Sq.meter area under Plum and 5 Blocks for Peach crops. In Anti Hail Nets. A project on Apple addition to this, to protect apple fruit rejuvenation is being implemented crop from hailstorm 19 Blocks have under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna in been covered under Add-on cover which old apple orchards are being scheme. During Rabi season 2015-16, rejuvenated and replaced with the new, 1,00,493 farmers have been covered improved and regular bearing Spur under Weather Based Crop Insurance varieties. To promote micro-irrigation Scheme for apple who have insured facilities,659 hectare area has been their 71,22,283 trees for which the State brought under Pardhan Mantri Krishi Government has borne 25 percent Sinchayee Yojna upto December,2016. premium subsidy of `9.14 crore. In addition to this, for strengthening Irrigation facilities in the orchards, water 7.43 For integrated Storage Tanks and Borewells are being development of Horticulture, Centrally established in the State. Sponsored Schemes, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna and Himachal Pradesh Marketing Pardhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna Corporation (HPMC) are being implemented in the State. 7.44 H.P.M.C. a State public Under these schemes various activities undertaking was established in the of development such as production of Pradesh with the objective of marketing horticulture crops, strengthening of fresh fruits and vegetables, processing basic infrastructure and development of the unmarketable surplus and marketing irrigation facilities are being the processed products. Since its implemented. For the implementation of inception, HPMC has been playing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme MIDH pivotal role in the life of fruit growers of during the year 2016-17 funds the state by providing them amounting to `35.56 crore have been remunerative returns of their produce. approved, out of which `14.79 crore 7.45 During the year 2016-17 have been received and a total number st of 2.26 lakh farmers have been up to 31 December, 2016 HPMC has benefited from the year 2003-04 to registered overall turnover of `4,133.55 December,2016 under the scheme. To lakh against the target of `9,117.00 lakh promote protected cultivation in fixed for the financial year 2016-17. horticulture, the State Government has Under Market Intervention scheme, enhanced subsidy under Poly Houses during the year 2016-17, the Govt, of from 50 percent to 85 percent and 1.10 HP continued a policy of market lakh sq. metre area is targeted under intervention scheme (MIS) of Mango, Green Houses during year 2016-17. To Apple and Citrus fruit in the state with protect fruit crops especially apple from the support price as under:-
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Sr Name of fruit Procurement revenue of `663.34 lakh through its No Price Cold Stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, (` Per Kg.) Parwanoo and five Controlled 1 Mango (Grafted 6.50 Atmosphere stores of producing area varities) of Himachal Pradesh. The corporation 2 Mango (Seeding 6.00 has traded fruits to the value of `26.22 varities) lakh and generated income of `346.18 3 Apple 6.50 4 Kinnow, Malta and 6.50 lakh from trucks, rent, commission Oragnge (B grade) earned and sale of other material such 5 Kinnow, Malta and 6.00 as Packaged Drinking Water, Mineral Orange (C grade) Water, farm inputs, tax paid items of 6 Galgal (All grade) 5.00 other company etc. till the end of December, 2016. Also, under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS-2016) for 7.46 The Corporation has been apple the HPMC has procured only able to got sanctioned total grant in aid about 8,336.93 MT (2,38,198 bags of 35 `3,949.95 lakh to HPMC for up kg each). The Corporation processed gradation of Technology from APEDA. 6,128.19 MT Apple of “C” grade and Govt. of India. These have been got for extracted 551.00 MT Apple Juice the following projects:- Concentrate during the financial year i. Up- gradation of packing houses of 2016-17. The Corporation has not Jarol Tikker (Kotgarh), Gumma procured Mango fruit from the growers (Kotkhai), Oddi (Kumarsain), this year due to good return from the Patlikuhl (Kullu) and Reckong Peo open Market and procured 11.63 MT of with 100 percent financial citrus fruits from the growers as on assistance of `797.30 lakh. 19thJanuary, 2017. The corporation is ii. The HPMC has commissioning of mainly supplying its products to its bulk two CA Stores at Gumma and buyers, Railway, Northern Command Jarol-Tikkar in Distt. Shimla with Head quarter Udhampur, various grant in aid of `1,009.00 lakh from religious institutions, M/S Parley and the APEDA, Ministry of Commerce other reputed Institutions, retail outlets to the Government of India. and kiosks in the country.The iii. Setting up of one modern vegetable Corporation has sold 392.27 MT of pack house and cold room at Apples juice concentrated for `571.22 Nadaun District Hamirpur with 100 lakh and other process products for percent grant in aid of `353.42 `987.27 lakh to these institutions. lakh. HPMC also continued supplying fruits iv Setting up of Pack house and cold and vegetables to ITDC Hotels and room for packing grading of fruits, institutions in Metro cities Delhi, Mumbai vegetables, flowers and culinary and Chandigarh. As on 31.12.2016 herb at Ghumarwin in District HPMC has supplied fruits and Bilaspur with 100 percent grant in vegetables worth `489.53 lakh to these aid of `435.08 lakh Govt. of India. institutions. HPMC has sold material v. Replacement of Tetra Pack filling worth `507.89 lakh to the growers in the machine TBA-9 in to TBA-19 under State. The Corporation has generated 100 percent grant in aid of `355.15
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lakh to installed at fruit processing vii. HPMC is looking forward to plant Parwanoo District Solan to upgrade the remaining existing improved the efficiency in infrastructure of pack house, cold production. store, CA store and Fruit vi APEDA, Ministry of Commerce, Processing Plant etc. Also to set Government of India also sanction up same viable green field project grant in aid to the tune of `10.00 in the catchment area with modern crore for the up gradation of AJC technology to facilitate the farmers Plant at Parwanoo has been under PPP mode so that good and started. In addition to above, last efficient marketing results comes year HPMC has converted 3 cold out to increase the revenue for the storages into CA stores with a corporation. Also considering other capacity of 700 MT each at Rohru, Non-Performing Assets (NPA) and Oddi and Patlikuhl with financial loss going unit to privatize for support from the HP Govt. through operational purposes like CS Delhi, NABARD loaning and further Chennai and Parwanoo. leased out to the parties and has started return on investment.
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8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING 8.1 Rearing of livestock is an development programme attention is integral component of rural economy. In paid in the state by way of: Himachal Pradesh there is a dynamic i) Animal Health & Disease control relationship between common property ii) Cattle Development. resources (CPRs) such as forests, water iii) Sheep Breeding and and grazing land, livestock and crops. Development of Wool. Livestock depend to a certain extent on iv) Poultry Development. fodder and grass grown on CPRs as v) Feed and Fodder Development. well as on crops and residues. At the vi) Veterinary Education. same time the animals return fodder, vii) Livestock Census. grass and crop residues to the CPRs and fields in the form of manure and 8.4 Under Animal Health and provide much needed draught power. Disease Control, 1 State level Veterinary Hospital, 9 Polyclinics, 48 8.2 Livestock thus is an Sub-Divisional Veterinary Hospitals, 320 important integral to the sustainability of Veterinary Hospitals, 30 Central economy of Himachal Pradesh. The Veterinary Dispensaries and 1,773 contribution of major livestock products Veterinary Dispensaries are in the State during the year 2015-16 was 12.83 lakh as on 31.12.2016. Besides this 6 tonne of milk, 1,411 tonne of wool, Veterinary Check posts are also 81.17 million eggs and 4,005 tonnes of operating to provide immediate meat which will likely to be of the order veterinary aid to the livestock. Under of 13.21 lakh tonne of milk, 1,475 Mukhyamantri Arogya Pashudhan Yojna tonnes of wool, 97.00 million eggs and 1,251 veterinary dispensaries have 4,130 tonne of meat during 2016-17. been opened up to December,2016. Milk Production and Per Capita availability shown in Table- 8.1 8.5 For improving the quality of sheep and wool, Government Sheep Table 8.1 Breeding Farms at Jeori (Shimla), Sarol Milk Production and Per (Chamba), Tal (Hamirpur), and Capita Availability Karachham (Kinnaur) are supplying Year Milk Per Capita improved sheep to the breeders of the Production Availability State. One Ram centre at Nagwain in (lakh tonnes) (gram./Day) District Mandi is also functioning where
2015-16 12.83 511 improved Rams are reared and supplied 2016-17 13.21 528 to breeders for cross breeding. The (Estimated) flock strength of these farms are 1,962 during the year 2015-16 and 449 Rams 8.3 Animal Husbandry plays were distributed to the breeders. In view an important role to boost the rural of the increasing demand for pure economy and as such for livestock Hoggets and the established popularity of the Soviet Marino and American
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Rambouillet in the Pradesh, the State inseminated during the year 2016-17. has switched over to pure breeding at Cross breed cows are preferred the existing Government farms in the because of factors such as longer State. 9 Sheep and wool Extension lactation period, shorter dry period and Centres continue functioning. During the higher yields. year 2016-17, the wool production is likely to be of the order of 1,475 Tonne. 8.7 During 2016-17 under the Angora rabbit farms are functioning at Backyard Poultry Scheme 3.60 lakh Kandwari (Kangra) and Nagwain dual purpose coloured strains chicks are (Mandi) for distribution of rabbits to the likely to be distributed and 720 persons breeders. are targeted to impart training in poultry farming 2.00 lakh chicks were 8.6 Dairy production is an distributed among the 6,178 integral part of the Animal Husbandry beneficiaries under this Scheme in and formspart of the earning of small subsidy till November, 2016. During and marginal farmers in Himachal 2016-17, under 200-chicks scheme a Pradesh. The recent trend towards the total of 366 beneficiaries (scheduled development of a market oriented cast) have been provided assistances in economy emphasized the importance of establishing poultry units against target milk production, especially in areas of 355. falling in the vicinity of urban consumption centres. This has One horse breeding farm motivated farmers to replace local non- at Lari in Lahaul and Spiti district has descript breeds of cows with cross- been established with the objective to breed cows. Upgradation of indigenous preserve Spiti breed of horses. During cattle is being carried out by cross the year 2016-17 (up to 31st breeding with Jersey and Holsten. In December, 2016) 46 horses have kept buffalo upgradation with Murral bull is in this farm. One Yak breeding farm has being popularized. Artificial insemination been also established in the premises of with the latest technology of Deep horse breeding Lari. During the year Frozen Semen is being practised. 2016-17 (up to 31st December,2016) the During 2015-16, 13.00 lakh semen strength of yaks was 55 in this farm. straws for cows and 3.64 lakh semen Under feed and fodder development straws for buffaloes were produced by scheme, 13.96 lakh fodder roots, 0.63 sperm station. During 2016-17, 11.50 lakh fodder plants to be distributed lakh semen straws for cows and 3.00 during 2016-17. lakh semen straws for buffaloes are likely to be produced. During 2015-16, Dairy Entrepreneurship 0.66 lakh litre Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) gas Development Scheme (Doodh was produced and 0.80 lakh litre is likely to be produced in 2016-17. During Ganga Yojna):- 2015-16, artificial Insemination facility is 8.8 Doodh Ganga Scheme has been launched in collaboration with being provided through 2,551 th institutions to 7.58 lakh cows and 2.31 NABARD in the State since 25 lakh buffaloes and 7.64 lakh cows and September,2009. The Components of 2.30 lakh buffaloes are likely to be the scheme include:
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Establishment of small dairy units 3. Acquisition of high pedigree bulls (units size comprise of 2-10 milch or Sperm Stations and for Natural animals) Bank Loan of `6.00 lakh Service in remote areas. for purchase of 10 animals. 4. Strengthening of training facilities. Bank Loan to the tune of `20.00 5. Strengthening of E.T.T. Lab lakh for purchase of milking (Embryo Transfer Technology). machine/ bulk milk cooling units, 6. Development and conservation of Purchase of dairy processing Indiginous Breed. equipments for manufacture of indigenous milk products, Bank Backyard Poultry Farming Loan to the tune of `13.20 lakh. 8.10 To develop poultry sector Establishment of dairy products in Himachal Pradesh, department is transportation facilities and cold running following poultry development chain bank loan of `26.50 lakh. schemes especially in rural areas of the Cold storage facilities of milk State. Under Backyard Poultry Project 4 products bank loan of `33.00 lakh. week old chicks of coloured Strain Dairy, marketing outlet/ Dairy variety i.e. Chabro are supplied to the parlour Bank Loan of `1.00 lakh. farmers of the State and One unit consists of 40-100 chicks. These chicks Pattern of Assistance are produced at the two hatcheries i.e. i) Bank ended capital subsidy Nahan and Sundernagar. @ 25 percent of the project cost for general category Assistance to State for Control and 33.33 percent for of Animal Diseases farmers of SC/ ST category. 8.11 Due to large scale ii) Entrepreneur contribution interstatemigration from adjoining states (Margin - Money) for the and lack of nutrition grasses and fodder loans beyond `1.00 lakh will due to hilly topography most of animals be 10 percent of the project are prone to various livestock diseases. cost. Central Government has provided assistance to State Government for National Project on Bovine and control of contagious diseases under Dairy Development ASCAD which is on the pattern of 90 8.9 `23.87 crore National percent Central share and 10 percent Project on Bovine and Dairy State share.Diseases for which free Development has been sanctioned by vaccination is being provided to Government of India on 100 percent livestock owners are FMD, HSBQ, Central Assistance pattern and `5.71 Enterotoxaemia, PPR, Raniket Disease, crore were released for the year Marek’s disease and Rabies under this 2016-17. This project aims at project. strengthening of following activities of Animal Husbandry Department. Shepherd Insurance Scheme 1. Strengthening of Liquid Nitrogen 8.12 It is Centrally Sponsored Storage, transport and distribution. scheme started during 2007-08 and the 2. Strengthening of Sperm Stations, premium of `330.00 per annum per Semen Banks and A.I. Centres. breeder will be born in the ratio of
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100:150:80 between the Life Insurance has been established and functioning. Corporation, Government of India and The average milk procurement is about Shepherds. 63,000 litres per day from the villages Benefits to sheep breeders through village dairy co-operatives. The Natural Death ` 60,000 H.P. Milkfed is marketing approximately On death due to 24,000 litres of milk per day which accident `1,50,000 includes milk supply to various Permanent total prestigious dairies in bulk and supply to Disability due to army units in Dagshai, Shimla, accident `1,50,000 Palampur and Yol areas. The milk collected to milk chilling centres is Loss of 2 eyes or transported to milk processing plants 2 limbs in an where it is processed, packed, and accident `1,50,000 marketed in sachets as well as in loose Loss of1 eye or containers. 1 limb in an accident 75,000 ` 8.14 H.P. Milkfed provides Besides this, under this technical know-how, awareness scheme the sheep breeder is provided activities in field of Dairy by organizing free benefit which is called add on seminars, camps in rural areas. benefit. Under this scheme a Besides this other inputs like cattle feed scholarship of `1,200 per year for two and clean milk production activities are children of the beneficiary studying in th th provided to the farmers at their door class 9 -12 will be provided. steps. Himachal Pradesh Government has increased milk procurement rates Milk Based Industries by `1.00 per litre w.e.f. 01.04.2016 thus 8.13 H.P. Milkfed is giving direct financial benefits to 42,000 implementing dairy development families associated with the Milk activities in the State. The H.P. Milkfed Federation. has 895 milk producers Co-operative Societies. The total membership of Developmental efforts these societies is 42,000 out of which 8.15 In order to utilize surplus 200 woman dairy co-operatives are also milk and increase its revenue and to functioning. The surplus milk from the bring down its losses H.P. Milkfed has milk producers is collected by village initiated the following developmental dairy co-operative societies, processed activities:- and marketed by H.P. Milkfed. At present the Milkfed is running 23 milk Processing Plants of capacity chilling centres having a total capacity of 5,000 litres per day is being set 96,500 litres milk per day and 9 milk up at Recong Peo, district processing plants having a total capacity Kinnaur, Nalagarh, district Solan of 90,000 litres milk per day. One milk and Jangal Beri, district powder plant of 5 metric tonne per day Hamirpur. at Duttnagar in Shimla District and one A new Mineral Mixture Plant and cattle feed plant of 16 metric tonne per Urea Molasses Plant are being day capacity at Bhor in District Hamirpur set up at Bhor, Tehsil Bhoranj, district Hamirpur.
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A new Compressed Fodder Plant H.P. Milkfed is providing is being set up at Bilaspur. refreshment kit to Blood donors at Three Cattle Feed godown has IGMC Shimla. been set up at distirict Bilaspur Una and Nadaun, District Achievement of H.P. Hamirpur. Milkfed are shown in Table 8.2 H.P.Milkfed has set up a new Bakery Biscuit Plant of 2.5-3.0 Table 8.2 metric tonne per day capacity at Achievement of H.P.Milkfed Totu in Milkfed Premises. Provide self as well as direct Sr. Particulars 2015-16 (upto employment opportunities No 30.12.16) 1 Organized Societies 865 895.00 through village Dairy 2 Membership 38970 42000.00 Co-operatives. 3 Milk procured(lakh ltrs) 207.00 201.00 4 Milk Marketing(lakh ltrs) 86.10 74.95 5 Ghee sold(MT) 137.90 109.00 New Innovations 6 Paneer sold (MT) 76.42 56.00 7 Butter sold(MT) 23.96 18.00 8.16 Himachal Pradesh Milkfed 8 Dahi sold(MT) 140.82 99.54 is manufacturing Nutrimix at ‘Nutrimix 9 Cattle Feed(in qtls.) 29078.50 18900.00 Manufacturing Plant’ Chakkar (Mandi) to cater the need of the Welfare 8.17 The H.P. Milk Federation Department under ICDS project., not only provides a remunerative market 37,947.92 quintal of ‘Nutrimix has been to the milk producers living in remote supplied During 2016-17. Himachal and far-flung areas but also makes Pradesh Milkfed has also supplied available milk and milk products to the 5,638.61 quintals of Skimmed Milk consumers in urban areas at a Powder (SMP) and 2125.00 quintals of competitive prices. In order to ensure Bakery Biscuit to ICDS, SABLA Block that milk is instantaneously chilled at through Women & Child Welfare village level, H.P. Milkfed has installed Department. 103 Bulk Milk Coolers at village level in The H.P. Milk Federation organize various parts of the State. To bring training programme to milk transparency and automation in the producers at village level for testing of milk at village level, H.P. educating them to produce good Milkfed has installed 204 Automatic Milk quality of milk. Collection Units in different Village Dairy 50 percent cattle subsidy of Co-operative societies. `15,000 per animal is proposed for purchasing 267 animals under Wool Procurement and IDDP-III project for Solan, Marketing Federation Hamirpur and Kinnaur districts. 8.18 The main objective of the H.P. Milkfed has also diversified its Federation is to promote the growth and activities by manufacturing sweets development of wool industry in the during Deepawali festival and sold State of Himachal Pradesh and to free 400 quintals of sweets and 30 wool growers from exploitation by the quintals Gazaks during Lohri in the middleman/traders. In pursuance to the year 2016-17. above objective, the Federation is
62 actively involved in procurement of Beas, Satluj and Ravi receive many sheep and angora wool, sheep shearing streams during their downward journey at pasture level, sheep wool scouring and harbour the precious cold water fish and marketing of wool. Sheep shearing fauna such as Schizothorax, Golden is done with the imported automatic Mahseer and exotic Trouts. Cold water machines. During the year 2016-17 resources of the state have shown their (upto 31.12.2016) the sheep wool potential with the successful completion procurement was 85,063.40 kg. and the of ambitious Indo-Norwegian Trout value of the same was `49.17 lakh. farming Project and tremendous interest shown by the hill populace for the The Federation is also adoption of evolved technology. The implementing a few Centrally Sponsored commercially important fish species in Schemes for the benefit and upliftment Gobind Sagar and Pong Dam of sheep and angora breeders in the reservoirs, Chamera and Ranjeet Sagar State. During current financial year the Dam have become a tool for the benefits of these schemes is likely to upliftment of local population. About perculate to approximately 15,000 6,098 fishermen in the State depend breeders. The Federation is also directly on reservoir fisheries for their providing remunerative prices to the livelihood. During 2016-17 (up to wool growers for their produce by selling December,2016) cumulative fish the wool in the established markets. production was 7,712.50 metric tonne valued at `8,119.14 lakh. 5 new trout The details of projected units are being added in private sector, activities of the Federation during with the 14.40 lakh from RKVYS. The 2017-18 are shown in Table 8.3 reservoir of Himachal Pradesh has the distinction of highest per hectare fish Table 8.3 production in Govind Sagar and highest sale price value of fish catch in Pong Sr. Particulars Quantity Anticipated Dam in the country. During current year No. Expenditure (upto December,2016), 13.06 tonne (` in lakh) trout has been sold from the state farms 1. Sheep wool 1,23,000 Kg. 66.88 2. Sheep and earning revenue to the tune of Shearing 1,05,000 Nos. - `86.64 lakh. Last few years sale of fish 3. Sheep wool is shown in Table 8.4 scouring carbonizing 70,000 Kg. - Table 8.4 Trout Production FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 8.19 Himachal Pradesh is one Year Production Revenue (in tonne) of the States amongst a few in the union (`in lakh) of India which has been gifted by mother nature with rivers emanating 2012-13 19.18 98.48 2013-14 13.81 115.41 from glaciers which traverse through 2014-15 17.07 114.66 hilly terrains and finally enrich the semi- 2015-16 17.63 120.93 plain area of the state with their oxygen 2016-17(upto rich water. Its linearly flowing rivers Dec.,16) 13.06 86.64
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8.20 The Department of at their doorsteps. Fishermen now are Fisheries has constructed carp as well covered under insurance scheme where as trout seed production farms in the `2.00 lakh is given (in case of death/ state to cater the requirement of permanent disability) or `1.00 lakh (in reservoirs rural Ponds and commercial case of parital disability) and `10,000 farms in public as well as private sector. towards hospital expenses and even The value of Carp Farm seed production losses to their gear and crafts are being is `348.60 lakh in 2015-16 and `184.80 born by the State Government to the lakh in 2016-17 (up to December,2016). extent of 50 percent under “Risk Fund Despite hilly terrain of the State Scheme”. A contributory saving scheme aquaculture is being given due has been initiated by the State Govt. importance. Under “Rastriya Krishi and matching state’s share of deposited Vikas Yojna” (RKVY) an outlay of saving is provided to them during this `43.94 lakh has been approved by season. The amount so generated is Government with the breakup as shown paid to fishermen in two equal monthly in Table 8.5 instalments. The scheme wise achievements are shown as in Table 8.6 Table 8.5 Table 8.6 Sr. Name of scheme Outlay No. Amount Sr. Name of Extent of Assistance No. Scheme 1. Construction of 1. Insurance ` 2.00 lakh (on death/ Backyard Fish Farming `12.24 lakh scheme(50-50 permanent Units state and disability) 2. Distribution of cast net `0.50 lakh central Govt.) ` 1.00 lakh (partial disability) 3. Const.of community ` 10,000 (Hospital ponds in schedule cast `16.80 lakh expenses) populated village. 2. Saving-cum- 4. Const.of trout units in Relief scheme tribal areas of Himachal ` 14.40 lakh ` 3,000 (in two (during close Pradesh instalments season) Total `43.94 lakh per fisherman)
8.21 The Department of Fisheries has initiated many welfare 8.22 Department of Fisheries is schemes for the upliftment of fishermen. earnestly contributing in the During recent year, a new scheme strengthening of rural economy and named “Backyard Fish Farming” generation of employment opportunities (Kitchen Fish Ponds) has been started to the unemployed youth and various under which 114 kitchen fish ponds are schemes in this direction have been being constructed in the State during initiated. A total number of 620 self current financial year. A new scheme employment opportunities were named mobile fish market vehicle has generated by the department under been launched in the state with 90 various schemes. Under Blue percent financial assistance from NFDB, Revolution department has envisaged Hyderabad with an aim to provide fresh construction of 1,000 hectare new fish to the people of Himachal Pradesh ponds and 1,000 trout units in the State
64 by 2020. Central Sector Scheme of 8.25 Two Hi-Tech fish landing Blue Revolution is being shared in 80:20 centres at Kasol and Barrel in Koldam between Central and State Government. Reservoir are being constructed with an Under this scheme,106 permanent expenditure of `60.00 lakh during the farming units and raceways in coldwater year 2016-17. For the integrated fisheries and aquaculture are being development of reservoir, one Hi-Tech constructed through private fish landing centre at Dada Siba in entrepreneurs during the year 2016-17 Kangra district is being constructed with and financial assistance of ` 381.60 lakh an expenditure of `30.00 lakh during the is being provided for construction/ input year 2016-17. Apart from this, one ice cost. plant is also being constructed at Dada Siba in Pong reservoir with an 8.23 15 hectare new area in the expenditure of `35.00 lakh during the shape of fish ponds/ tanks in fresh water year 2016-17. `85.00 lakh has been is being created and 10 hectare existing spent for stocking IMC fingerlings in ponds are being renovated under the pong reservoir during the current year blue revolution scheme for aquaculture 2016-17. development during the year 2016-17 with financial assistance of `142.00 8.26 For the development of lakh. aquaculture in Himachal Pradesh, four Solar Power System are being 8.24 For the integrated established in Departmental Carp farms development of reservoirs Gobind in Bilaspur, Mandi, Una and Solan Sagar, Koldam and Pong Dam, four districts with an expenditure of `60.00 carp hatcheries are being established in lakh during the year 2016-17. private sector in Bilaspur, Una, Kangra and Sirmour districts by providing 8.27 Achievements of the financial asistance `80.00 lakh during department during the financial 2016-17, the year 2016-17. Apart from this an (upto December,2016) and proposed amount of `190.00 lakh has been spent targets for 2016-17 are shown in Table for stocking IMC fingerlings in Gobind 8.7 sagara and Koldam during the year 2016-17. Table 8.7
Sr.No Items Achieved Targets fixed Targets upto for the year proposed December, 2016-17 for the year 2016 2017-18 1 Fish Production from all sources(in tonnes) 7712.50 12200.00 12500.00 2 Fish Seed Production Carp farms (lakh) 209.44 540.00 600.00 3 Trout Production (in tonnes) 13.06 18.00 20.00 Govt. sector 4 Trout Production (in tonnes) 269.30 450.00 460.00 Private Sector 5 Employment generated (nos.) 456.00 620.00 650.00 6 Total Revenue of the department(lakh) 249.24 376.57 380.00
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9. FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT
FOREST illicit timer trade, installation of fire 9.1 Forests in Himachal fighting equipments and new techniques Pradesh cover an area of 37,033 km² are introduced in all the forest divisions and account for 66.52 percent of the where fire is a major destructive total geographical area of the state. The element. Communication network is also strategy of Himachal Pradesh required for good management and Government in forestry management is protection. Keeping these factors in view conservation along with rational Intensification of Forest Management utilization and side by side expanding its Scheme is being implemented with base. The plan programme taken up by Central Assistance. An outlay of `438.00 the Forest Department aims at fulfilling lakh is approved for the current financial these policy measures. Some of the year 2016-17 out of which an amount of important plan programme activities are `142.25 lakh has been spent upto as under:- 31.12.2016 and the balance amount will be spent upto 31.03.2017. An outlay of Forest Plantation `402.00 lakh has been proposed for the next financial year 2017-18. 9.2 Forest plantation is being carried out under Productive Forestry Externally Aided Projects Swan Scheme and Soil Conservation River Integrated Watershed Schemes. These schemes include Management Project Improvement of Tree Cover, Raising Nurseries for Departmental Plantation 9.4 Swan River Integrated and Public Distribution, Development of Watershed Management Project is Pasture & Grazing Land and Protective being implemented with the assistance Afforestation, Soil Conservation and of Japan International Cooperation Afforestation. For the current financial Agency (JICA) in Una District. 22 sub- year 2016-17, target of 15,000 hectares watersheds comprising an area of 619 has been fixed including CAMPA and Sq.Km. covering 96 panchayats has Centrally Sponsored Schemes with a been selected as the project area for cost of `50.00 crore, out of which an implementation of various activities of area of 7,969.23 hectares has been this project. The sharing pattern of the achieved upto 31.12.2016. 35 lakh project is 85:15. For the current financial medical plants are to be planted in year 2016-17, `3.88 crore has been theFinancal year 2016-17. approved, out of which `2.03 crore has been spent upto 31.12.2016, Intensification of Forest and the remaining amount will be spent Management up to 31.03. 2017 9.3 Forests are exposed to Mid Himalayan Watershed dangers of fire, illicit felling and Development Project encroachment. It is therefore, felt necessary that check posts are 9.5 H.P. Mid Himalayan Watershed established at suitable places to curb Development Project has been
66 launched in the State w.e.f. 01.10.2005 national parks) so as to accord for a period of 6 years with a total cost protection to the various species of birds of `365.00 crore. Project cost is to be and animals facing extinction. During borne by the World Bank and the State the current financial year 2016-17, an Government in 80:20 ratio and 10 outlay of `1,256.00 lakh has been percent of the project cost is to be approved out of which an amount of contributed by the beneficiaries. During `499.74 lakh has been spent upto the current financial year 2016-17 an 31.12. 2016. An amount of `1,484.00 outlay of `65.00 crore has been lakh has been proposed for the next approved against which `42.66 crore financial year 2017-18. has been spent upto 31.12.2016 and the remaining amount will be spent up to ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND 31.03.2017.The project will culminate on TECHNOL4OGY 31.03.2017. HP Forest Eco-system Climate Significant achievements Proofing Project (KfW) of the Department during the year 2016- 17 and Major Policy initiatives proposed 9.6 KfW Bank of Federal to be under taken during financial year Republic of Germany has agreed to 2017-18 is as under:- provide fund of `310.00 crore under financial cooperation for Himachal Pradesh Forest Eco-system Climate State Knowledge Cell on Proofing Project which would be Climate Change implemented for a period of Seven 9.8 The Himachal Pradesh years in Kangra and Chamba districts Knowledge Cell on Climate Change from 2015-16 onwards. For the year established during 2015-16 has been 2016-17 an outlay of `40.00 crore has made functional with the objective to been approved against which `1.54 place a sound institutional coordination crore has been spent upto 31.12.2016. mechanism for ensuring cooperative Similarly, GIZ another Bank of Federal and cohesive actions on climate change Republic of Germany has agreed to activities under active guidance of provide assistance of approximately Department of Science & Technology `25.00 crore under technical (DST), Government of India under cooperation for a period of three years National Mission for Sustaining for Integrating Ecosystem Services Himalayan Ecosystems (NMSHE). Approach in Himachal Pradesh. For the Information on Climate Change is being next financial year 2017-18 an outlay disseminated through web portal `60.00 crore has been proposed. developed for knowledge cell. Various knowledge sharing workshops and knowledge sharing programmeshave Wild Life and Nature been conducted with states like Conservation Uttrakhand, Jharkhand and Assam. A 9.7 Himachal Pradesh is Team of scientists working in the field of known for its diversity of animals and climate change from Indian Council of birds habitat. The scheme aims at Forestry Research and Education also improving the habitat and facilitating visited the climate change knowledge provision of areas (sanctuaries & cell to exchange climate change
67 knowledge. Proposals under (NAFCC) Clearance for the proponents carrying ‘‘National Adaptation Fund on Climate out activities, the Authorities have been Change’’ and GCF (Green Climate constituted in all districts and have been Fund) have been prepared and made functional. submitted to the Government of India for further assistance and establishing Bio-technology Policy vibrant coordination among various 9.11 In order to conduct stakeholders. research activities in collaboration with universities/ institutions, Research & Implementation of Project Development projects are being carried sanctioned under NAFCC out in the applied bio-technology field to 9.9 In order to reduce the establish technology available for end climate change vulnerability and users in the State. improve the adaptive capacity of rural, small and marginal farmers including Introduction of State level rural women in district Sirmour a project Environment Leadership Award titled as ‘‘Sustainable Livelihoods of 9.12 The Government of Agriculture-Dependent Rural Himachal Pradesh has decided to Communities” (SLADRC) has been introduce "Himachal Pradesh launched in Drought Prone District of Environment Leadership Award" which Himachal Pradesh through Climate will be conferred every year to various Smart Solutions under National categoriesof institutions/ individuals of Adaptation Fund on Climate Change is the state, that excel in promotion of being implemented with the total environmental conservation and financial outlay of ` 20.00 crore. Under sustainable development by this programme, activities like demonstrating successful initiatives. The introduction of Climate Smart farming award will be given in the form of a technologies along with required social citation along with cash prize of `50,000 engineering, capacity building as 1st Prize and ` 25,000 as 2nd Prize, processes to improve food security and and will be retained permanently by the secure livelihood opportunities have winners besides a trophy. This award been initiated. will be a recognition of innovation made at the level of eligible domains/ Environmental Clearances categories w.r.t. environmentally 9.10 In order to bring more responsible and sustainable transparency and accountability in the entrepreneurship and to recognize the Environmental Clearance the Online organizations, institutions that have mechanism process has been fully made remarkable efforts to prevent, adopted by the State Environment prepare and respond to environmental Impact Assessment Authority risks in sustainable manner as to Secretariat set up in the Department of exemplify and enthuse inspiration, vision Environment, Science & Technology by w.r.t. action for protection of the State Government. In order to environment. It will further strengthen facilitate process of Environmental the move of State Government to achieve green growth.
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Creation of 5 Model Eco Preparation and notification of villages. Environment Policy 9.13 The State Government 9.14 The State Government has through the Department of Environment, decided to prepare State Environment Science & Technology will launch an Policy in order to bring synergy among Environmentally Sound Sustainable various stakeholder departments and Community Development Programme in bring environmental coordination into Himachal Pradesh and Five model eco- mainstreaming of decision making in the villages will be adopted/ created. State. This document will facilitate the Through this initiative, the State process of determining priority actions in Government intends to sketch the a sustainable manner with sound different components of environmental environmental governance in the State. sustainability, which will go into such a designing and illustration as Green Climate Fund implemented examples. Environmentally 9.15 The State Government will sustainable and ecologically oriented prepare project proposals for Irrigation & eco villages shall be focused towards Public Health, Forest Sector to access the perspective of developing low the funding available under the Green impact lifestyles as to reduce the Climate Fund with the following “ecological footprint” by as much as objectives: 50 percentage of the base assessment 1. Community based Water Harvesting from launch of the scheme. It will be and Natural Water Resource based on the values of "care of the earth Management to be implemented and people". It will be ensured that how through Irrigation & Public Health community is best integrated in nature Department. by setting up a framework of various 2. Climate Resilient Forest Management components-features with quantitative in the State to be implemented and qualitative social, economic and through Forest Department. environmental benefits of implementing Climate Change Vulnerability these features that can be used to help 9.16 The State Government to determine what extent they are being through Department of Environment, incorporated in development plans. The Science & Technology will formulate a benefits of implementing sustainable programme to be implemented in next communities will be significant in both five years to reduce the climate change the short and long term for developers, vulnerability and improve the adaptive residents and society in general. For this capacity of rural, small and marginal purpose an amount of `2.50 crore is farmers including rural women in another proposed to be spent. flood and drought prone district of the State.
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10. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DRINKING WATER 10.1 Water management is an under central sector with an outlay important issue. Provision of safe of `176.70 crore and `67.58 crore drinking water has been the priority of respectively. 722 habitations in which the State Government. All the census 632 habitations under central sector and villages in the state have been provided 90 habitations under state sector have with drinking water facilities by March, been covered up to December, 2016. 1994. As per the latest Total expenditure of `147.17 crore, in updated/validated survey of drinking which `36.67 crore under central water supply schemes in Himachal sector and `110.50 crore under State Pradesh, all 45,367 habitations have sector have been incurred. been covered with safe drinking water facility by March, 2008. With the coming Hand pump Programme in force of National Rural Drinking Water 10.2 The Government has an Supply guidelines w.e.f. 01.04.2009 and ongoing programme of providing hand subsequent realignment /mapping of pumps with focus on regions facing habitations, there are 53,604 habitations scarcity of water during summer season. in the State, out of which 19,473 Total 33,471 hand pumps have been habitations (7,632 habitation with installed up to March, 2016. During the population coverage >0 and <100 and year 2016-17, 1,546 hand pumps have 11,841 habitations with 0 population been installed upto December, 2016. coverage) are identified having inadequate drinking water. The criteria Urban Water Supply of coverage of habitations have been 10.3 Under drinking water changed to population based coverage scheme, the work of operation and to ensure water security at household maintenance of 50 towns of the state is level. As per request of various States, looked after by the IPH Department. Government of India had directed the Augmentation work of 38 towns Water States for data correction of survey. Supply Schemes have been completed Status of habitations as on 01.04.2016 upto March, 2016. Water Supply to was finalized as under:- Dharamshala, Kangra, Hamirpur, Sarkaghat, Nagrota Bagwan, Kullu, Total Habitations Habitations Mandi, Rampur, and Manali is in Number with 100 with population of percent coverage >0 progress through UIDSSMT. Habita- population and <100 Augmentation work of Water Supply tions coverage Scheme of Nahan & Banjar town are in 53,604 32,550 21,054 progress through state sector. During (60.72%) (39.28%) the year 2016-17 a budget provision of `21.00 crore has been kept for During the year 2016-17, augmentation of water supply schemes, against the target of covering 1,308 against which an expenditure of `11.94 habitations in which 651 habitations crore has been incurred. under state sector and 657 habitations
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IRRIGATION 2,500 hectare against which upto 10.4 To increase the crop December, 2016 an area of 1,590.89 production the importance of irrigation is hectare has been covered with an well established. Adequate and timely expenditure of ` 3,226.60 lakh. supply of irrigation water to crops is the Command Area Development pre-requisite in the agriculture 10.8 The Command Area production process, particularly in areas Development work is in progress and where the rainfall is scanty and irregular. out of 15,287 hectare, 8,068 hectare The supply of land is fixed, i.e. inelastic; area has been brought under Command therefore, the accelerated growth in Area Development activities. The work production is possible through multiple of Sidhatha area is in progress and 210 cropping and realization of higher crop hectare area has been brought out yield per unit area, which in turn under this scheme upto December, depends upon irrigation. Creation of 2016. At present work of Medium irrigation potential and its optimum Irrigation Project Phinna Singh CCA utilization continues to receive a high 4,025 hectare area and the Nadaun priority in Government Planning. area in District Hamirpur CCA 2,980 hectare area is in progress. 10.5 Out of the total geographical area of 55.67 lakh hectare 10.9 During the year 2016-17, a of Himachal, only 5.83 lakh hectare is provision of `5,820.00 lakh has been the net area sown. It is estimated that provided by the Government of ultimate irrigation potential of the state is Himachal Pradesh. There is a physical approximately 3.35 lakh hectare, out of target of 2,500 hectare area CCA for this, 0.50 lakh hectare can be brought providing CAD activities. Out of which out under irrigation through major and 1,892.00 hectare area has been medium irrigation projects and balance achieved up to December, 2016. Major 2.85 lakh hectare of area can be Irrigation Project Shahnehar and MIP provided irrigation through minor Sidhatha were included for funding irrigation schemes. Till date 2.68 lakh under Command Area Development hectare land has been brought out Water Management programme of under the irrigation facility upto Government of India and other project December,2016. MIP Nadaun, Balh Vally (LB), Phinna Singh and 23 MIS are in pipe line for Major and Medium Irrigation inclusion under the programme. During 10.6 During 2016-17, an amount the year 2016-17 an expenditure of of `6,000.00 lakh has been provided. `824.73 lakh has been incurred. There is a target of 700 hectare area Flood Control Works under Major and Medium Irrigation. Upto 10.10 During the year 2016-17 a December, 2016 an expenditure of sum of `13,569.00 lakh has been `885.94 lakh has been incurred. provided to protect 2,500 hectares of Minor Irrigation land. An amount of `5,047.77 lakh has 10.7 During the year 2016-17, been spent to protect an area of 199.00 there is a budget provision of hectare up to December, 2016. The work `21,075.00 lakh in the state sector to for Swan Phase-IV and Channelization provide irrigation facilities to an area of of Chhochh Khad is in progress.
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11. INDUSTRIES AND MINING INDUSTRIES Table 11.1 11.1 Himachal Pradesh has made significant achievements in the Means of Amount (in crore) Finance field of industrialization in the past few State of State of Art Art years. Recently many initiatives have Industrial Industrial been taken by Govt. to facilitate Area at Area at investment in the State. Pandoga Kandrori District District Status of Industrialization Una Kangra 11.2 As on 31.01.2017, there Central Grant 22.62 24.07 were 43,420 units working in the State. SIA 23.97 17.00 Out of these 138 Industrial Units are Debt 41.46 54.70 Large and 438 are Medium Scale Total 88.05 95.77 Units. The grant shall be Development of Industrial utilized for the purpose of up gradation of infrastructure facilities at these Areas/ Estates industrial areas, under physical 11.3 The budget amounting to infrastructure (Roads & Storm Water `27.72 crore has been allocated for the Drainage, Streets Lights, augmentation year 2016-17 for infrastructure of 132 KV Power Sub-Station etc.), development of various Industrial technical infrastructure (Common Areas/ Estates. Out of allocated fund Facility Centre etc.), and Social `25.68 crore have been booked for infrastructure (Working Women Hostel, construction of various development Bus Stops, Rain Shelter and Common works in Industrial Area/ Industrial Health Centre etc.) and for Estates as on 31.01.2017. The miscellaneous/ administrative grant. balance budget of ` 2.04 crore will be During the financial year 2016-17 an spent before 31.03.2017. amount of `35.51 crore has been allocated of development of these two State of the Art Industrial Area state of Art Industrial Areas which has been booked. under MIIUS 11.4 The Ministry of Commerce & Industry (DIPP), Govt. of The Govt. /Forest Land India has accorded final approval for measuring 515 Bighas has been setting up of two State of Art Industrial identified for development of 3rd State Area at Pandoga District Una and of the Art Industrial Area at Dabhota, Kandrori, District Kangra under Tehsil Nalagarh, District Solan. The Modified Industrial Infrastructure FCA case has been submitted to the upgradation scheme. The detail of Forest Department for forest clearance funding pattern of these projects is under FCA, 1980 and is underprocess. shown in the Table 11.1
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Prime Minister’s Employment Container Parking Facility for exporting Generation Programme units in BBNDA at Manpura Baddi (PMEGP) (ii) `4.50 crore for Ware House Project 11.5 Under this scheme as on for exporting units in BBNIA. The 31.01.2017 against the target of 487 second installment of `1.94 crore for cases, 1,013 cases have been Composite Pharma Testing Lab for sponsored to various banks, out of exporting units in BBNIA has not yet which 313 cases involving been released by the GOI. It has been Margin Money subsidy `637.59 lakh, decided by the Empowered Committee have been sanctioned. In 113 cases, that the remaining amount of `6.17 an amount of `246.72 lakh of Margin crore against the fourth project i.e. Money (subsidy) has been disbursed Development of Electrical and in these enterprises about 509 Infrastructure at Industrial Area, Kala persons have been employed. Amb, Distt. Sirmour has to be borne by State Government. ASIDE SCHEME (Assistant to the States for Development of Sericulture Industry Export Infrastructure & Allied 11.7 Sericulture is one of the Activities. important agro-based rural cottage industries of the Pradesh that is 11.6 providing gainful employment to about i) State Component 9,200 rural families for supplementing Under the State Component of their income by producing silk the ASIDE Scheme no budget cocoons. 13 silk yarn reeling units allocation had been made by the Govt. have been set up in private sector i.e. of India as the said scheme has been district Kangra and Bilaspur five each, de-linked from the support of the in Hamirpur , Mandi and Una one each Centre. However, projects under with the assistance of Government. implementation would be completed as Upto 31.12.2016 , 236.55 MT Silk per the scheme guidelines. Cocoons were produced that was converted into raw silk of 31.54 MT ii) Central Component providing an income of about `851.50 The ASIDE scheme has been lakh by sale of silk products in the delinked from Central support w.e.f. State. The anticipated production of financial year 2015-16. As far as the Silk cocoon will be 236.55 MT and position of ongoing four projects is converted raw silk production will be concerned, first installment of `22.49 31.54 MT during the year. crore released by the Government of India has been utilized. Second Handloom and Handicrafts installments against three projects 11.8 Under Tribal Sub Plan, a have been sanctioned by the sum of `85.00 lakh and under SCSP Empowered Committee (Central `1.00 crore has been released in Component) of ASIDE during the favour of H.P. State Handloom & current financial year 2016-17 and Handicraft Development Corporation released (i) `3.33 crore for Setting up for opening of Training Centres.
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Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima District Solan). Other commercially Yojna exploitable minerals in the State are 11.9 During the current year Shale, Barytes, Silica Sand, Rock Salt, (up to 31.12.2016), 2,448 weavers Quartzite, Building material like sand have been covered under the Scheme. stone, sand, bajri and building stone. Apart from carrying out development MINING and regulation of Mines & Minerals, the Geological Wing, Department of 11.10 Minerals constitute a Industries is also conducting fundamental component of State’s Geo-technical investigations of bridge economic base. Good quality sites, buildings and geo-environmental limestone, which is one of the etc. ingredients in the manufacture of cement, is available in plenty in the 11.12 During the year 2015-16, State. Six Cement Plants M/s ACC at `155.00 crore revenue was received Barmana, District Bilaspur (two units), and in the financial year 2016-17 up to M/s Ambuja Cements Ltd. at Kashlog 31.12.2016 about `99.00 crore of Distt. Solan (two units), M/s J.P. royalty from minerals have been Industry at Baga Bhalag (one unit) and realized and total revenue earning to M/s CCI at Rajban Distt. Sirmour (one the tune of `130.00 crore is estimated unit) are already in operation. The during current financial year. establishment of other three major i) New Leases granted: During cements plants at Sundernagar, Distt. 2015-16, 30 numbers of mining Mandi M/s Harish Cement (Grasim) leases under major mineral have Gumma-Rohana, Distt. Shimla (The been granted/renewed and during India Cements Ltd), Alsindi, Distt. 2016-17 (upto December, 2016), Mandi (M/s Lafarge India Ltd.) are extension in 30 numbers of mining underway and accordingly mining leases of major minerals in terms leases have been granted in their of provisions of Section 8A (5) & favour. 8A (6) of Mines & Minerals
11.11 In addition to above, the (Development and Regulation) Government has also granted Amendment Act, 2015, has been prospecting licences to the various made for a period of 50 years from companies in order to carry out the the date of grant. Further during detailed study for proving the deposits, 2015-16, 68 numbers of mining quantity and quality of Limestone and leases under minor minerals have other associated minerals i.e. M/s been granted and during 2016-17 Associated Cement Companies Ltd, up to 31.12.2016, 73 numbers of (Dhara Badhu, Tehsil Sunder Nagar, mining leases have been granted. District Mandi), M/s Dalmia Cements ii) Geo Technical Investigations: (Karaili-Kothi-Sal-Bagh, Tehsil Sunni, During 2015-16, 23 numbers of District Shimla), M/s Ambuja Cements Geo-Technical reports pertaining to Ltd. (Gyana-Chalyan- Basyana- foundation testing of bridge sites, Barsanu-Mangu of Tehsil Arki, District geological evaluations of road Solan) M/s Reliance Cementation alignments, land slides etc. were Company Ltd (Sugrathi-Thangar-Kura sent to user agencies for further Khera, Pauli Khera-Kandal-Dedera of action and during 2016-17upto Tehsil Chopal, District Shimla), 31.12.2016, 18 numbers of Geo- M/s Asian Cement Company (Rauri- Technical reports have been sent Lamba-Sanun etc. of Tehsil Arki, to the user agencies.
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12. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT working in all existing 19 scheduled 12.1 As per 2011 Census, employments. 30.05 percent of the total population of the Pradesh is classified as main Employment Market workers, 21.80 percent marginal Information Programme workers and the rest 48.15 percent as 12.3 At the district level, the non-workers out of the total workers employment data is being collected (main+marginal) 57.93 percent are under the Employment Market cultivators and 4.92 percent Information Programme since 1960. agricultural labourers, 1.65 percent are The total employment in the State as engaged in household industry and on 31.12.2015 in Public Sector was 35.50 percent in other activities. The 2,81,147 and in Private sector was employment assistance/ information 1,53,816 and establishments in Public service to job seekers in the pradesh is sector are 4,245 and in Private sector rendered through the 3 regional the number of establishments employment exchanges, 9 district are 1,712. employment exchanges, 2 university employment information and guidance bureau, 55 sub-employment Vocational Guidance exchanges, one special employment 12.4 There are total four exchange for Physically Handicapped, vocational Guidance centres under one Central Employment Cell, Labour and Employment Department Vocational Guidance and Employment out of which one vocational guidance Counseling to the youth as well as in centre at the Directorate and other the matter of collection of Employment three are located at Regional Market Information Centre are working Employment Office viz Mandi, Shimla in the State. All 67 Employment and Dharamshala. Besides this, there Exchanges have been computerized are two University Employment and 64 Employment Exchanges are Information and Guidance Bureau at Online. Efforts are on to bring Palampur and Shimla. These remaining 3 Employment Exchanges Vocational Guidance Centres impart Online. vocational guidance to needy applicants. Vocational guidance camps Minimum wages are also organized in many educational Institutions of the State. 12.2 Himachal Pradesh Government 131 camps were organized in the has constituted a Minimum Wages different parts of the state. During the Advisory Board under the Minimum Financial Year up to December,2016 Wages Act-1948 for the purpose of advising the State Government in the matter of fixing and revising the Central Employment Cell minimum rates of wages for the 12.5 With a view to provide workers. The State Government has technical and highly skilled enhanced the minimum wages for manpower to all the industrial units, unskilled category of workers from institutions and establishments, `180 to `200 per day or `5,400 to the Central Employment Cell which `6,000 per month w.e.f. 1.04.2016, has been set up in the Directorate of Labour and Employment of the State
75 remained engaged in rendering its test for those who suffer from disability services during the year 2016-17. in the upper limbs extremities, 3 Under this scheme, assistance is percent reservation for appointment in provided to the employment seekers Class-III & Class-IV posts, reservation on the one hand in finding suitable of 5 percent seats in girls Industrial jobs in private sector according to their Training Institute and Tailoring Centres qualifications and on the other hand to and providing reservation against the recruit suitable workers without specific points, in departmental 200 wastage of money, material and time. points Rosters i.e. 1st, 30th, 73rd, 101st, The Central Employment Cell 130th, 173rd (1st and 101st for Visually organizes Campus Interview for special abled and 30th and 130th for Private Sector Employers for their Hearing special abled and 73rd and requirement of unskilled labour. During 173rd for locomotor disabled). During the Financial Year up to the Financial Year up to December,2016. Central Employment December,2016 529 physically Cell has organized 161 Campus disabled persons were brought on the Interviews wherein 1,359 candidates Live Register of the Special have been placed. The Central Employment Exchange bringing the Employment Cell also organizes Job total number to 17,173 and 30 Fairs in the State. During the Financial physically disabled persons were Year up to December,2016.Fore Job placed in employment. Fairs have been organized by the department where in 1,276 candidates Labour Welfare Measures were placed in employment in different 12.7 Under the Bonded Industries in the State. Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 the District Vigilance Committees and Special Employment Exchange Sub Division Vigilance Committees for Physically Handicapped. have been constituted to monitor and 12.6 The special employment ensure the implementation of Bonded exchange for the placement of Labour System. A State Level physically disabled (visually disabled, Standing Committee on the report of hearing disabled and locomotor Expert Group on Bonded Labour disabled) persons was set-up in the System and other related Acts in the Directorate of Labour and Employment State has been constituted. The State during the year,1976. This special Government has established exchange renders assistance to the two Labour Courts-cum- Industrial physically disabled candidates in the Tribunals, one with headquarter at field of vocational guidance and also Shimla with its jurisdiction of District provides employment assistance in Shimla, Kinnaur, Solan and Sirmaur Public and Private Sector. The and the other at Dharamshala with its Physically disabled persons who jurisdiction of District Kangra, Chamba, constitute the weaker section of Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Mandi, Kullu society have been provided number of and Lahaul-Spiti. The Presiding facilities/ concession which include Officers of Labour Courts-cum- free of cost medical examination of the Industrial Tribunals of the rank of disabled persons through the Medical District and Session Judges have been Boards constituted at the State and appointed for each Labour Courts- District level, relaxation of age by 5 cum-Industrial Tribunals. years, exemption for qualifying typing
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Employees Insurance and implement welfare provisions such as Provident Fund Scheme providing maternity/ paternity benefits, 12.8 The Employees State Disability pension, Retirement pension, Insurance is applicable in the areas of Family pension, Medical Assistance, Solan, Parwanoo, Barotiwala, Financial Assistance for education, Nalagarh, Baddi in Solan District, Financial Assistance for marriage of Mehatpur, Bathri and Gagret in Una self and up to two children, Skill District, Poanta Sahib and Kala Amb in Development Allowance, Providing Sirmaur District, Golthai in Bliaspur bicycles and washing machines to District, Mandi, Ratti, Ner Chowk, women workers, providing induction Bhangrotu, Chakkar and Gutkar in Heater or solar cooker and Solar lamp Mandi District and Industrial Area to beneficiaries. Loan for purchase of Shoghi and Municipal area of Shimla tools and purchase/ construction of in District Shimla. About 6,500 house, death benefits and funeral establishments with an estimated assistance. The Board may 2,41,250 insured persons are construct/hire building for transit hostel covered under ESI Scheme in for Building and other Construction Himachal Pradesh upto 31.12.2016. workers wherein the number is more Under employees provident fund than 300. Recently the Board has scheme about 12,94,533 (provisional) constructed worker transit Hostel at workers have been brought in 11,345 Dulhad, District Una and worker establishments up to 31.12.2016. Transit Ghansot (Nalagargh) District Solan is near to completion. Apart Industrial Relations from this Skill Development Training 12.9 The problem of Industrial Institute is being constructed at Relations has gained considerable palkwah-Khas, District Una with the importance on account of expansion of estimated cost of `15.69 crore. The industrial activities in the pradesh. Board also covered Building &other Conciliation machinery has been Construction Workers under Rashtriya functioning in the pradesh and has Swashtya Bima Yojna and Jan Shri proved as an important agency for the Bima Yojna, 1,782 establishments, settlement of industrial disputes and 1,11,817 beneficiaries are registered maintaining industrial peace and with the Board and 93,811 harmony. Function of Conciliation beneficiaries have been provided Officer has been entrusted to the Joint benefits amounting of `40.01 crore Labour Commissioner, Deputy Labour under the various welfare scheme and Commissioner, Labour Officers & an amount of `339.52 crore approx. Labour Inspectors in the field within has been deposited with H.P. Building their respective jurisdiction. Higher & Other Construction Workers Welfare authorities from Directorate level Board, Shimla upto 31.12.2016 intervene in the cases/ disputes where the conciliation fails to bring about any SKILL DEVELOPMENT amicable settlement at lower level. ALLOWANCE SCHEME: 12.11 The Skill Development Building & Other Construction Allowance scheme is a flagship Workers (RE&CS) ACT-1996 programme of the State Government. A budgetary provision of `100.00 crore and Cess Act- 1996 has been made for this scheme for the 12.10 Under this Act various financial year 2016-17. Its purpose is provisions have been made to to aid the educated un-employed youth
77 of Himachal Pradesh to enhance their EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE employability and income through skill INFORMATION development. The scheme provides an 12.12 During this financial year allowance `1,000 per month for youth upto December,2016 in all 1,44,692 doing skill training and `1,500 per applicants were registered and 732 month for 50 percent permanently placement were done in Government physically disabled for duration of sector against notified vacancies 2,273 training (subject to maximum period of and 2,509 placed in private sector 24 months duration). against notified vacancies 2,725. The consolidated number on Live Registers of all are employment exchanges as During the Financial Year on 31.12.2016 are 8,24,478 up to December,2016 amount of
`33.25 crore has been disbursed as
Skill Development Allowance to 72,351 The District-wise registration beneficiaries (28,549 continued from and placements done by the previous Financial Year and 43,802 employment exchanges with effect enrolled during this Financial Year). from 1.04.2016 to 31.12.2016 is given From the commencement of the in Table 12.1 below:- scheme to till 31.12.2016 an allowance of `116.00 crore has been disbursed to 1,58,100 beneficiaries.
Table No.12.1 Sr. District Resgistration Vacancies Placement Live No notified Registration Govt Sector Pvt.Sector 1 Bilaspur 6296 176 17 142 52894 2 Chamba 9485 15 59 331 54977 3 Hamirpur 10293 99 35 844 65905 4 Kangra 35459 55 41 167 186662 5 Kinnaur 1457 13 34 - 9023 6 Kullu 8361 76 24 132 43666 7 L& Spiti 1191 27 30 - 4250 8 Mandi 27866 100 53 164 154256 9 Shimla 13388 1580 133 88 79465 10 Sirmaur 10278 2136 11 31 60985 11 Solan 10126 169 164 255 51223 12 Una 10492 552 131 355 61172 H.P. 144692 4998 732 2509 824478 Note: Placement figure do not include the figures of placement given by Departments, Corporations, Boards and HP Public Service Commission and HPSSSB, through direct and open competition.
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13. POWER
13.1 Hydro power development 13.2 The State of Himachal is the key engine to the economic Pradesh has an estimated Hydro growth of the State of Himachal Potential of 27,436 MW out of which Pradesh, as it makes a direct and 24,000 MW has been assessed as significant contribution to economy in harnessable while the Govt. of HP has terms of revenue generation, decided to forgo balance potential in employment opportunities and lieu of safe guarding the environment enhancing the quality of life. The and to maintain ecological as well as Hydro Power Sector in Himachal protect various social concerns. Out of Pradesh strongly emphasizes the the total harnessable potential of about economic dimensions by way of 24,000 MW, a potential to the tune of environmentally and socially 21,500 MW already stands allotted sustainable Hydropower Development under various sectors. The State has in the State in line with the objective of been accelerating the pace of Government of Himachal Pradesh to Hydropower development through the promote inclusive green growth and active involvement of both the public sustainable development of the State and private sectors. A potential of through climate change related with about 10,351 MW has already been transformative actions across the key harnessed so far under various engines of economic growth of the sectors. State.
Power harnessed under various sectors Table 13.1
SECTOR Capacity (MW) HPSEBL 487.55 HPPCL 65.00 CENTRAL/JOINT 7,457.73 HIMURJA (STATE) 2.37 HIMURJA (PRIVATE) 272.75 PRIVATE above 5 MW 1,906.40 HP SHARE 159.17 Total 10,350.97
Directorate of Energy’s Physical & balance period of this financial year Financial achievements made from Chanju-I HEP 36 MW. during FY 2016-17 (upto December 2016) In-spite of steep downfall 13.3 Out of targeted potential in the per unit rate of power in the of 375 MW, a capacity addition of 74 power trading market, a revenue to the MW has been achieved out of tune of `621.00 crore has been commissioning of two projects namely realized against the targeted of Brua HEP 9 MW & Kashang Stage-I `500.00 crore (approx) and anticipated HEP 65 MW and further 36 MW of revenue for the remaining period i.e. potential likely to be added within the upto March 2017 is likely to be realized
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to the tune of ` 70.00 crore approx on remaining 7 villages are not required to account of Sale of Free & Equity be electrified as these villages are Power. having temporary/ seasonal habitation.
13.4 The Directorate of ii) Restructured Accelerated Energy, being mandated to grant Power Development and Technical Concurrence to the Projects Reform Program (R- APDRP):- involving of the Project cost not Projects under the R-APDRP exceeding `1000.00 crore, has program shall be taken up in two accorded the Technical Concurrence Parts: to 18 number of projects after carrying out detailed examination of the Part-‘A’ Detailed Project Reports submitted by Ministry of Power, Government various Private, State & Central Sector of India has launched the Restructured developing agencies implementing Accelerated Power Development Hydro Power Projects in the State, Reform Program (R-APDRP) to reduce during current financial year 2016-17 the Aggregate Technical and against the target of 40 number Commercial (AT&C) losses to 15 projects and 5 number of TC accorded percent in project areas. The program within the balance period i.e. upto is divided into 2 parts namely Part-A March, 2017. and Part-B. Part-A will include projects for establishment of baseline data and Himachal Pradesh State Electricity I.T.applications like Meter Data Board Ltd. Acquisition, Meter Reading, Billing, Collections, GIS, MIS, Energy Audit, 13.5 Centrally Sponsored Schemes New Connection, Disconnection, & Departmental Schemes Customer Care Services, Web Self Services etc. to verify AT&C losses. i) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Part-B will include distribution Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY) strengthening projects. This scheme was formulated by HPSEBL for all the twelve districts of Ministry of Power (MoP) has Himachal Pradesh covering 35 sanctioned `96.40 crore against DPRs numbers un-electrified villages, one of 14 eligible towns for Himachal SAGY (Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna) during August, 2010. The total project village and 14,088 rural households cost for Part-A under R-APDRP is (including 3,288 BPL households) and `128.46 crore. The balance is to be Monitoring Committee had approved met through own funding. Power the scheme for ` 158.31 crore. Ministry Finance Corporation Limited (PFCL) of Power, Govrnment of India has has been designated as the Nodal released 10 percent advance payment Agency for the program by Govt. of amounting to `13.46 crore. India.
Out of 35 villages covered in Under Part- A of Restructured DDUGJY scheme, 28 numbers of Accelerated Power Development inhabitated villages have been Reform Program in Himachal Pradesh, electrified departmentally under the 14 towns namely (Shimla, Solan, scheme upto 30th September, 2016 as Nahan, Paonta, Baddi, Bilaspur, per the target fixed by Ministry of Mandi, Sundernagar, Chamba, Power, Govrnment of India and the Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kullu, Una
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and Yol) had been found eligible for amount of ` 99.14 crore, which was funding. further revised to ` 99.13 crore.
Scope: Latest Status The following works were Data Center at Shimla and covered under R-APDRP Part-A for Disaster Recovery Center at Paonta Himachal Pradesh:- Sahib are already functional. HPSEB 1. Providing requisite hardware, Ltd. has declared the 14 towns Go-live software and peripherals at to the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India Data Center at Shimla, Disaster in July, 2014. User Acceptance Recovery Center at Paonta Testing (UAT) of Data Center, Disaster Sahib and various offices of the Recovery Center and various offices of above mentioned 14 towns. 14 towns have been completed. 2. Development / Implementation TPIEAIT has completed the verification of following software work and submitted the report to applications at Data Center / M/s PFC during 1st week of Disaster Recovery Center level: November,2016. The Part-A of the a) Meter Data Acquisition R-APDRP project is completed and System, acceptance of verification report by b) Energy Audit , M/s PFC is expected to be conveyed c) Identity and Access by 31st March,2017. Management System, d) Management Information Expected Benefits from the System containing Dataware scheme:- Housing and Business The focus of the R-APDRP, Intelligence tools. Part-‘A’ Scheme is on actual e) Enterprise Management demonstration of performance in terms System and Network of sustained loss reduction and Management System, which establishment of reliable and is a part of hardware. automated systems for sustained collection of accurate base line data Award for Consultant/ through adoption of information Implementation Agency:- technology in the area of energy The award for IT accounting. Consultant has been placed to M/s Telecommunication Consultants India Part-‘B’ Limited, New Delhi in consortium with In Himachal Pradesh 14 towns M/s Vayam Technologies India Ltd. as namely Baddi, Bilaspur, Chamba, consortium partner on 31.07.2009 for Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kullu, Mandi, an amount of `39.71 lakh. The Nahan, Paonta Sahib, Solan, Shimla, purpose of I.T. Consultant is to assist Sundernagar, Una and Yol having the HPSEB Ltd. in preparing the population more than 10,000 are feasibility report, bid document, assist covered under Government of India in bid process and monitor sponsored grant-in-aid (initially loan) implementation. R-APDRP Scheme. The schemes for these towns under R-APDRP (Part-B) The award for I.T. includes renovation, modernization Implementation Agency has been and strengthening of 11kV & 22 kV placed to M/s HCL Infosystems Ltd., level substations, Transformers/ Noida on 30th August, 2010 for an Transformer centers, Re-conductoring
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of 11kV and LT lines, load bifurcation, lines, the schemes for Shimla and feeder separation, Load Balancing, Baddi towns were revised. The revised HVDS (11kV), Arial Bunched R-APDRP (Part-B) DPRs for Shimla Conductoring, replacement of and Baddi towns amounting to `120.34 electromagnetic energy meters with crore and `84.10 crore respectively tamperproof electronic meters, were sanctioned by M/s PFC on installation of capacitor banks, mobile 08.02.2012 and the original sanctions service centers and strengthening at amounting to `322.18 crore 33 kV or 66 kV system. (Government of India Loan amount `289.97 crore ) were later revised to Initially, the R-APDRP (Part-B) `338.97 crore (Government of India schemes amounting to ` 322.18 crore Loan component `305.07 crore). (Government of India (Loan component ` 289.97 crore.) were At the start, M/S PFC released sanctioned by M/s PFC / MoP for the 1st tranche of `101.68 crore as upfront 14 towns in Himachal Pradesh. Due to money for these 14 towns. Town wise non availability of land for construction sanction status of the R-APDRP (Part- of 66/11 kV substations and right of B) is given at Table 13.2. way problem for associated 66 kV
TOWN-WISE SANCTION STATUS OF R-APDRP (Part-B) Table 13.2
Sr. Name of GoI Loan (` in Counterpart Total Project Target No. Town/ Project crore ) fund (` in cr.) Cost Completion Area (` in crore) Date 1 Baddi 75.69 8.41 84.10 Dec-2016 2 Bilaspur 1.87 0.21 2.08 Dec-2016 3 Chamba 2.64 0.29 2.93 Completed 4 Dharamshala 9.28 1.03 10.31 Dec-2016 5 Hamirpur 5.81 0.65 6.46 Completed 6 Kullu 6.66 0.74 7.40 Completed 7 Mandi 17.32 1.92 19.24 Completed 8 Nahan 5.46 0.61 6.07 Completed 9 Paonta Sahib 32.97 3.66 36.63 Dec-2016 10 Shimla 108.30 12.04 120.34 Dec-2016 11 Solan 20.32 2.26 22.58 Dec-2016 12 Sundernagar 5.90 0.65 6.55 Dec-2016 13 Una 6.58 0.73 7.31 Completed 14 Yol 6.27 0.70 6.97 Dec-2016 Total 305.07 33.90 338.97
The scheme also envisages the A maximum amount equivalent to 2 provision of incentive for utility staff in percent of the grant for Part-B project the towns where ‘Aggregate Technical is allocated for this purpose. The & Commercial losses’ (AT&C loss) Incentive scheme amounting to `9.76 levels are brought below 15 percent. crore for all the 14 towns covered
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under R-APDRP (Part-B) has been iii) Integrated Power sanctioned by M/s PFC Ltd. in the 24th Development Scheme (IPDS) meeting of Steering Committee. Ministry Of Power, Government of India has launched Integrated The proposal for counterpart Power Development Scheme (IPDS) funding (10 percent of the total project for the electrification of urban cost) amounting to `33.90 crore was households. Objectives of the approved by Board of Directors and Project(s) under IPDS are as follows:- accordingly the same had been a) To provide strengthening of sanctioned by M/s PFC on 22.06.2012. Sub-Transmission and The MOA and Deed of Hypothecation Distribution Network in urban for counterpart funding was signed areas, including provisioning of between M/S PFC Ltd. and HPSEB Solar panels and net-metering Ltd. on Govt. buildings. b) To provide metering of feeders/ The proposal for funding the Distribution Transformers Civil works and other component /consumers in urban areas. which are necessary for c) To provide IT enablement of implementation of R-APDRP (Part-B) distribution sector and initially amounting to `65.53 crore strengthening of distribution (loan assistance `59.00 crore) was network, as per CCEA approval later required to be revised to loan dated 21.06.2013 for assistance of `49.29 crore due to non- completion of the targets laid availability of assets for hypothecation. down under R-APDRP for 12th & 13th plan by subsuming The works in six towns namely R-APDRP in IPDS and carrying Chamba, Nahan, Kullu, Una, Hamirpur forward the approve outlay for and Mandi have been completed in all R-APDRP to IPDS. respect. In respect of remaining towns extension in time line has been sought In Himachal Pradesh 12 from M/s PFC Ltd. up till June, 2017. HPSEBL Operation Circles (54 urban However, Ministry of Power, GoI has Towns as per Census 2011), have desired to complete all R-APDRP been covered under the Integrated (Part-B) towns by 31-03-2017. Power Development Scheme (IPDS). The Centre level Monitoring Till date, against the Committee has approved `110.60 Government of India loan and crore(which include ` 93.94 crore as counterpart loan components, M/s Government of India Grant) for IPDS PFC has released `183.38 crore (as Projects and `0.55 crore (i.e. 0.05 Government of India loan) and `27.68 percent of project cost) for Project crore (as counterpart loan). A total Management Agency (PMA). In fund released till date by M/s PFC is respect of PMA, HPSEBL has `211.06 crore against the Gvernment awarded the work of Project of India loan and counterpart loan Management Agency (PMA) to M/s components. Total expenditure to the WAPCOS Ltd for IPDS projects in tune of `240.60 crore has been Himachal Pradesh on 09-09-2015. incurred in the 14 towns up till Tripartite Agreement has been signed 30.11.2016. between Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, HPSEBL and M/s PFC Ltd. in the
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month of December, 2015. Till date 10 have been floated on 06-10-2016 and percent advance grant i.e. `9.39 crore 14-10-2016 respectively. Also, as per has been released by M/s PFC Ltd. funding mechanism 10 percent The works under IPDS Scheme shall counter part loan against each IPDS be executed on full Turnkey basis. The Project given in Table 13.3. tenders for twelve HPSEBL Circles
Table-13.3
Sr.No. Name of No. of Name of towns covered Project Circle towns Cost (` in crore)
1 Bilaspur 5 Bilaspur, Nainadevi, Sundernagar, 8.83 Ghumarwin and Talai 2 Dalhousie 5 Chamba, Dalhousie, Chowari Khas, Nurpur 3.63 and Bakloh 3 Hamirpur 5 Hamirpur, Bhota, Nadaun, Tira Sujanpur 3.96 and Jwalamukhi 4 Kangra 6 Kangra, Dharamshala, Yol, Dehra Gopipur, 14.27 Palampur and Nagrota Bagwan 5 Kullu 4 Kullu, Manali, Banjar & Bhunter 14.09 6 Mandi 4 Mandi, Jogindernagar, Rewalsar and 4.89 Sarkhaghat 7 Nahan 3 Nahan, Poanta Sahib and Rajgarh 3.00 8 Rampur 2 Rampur and Narkanda 10.81 9 Rohru 4 Rohru, Chopal, Jubbal and Kotkhai 13.21
10 Shimla 3 Shimla, Theog and Seouni (Sunni) 7.56
11 Solan 8 Solan, Baddi, Arki, Subathu, Parwanoo, 14.22 Kausali, Dagsai and Nalagarh 12 Una 5 Una, Mehatpur, Gagret and Santokhgarh, 12.13 Daulatpur Total 54 110.60
13.6 I.T. Initiatives
(i) GIS/GPS Based Asset Mapping and valuation of assets for whole including Consumer Indexing and HPSEB Ltd., to create Fixed Assets Valuation of Assets of HPSEB Ltd, Registers with wings namely preparation of FARs of HPSEB Ltd Generation, Transmission and called GIS Package. Distribution after proper reconciliation with latest balance sheet of the Board. HPSEB Ltd. has decided to carry out GIS/GPS based asset Part-1 of the project has already mapping including consumer indexing been completed by the end of December, 2011. Under Part-2 of the
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project all the three firms have in left out 61 Electrical Sub Divisions completed the field survey work. Now on SAP platform was approved to valuation report prepared by the firms avoid handling of multiple platforms. has been submitted in the respective offices of HPSEBL for approval by The work of SAP based concerned offices of HPSEB Ltd. The computerized billing implementation in work is expected to be completed by 61 Electrical Subdivisions was March, 2017. awarded to M/s TCS Limited on 24.07.2015 for amounting to `16.47 (ii) Computerized Billing and crore. The implementation of SAP Energy Accounting Package (IT based computerized billing in 61 sub- Package) divisions consists of many key features like New Connection, Disconnection, Latest Status: Metering, AMR, Billing, Spot Billing, Computerized Billing and Collection, and MIS. The provision of Energy Accounting Package (IT AMR has also made in SAP based Package) was implemented under the computerized billing for consumers ‘Accelerated Power Development and having connected load greater than Reform Program (APDRP)’ launched 100 KW in 61 Electrical Sub-Divisions. by Ministry of Power (MOP). Under The project consists of supply, this project, the activities of the installation, commissioning of the operation sub-divisions are Meter Data Acquisition System computerized through functionalities (MDAS), along with providing and such as Pre-billing Activities, Billing fixing Modems to the identified Activities, Post Billing Activities, Legal consumer meters. and Vigilance Activities, Store management at sub-division level, Present Status: Customer Relationship Management, The SAP based computerized Electrical Network Management and billing was commenced in Energy Accounting/Auditing and January,2016. After resolving all the Management Information System initial issues, SAP based computerized (MIS). The award was placed on M/S billing has been implemented in 43 HCL Infosystems Noida for an amount Electrical sub-divisions, till December of `30.58 crore. The project has been 2016.The SAP billing implementation implemented in 128 Sub Divisions of in all 61 Electrical sub-divisions 27 Divisions and 12 Circles covering expected to be completed by January, more than 12 lakh consumers. 2017. Moreover, this billing solution shall also be implemented in balance (iii) Implementation of SAP based few Electrical sub-divisions subject to computerized billing in 61 Electrical availability connectivity. Sub Divisions In view of the issues in the (iv) Implementation of an existing computerized billing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implemented in various Electrical Sub package in HPSEB Ltd. Divisions, it has been decided by the Under the ERP project, the HPSEBL management to go for a following functions of the HPSEB Ltd. standard platform for billing. As various would be fully automated: modules of SAP are being a) Financial Management and implemented in HPSEBL under ERP Accounting project, therefore computerized billing
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b) Human Resource Management as Advisor cum Consultancy (HRM) including payroll services provider to HPSEBL for c) Project Management establishment of Smart Grid Pilot d) Materials Management Project. The implementation of Smart e) Maintenance Management Grid pilot project at Kala Amb has f) Availability Based Tariff Dash been awarded to the consortium of M/s Board for Senior Management Alstom T&D India Ltd. and M/s Genus for MIS purpose shall also be Power Infrastructure Ltd. during available. Total cost of the February, 2015 for amounting to project is approximately `24 `24.99 crore. Now the cost has been crore. Award for Implementation revised to `25.50 crore As per the of ERP system has been issued award the work has to be completed to M/s TCS. within 18 months. Now the work is ● So far, following HPSEBL expected to be completed by March, Locations have been made 2017. Go Live on SAP ERP Application: 13.7 PROJECTS UNDER ● Head office (Vidyut EXECUTION Bhawan, Shimla) ● Operation Circles - Shimla, UHL STAGE–III HYDRO ELECTRIC Solan, Nahan, Rohru, PROJECT (100MW): Rampur and Electrical The Project is anticipated to be System Maintenance Wing commissioned during June, 2017. The (Transmission Wing). estimated cost of the Project is ● The project is being `1,281.50 crore at December 2012 implemented in phased price level. All works pertaining to manner amongst all units Electro-mechanical and transmission of HPSEBL. South Zone viz. construction of 132 KV Single (Operation) and Electrical Circuit transmission line from Chullah System Maintenance Wing to Bassi (15.29 Km) and 132 KV have been made live, and Double Circuit Transmission Line from by April/ May 2017 Central Chullah to Hamirpur (34.31 Km) have Zone (Operation) will be been completed. made live on SAP ERP System. Other left out New Projects locations will be made live The Government of Himachal in phased manner. Pradesh has allotted Devi Kothi(16 MW), Sai Kothi II (16.50 MW), Hail (v) Implementation of Smart Grid HEP(18 MW), Raison (18 MW), Pilot Project at Kala Amb, H.P. Batseri (60 MW) and New Nogli (9 HPSEBL is implementing Smart MW) to HPSEB Ltd. for Grid Pilot at Kala Amb. The Ministry of implementation. In addition to this Power, Government of India is Himurja has allotted 2 small HEPs to providing 50 percent financial HPSEBL i.e. Kutahar HEP (4.5 MW) assistance for the implementation of and Tikkar HEP (3.5 MW) for the project. As per the guidelines of implementation under self identified MoP M/s PGCIL has been appointed category on 19.12.2016.
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13.8 PROJECTS UNDER HPPCL:-
Table 13.4
Sr. No. Name of Projects Capacity (MW) A) Projects (Under Operation)
1. Kashang HEP(Stage-I) 65 B) Projects (Under Execution)
1. Sawra Kuddu HEP 111 2. Kashang HEP (Stage- II, III) 130 3. Sainj HEP 100 4. Shongtong Karcham HEP 450 Sub Total (A+B) 856 C) Projects (Under Investigation) 1. Chirgaon Majhgaon HEP 60 2. Kashang HEP (Stage-IV) 48 3. Gyspa HEP (Project of National Importance) 300 4. Surgani Sundla HEP 48 5. Nakthan HEP 460 6. Thana Plaun HEP 191 7. Triveni Mahadev HEP 78 8. Renuka Dam HEP (Project of National Importance) 40 9. Deothal Chanju HEP 30 10. Chanju III HEP 48 11 Dhamwari Sundla HEP 70 12 Sunni Dam HEP 528 Sub Total (C) 1901 D) Projects (Under Prefeasibility Stage) 1. Chiroti Saichu HEP 26 2. Saichu SachKhas HEP 117 3. Lujai HEP 45 4. Saichu HEP 58 5. Khab HEP 636 Sub Total (D) 882 Grand Total (A+B+C+D) 3639
Chiroti Saichu (26MW) project falls under Wildlife Sanctuary and hence has been proposed for preclusion.
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Projects under construction/ augmenting the generating implementation stage through capacity of Stage-I power HPPCL are as under: house, using Kerang waters over the 820 metre head 1. Sawra Kuddu HEP(111 MW):- available in Kashang Stage-I Sawara Kuddu HEP (111 MW) a power house to generate run-of- the-river scheme on the 790.93 MU per annum. Pabbar River in Shimla District Stage-IV (48 MW):- This (H.P.) near Rohru. The Project is stage is more or less being financed by ADB (Asian independent scheme. In this Development Bank) except Head scheme, a head of Race Tunnel (HRT) package, approximately 300 metre which is being financed by Power could be utilized to develop Finanace Corparation (PFC) and power in an underground out of the equity contribution by the powerhouse located on the State Government. The project is right bank of Kerang stream. expected to generate 385.78 MU of electricity in a dependable year. 3. Sainj HEP (100 MW):-Sainj HEP The expected completion date of has been contemplated as a run work is September, 2017. of the river development on river Sainj, a tributary of River Beas in 2. Integrated Kashang HEP (243 Kullu District of Himachal MW):- Pradesh. The project comprises Integrated Kashang HEP (243 of a diversion barrage on the river MW) envisages development of Sainj near village Niharni and Kashang and Kerang Streams, underground power house on tributaries of the river Sutlej right bank of river Sainj near comprising four distinct stages as village Suind with a gross head of under:- 409.60 metre to generate 322.23 Stage-I (65 MW):- MU per annum. The project is Comprising diversion of being executed on EPC mode Kashang stream to an and construction works are under underground power house progress. located on the right bank of Satluj near Powari village, 4. Shongtong Karcham HEP developing a head of (450 MW):- approximately 830 metre to Shongtong Karcham Hydro generate 245.80 MU per electric project a run-of – river annum @ ` 2.92 per unit. scheme on the river Sutlej in Stage-II & III (130 MW):- District Kinnaur of Himachal Comprising diversion of the Pradesh with diversion barrage, Kerang stream into an near village Powari, and underground water conductor underground power house, system (K-K Link) leading to located on the left bank of the upstream end of Stage-I river Satluj near village Ralli will water conductor system, generate a gross head of 129
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metre, to generate 1,579 MU per Deothal Nallah, a tributatry of annum. Date of completion of Chanju Nallah which is a tributary Civil and Hydro-Mechanical of Baira River Which in turn package is likely to be August, drains into the river Ravi, in 2017 and E&M package is Chamba District of Himacahl January, 2020. Pradesh. The annual power generation will be about 101.35 5. Surgani Sundla (48 MW) MU. The Scheme has been envisaged to use the Tail water of Baira Suil 9. Chanju-III HEP (48 MW): HEP for the Generation of 48 MW Chanju-III HEP is a Run-of-river of Power. Scheme on the Chanju nallah, a tributary of Baira river, which in 6. Thana Plaun HEP (191 MW) turn is a tributary of Siul river in The project is contemplated as Ravi basin, in Chamba District of Storage-cum-Run-of River Himachal Pradesh. The annual Scheme envisaging Roller power generation will be about Compacted Concrete (RCC) 176.19 MU. gravity dam of 107 metre high on river Beas in Mandi district of 10. Solar Projects: Himachal Pradesh. The annual HPCL intendsto setting up two power generation in a 90 percent Solar Power Plants, 3.36MW at dependable year shall be 668.07 Berra Dol near Shri Naina Devi JI Million Units. shrine in Bilaspur district and 10 MW at Aghlor in district Una. The 7. Renuka Dam HEP (40 MW):- DPR of 10 MW Solar Power Plant Renukaji Dam project, conceived at Aghlor in Una district is under as a drinking water supply prepration. A site has been scheme for the National Capital identified at village Berra Dol Territory of Delhi, envisages near Shri Naina Devi JI shrine in construction of 148 metre high Bilaspur district for setting up of a rock fill dam on river Giri at 3.36 kWh Solar Photovoltaic Dadahu in Sirmaur district and a Plant. Berra Dol project will power house at toe of Dam. The generate 5.59 MU of energy in a project will ensure 49,800 hectare year. The average cost of m of live water storage in its generation is estimated to be reservoir and a firm water supply `5.85 per unit. to the tune of 23 cusecs to Delhi besides generating 199.99 MU H.P. POWER TRANSMISSION per annum @ ` 2.38 per unit CORPORATION LIMITED exclusively for use of Himachal 13.9 Himacahl Pradesh Power Pradesh. Transmission Corporation Limited (HPPTCL) is an undertaking of 8. Deothal Chanju HEP (30 MW): Himachal Pradesh with a view to strengthen the transmission network in Deothal Chanju HEP (30 MW) is Himachal Pradesh and to facilitate a Run of River scheme on
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evacuation of power from upcoming Following Transmission Projects are generating plants. under execution:- 400/220/66 KV, 2x315 MVA sub- The jobs entrusted to station at Wangtoo in district Corporation by Govt. of Himachal Kinnaur. The awarded amount for Pradesh inter-alia included execution of the project is `310.00 crore and all new works; both Transmission Lines shall be commissioned in and Sub-Stations of 66 KV and above December, 2017. voltage rating, formulation, up-gradation, 220/66/22 KV Sub-Station at execution of Transmission Master Plan Bhoktoo in Distt. Kinnaur. The of HP for strengthening of transmission awarded amount for project is network and evacuation of power. `27.00 crore and will be started in HPPTCL is discharging the functions of February,2017. a State Transmission Utility (STU) and 400/220/66 KV, 2x315 MVA sub- coordinating the transmission related station at Pragati Nagar (Kotkhai) issues with Central Transmission Utility, in Distt. Shimla. The awarded Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of amount for the project is `144.00 Power (GOI), Himacahl Pradesh crore. It shall be commissioned in Government and HPSEB Ltd. Besides, August, 2017. corporation is also responsible for 220KV, transmission line from planning and coordination of Hatkoti to Pragati Nagar in Distt. transmission related issues with IPPs, Shimla. The awarded amount for CPSUs, State PSUs, HPPCL and other the project is `62.00 crore and State/ Central Government Agencies. shall be commissioned in August, 2017. The Corporation is planning 33/132KV 31.5 MVA GIS Sub- transmission system in such a way to station at Pandoh. The awarded ensure principles of reliability, security, amount for the project is `37.00 eco-friendly and economy matched with crore. It shall be commissioned in rising and desirable expectation of August, 2017 cleaner, safer, healthier environment to 33/132KV 2x25/31.5 MVA GIS people, both affected and benefited by Sub-station at Chambi (Shahpur). its activities is one of the objective of the The awarded amount for the corporation. project is `45.00 crore. It shall be commissioned in August, 2018. The Government of India has approved ADB loan of $ 350 Million for implementation of Transmission Projects The Tranche-II of ADB loan covered in Power System Master Plan amounting to $ 110 Million has been (PSMP) in Himachal Pradesh and loan signed in September, 2014. The following agreement for Tranche-I for undertaking seven number of projects have been implementation of Transmission projects awarded:- in District Kinnaur (Satluj Basin) and 66 KV GIS Switching sub-station Shimla (Pabbar basin) estimated at a cost Urni. The awarded amount for the of $ 113 Million has been signed and project is `28.00 crore and shall be made effective from January,2012. The commissioned in August, 2017.
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400/220/33 KV GIS Sub-station The achievements of HIMURJA during Lahal. The awarded amount for the the year 2016-2017 (upto December, project is `233.00 croreand shall 2016), anticipated upto March, 2017 and be commissioned in June, 2018. target fixed for 2017-18 are as under: 220 KV line from Charor to Banala. The awarded amount for the A. SOLAR THERMAL PROGRAMME project is `47.00 crore and shall be commissioned in June, 2017. i) Solar Water Heating System: 220 KV D/C line from Lahaul to Solar water heating systems of Budhil. The awarded amount for 7,500 ltr. per day capacity have the project is `5.00 crore and shall been installed upto be commissioned in July, 2017. December,2016, anticipated 132 KV Kangra Dehra line from achievement upto March,2017 will Chambi sub-station. The awarded be about 10,000 ltr. per day. A amount for the project is `18.00 target of 10,000 ltr.per day capacity crore and shall be commissioned solar water heating systems in August, 2017. installation has been proposed for 66 KV D/C line from Urni to the year 2017-18. Wangtoo Sub-station. The awarded amount for the project is ii) Solar Cooker: During the `14.00 crore and shall be current financial year 48 Box type commissioned in June, 2018. and 16 Dish type solar cookers 220 KV D/C line from Sunda to under JNNSM have been provided Hatkoti. The awarded amount for up to December,2016. Anticipated achievement upto March, 2017 will the project is `56.00 crore and be about 100 Box type and 25 Dish shall be commissioned in type solar cookers. A target of 250 Decembeer, 2017. Box type and 50 Dish type solar
cookers has been proposed for the HIMURJA year 2017-18 under MNRE, Govt. of India programme. 13.10 Himurja has made B. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC concerted efforts to popularize PROGRAMME renewable energy programmes throughout the State with financial i) SPV Street Lighting System: support of Ministry of New and During current financial year Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of 2016-17, 14,216 SPV Street India and State Government. Efforts are Lighting Systems have been continued for promotion and providing installed for community use up to of renewable energy devices like Solar December,2016 under NSM of Cooker, solar water heating system, Govt. of India, anticipated figures decentralized solar photovoltaic upto March,2017 will be about applications etc. HIMURJA is also 15,000. A target of 10,000 SPV assisting the Govt. for exploitation of Street Lighting systems has been Small Hydro (upto 5 MW) in the state. proposed for the year 2017-18.
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ii) SPV Power Plant: During current Table 13.7 financial year 2016-17 SPV Power UPTO DATE STATUS OF Plant of 378 kWp have been THE ALLOTED PROJECTS commissioned upto December, Projects No. Capacity 2016 under NSM of Govt. of India, (MW) anticipated figures upto March, Total allotted Projects 766 1804.57 (in existence) 2017 will be about 1000 kWp. A (A)Implementation 264 828.95 target of 2000 kWp capacity SPV Agreement Stage Power Plants has been proposed i) Commissioned 73 277.75 under MNRE, Govt. of India ii) Under Construction 40 133.94 programme/ Tribal Sub Plan for the year 2017-18. iii) Clearances being 151 417.26 obtained (B)Pre Implementation 502 975.62 iii) SPV Domestic Light: During the Agreement Stage current financial year 1810 SPV i ) Clearances being 93 193.91 Domestic Lights have provided obtained upto December, 2016 under ii) Survey & Investigation 409 781.71 National Solar Mission and in progress anticipated figures upto March,
2017 will be about 2,000. A target D. HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECTS of 2,000 SPV Domestic Lights has BEING EXECUTED BY been proposed for the year HIMURJA MHEPs 2017-18. Himurja is operating Micro
Hydel projects at Lingti (400KW), Kothi C. SMALL HYDRO ELECTRIC (200 KW), Juthed (100 KW), Purthi PROJECTS UPTO 5 MW (100 KW), Sural (100 KW), Gharola CAPACITY BEING EXECUTED (100 KW), Sach (900 KW) and Billing THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR (400 KW) which are under generation. PARTICIPATION During current year 27.12 lakh units of During the current financial year, electricity has been generated from 119 projects with total capacity of these projects upto December, 2016. 222.00 MW have been allotted to the Other projects, namely Bara Bhangal private investors. For the financial year (40 KW) and Sarahan (30 KW) have 2017-18 commissioning of 12 projects also been executed by HIMURJA. with an aggregate capacity of 39.04 MW From Bara Bhangal project, energy is have been targeted. being provided to local public. H.P.
Gonernment has allotted 18 projects Upto date status (as on with an aggregate capacity of 36.87 MW 31.12.2016) of the allotted projects upto capacity to HIMURJA. Out of these 10 5 MW capacity is as under.
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projects with a capacity of 2.37 MW process for obtaining various clearences have been commissioned, 3 HEPs of for these projects is in progress. For 14.50 MW capacity have been allotted remaining 5 HEPs of 20 MW capacity by HIMURJA with the approval of the the tendering process has been initiated government on BOT basis to M/s Sai for allotment of the projects on BOT Engineerig Foundation, Shimla. Further basis.
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14. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
Roads and Bridges (State Sector) National Highways(Central Sector) 14.3 The process of 14.1 Roads are an essential improvement of National Highways in ingredient of infrastructure of economy. the State having total length of In the absence of any other suitable 2,027.00 Kms. which includes urban and viable modes of transportation like links and bye-passes, continued during railways and waterways, roads play a the year also. Upto the end of vital role in boosting the economy of the December, 2016, an expenditure of hilly state like Himachal Pradesh. `184.00 crore has been incurred. Starting almost from a scratch the state Government has constructed 36,256 Railways Kms. of motor able roads (inclusive of 14.4 There are only two jeep able and track) till December, narrow gauge railway lines connecting 2016. The State Government has been Shimla with Kalka (96 Km.) and assigning a very high priority to road Jogindernagar with Pathankot (113 sector. For the year 2016-17, there is Km.) and one 33 Km. broad gauge an outlay of ` 912.73 crore. The target railway line from Nangal Dam to fixed for 2016-17 and achievements Charuru in District Una. made up to December, 2016 are given as under in table 14.1:- Table-14.1 Road Transport Item Unit Target Achieve- 2016-17 14.5 Road Transport is the for ment Antici- main stay of economic activity in the 2016-17 upto pated Dec. ,16 upto Pradesh as other means of transport 31.03.2017 namely Railways, Airways, Taxies, Auto Rickshaw etc. are negligible. Motorable Kms 400 245 400 Therefore, the road transport Cross- drainage ” 550 475 550 corporation assumes paramount Metalling & importance. The passenger transport Tarring ” 500 1190 1200 Jeepable ” 45 11 50 services to the people of Himachal Bridges Nos 20 22 30 Pradesh, within and outside the State Villages are being provided by Himachal Road connectivity ” 75 40 70 Transport Corporation with a fleet 14.2 In the State 10,190 villages as strength of 3,012 buses as on detailed below in table 14.2 were 31.12.2016. HRTC is plying bus connected with roads as on services on 2,530 routes with 31.12.2016:- coverage of 5.54 lakh Kms. (approx.) Table-14.2 daily. Villages 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 connected As on 14.6 For the benefit of people with road Dec. 2016 the following schemes remained in Villages with population operation during the year:- more than i) Green Card Scheme:-Green 1500 208 208 208 1000-1499 283 287 287 card holder is allowed 25 500-999 1252 1257 1257 percent discount in fare, if the 250-499 3449 3484 3524 Below 250 4884 4914 4914 journey under taken by Total 10076 10150 10190 passenger is of 50 km. The cost
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of this card is `50 and having its VIII) Free Facility to the Gallantry validity for two years. Awardees:The Gallantry Award ii) Silver Card Scheme: winners have been allowed free Corporation has introduced silver travelling facility in HRTC’s card scheme. The cost of this ordinary buses in addition with card is `20 and having its validity Delux busesin the State. for two years. This card having 30 IX) Purchase of New Buses: percent discount in fare and also 300 new buses have been valid in HRTC buses to travel upto included in the fleet of HRTC in 18 kms of the other States. order to provide safe and iii) Free Facility to Women: comfortable transport facility to Women have been allowed free the passengers. Besides 20 travelling facility in HRTC Volvo buses has also been ordinary buses on the occasion purchased by the Corporation of “Raksha Bandhan” and during the years. “Bhaiya Dooj”. Muslim women X) Luxury Buses:The Corporation have been allowed free is plying 88 super luxury (Volvo travelling facility on occasion of / Scenia) and 20 luxury AC “Id” and “Baker Id” buses under Wet-Leassing iv) Discount in fare to women: schem to interstate to provide The Corporation has also better transport facility to the allowed 25 percent discount public. in fare in ordinary buses XI) 24X7 Helpline: 24x7 HRTC/ within the State to the Private Bus Passenger’s women. helpline No.94180-00529 and 0177-2657326 have been V) Free Facility to Students of introduced to get feedback from Government Schools:The passengers regarding the students of Government schools operation of HRTC buses. up to +2 classes have been XII) Vehicle Fitness Centre: To allowed free travelling facility in generate additional revenue, HRTC ordinary buses. vehicle fitness centres have VI) Free Facility to the person been started at 18 regional suffering from serious offices of HRTC which will desease:Free travelling facility further be started in all regional to cancer, spinal injury, kidney offices. and dialysis patients along with XIII) Taxies on sealed roads: attendant in HRTC buses for The corporation has introduced thepurpose of medicaltreatment 14 tevera vehicles in Shimla for on referral slip issued by the public on sealed roads. Doctor within and outside the XIV) Provide food facility: State. To provide nutritious food at VII) Free Facility to the affordable price HIM- Special abled persons: The ANNAPURNA has been started Corporation providing free at Hamirpur, Dharamshala, travelling facility to handicapped Palmpur, Mandi, Bilaspur and persons having disability 70 Una. More such dhaba will be percent or more along with one opened in near future. attendant within state.
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XV) Provide Cashless been provided a sum of `5,602.00 lakh Transaction: Provide cashless under annual plan out of which a sum Transaction facility to the of `3,374.00 lakh has been released to General Public for payment at the HRTC for replacement of old booking counters and Supper buses. In addition to this `1,000.00 luxury AC buses, HRTC is lakh has been provided for the installing 200 POS Machine construction of bus stand during this during the financial year. financial year.
Initiative which are to be taken During the year 2016-17 by the HRTC during 2017-18: upto 31.12.2016.The department has i) Multipurpose assistance challaned 29,237 vehicles for different booths will be opened on 16 offences and the sum of `490.70 lakh bus stand in remote area where have been received. multifarious facilities to the public will be available. Transport Policy ii) HRTC will upgrade 5 driving 14.8 Significant achievements training Schools (Mandi, Kullu, of the Department during the year Tara Devi, Bilaspur and Jassur). 2016-17 and Major Policy initiatives For this purpose the amount of proposed to be under taken during financial year 2017-18 is as under: `5.00 crore has been received from Government of India. i) I.T intervention iii) HRTC is introducing “ SAMMAN New version of Sarathi 4.0 for CARD” scheme for the senior the issuance of Driving Licenses citizens of the age 60 years or has been implement in the State more. Under this scheme, the which will facilitates the citizen discount 30 percent of fare will to file their application online be allowed in ordinary buses in along with uploading of the state. necessary documents.The iv) Mini Super Luxury buses will be department plans to issue CARD introduced from major Tourist based license and registration localities of the State to provide certificates for handy monitoring comfortable journey to the and updating. The Department Tourist / General public also plans to deposit taxes of commercial vehicles through cashless/ Online. Similarly all the Transport Department barriers are to be computerized 14.7 Himachal Pradesh has and modernized for linking them minimum presence of rail, air and with the state headquarters for water transport services, therefore the real time monitoring and State is almost entirely dependent updating. upon road transport. The role of this department is to implement different Based on the data replicated rules/ acts and especially central motor from Regional transport authority/ vehicle Act. As on 31.03.2016 the Registering & licensing authority and Statehas a total of 11,75,510 vehicles, these act as a central repository of all out of which 9,13,659 are transport crucial data/ informationhas been vehicles, and 2,61,851 are non created. This also enable users to transport vehicles in the state. During avail the service on “Anywhere the year 2016-17 the department has Service” basis.
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e-Payment facility in Himachal centres and other facilities at the Pradesh has been integrated with site of the newly created transport software to presents eamless Transport Nagars in all districts service delivery to the citizens. of the State. In the year current Arrangements has been made to financial year provision of `8.00 provide this facility for collection of crore has been made for basic various fees/taxes related to the infrastructure for these vehicles and driving licences Transport Nagars. transactions which help public to avoid iv) Environmental Protection the hassles faced in transport offices.In The vehicles plying in the State addition Transport Department plan to are major source of initiate the Card based Vehicle environmental Pollution. The Registration Certificate Card (VRC), by polluting vehicles would be replacing and putting an end to the gradually phased out by way of paper based VRC’s. input of appropriate technology ii) Inspection and Certification and introduction of non-polluting Centre vehicles i.e. Bharat Stage–IV & At present the inspection/ V. The pollution check Post at fitness of vehicles is regulated Vashist, Manali has been by the traditional methods. With established by the department a view to have objective and to keep check on the polluting scientific assessment of vehicles. vehicles by intervention of v) Water Transport technology and computers, an The department has taken inspection and certification initiatives to promote Water centre is proposed to be Transport in Himachal Pradesh. established shortly in the State These shall be promoted in at Nalagarh which will be Govind Sagar, Lake (Bilaspur), funded by the MORTH. Based Chamera Dam (Chamba), on its success and response Koldam (Shimla, Bilaspur and more such centres shall be Mandi) to promote water established in future. transport. For this purpose iii) Creation of Transport Nagar tender has been awarded to At present most of the motor conduct survey and feasibility mechanical workshops which report to E-Meritime cater a large number of vehicles Consultancy Private Ltd. are functioning on road sides Mumbai. The report will be which are creating not only submitted in this financial year. congestion on the road but also vi) Driving Training School and a public nuisance and risk for Pollution Check Centre accident. The department plans Presently 10 Government, 11 to shift the workshops to HRTC and 190 private Driving locations away from roads and Training Schools and 5 Govt. create multiple facilities like and 88 private Pollution Check parking lots, seating places, Centres are functioning in eating places, toilets, recreation various places in the State.
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15. TOURISM AND CIVIL AVIATION
15.1 Tourism sector in Under Tranche - 3 total finance of US Himachal Pradesh has been recognized $62.16 million has been approved on as one of the most important sectors of 28th September, 2015. The completion the economy as it is being realized as a period of Tranche-3 is June, 2020. major engine of growth for future and as Under this Tranche there are total 15 search contribution of the tourism sector sub-projects of civil works out of which 9 to the State GDP is 7.0 percent sub-projects have been awarded and approximately which is quite significant. rest of the projects are at bidding stage. The State is endowed with all the basic resources necessary for thriving tourism Under “SWADESH activity like geographical and cultural DHARSHAN,” a scheme of Ministry of diversity, clean and peaceful Tourism, Government of India, the environment and beautiful streams, Department has submitted project worth sacred shrines, historic monuments and `100.00 crore to strengthen the tourist the friendly and hospitable people. infrastructure in the State. The projects are likely to be sanctioned by the Ministry in near future. 15.2 Tourism Industry in Himachal Pradesh has been given very 15.4 The Department of high priority and the Government has Tourism is encouraging private sector to developed appropriate infrastructure for develop tourism related infrastructure its development which includes public in the State under Public Private utility services, roads, communication Partnership (PPP), mode. Work on network, airports, transport facilities, below mentioned Ropeway projects is water supply and civicamenities etc. At under progress:- present about 2,604 hotels having bed 1. Dharamshala Rope way:- capacity of about 70,869 are registered Concession Agreement has been with the department. In addition, there signed on 22.07.2015 between are about 787 Home Stay units department of Tourism & Civil registered in the State having about Avation and M/S TRILL Urban 2,137 rooms. Transport Private Ltd. and A Power Himalayas Ltd. 15.3 To give boost to the 2. Adi Himani:- Tourism in the State, the Asian Concession Agreement has been Development Bank (ADB) has approved signed on 05.06.2016 between loan assistance worth US $ 95.16 the Department of Tourism Civil million under Tranche-I & Tranche-3. Aviationand M/S Usha Breco Under Tranche-1, the total finance Chamunda Devi Ropeway Pvt.Ltd, approved is US $33 million and the 3. Palchan to Rohtang:- completion period is June 2017. There Concession Agreement was are total 19 sub-projects out of which 14 signed on 21.10.2015 between sub-projects have been completed and Department of Tourism & Civil rest of the projects are in progress. All Aviation and M/s Manali Ropeway these projects will be completed within Pvt. Ltd. the stipulated time period.
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4. Bhunter to Bijli Mahadev:- In 2016-17 department has approved Letter of award has been issued to the proposal of training of 42 courses for M/S Usha Breco on 20-10-2016. 1,050 unemployed youths in different areas of Himachal Pradesh. In addition to above, the Department of Tourism & Civil Aviation The department organizes has identified the following five sites for and supports the tourism related events/ offering the same to the private sector festivals. During the current financial on a long term lease basis:- year, the department has organized/ participated in the following Sr. Name of the Site Area in events/festivals:- No. (Bighas) 1. The department organized the (Approx.) Himachal Travel Mart at Shimla for st nd th 1. Baddi in District Solan 371.19 the 1 time during 22 -24 April, 2. Jhatingri in District 60.12 2016 in which a large number of Mandi National and International Travel 3. Shoja (Banjar) District 2.18 Agents/ Tour operators participated Kullu besides national-International 4. Bilaspur District 2.5 travel media. The Mart was Bilaspur organized to promote the State as 5. Suketi, District Sirmaur 596.18 a major tourist destination. 2. The department also organised 15.5 A sustained marketing of Apple festival at Shimla on 1st and the State is being done throughout the 2nd October, 2016 to promote year in print and electronic media. In tourism in the State. order to promote tourism dissemination 3. The department also organized of tourist information plays significant Shimla Winter Carnival during role. The department of Tourism 25th-31st December, 2016. prepares different types of promotional 4. The department is preparing publicity material like brochures/ promotional films and commercials pamphlets, posters, blow-ups etc. and to promote the Tourism in the State participate in various tourism fairs and which include films of duration of festivals in the country and abroad. The 20 minutes, 10 minutes and 5 Department and HPTDC along with minutes, 3 television commercials private hoteliers participated in more of 60 seconds and 3 television than 37 fairs and festivals, within and commercials of 30 seconds outside the state during 2016-17. duration. 5. Participated in India Travel Mart 15.6 The Department has (ITM) Amritsar, Lucknow, Jaipur organized various adventures and and India International Travel general training courses for the Exhibition (IITE), Aurangabad and unemployed youth of the State like Indore, India international Travel Tourist Guide Training, Water Sports, Mart (IITM), Bangalore, Chennai, Skiing, River Rafting etc. beside various Pune, Hyderabad and Kochin, skill development courses for Police/ Tourism and Travel Fair (TTF), Home Gaurds, Dhaba Workers/ Owners Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Taxi drivers etc. from time to time . Surat.
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Civil Aviation free of cost and free from all 15.7 At present there are only encumbrances. It involves huge 3 Airports in HP namely Shimla, Bhuntar financial implications/burden on the (Kullu-Manali) and Kangra. The status of State Govt. A meeting was held on these airports is as under: 06.08.2016 under the a) Shimla Airport: chairmenship of Chief Secretary, to The work of widening of runway of the Government of Himachal Shimla Airport from 23 mtrs.to 30 Pradesh. In which it was decided mtrs. has been completed by the that D.C., Kangra will explore the Airport Authority of India (AAI). possibility of acquisition of land by Refueling facility is also in advance the Indian Airforce for development stage of completion and is likely to of an alternate airfield to Pathankot be operational as soon as in view of its vulnerability after the commercial flights are resumed. recent terrorist strike/ attack. It will Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of reduce huge burden of the State India has launched the “Regional Govt. by way of acquisition cost, if Air Connectivity Scheme-UDAN”. the Air Force is persuaded to In Jubberhatti (Shimla) airport and acquire the land for airfield. Report Bhunter (Kullu) airport. is waited from D.C., Kangra. Memorandum of Understanding Helipads (MoU) on Regional Connectivity 15.8 Himachal Pradesh at Scheme (RCS) UDAN has been present has 63 operational helipads. signed between Ministry of Civil The State Government has also Avaition (MOCA), Airport Authority conveyed the in – principal approval for of India (AAI) and State construction of new helipads at Government on 16-01-2017.Flight Banderaru near Sanjauli - Dhalli bye- operation from Shimla airport is pass road and Chowari, Distt. Chamba. likely to be commenced shortly. In both cases forest land is involved b) Bhunter (Kullu-Manali) Airport: hence, the application for clearance Airport Authority of India has under FCA Act 1980 have been informed that they will take up processed. After receiving approval, runway extension work, after the further action will be taken. diversion of river Beas by the State Government for which. 27.77 Himachal Pradesh Tourism hectares of land needs to be Development Corporation acquired. Matter regarding policy 15.9 The Himachal Pradesh decision wheather, the land is to Tourism Development Corporation was be provided free of cost and free established in 1972 to Promote Tourism from all encumbrances to the AAI in the Pradesh. Ever since its for extension of Bhunter airport is establishment the Corporation has acted under consideration of the State. as a catalyst, trendsetter and a prime c) Kangra Airport: mover for the promotion of tourism in Plan for expansion of Gaggal Himachal Pradesh. The Himachal (Kangra) airport from 1,372 metres Pradesh Tourism Development to 1,800 metres has been prepared Corporation expected to earn a net by the Airport Authority of India profit of `353.78 lakh during the (AAI) for which they require land Current financial year.
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EDUCATION made to cater the educational need of 16.1 Education is the key disabled children. instrument for developing human capability. The State is committed to 16.3 To increase enrolment, provide education to all. The concerted reduce the drop out rate and enhance efforts of the Government have put the retention rate of the children in Pradesh as one of the leading State in these schools, various scholarships and educational literacy. According to 2011 other incentives namely Poverty census Himachal Pradesh has a Stipend Scholarship, Girls Attendance literacy rate of 82.80 percent. Scholarship, Scholarship for Children of Male/female literacy rate differs Army Personnel, Scholarship for the considerably in the State as against students belonging to IRDP families, 89.53 per cent literacy rate for males it Middle-Matric scholarship (Medhavi is 75.93 percent for females. All out Chhatervariti Yojna), Pre Matric efforts are afoot to bridge this gap. scholarship for Scheduled Castes students on Lahaul-Spiti pattern Elementary Education Scholarship. In addition to the above 16.2 The policies of the free Text Books and Uniforms are also Government in the field of Elementary being provided for OBC/IRDP/SC/ST Education are implemented through the and in some cases free Text Books are Deputy Directors of Elementary provided to General Students in non Education and Block Primary Education Tribal areas. Mid-day meal scheme is Officers at District and Block Level being implemented in all the respectively with aims:- Government and Government aided To achieve the goal of Primary and Middle Schools in the universalization of Elementary State. Under this scheme each student Education. is being provided with hot cooked meal on each day of the school. Computer To provide Quality Elementary Education Programme has been started Education. in 1623 upper primary schools in To increase access to remotest part of the State. Elementary Education.
At present up to State Sponsored Scholarship 31.12.2016 there are 10,738 notified Scheme Primary Schools out of which 10,735 16.4 The following incentives are being are functional and 2,113 are notified provided during the year 2016-17:- Middle schools out of which 2,103 are i) Middle Merit/Medhavi Chatervarti functioning in the State. To overcome Yojna @ ` 800 per annum per the shortage of trained teachers, efforts boy/ girl. 1,331 students were are being made to make fresh benefitted and `10.65 lakh were appointments of teachers in the needy spent. schools. An attempt has also been ii) Scholarship for IRDP families children @ ` 150 per student from
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class 1st to 5th is being provided During the financial year and 54,182 students were 2016-17, 26,537 students were benefitted and ` 81.48 lakh have benefitted and an expenditure of been spent. ` 250 per boy and `77.93 lakh was incurred. `500 per girl is provided to students from class 6th to 8th Sports Activities A budgetry provision Under this scheme 52,255 of ` 225.00 lakh was made for the year students were benefitted and 2016-17 for carrying out the sports `1.75 crore have been spent. activities of children of Primary/ iii) Under Girls Attendance Scheme Elementry schools at Centre, Block, girl students having attendance District, State and National levels.The more than 90 percent is being department is organising these activities awarded `2 per month for 10 in conveyance with other line months. Total 38,659 students departments like Social Justice and were benefitted and `7,73 lakh Empowerment, Sports department etc. have been spent. Construction of Elementry Education Free Text Books Free Text Building The government has made a Books are being provided by budget provision for 2016-17 of `13.9 Himahcal Pradesh Government for crore under major head for works to all IRDP/SC/ST/OBC/ General provide adequate infrastructure facilities students for which there is a for construction of Elementry school budget provision of `15.00 crore buildings/ rooms and District/ Block during 2016-17. offices.
Mahatma Gandhi Vardi Yojana Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Under Mahatma Gandhi Vardi 16.5 Sarva shiksha Abhiya Yojana two sets of uniform is being launched in the State with a well defined provided for class 1st to 10th with Pre-Project Phase on improving the `200 as stitches charges per year. infrastructure in the District Project For the year 2016-17, about Offices, capacity building of educational 7,09,497, students (Classes 1st to administrators, teachers, school 10th) were benefitted. The State mapping, micro-planning, surveys etc. Government has spent ` 52.75 crore The objective of this movement was to for the year 2016-17. ensure universal access, enrolment, removal of gender gaps, retention and Free Writing Material Cash completion of elementary schooling by payment is being provided to those all 6-14 age group children coupled SC students who belong to satisfactory quality elementary education IRDP/BPL families and who study with active participation of the from 1st to 5th classes in government community in the management of schools as per the following rates schools. per annum a) 1st and 2nd class ` 250 16.6 The main efforts for b) 3rd and 4th class ` 300 improving the quality of elementary c) 5th class ` 350 education under SSA are as under:
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Out of School Children:The Net suffering from one or other Enrolment Ratio (NER) at the disability. 10,077 CWSN have elementary stage of education in been integrated in formal schools Himachal Pradesh is more than 99 and for 1,879 out of school percent which is indicative of the CWSN, different strategies have fact that there are negligible been adopted to bring them into children who are outside the formal the fold of education system. For range of education. However, they these children Home-Based are being attempted to bring into Programme has been introduced the fold of elementary education and implemented at elementary through Non-Residential Special level in the age group of 6-14 Training Centres. The first and years in Himachal Pradesh. 530 foremost obligation of Right to children have been adopted by 23 Education (RTE) Act is to ensure NGOs in various districts and that all children in the age group of remaining are being covered by 6-14 years should be in the in-service trained teachers. schools. Other independent studies Capacity building of in service conducted by Indian Market Teachers: Capacity building of in Research Bureau (IMRB) and service teachers is an integral part Pratham have also confirmed that of general teacher Training the number of out of school Programme. The Special focus of children in Himachal Pradesh is providing services is on activities below one percent. Bilaspur and of Daily Living Skill Training such Lahaul Spiti Districts have no out of as: (1) Self Help Skills: Eating, school children. It is observed that Toileting, Bathing and Dressing due to migration from other parts of etc. (2) Motor Activities: Under this the country to the urban/semi- skill, CWSN with Orthopedically urban areas of the State, the figure Impairment and Cerebral Palsy of out of school children keeps on are being covered and trained in fluctuating. Districts have been Motor activities under the asked to conduct survey in the guidance of physiotherapist/ month of July and December every occupational therapist. In addition year to keep track of migratory to above these out of school population, enrol them in schools CWSN are being covered by as per RTE provision by levelling taking the services of Special off their learning gaps through Educators in Mental Retardation some non-residential bridge through utilizing Block IE courses. For identified 5,077 out of Resource Rooms. School Children, age and class Therapeutic Services: As most of appropriate education is being the identified children do suffer ensured through NRSTCs. 2,031 from cerebral palsy, therapeutic children have been mainstreamed services such as physiotherapy, upto 31.12.2016. occupational therapy and speech Inclusive Education: In Himachal therapy were provided on priority Pradesh total 11,956 Child With basis. Due to shortage of physio- Special Needs were identified therapist and speech therapists
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and their non willingness to serve Persons in these programmes and in rural areas it was also a provide the resource support to challenge faced by the SSA during general teachers in the actual the first phase. Physiotherapist class room situation. was appointed on visiting basis in Day Care Centres for CWSN: some districts to provide effective Two, Day Care Centres in primary therapeutic services to the needy schools have been established at children. Shimla and Mandi. These special Preparing of Individual wings are rehabilitating around 46 Education Programmes(IEP)/ Mentally Retarted children with the Individual Transition Planning help of trained special educators. (ITP): Individual Education Medical Assessment: 82 Programmes (IEPs) have been Medical assessment camps for prepared for every child and CWSN in 2016-17 have been accordingly goals were fixed for organized and 1,348 aids and every three months. For mild and appliances were provided to the moderate categories, functional needy children. 19 corrective academic curriculum is surgeries were also performed in implemented in the classroom. convergence with health Counselling of Parents: Parents department of Himachal Pradesh. and other family members of To and Fro Local Bus Fare: To special children were provided and fro local bus fare is allowed to counselling session under SSA. the CWSN along with one Counselling session with the help attendant to medical camps for of trained teachers and formal assessment. Hiring of Counsellors especially under conveyance at the local transport “Home Based Programme” have rate for a group of severely CWSN been initiated in all the districts of is also been allowed so that they Himachal Pradesh. can be brought to the medical Community Involvement: The camp sites. trained resource teachers are Braille Books & Enlarged Print providing their support in the Books: Two sets of Braille Books Community Involvement for which from class 1st to class 8th have the deparment has received very been provided to Blind children encouraging response from the and 54 sets of Enlarged print community. books to low vision students. Orientation Programme of Monitoring system of IE Teachers: Orientation of teachers Activities: For proper monitoring and other supportive staff is also of resource teacher and NGOs, an important aspect and SSA has State Project Office SSA has ensured regular orientation designed the monitoring proforma programme to its teachers so that for all District Project Officers proper academic support could be which includes: ensured to the needy special i) No funds may be released to children. The trained resource NGOs without inspecting their teachers are acting as Resource
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working as per terms of Learning Level of Children references fixed by SSA. 16.9 Class-VIII board ii) The NGOs must have trained examination has already been Special Educators abolished and no child at the registered from Rehabilitation elementary stage will be subjected to Council of India (RCI). face any formal examination. However, iii) Regarding monitoring of the the evaluation of children is being done work done by the Resource through CCE as per section 29 of the Teachers, SSA has also RTE. After delivery of content their developed monthly progress is recorded on CCE registers monitoring Performa. Every and gaps are addressed as and when Resource Teacher has to identified during the learning process. submit their monthly progress Now the emphasis is on diagnostic report to the concerned teaching instead of promoting rote District Inclusive Education method and single line paper pencil Coordinators. After compiling test. This evaluation system is taking the monthly progress report care of holistic development of all of IE RTs, the District Project children. The learning gaps identified Officers send the reports to during continuous evaluation are also the SPO which are reviewed being taken care of through in the SSA monthly review assessment sheets. These assessment meetings. sheets are class, subject and topic wise. Retaining All Children in the Education System Monitoring of Schools 16.7 Total out of school children 16.10 Rigorous monitoring and drop out rates are negligible and mechanism is being adopted to ensure the State has been successful in adequate supervision and evaluation of checking the drop out rates. The different activities under SSA. In order to dropout rate at Primary and Upper level constantly oversee and control the is 0.65 and 0.90 percent respectively. programme implementation State level as well as district level teams have been Kasturba Gandhi Balika constituted. The main findings of the Vidyalaya (KGBV) monitoring reports are shared with stake holders and the Government. 16.8 In KGBVs girls are being imparted skill education along with normal studies. Regular training State’s Vision Statement for imparted to KGBV hostel wardens and Quality Education each KGBV is monitored by State and 16.11 Providing Quality District level monitoring team. There are Education in Himachal Pradesh by 10 KGBV functional in Himachal ensuring Enabling Learning Environment Pradesh (Eight in Chamba District and in the schools for Holistic Development of every child through Effective School one each in Shimla & Sirmour district). Leadership. This vision statement is
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incorporated in the document for quality High/ Senior Secondary education that has been prepared in Education collaboration with NUEPA and “Save the 16.12 Highest Priority is being Children”. The main interventions under given towards education in the State SSA are as under: owing to with the share of education of Implementation of Learning the total Plan Outlay of the State is Indicators:- The learning Indicators increasing every year along with the for class I to VIII have been educational institutions. Up to December, implemented in the state from the 2016, there are 929 Government High academic session 2014-15. All the schools, 1,719 Government Senior elementary teachers have been Secondary Schools and 115 Government directed to teach in such a manner Degree colleges including 6 Sanskrit that the desired learning levels are colleges, 1 SCERT, 1 B.Ed. college and achieved by the students. Students 1 Fine Art College running in the State. are evaluated through CCE which is based on these learning indicators. Scholarship Schemes Identification of Learning Gaps 16.13 To improve the educational through Achievement Tests status of the deprived sections of the Himachal is the first State who society, various types of scholarships/ started conducting large scale stipends are being provided by the State/ Achievement surveys of all the Central Goverments at various stages. stundents at elementary level. The scholarship schemes are:- Learning gaps have been identified i) Dr. Ambedkar Medhavi at school level in particular and Chhatarvrity Yojna: Under this broadly at district and State level. scheme the scholarship is being Early Reading, Writing and given to the top 1,000 meritorious Numeracy Programme It was students of SC category and top initiated in the State from class-1 to 1,000 meritorious students of OBC class-5. Before the commencement on the basis of Matric examination of activity in the State, a baseline conducted by HPBSE for 10 +1 and survey of class-II students was done 10+2 classes in a recognised for all students enrolled in institution within or out side of the Government schools. In the base State @ `10,000 per student per line assessment, students were annum. During the year 2015-16, asked questions to test their ability 1,740 students of SC category and on Reading, Writing, 1,681 of OBC category have been Comprehension and Numeracy benefited under this scheme. skills. Based on the baseline recommendations, Training Needs ii) Swami Vivekanand Uttkristha Assessment (TNA) was done and Chhatarvrity Yojna: Under this accordingly training module/material scheme 2,000 top meritorious was prepared under their effort. students of General category PRERNA programme has been declared as such in the result of initiated. Matric Examination conducted by
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HPBSE on merit basis for 10+1 and 10th classes and ` 300 per month 10+2 classes. The scholarship is for +1 and +2 classes are being given @ `10,000 per student per given to those students who secure annum. During the year 2015-16, first position in the subject of 3,728 students have been benefited Sanskrit with 60 percent and above under this scheme. marks. iii) Thakur Sen Negi Uttkristha vii) Sainik School Scholarship: The Chhatarvrity Yojna: Under this scheme is applicable to the scheme, the scholarship is being bonafide H.P. students in the Sainik given to the top 100 boys and 100 School Sujanpur Tihra from class VI girl students of ST category on the to XII. basis of the Matric result conducted viii) NDA Scholarship Scheme The by HPBSE on merit basis for 10+1 NDA scholarship at different rates is and 10+2 classes @ `11,000 per being given to the Cadets of student per annum. During the year Himachal Pradesh who are getting 2015-16, total 328 such students training at National Defence benefited under this scheme. Academy, Khadakwasla. iv) Maharishi Balmiki Chhatarvrity ix) Kalpana Chawla Chhatravriti Yojna: The bonafide Himachali girl students belonging to Balmiki Yojna: Under this scheme, the top families whose parents are 2,000 top meritorious girl students engaged in unclean occupation are of +2 classes of all study groups are being given scholarship, under this given `15,000 per student per scheme @ ` 9,000 per girl student annum. During the year 2015-16, per annum beyond Matric level to total 1,782 students have been college level and for professional benefitted under this scheme. courses in Himachal Pradesh x) Mukhya Mantri Protsahan irrespective of their status Yojna: This scheme has been (Government or Private). Total 38 started during the year 2012-13 and girl students have been benefited one time `75,000 will be given to under this scheme during the year all students of State who are 2015-16. selected and take admission for a v) Indira Gandhi Utkrishtha degree course in any Indian Chhatervriti Yojna: Under this Institute of Technology or All India scheme, 150 meritorious students Institute of Medical Sciences and for post plus two courses for post graduate diploma course in studying in colleges or doing any Indian Institute of Managment, professional courses shall be (ISM) Dhanbad at Jharkhand and awarded @ ` 10,000 per year per Indian Insititute of Science (IISC) at student purely on basis of merit and Banglore. Total 123 students without any income ceiling. Total 43 benefitted under this scheme in students have been benefited under 2015-16. this scheme during the year xi) Rashtriya Indian Military College 2015-16. Scholarship: This award is given vi) Sanskrit Scholarship Scheme: A to the ten bonafide Himachal sum of ` 250 per month for 9th and Pradesh students, two from each
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class VIII to XII in RIMC, Dehradun, Scheduled Caste – 41,005, @ `20,000 per year per student. Scheduled Tribes-8,702 and Other Under this scheme 10 students Backward Classes -3,262 students have been benefited during the year were benefitted from this scheme. 2015-16. xv) Pre-Matric Scholarship to Other xii) IRDP Scholarship Scheme Backward Classes students. A sum of ` 300 per month for 9th & This scholarship will be awarded to 10th class, ` 800 per month for +1 those students from class 1st to 10th & +2 Class, `1,200 per month for whose parents/ guardians income College/Day scholar students and from all sources does not exceed `2,400 per month for Hostellers is ` 44,500 per annum. A sum of `50 being given to those students who per student per month for Day belong to IRDP families and scholar students and `250 per studying in Government/ month for hostellers is being given. Government Aided Institutions. xvi) Pre-Matric Scholarship to SC 52,557 students have been and ST students. benefited under this scheme during This scholarship will be awarded to the year 2015-16. those students whose parents/ xiii) Scholarship to the children of guardians income from all sources Armed Forces Personnel Killed/ does not exceed `2.00 lakh per disabled during wars. annum. A scholarship of ` 2,250 A sum of ` 300 (boys) and ` 600 per student per annum to Day th th (girls) per month for 9 & 10 class, scholars and ` 4,500 per annum to ` 800 per month for 10+1 & 10+2 hostellers of class IX and X is being Class, `1,200 per month for given. During the year 2015-16, College/ University/ Day scholar total 24,033 of SC category and students and `2,400 per month for 3,255 students of ST have been hostellers is being given to Children benefited under this scheme. of Armed Forces Personnel killed/ xvii) Incentive to SC/ ST girl disabled in different operations/ students for secondary war. education. xiv) Post Matric Scholarship to Under this Centrally Sponsored SC/ST/OBC students (Centrally Scheme SC/ST girl students who Sponsored Scheme) take admission in 9th Class after The students belongs to Scheduled passing Middle Standard Castes and Scheduled Tribles Examination from H.P. Board whose parents annual income is up School Examination. The amount of to `2.50 lakh and Other Backward incentive under this scheme Classes students whose parents is ` 3,000 and will be given in the annual income is up to `1.00 lakh shape of a Time Deposit. are eligible for full scholarship (i.e. xvIii) Merit cum means Scholarship Maintenance allowance + full fee) Scheme for Students belonging for all courses and they are to Minority Community (CSS). studying in Government/ This Scholarship is for the Minority Government Aided Institutions. students belonging to Muslim, Sikh, During the year 2015-16, Christian, Budhhist communities,
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whose parents/ guardians income Free Text Books from all sources does not exceed 16.17 The State Government is `2.50 lakh from all sources. A total providing free text books to the students of 95 students have been benefitted of 9th and 10th classes belonging to SC, under this scheme during 2015-16. ST, OBC & IRDP categories. An expenditure of `9.69 crore have been Expansion of Sanskrit Education spent for this purpose and 1,04,221 16.14 Tremendous efforts are students have been benefited during the made to promote Sanskrit Education by academic session 2016-17. the State Government as well as Centre Government. The details are as under:- Vocational Education a) Award of scholarships to students 16.18 In order to provide of High/ Senior Secondary Schools employability to students the department studying Sanskrit. imparted Vocational Education under b) Providing grant for the salary of NSQF in 850 Schools with 11 subjects/ Sanskrit Lecturers for teaching trades i.e. Automobiles, Retail, Security, Sanskrit in Secondary Schools. ITeS, Healthcare, Tourism, Agriculture, c) Modernization of Sanskrit Schools. Physical Educatiom, Telecom, BFSI and d) Grant to State Government for Media with at least 2 subjects in every various schemes for promotion of school in 9th & 12thclasses. Under this Sanskrit and for research/ research scheme 593 vocational trainers have projects. been deployed in 350 schools and about 57,058 students have been enrolled in Teachers Training Programmes this programme. 16.15 The Teachers Training Programmes need to be strengthened to Free Education to Special abled equip in-service teachers with the latest techniques/ teaching methods. Children Seminars/re-orientation courses are 16.19 Free education to the being conducted by SCERT Solan, children having more than 40 percent GCTE Dharamshala, HIPA Fairlawns, special abled is being provided in the Shimla, NUPA New Delhi/ CCRT/ State upto University level since NCERT/ RIE, Ajmer and RIE 2001-02. Chandigarh. Approximately 1,600 teaching and non- teaching staffs have Free Education to Girls been trained during 2016-17. 16.20 Free education is being provided to girl students in the State upto Yashwant Gurukul Awas Yojna University level i.e. only tuition fee is exempted. 16.16 In order to provide suitable residential accommodation to the teachers posted in High/ Senior Information Technology Secondary Schools of Tribal and hard Education areas of the State. The scheme is being 16.21 Information Technology implemented in 61 identified schools of education is being imparted in all the State. Government Senior Secondary Schools on self finance basis through outsourcing
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where students had opted for IT facilities for Girl’s Students in classes IX education as an optional subject. The to XII. The girls belonging to SC, ST, department is charging IT fee `110 per OBC, Minority Communities and BPL month per student. The students of SC families shall be benefited under this (BPL) families are getting 50 percent fee scheme. The construction work of three concession of total fee. About 79,519 girl’s hostels i.e. Himgiri, Mehla students are enrolled in IT education (Chamba) and Shillai (Sirmour) in subject out of which 9,342 SC (BPL) educationally backward blocks students are being benefitted under this sanctioned under RMSA, have been scheme. An amount of `61.66 lakh was completed and made functional with the spent in this scheme. capacity of 50 girls each during the year 2016-17. The Government has approved Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha an amount of ` 35.98 lakh and out of Abhiyan which an amount of ` 15.30 lakh has been received for three Girl’s Hostels till 16.22 The Department has taken date. a lead in implementing the Rashtrya Madhayamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) at Information & Communication secondary level under Himachal Pradesh Technology (ICT) Project School Education Society (HPSES)on 16.24 In order to improve and the sharing funding pattern 90:10 i.e. 90 strengthen the teaching learning activity percent by Government of India and 10 by using smart class rooms and multi- percent by Sate Government from the media teaching aids, department has year 2015-16. The activities under RMSA successfully implemented ICT in 2,142 are being taken up to strengthen Government High/ Higher Secondary infrastructure in the existing secondary Schools and five Smart Schools up to schools , training to in service teachers, self defence trainings and kala Utsav 2016-17. with Annual grant to schools in the Rashtriya Ucchtar Shiksha State. For the financial year 2016-17 Project Approval Board (PAB) of the Abhiyan Government of India has approved an 16.25 The Rashtriya Ucchtar amount of ` 14281.60 lakh out of which Shiksha Abhiyan has been implemented Government of India and State have in the state from the year 2013-14 on released `11,487.40 lakh and `898.57 the funding pattern of 90:10 i.e. 90 lakh respectively for the implementation percent Centre and 10 percent State of various activities of Rashtrya under the 12th five year plan, to improve Madhayamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). the Higher Education System in the state. The State Government has Girls Hostel in Educationally constituted a SHEC (State Higher Backward Blocks Education Council) for the proper 16.23 The Centrally Sponsored implementation of quality improvement Scheme for the construction and running system in the state. The semester of Girls Hostel for Students of Secondary system and the Choice Based Credit and Senior Secondary Schools in System (CBCS) has been introduced for Educationally Backward Block is to the Under–Graduate Classes in the strengthen the Boarding and lodging Govt./ Private/ Aided/ Sanskrit Colleges
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in the State. Under the scheme, an book have been supplied to the Children amounting to ` 116.66 crore have been with Special Need during the year received from MHRD, GoI and the same 2016-17. has been released to all beneficiary higher institutions of the state. All the Mukhya Mantri Vardi Yojana institutions of the state are being 16.28 Under this scheme two sets encouraged to go for evaluation and of uniform are being provided to all the accreditation by NAAC (National students studying in class XI to XII in the Assessment and Accreditation Council). state. For this purpose ` 11.73 crore At present 01 HPU, 02 Govt. Degree have been spent on 1, 79,536 students. Colleges have been accreditated with “A” grade of NAAC. The state has now Mukhya Mantri Aadarsh Model one University, Himachal Pradesh Schools University (HPU) and 27 Govt. Degree Colleges accreditated with NAAC. 16.29 To improve the quality education two Govt. Sr. Sec schools are Distribution of Net books/ to be designated as Aadarsh Model Laptops Schools in each constituency of each 16.26 The department is going to district in the state. For this purpose an distribute Net books/ laptops to the amount of `30.00 crore has been 10,000 meritorious students of 10th and allocated during the year 2016-17. 12th class of Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala under Mukhya Mantri Gyandeep Yojana Rajiv Gandhi Digital Students Yojna with 16.30 To improve the educational the aim to strengthen the teaching status of all sections of the society and learning activities in schools. interest subvention of 4 percent would be given to all himachali students pursuing Inclusive Education for Special higher education in India and abroad abled at Secondary Stage availing educational loans from banks 16.27 Inclusive Education for upto `10.00 lakh irrespective of income special abled at Secondary Stage is level and budget provision of `3.00 crore commenced in the State in the year has been made under Mukhya Mantri 2013-14. Under this scheme, 12 model Gyandeep Yojana. schools have been established in all the districts and 18 Special Educator are TECHNICAL EDUCATION engaged in these schools for imparting 16.31 Department of Technical the Special Education to CWSN enrolled Education is providing education in the in the schools. 2,895 children with field of Technical Education, Vocational special need have been identified. For and Industrial Training. Today the the assessment of these children 40 department has reached a stage where medical camps have been organised and aspiring students of the State can get 172 Aids and Appliances have been admission and persue a career in the distributed to the needy children. Free under mentioned institutions in Himachal Text books, Escort Allowance, Braille Pradesh.
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Sr. Names of Institute Number No. of Institutes 1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi at Kamand 01 2. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur 01 3. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Kangra 01 4. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sirmour 01 5. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una 01 6. Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET), 01 Baddi, Tehsil Nalagarh, District Solan. 7. Regional Vocational Training Institute(RVTI) for Women at Jhundla, 01 Tehsil Shimla Rural, District Shimla 8. Jawahar Lal Nehru Govt. Engineering College, Sundernagar 01 9. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Govt. Institute of Engineering and 01 Technology, Pragatinagar, Distt. Shimla 10. Rajiv Gandhi Govt. Engineering College, Kangra at Nagrota 01 Bagwan. 11 Mahatma Gandhi Govt. Engineering College, Kotla Tehsil Rampur 01 (Jeori), Distt. Shimla. 12. Govt. Pharmacy College, Rohroo District Shimla and Nagrota 02 Bagwan District Kangra 13. B-Pharmacy Colleges (Private Sector) 13 14. Engineering Colleges (Private Sector) 14 15. Polytechnics (Govt. Sector) 15 16. Polytechnics (Private Sector) 18 17. D-Pharmacy Colleges (Private Sector) 02 18. 2nd Shift in Diploma Courses (Private Sector) 07 19. Co-educational Industrial Training Institutes (Govt. Sector) 108 20. Industrial Training Institutes (women) (Govt. Sector) 09 21. ITI for Persons with disability at Sundernagar (Govt. Sector) 01 22. Motor Driving School at Una in Govt. Sector 01 23. ITIs (Private Sector) 143 Total 344
16.32 In Engineering and Engineering and 21 Non-Engineering Pharmacy Colleges, the technical trades. Education is imparted at degree level, The present intake of students in whereas the Polytechnics are providing the existing Institutions is as under professional/ technical education at diploma level courses in 14 Engineering i) Degree Level 4,830 and Non-Engineering disciplines. The ii) B-Pharmacy 858 Industrial Training Institutes are providing iii) Diploma Level 10,778 2 & 1 year certificate level courses in 33 iv) Govt/Private ITI’s 45,150 Total 61,616
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16.33 The Department has Govt. has also released `149.97 opened Rajiv Gandhi Govt. lakh as matching State share Engineering College, Kangra at Nagrota Bagwan under RUSA with 16.35 The department proposes three disciplines namely Mechanical to open one new Govt. Polytechnic for Engineering, Electronics and Women at Rehan in District Kangra with Communication Engineering and the estimated cost of ` 26.00 crore with Civil Engineering with an intake of the help of HPKVN funded by the Asian 60 students in each discipline and in Development Bank from the Academic the discipline of Electrical Session 2017-18 and also the Engineering which has been started department proposes to establish Govt. from 2015-16. An amount of `26.00 Polytechnic at Basantpur in Shimla crore has been sanctioned under District from the year 2017-18. RUSA by the Govt. of India, MHRD Department of Higher Education, 16.36 Five Government I.T.Is. New Delhi. The Detailed Project have been made functional at Mohin Report worth `127.00 crore has been in District Mandi, Mashobra and submitted to the Deptt. of Higher Naini Dhar in District Shimla, Maina Education under RUSA. Mahatma in District Sirmour and Chhatrari in Gandhi Govt. Engineering College, District Chamba from the academic Rampur has been started with session 2016-17. In addition to above, 10 classes at J.N. Govt. Engineering. State of the Art ITI’s have also been College, Sundernagar with 2 made functional at Dharampur District disciplines i.e. Mechanical Solan, Gagret District Una, Garnota Engineering and Civil Engineering District Chamba, Ghumarwin District with intake capacity of 60 students Bilaspur, Nadaun Distt. Hamirpur, each. In addition, Central Institute of Nagrota Bagwan District Kangra, Nahan Plastic Engineering and Technology Distt. Sirmour, Shamshi District Kullu, (CIPET), Baddi and Regional Sundernagar District Mandi and Sunni Vocational Training Institute for District Shimla during the session in women, Shimla have also become 2016-17. operational from the academic session 2015-16. 16.37 Fourteen number of I.T.Is namely Shamshi, Mandi, Chamba, 16.34 The J.N. Govt. Shahpur, Nadaun at Rail, Nahan, Engineering College, Sundernagar Shimla,Reckong-Peo, Rong Tong, Mandi has been selected under World (W) and Shimla (W), Solan, Una and Bank funded project namely Rampur have been covered for up- Technical Education Quality gradation as Centres of Excellence and Improvement Programme Phase-II General Up-gradation under Vocational with project cost of ` 11.00 crore on Training Improvement Project (VTIP) with 90:10 Centre and State funding World Bank Assistance. Funds pattern. Till date, the above Institute amounting to `46.50 crore, Centre Share has received a sum of ` 892.80 lakh `34.85, `11.65 crore as State Share from Government of India including have been received as Central SPFU for this project and the State Assistance and State share during the period 2006-07 to December, 2016,
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which have been spent for providing Commerce and CII and various other modern machinery and equipments, Industrial Associations located in honorarium/remuneration and training to different parts of Himachal Pradesh, for teachers and also for construction of which central assistance amounting to buildings etc. and expenditure worth `82.50 crore has been received in the `46.47 crore has been incurred under the respective I.T.I. @ ` 2.50 crore lakh per scheme so far. ITI from G.O.I during the period 16.38 The department is on 2008-2009 to December, 2016 as developing multi-skills in the trainees to interest free loans to be returned in 20 add to their employability in the Industrial equal installments after 10 years of Sector. 33 I.T.Is have been upgraded moratorium period. So far expenditure under Public Private Partnership Mode worth `98.00 crore (Excess expenditure (PPP Mode) after due consultation/ has been incurred out of IRG and interest discussion with the State Steering accrued) has been incurred for the Committee and with PHD Chamber of Up-gradation of infrastructure in ITIs.
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HEALTH AND FAMILY been detected, 120 cases were WELFARE deleted after completion of 17.1 The State Government treatment and 168 cases of has ensured that health services for leprosy are under treatment. effective prevention and treatment They are getting MDT from intervention are accessible to people different health institutions free of applied efficiently. In Himachal Pradesh, cost. Health and Family Welfare department iii) Revised National T.B. Control is providing services which include Programme: Under this curative, preventive, promotive and programme, 1 T.B. Sanatorium, rehabilitative services through a network 12 District T.B. centres/clinics, 72 of 75 Hospitals, 87 Community Health T.B. Units and 208 Microscopic Centres, 533 Primary Health Centres, Centres having a provision of 315 13 ESI Dispensaries and 2,078 Sub- beds were functioning in the Centres. To provide better health State. During the year 2016-17 services to the people, the Government upto 31.12.2016, 14,333 cases is strengthening the existing were detected having symptoms infrastructure by providing modern of this disease and sputum tests equipments, specialized services, of 80,936 persons were carried increasing the strength of the medical out. Himachal Pradesh is one of and para-medical staff in the medical the States where all the districts institutions. have been covered under this project. The achievement of total 17.2 A brief description of cases notification rate was 210 various health and family welfare per lakh per year (82 percent) activities carried out in the State against the target of 257 per lakh during 2016-17 is as under:- per year. i) National Vector Borne Disease iv) National Programme for Control Programme: During the Control of Blindness: Under year 2016-17, (upto December, this programme during the year 2016) 33,344 blood slides were 2016-17 (upto December, 2016), examined, out of which 98 slides 21,948 cataract operations were were found positive and no death performed against the target of due to malaria was reported. 27,500 cataract operations. ii) National Leprosy 21,733 cataract operations were Eradication Programme: Under performed with I.O. lenses. this programme the prevalence v) National Family Welfare rate, which was 5.14 per ten Programme: This programme is thousand in 1995, has been being carried out in the State as a reduced to 0.24 per ten thousand part of Reproductive and Child as on December, 2016. During Health Programme, on the basis 2016-17, (upto December, 2016), of community needs assessment 114 new cases of Leprosy have approach. Under this approach, grass-root level workers like
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multipurpose health workers Like previous years, (both male & female) give an the Pulse Polio campaigns were estimate of the various family also launched in the State during welfare activities required in the the year 2016-17.The first round area/ population covered by of this campaign was on them. Under this programme, 29.01.2017 and second round will 8,059 sterilisations, 16,117 be held on 02.04.2017. I.U.D. insertions, 30,842 OP vii) Mukhya Mantri State Health Care Users and 83,731 CC Users were Scheme: done during 2016-17 (upto The State Government has December, 2016). started Mukhya Mantri State vi) Universal Immunization Health Care Scheme to Ekal Programme:This programme is Narri, Senior Citizens above 80 also being implemented in the years of age, Daily Wages State as a part of Reproductive Workers, Part Time Workers, Child Health (RCH) programme Anganwari Workers/ Helpers, Mid with an aim to reduce the Day Meal Workers, Contractual morbidity and mortality among Employees and Persons with mothers, children and infants. more than 70 percent special The vaccine preventable ability with effect from diseases viz. Tuberculosis, 01-03-2016. More than one lakh Diphtheria, Pertusis, Neo-natal Smart cards have been issued to Tetanus, Poliomyelitis and the selected families and cash Measles have shown remarkable less treatment more than `1.00 reduction. The targets and crore has been availed by the achievements for the year 2016- smart card holders under the 17 are given in Table 17.1. scheme. Table- 17.1 viii) National Rural Health Mission Item 2016-17 Under this scheme 95 Health Sr. Targets Achievement Institutions were identified to No. upto provide 24 hours emergency December,16 1 2 3 4 services. Apart from this 682 Rogi Kalyan Samities are also 1 D.P.T. 108183 100 functioning at District Hospital, 2 Polio 108183 77381 3 Pentavalent 108183 77433 Civil Hospital and Community 4 B.C.G. 108183 75031 Health Centers. A sum of `12.40 5 Hepatitis-B 108183 165 crore has been distributed to all 6 Measles 108183 80972 st 7 Vit. A 1st dose 108183 68865 the RKS till 31 December, 2016. 8 D.P.T. Booster 104390 77167 ix) National AIDS Control 9 Polio Booster 104390 77183 Programme: During the year 10 Vit. A 5th dose 108183 85229 11 D.P.T.(5-6 87720 87391 2016-17 up to December, 2016, years) 1,31,201 persons screened out of 12 T.T. (10 years) 102460 84162 which 384 HIV positive cases 13 T.T. (16 years) 123055 94693 14 T.T. (PW) 128560 77707 were detected. 15 IFA(Mother) 128560 77715
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Integrated Counselling and Targeted Interventions Testing Centre(ICTC) 18 Targeted Interventions Total 45 ICTC centres in Project are being Himachal Pradesh are implemented in the State for providing Counselling and High Risk Groups. During the testing services. In the year year 2016-17, up to 2016-17, up to December December 2016, 17,396 HRG 2016, out of total tested population get STI/ RTI persons, 40,178 were ANC services. 7,164 were tested in clients, out of which 15 were Intergated counselling and diagnosed as HIV positive. tested centre, out of these 7 Two Mobile ICTC Vans units were detected positive. are also functional. STI/ RTI Medical Education & Research Total 20 clinics are providing 17.3 The Directorate of Medical STI/RTI services in various Education Training & Research was districts of Himachal Pradesh. established with the objective to provide In the year 2016-17, up to better medical education system and December 2016, total 30,203 training to Medical and Para Medical people have availed the and Nursing personnel and also to services of these RTI/ STI monitor and coordinate the activities of clinics. Medical & Dental services of State. Blood Safety Under blood safety, 15 Blood 17.4 At present the State has Banks and 3 Blood three Medical Colleges i.e. Indira Component Separation Units Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, IGMC, Shimla, ZH Mandi and Dr.Rajendra Prasad Medical College RPGMC Tanda are Tanda, Dr. Y.S.P. Govt. Medical functioning in the State. College, Nahan and one Government During the year 2016-17, up Dental College in Shimla are to December 2016, 350 VBD functioning. Besides this, four Dental Camps have been organized colleges in private sector are also in the State. One Mobile functional in the State. During the Blood Bus with four donor academic session 2016-17, 1,085 coaches is also functional in seats has been filled up for the training State. of GNM courses, 706 seats for B.Sc. Anti Retroviral Treatment Nursing course, 125 seats for Post Programme Basic BSc. Nursing courses, 92 seats State has 3 ART centre at for ANM training course and 35 seats for IGMC, Shimla, RH Hamirpur M.Sc. Nursing degree course in various and Dr. RPGMC Tanda, 3 Govt. and private unaided nursing FART and 7 Link ART Institutions. To overcome the deficiency Centres through these free of Medical Doctors the State ART Drugs are being provides Government has notified Three Medical to people living with HIV/ colleges at Nahan, Hamirpur and AIDS. Chamba in Govt. sector with the intake
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capacity of 100 MBBS seats in each benefits of the patients. M.Sc. Nursing college. During the current financial year Degree Courses in Sister Nivedita Govt. 2016-17 Central Govt. has released the Nursing College, IGMC Shimla has Centre share ` 36.00 crore for Dr. YSP been started from the academic session Govt. Medical College, Nahan, ` 32.98 2016-17 with intake capacity of 25 crore for Dr.Radhakrishan Govt. Medical seats. College, Hamirpur and ` 35.00 crore for Pt. JawaharLal Nehru Govt. Medical Future Proposals: College, Chamba and State Govt. has Construction and shifting of Sister also released additional funds as 10 Nivedita Govt. Nursing College from percent State share of `400.00 lakh, IGMC Shimla to Ghanahati Shimla, `366.44 lakh and `388.88 lakh establishment of Trauma Centre at New respectively. During this session OPD lift Block to install DSA machine 2016-17, 152 number of PG seats in costing approximately `7.00 crore in the various specialities are filled in IGMC department of Radiology and digital and Dr. RPGMC Tanda. The Institution radiography machine with latest wise major achievements under this technology for KNSHM&C Shimla Directorate are as follows:- costing around `3.00 crore are the proposals. (a) IGMC, Shimla: Indira Gandhi Medical College Financial Achievements and Hospital now upgraded as Super During the financial year specialty Institute, is the premier health 2016-17, there is a budget provision of institute of the State. The State `16,308.36 lakh and the expenditure up Government has approved the proposal to 31.12.2016 is `11,534.98 lakh. for the construction of Super Specialty Block at Chamyana under phase–III of (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad PMSSY scheme for which an area of Government Medical 6,600 square meters has been finalised College, Kangra at Tanda and transferred in the name of IGMC, (DRPGMC): Shimla. During this financial year Dr.Rajendra Prasad Medical ` 304.00 lakh has been utilised for the College, Kangra at Tanda is the procurement of machinery and second Medical College of the State equipments at IGMC, Shimla The Govt. established in October, 1996 with an of India has sanctioned a project intake capacity of 50 MBBS Prevention and Control of Diseases- students.The first batch was started Development of tools to prevent in 1999 and recognized by MCI on outbreaks of Epidemics/ Hepatitis in 24.02.2005. At present 18th Batch Shimla City with a cost of `138.34 lakh with an intake capacity to 100 MBBS under which a study of water and students is undergoing training in sewerage sources in the city shall be this institution.The Govt. of India has carried out. During this year the IGMC accorded/released funds amounting has started the Online registration of to `4.86 crore for equipments and Prescription Slip from anywhere and `121.50 lakh for upgradation and Online Lab test reports down loading strengthening of emergency facilities facility with SMS message for the at Dr. RPGMC, Tanda. During the
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year 2016-17 a sum of `289.56 lakh Future Proposals: has been utilized in procurement of Construction of new OPD/IPD hospital Machinery and Equipments. The block with 300 beds capacity, New construction work for the building of Nursing School building with the cost of Lecture Theatres, Examination Hall `1.30 crore and also Establishment of and Anatomy Block has been Trauma Centre Level-II and MCH as completed with the estimated cost of per Govt. guidelines at Dr. Y.S.P. Govt. `8.56 crore. Medical College, Nahan.
Future Proposals: (d) Dental College and There is a proposal for the construction Hospital Shimla: of a Sarai building and a shopping Himachal Pradesh Government complex to provide better facilities to the Dental College and Hospital, Shimla patients and their attendants for which was established in 1994 with an intake the Govt. has accorded the approval to capacity of 20 students per year. From construct the sarai building. Also a the year 2007-08 the admission of 60 proposal for acquisition of land situated students to BDS course has been adjacent to the campus of Medical started. Besides this the MDS courses College from main gate to water tank for in six specialities Oral Surgery, future expansion of college campus. Periodontics, Orthodontics, Prosthodontics, Operative Dentistry and Financial Achievements: Paedodontics are also being made with During the financial year intake capacity of 15 PGs students per 2016-17 there is a budget provision of year. `8,492.33 lakh and the expenditure up to 31.12.2016 is `6,583.69 lakh. The main objective of the opening of the Dental College and (c) Dr. Y.S.P. Government Hospital was to meet the ever Medical College, Nahan: increasing demand of Dental Doctors Dr. Y.S.P. Government Medical and Para Medical staff with the view to College, Nahan Distt. Sirmaur is the provide better dental health services to third Medical College of the State the people of the State. The Department established with an intake capacity of of Prosthodontics, Oral, Maxillofacial 100 MBBS students. The first batch has Surgery & OMR PG and Consultant been started from the academic session Treatment Chambers have been 2016-17.The Govt. has provided a sum constructed on NAAC parameters of `4.68 crore for the procurement of having ultra modern Dental Units.Free machinery and equipments to Dr. Y.S.P. dental treatment to the IRDP and BPL Nahan. The construction work of two families of the State is being provided by Lecture Theaters, four Operation the institution. 63,780 out patients were Theatres, Central Library and treated during the period w.e.f. Laboratories have been completed for 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2016. Muskaan which `10.03 crore have been utilized Yojna & Chief Minister Student Dental so far. Health Scheme and other schemes are also being running by the institution.
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Financial Achievements: welfare, Anaemia free, AIDS, During the financial year immunization and pulse polio etc. 2016-17 there is a budget provision of During the current financial year `1,554.63 lakh and the expenditure up 2016-17, there is a budget provision of to 31.12.2016 is `1,080.60 lakh. `250.00 crore out of which Non Plan is `228.00 crore and Plan is `22.00 crore. AYURVEDA 17.5 Indian System of Development of Herbal Medicines and Homoeopathy plays a Resources vital role in the Health Care System of 17.6 Four herbal gardens at the State. The separate Department of Jogindernagar (Mandi), Neri (Hamirpur), Ayurveda was established in 1984 and Dumreda (Shimla) and Jungle Jhalera Health Care services are being provided (Bilaspur) are functioning in the State. to the general public through 2 Regional An Annual Action Plan for 2016-17 Ayurvedic Hospitals, 2 Circle Hospitals, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 3 Tribal Hospitals, 16 Ten/ Twenty of National Mission on Medicinal Plants bedded Ayurvedic Hospitals, 9 District at a project cost of `61.98 lakh has Ayurvedic Hospitals,One Nature care been approved by the National hospital, 1,150 Ayurvedic health Medicinal Plants Board, Department of centres, 3 Unani health centres, 14 AYUSH, Government of India. Under Homoeopathic Health centres and 4 this, one model nursery of four hectare Amchiclinics.The department has inbuilt area each and Ten small nurseries of system of production of medicines one hectare area each will be through 3 Ayurvedic Pharmacies, at established in the Public Sector. Jogindernagar (District Mandi), Majra Besides this, cultivation of medicinal (District Sirmaur) and Paprola (District plants will be undertaken by the farmers Kangra). These pharmacies catering to in 72 hectares area in the State. the needs of the Ayurvedic health institutions of the department and also Drug Testing Laboratory give boost to the employment to local 17.7 During the year people. Rajeev Gandhi Government 2016-17 (upto December, 2016), DTL P.G. Ayurvedic College Paprola with an Jogindernagar has analyzed 590 intake capacity of 60 students for samples (from Government and Private B.A.M.S. degree and 39 seats of MD is Pharmacies) and generated a revenue functioning at Paprola in Kangra district. of `2.36 lakh. PG Classes in Kayachikitsa, Shalakya Tantra, Shalya Tantra, Prasuti Tantra, Development Activities Samhita and Sidhant, Dravya Guna, i) Free Camps Rog Nidan, Swasth Vritta, Panchkarm To popularized and make people Balrogand Ras Shastra are also there. aware of AYUSH treatment, 48 The department has started the free medical camps have been B-Pharmacy course (Ayurveda) at organized at different places of the Jogindernagar with in take capacity of State during the year 2016-17 30 students. The department of under which thousand of patients Ayurveda is also associated with were checked-up and treated. Health Programmes like Malaria, Family
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ii) Government Ayurvedic These Pharmacies supply drugs to Pharmacies all health institutions of Ayurvedic Presently there are three Department. Presently department Departmental Ayurvedic has been procuring raw herbs Pharmacies in the State through H.P. State Civil Supplies manufacturing Ayurvedic Drugs for Corporation Ltd. for manufacturing free distribution through Ayurvedic medicines due to non availability Insitututions in the State. The of the same locally. Pharmacies have been located at Majra in Sirmour, Jogindernagar in Proposed Targets for the year Mandi and Paprola, in Kangra. 2017-18 Pharmacy at Paprola is also This department has attached with Ayurvedic College proposed the target of opening 5 New Paprola for practical purpose for Ayurvedic Health Centres, Upgradation the students of P.G. Ayurveda of one Ayurvedic Health Centre to 10 College, Paprola. bedded Hospital and one 10/20 bedded Hospital to 50 bedded Hospital during the year 2017-18.
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SOCIAL WELFARE AND of pension. During current WELFARE OF OTHER financial year 2016-17 there is a BACKWARD CLASSES target of 1,95,309 pensioners under the above schemes. An 18.1 The Social Justice and amount of `13,097.71 lakh have Empowerment Department of the been spent upto 31.12.2016 State is engaged in socio-economic against the budget provision of and educational uplift of scheduled ` 20,129.62 lakh. castes, scheduled tribes, other c) Widow /Deserted/ Ekal Nari backward classes, infirms, special Pension: The Widow/ abled, orphans, children, widows, Deserted/ Ekal Nari Pension destitutes, poor children and women 650 per month is being etc. The following schemes are being ` implemented under social welfare provided to those Widow programme:- /Deserted/ Ekal Nari ladies above 45 years of age whose annual income does not exceed Social Security Pension `35,000 per year. During Scheme current financial year 2016-17 18.2 there is a target of 77,678 a) Old Age pension: Old age pensioners. Under the above pension ` 650 per month is scheme, an amount of being provided to those who `5,030.71 lakh have been spent have attained the age 60 years upto 31.12.2016 against the or above but below 80 years budget provision of having annual income below ` 10,535.15 lakh. `35,000 per year, 80 years & d) Rehabilitation allowance to above pensioners are being Lepers: Rehabilitation provided pension `1,200 per allowance to leprosy `650 per month without any income month is being provided to the criteria. patient of leprosy who have b) Special Ability Relief been identified by the Health Allowance: Special Ability Department irrespective of their Relief Allowance `650 per age and annual income. During month is being given to those current financial year 2016-17 special abled persons who are there is a target of 1,482 having at least 40 percent of pensioners under the above special ability and whose scheme. An amount of `63.83 annual income does not exceed lakh have been spent upto `35,000 per year, to above 70 31.12.2016 against the budget percent special abled persons is provision of `133.70 lakh. being provided `1,200 per e) Indira Gandhi National Old month without any income Age Pension: (IGNOAP): criteria subject to the condition Indira Gandhi National Old Age that applicant should not be in Pension is being provided to the Govt.Service/semi Govt.service/ persons who have attained the Board/ Corporation and should age 60 years or above and not be in possession of any kind belong to BPL household.
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During current financial year amount ` 450 per month to below 80 2016-17 there is a target of years and ` 700 per month to above 92,332 pensioners under the 80 years pensioners under IGNOAPS above scheme. An amount of and `350 per month under IGNWPS `3,017.66 lakh have been spent along with Money Order Commission upto 31.12.2016 against the is being borne by the State budget provision of ` 3,948.10 Government and the budget provision lakh. for this purpose has been made under f) Indira Gandhi National Widow State Old Age and State Widow Pension (IGNWP): Indira Pension Schemes, so that pensions Gandhi National Widow could be provided at uniform rates to Pension is being provided to the all the pensioners `650 per month widows between the age group below 80 years and `1,200 per month of 40 to 79 years and belongs to to the pensioners 80 years and above BPL household. During current of age. Similarly under IGNDPS, the financial year 2016-17 there is a State Government is providing `900 target of 21,516 pensioners per month per pensioner along with under the above scheme. An the M.O Commission from its own amount of ` 637.46 lakh have resources, so that all the 70 percent been spent upto 31.12.2016 and above special abled pensioners against the budget provision of get pension at the uniform rate of ` 958.12 lakh. `1,200 per month. The budget g) Indira Gandhi National provision for this purpose has been Special Ability Pension: made under the State Special Ability Indira Gandhi National Special Relief Allowance pension scheme. Ability Pension is being provided to the special abled Self Employment Scheme persons between the age group 18.4 The department is also of 18 to 79 years having 80 providing funds to the three percent of special ability and Corporations via; Himachal Pradesh belongs to BPL household. Minorities Finance and Development During current financial year Corporation, Himachal Pradesh 2016-17 there is a target of 851 Backward Classes Finance and pensioners under the above Development Corporation and scheme. An amount of `31.46 Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes lakh have been spent up to and Scheduled Tribe Development 31.12.2016 against the budget Corporation under the head provision of `64.78 lakh. investment for the running of various self employment schemes. There is a 18.3 For all the above budget provision of `914.00 lakh for Central Pension Schemes a sum of the year 2016-17 and upto 31.12.2016, `200 per month to 60 years to 79 an amount of `555.00 lakh, have been years of age and `500 per month to 80 released. years and above old age pensioners is Welfare of Scheduled Castes/ being provided under IGNOAPS by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Government of India. Whereas under IGNWPS and IGNDPS an amount of Backward Classes `300 is being provided by Government 18.5 Under this programme, of India. However, the remaining the important schemes implemented during 2016-17 are as under:-
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i) Award for Inter-caste Marriage: the training a stipend of `1,000 For elimination of the practice of per month is being provided and untouchability between `1,200 per month is being Scheduled Castes and non provided for special abled Scheduled Castes, the State candidates. After completion of Government encourages inter- the training, the candidates are caste marriages. Under this placed for six months in the scheme, an amount of `50,000 organization / offices, so as to per couple is given as incentive gain proficiency in computer money. For inter-caste marriages applications. During the period of during 2016-17, a budget placement `1,500 per month per provision of `192.00 lakh is kept candidate is being provided and for the purpose and 277 couples `1,800 per month per candidate have been benefited with an for special abled students is amount of `127.00 lakh upto being provided. During the year, 31.12.2016 against the target of 2016-17, budget provision of 366 couples. ` 533.00 lakh is kept out of which ii) Housing Subsidy: Under this an amount of `362.11 lakh has scheme the members of been spent upto 31.12.2016 and scheduled castes, scheduled 2,998 trainees were benefited. tribes and other backward iv) Follow up Programme: Under classes are given subsidy of this scheme, `1,300 per `75,000 per family for house beneficiary is being provided for construction purposes and for purchase of tools for carpentry, house repair `25,000 to those weaving and leather works and whose annual income does not `1,800 for purchase of, sewing exceed from `35,000. During the machine to scheduled castes, year 2016-17 an amount of scheduled tribes and other `2,368.00 lakh has been backward classes whose annual provided in the budget and 2,438 income does not exceed from persons were benefited with an `35,000 per annum. For the year amount of `1,734.75 lakh upto 2016-17 a budget provision of 31.12.2016 against the target of `134.50 lakh was made under 3,167 persons. this scheme out of which an iii) Training and Proficiency in amount of `71.32 lakh was spent Computer Applications and benefiting 3,979 persons upto Allied Activities: Under this 31.12.2016 against 7,472 scheme computer training are beneficiaries. provided in the recognized v) Compensation to Victims of computer courses to candidates Atrocities on Scheduled belonging to BPL, SC, ST OBC, Castes/ Scheduled Tribes Minorities, Special Ability, single Families under SCs/STs (POA) woman and widow or those Act-1989: Under the rules of the whose annual income is less than above Act monetary relief is `2.00 lakh. The department bears granted to those scheduled the training cost not exceeding castes, scheduled tribes families `1,350 per month per candidate who become victims of atrocities and `1,500 for special abled committed by the member of candidates balance cost if any is other communities due to caste borne by the candidate. During consideration, relief amounting to
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`90,000 to `7.50 lakh is provided State Government. Against the to the victims of atrocity, which budget provision of ` 36.00 lakh depends upon the nature of an amount of ` 20.59 lakh has atrocity. During the year 2016-17 been spent upto 31.12.2016, against the budget provision of there by benefiting 116 persons. `50.00 lakh an amount of `12.33 iii) Awareness Generation and lakh was spent upto 31.12.2016, Orientation: Provision has under this scheme thereby been made to organize block benefiting 46 persons. and district level composite camps for representative of Welfare of Specially abled NGOs working for persons with 18.6 Department is special abilities, SHGs and implementing Comprehensive representative of PRIs at grass Integrated Scheme named “Sahyog” root level. In these camps for persons with special abilities medical certificates, aids and launched during the year 2008-09. The applications are provided to components of the scheme along with persons with special abilities. A financial and physical achievement part from this all the schemes upto 31.12.2016 is as under:- being run for persons with i) Specially Abled Scholarship special abilities are publicized in This Scheme is applicable to all these camps. There is a budget categories of special abled provision of `7.00 lakh for the students including hearing year 2016-17 and upto impaired persons having special 31.12.2016 under the scheme ability of 40 percent or above `6.50 lakh has been spent. without considering there family iv) Self Employment: Special income. The rate of scholarship abled persons having special varies from `500-1,750 per ability of 40 percent and above month for day scholars and are provided loans by the `1,500-3,000 per month for Himachal Pradesh Minorities boarders. Against the budget Finance and Development Corporation for setting up small provision of `101.74 lakh upto ventures. SCs/OBCs and 31.12.2016 an amount of Minority Affairs Department `63.54 lakh has been spent and provides subsidy on projects benefited 856 students. sanctioned by H.P. Minorities ii) Marriage Grant to Individuals Finance and Development Marrying Persons with Corporation upto 10,000 or 20 Special Abilities: To ` encourage able bodied young percent of the project cost men or girls to marry the special (whichever is less). During abled boy or girl having not less 2016-17 upto 31.12.2016, loans than 40 percent special ability amounting to `241.20 lakh has and who have attained the been released by the Himachal Marriageable age, if both are Pradesh Minorities Finance and special abled, marriage grant Development Corporation to the 40 percent to 69 percent special 58 persons with special ability. Proposal of subsidy is awaited abled `8,000, and above 70 from Minority Corporation. percent to 100 percent special v) Skill Enrichment: Vocational abled `40,000 provided by the rehabilitation training to PWDs
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through selected ITIs is Dari (Kangra) school an amount provided in identified trades. of `54.17 lakh has been Training is free of cost and released by the department stipend `1,000 per month is against the budget provision of paid by the department. Budget `100.00 lakh. In addition to this, provision of `15.00 lakh has State Government is providing been provided under the grant and free boarding, lodging scheme. During the current and medical facilities to the 50 financial year, 117 special abled mentally retarded children of children have been sponsored Prem Ashram Una. In the for training. Proposal is awaited current year free boarding, from Technical Education. lodging and medical facilities vi) Scheme of Awards: Provision have been provided to Astha of incentives to best performing Welfare Society, Nahan, special abled individuals and Paradise Children care Centre, private employers providing Chuwari, Adrash Education employment to maximum Society Kalath, Kullu and special abled in their Udaan Respite care Centre, organization has been made. New Shimla, at the rate of Best performing individuals are `4,500 per inmate, per month to to be given cash award of 20 mentally retarded male adult, `10,000 each. Best private 30 mentally retarded adult male employer is to be provided cash and female (10 female & 20 incentive of `5,000. male), 60 mentally retarded vii) Institutions of Children with adult females and 15 mentally Special Needs: Two institutions retarded children, respectively. at Dhalli and Sundernagar have A budget provision of `67.52 been set up in the State for lakh have been provided and providing education and the whole amount has been vocational rehabilitation service spent upto 31.12.2016. to visually and hearing impaired viii) Sepcial ability Rehabilitation children. In the “Institution for Centres (DRCs): Two Special Children with Special Abilities” ability Rehabilitation Centres Sundernagar 13 Visually and 92 have been set up at Hamirpur Hearing impaired girls have and Dharamshala under been enrolled. Besides, 10 NPRPD. These centres are Visually Impaired and 4 Hearing being run through DRDA Impaired Girls are taking Hamirpur and Indian Red Cross training in special ITI in Society Dharamshala Sundernagar. To whom all respectively. During the year boarding, lodging and medical 2016-17 an amount of `20.00 facilities are being provided by lakh has been provided under the department. For running the scheme. and maintenance of this Institution against the budget Sheduled Caste Sub-Plan: provision of ` 89.95 lakh an 18.7 The Scheduled Castes in expenditure of ` 58.97 lakh has this Pradesh are not concentrated into been incurred upto 31.12.2016. specific regions but are widely For the institution run by the dispersed and would be benefited HPCCW at Dhalli(Shimla) and equally as rest of the population.
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Accordingly, approach to economic 18.10 A separate Sub Major development in the case of Scheduled Head “789” has been created for Castes Sub-Plan is not area based as Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and a the case with the Tribal Sub-Plan. The separate demand (Demand No. 32) district of Bilaspur, Kullu, Mandi, has also been created. Such an Solan, Shimla and Sirmaur are the arrangement is very helpful in diverting predominantly Scheduled Castes funds from one scheme to another in population districts where Scheduled the same major head and from one Castes concentration is above the major head to another to ensure 100 State average. These six districts percent expenditure under SCSP. taken together account for 61.09 During the year 2016-17 there percent of the Scheduled Castes ` 1,309.88 crore are being spent under population in the state. Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan for the welfare of Scheduled Castes in the 18.8 For making Scheduled state and `1,435.83 crore has been Castes Sub-Plan need based and proposed for the year 2017-18. effective the Single Line System for Plan formulation and monitoring has 18.11 The District Level Review been introduced whereby funds are & Implementation Committee has been allocated to each district based on constituted at district level under the fixed parameters which are non- Chairmanship of Minister of the district divertible from one district to another and Deputy Commissioner as its Vice- district and plans are prepared at Chairman. The Chairman of the Zila district level for each district under the Parishad and all the Chairpersons of supervision of the Deputy BDCs alongwith other prominent local Commissioner and in consultation with persons have been nominated as non- the Heads of the Districts/ Regional official members and all district level Offices of the implementing officers concerned with SCSP as department. official members to review, formulation and implementation of Scheduled 18.9 The various programmes Castes Sub-Plan. The Secretary for the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SJ&E) holds quarterly review meeting are being implemented effectively. with the departments at the State level. Although the Scheduled Castes Besides this, a High Powered communities are deriving benefits Coordination and Review Committee under the normal Plan as well as Tribal has been constituted under the Sub-Plan, yet in order to provide Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Chief special coverage under individual Minister, which also review the beneficiary programmes and performance of Scheduled Castes development of infrastructure in Sub-Plan. Scheduled Castes concentrated villages, 25.19 percent of the total Point No. 10(a) of 20 Point State Plan allocation is earmarked for Programme Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan. The main 18.12 There are 95,772 SC emphasis of the State Government is families in the State who have been to identify more and more realistic found to be living below poverty line schemes, which may generate according to the survey conducted by sizeable income and employment for the Rural Development department the Scheduled Castes families. during the year 2007. During the year 2016-17 there is a target of 2,038 SC
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families to be benefited against the assistance of ` 500 per month target of 10,009 SC families. per child have been given to the foster parents under Bal Balika CHILD WELFARE Suraksha Yojna. After 18.13 introduction of Foster Care a) Mukhymantri Bal Udhar Yojna Programme under centrally State Government is sponsored Integrated Child implementing Mukhya Mantri Protection Scheme (ICPS) an Bal Udhar Yojna in the State. amount of ` 2,300 per child per The scheme is providing free month is sanctioned from the boarding, lodging, clothing, year 2015-16. Out of which medical, career counselling and ` 2,000 are sanctioned in favour educational facilities to the of foster parents and ` 300 per children in need of care, child per month, on account of protection and rehabilitation. additional assistance from the The Expenditure on getting State Government, are higher education (vocational sanctioned in favour of child and academic) from any which are deposited in her/ his Government run institution bank account or post office within the country, even after account to be matured and the children who have left the drawn by the child after Children Homes, is also borne attaining the age of 18 years. by the State Government. Under these schemes, during Benefit of the scheme is current financial year, against extended to all children staying the budget provision of in Government / NGOs run ` 82.80 lakh, an expenditure of Children Homes registered ` 63.41 lakh has been incurred under Juvenile Justice Act, upto December, 2016. 2015. Presently, 28 Children c) Integrated Child Protection Homes / Observation-cum- Scheme Special Homes are being Integrated Child Protection running in the State. Presently, Scheme is to contribute for the 1,253 children are living in improvement in the well being of these homes. Under the children in difficult scheme, during current financial circumstances, as well as to the year, against the budget reduction of vulnerability to provision of ` 466.84 lakh, an situations and actions that lead expenditure of ` 210.93 lakh to abuse neglect exploitation, has been incurred upto abandonment and separation December, 2016. children from parents. Two b) Bal/Balika Surksha Yojna and shelters have been set up at Foster Care Programme Baldeyan (Shimla) and Bal / Balika Suraksha Yojna Dharamshala for providing and Foster Care Programme temporary shelter to the are being implemented in the children. Further, for State with a view to look after implementation of JJ Act in all and maintain the orphan / Districts, Juvenile Justice helpless children in congenial Boards, Child Welfare family environment. Up to Committees and District Level financial year 2014-15, financial Advisory Boards have been set
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up in the State. Child Protection Government of India for Units have been set up in the Anganwari Workers, Helpers and four distrcts i.e. Shimla, Mandi, Mini Anganwari Workers Kangra and Chamba. Childline respectively. 10 percent of the service bearing phone no. 1098 honorarium is borne by the State have been set up in the seven Government and 90 percent by districts i.e. Shimla, Kullu, the Centre Government. State Kangra, Solan, Mandi, Chamba Government is also paying `450, and Sirmaur under the scheme. `300 and `375 per month to To promote adoption of Anganwari Worker, Anganwari children, State Adoption Agency Helper and Mini Anganwari has been set up. During the Worker per month in addition to current financial year the total its 10 percent share. allocation of budget from centre e) Supplementary Nutrition is `1,992.74 lakh and state Programme share is `140.60 lakh out of Under this programme, which `1,158.00 lakh has been supplementary nutrition is incurred upto 31.12.2016. provided in Anganwari Centres d) Integrated Child Development to children, pregnant / lactating Services mothers and BPL adolescent Integrated Child Development girls. The nutrition is provided Services” (ICDS) programme, is for 300 days in a year. Rates being implemented in all has been fixed (per beneficiary Developmental Blocks of the per day) children `6, pregnant/ State through 78 ICDS projects. nursing woman `7, adolescent Services are being provided to girls `5 and severely mal- children and pregnant/ lactating nourished children `9. mothers through 18,386 Expenditure under this Anganwari Centres and 539 Mini programme is borne by the Anganwari Centres in the State. Central and State Governments The department is providing on 90:10 basis. During the Supplementary Nutrition, current financial year, there is a Nutrition and Health Education, budget provision as state share Immunization, Health check-ups of `591.33 lakh and `2,662.12 Referral Services and Non lakh have been received as Formal Pre-School Education is Grant-in-aid from Government being implemented on 90:10 of India and upto December, (Centre:State) basis. There is a 2016, `2,953.72 lakh have been budget provision of `22,891.00 utilized under this scheme. lakh for the year 2016-17, out of 4,45,978 children, 1,01,596 which State Share is `2,450.00 pregnant/ lactating mothers lakh and Central Share is 66,063 BPL adolescent girls `20,441.00 lakh, an amount of have been benefited. `10,304.00 lakh has been spent upto November, 2016 out of WOMEN WELFARE which State Share is ` 648.59 18.14 Various schemes are lakh and Centre Share is being implemented for the welfare of `9,655.81 lakh. Monthly women in the Pradesh. The major honorarium of `3,000, `1,500 schemes are as under:- and `2,250 has been fixed by the
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a) Woman State Home d) Widow Re-marriage Scheme: Mashobra: The main purpose The main objective of the of the scheme is to provide free scheme is to help in shelter, food, clothing, rehabilitation of widow after re- education health and marriage. Under this scheme an medicines, counselling and amount of `50,000 as grant, is vocational training to the young provided to the couple. During girls, widows, deserted, the year 2016-17, a budget destitute and women who are in provision of ` 102.90 lakh is kept moral danger. At present 11 under this scheme against which inmates are living in State `48.50 lakh has been given to 79 Home, Mashobra. For such couples upto December, rehabilitation of such women 2016. after leaving State Home, e) Mother Teressa Asahay Matri financial assistance upto Sambal Yojna: The aim of this `20,000 per woman is provided. scheme is to provide assistance In case of marriage, assistance of `3,000 per child per annum to of `51,000 also provided to the destitute women belonging to women. Against the budget the BPL families or having provision of `192.92 lakh during income less than ` 35,000 for the year upto December, 2016 the maintenance of their children an amount of `31.68 lakh has till they attain the age of 18 been spent on running/ years. The assistance will be maintenance of State Home. provided only for two children. b) Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan Budgetary Provision for this Yojna: Under this programme scheme for the year 2016-17 is marriage grant of `40,000 is `1,085.22 lakh, out of which being given to the guardians of `541.04 lakh has been utilized the destitute girls for their upto December, 2016 and marriages provided their annual 23,875 children have been income does not exceed benefited. `35,000. During 2016-17, a f) Indira Gandhi Matritva budget provision of `546.05 Sahyog Yojna: Indira Gandhi lakh has been kept for this Matritva Sahyog Yojna is being purpose out of which an amount implemented in Hamirpur of `349.15 lakh has been spent district. Main objective of the and 1,314 beneficiaries were scheme is to improve the health covered upto December, 2016. and nutrition status of pregnant c) Self Employment assistance for and lactating women of 19 Women: Under this scheme years & above and their young `5,000 are provided to the infants. The scheme also aims women having annual income to provide partial compensation less than `35,000 for carrying for the wage loss so that the income generating activities. A women are not under budget provision of `9.35 lakh compulsion to work till the last has been made. 184 women stage of pregnancy. This have been benefited under the scheme was 100 percent scheme and an amount of `9.20 central sponsored scheme upto lakh has been spent upto financial year 2014-15 which is December, 2016. now revised in 90:10 ratio
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between Centre and State. current year, there is a budget Under this scheme monetary provision of `125.00 lakh, and assistance of `6,000 per 240 women/girls are under beneficiary is provided in two going training in different trades instalments i.e. first instalment in 13 ITIs. during last trimester of i) Financial Assistance and pregnancy and second after 3 Support Services to Victims months of delivery. During of Rape Scheme 2012: This current financial year, against scheme has been notified on available total amount of 22.09.2012 as 100 percent `380.74 lakh upto 31.12.2016 State Plan Scheme. The an amont of ` 319.70 lakh has scheme aims to provide been utilized and 4,717 women financial assistance and support have been benefited. services such as counselling, g) Mata Shabri Mahila medical aid, legal assistance, Sashaktikaran Yojna: Main education and vocational objective of this scheme is to training depending upon the provide relief from drudgery to needs of rape victims. An women belonging to BPL affected woman shall be entitled families or those SC/ST families to financial assistance and whose annual income is less restorative support/ services than `35,000 by providing gas adding upto a maximum amount connections. Under the scheme, of `75,000. Additional 50 percent subsidy, subject to a assistance of `25,000 can also maximum of `1,300 is given to be given in special cases i.e. in eligible women for purchase of case of rape of minors. During gas connection. As per the current financial year schematic norms every year 75, 2016-17, there is a budget SC/ST women in each provision of `110.00 lakh, and assembly constituency should upto December, 2016, 56 be benefited and total 5,100 women have been provided women in the State are financial assistance. benefited. For the year 2016-17 j) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao there is a budget provision of scheme: This schme has been `66.00 lakh. An amount of launched on 22.01.2015 in 100 `65.98 lakh have been spent districts of India including Una upto December, 2016 for 1,504 district of Himachal Pradesh gas connections have been with the objective of preventing sanctioned. gender biased sex selective h) Vishesh Mahila Utthan Yojna: elimination, ensuring survival, State Government has started protection and education of the Vishesh Mahila Utthan Yojna as girl child. This scheme is an 100 percent State Plan Scheme initiative to arrest and reverse for training and rehabilitation of (improve) the decline in child women in moral danger in the sex ratio. Through this process, State. There is a provision to efforts are made to create provide stipend `3,000 per awareness among masses month per trainee through the about the adverse effects of department of Women and declining sex ratio. During the Child Development. In the year 2016-17 the above scheme
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has been started in Kangra and project per annum under non nutrition Hamirpur Districts. component of the scheme. During the current financial year `10.00 lakh have Beti Hai Anmol Yojna been utilized upto December, 2016. 18.15 With a view to change Under the scheme 32,614 BPL negative family and community attitude adolescent girls have been provided towards the girl child at birth and to supplementary nutrition, 73 vocational improve enrolment and retention of girl trainings and 1,14,281 nutrition and children in schools, Beti Hai Anmol health education. scheme is being implemented in the State w.e.f. 05.07.2010. Under this Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for scheme Post Birth Grant of `10,000 is Empowerment of Adolescent provided to two girls only belonging to Girls: BPL families and scholarships are 18.17 Rajeev Gandhi Scheme provided from 1st class to 10+2 classes for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls for their education. The State (RGSEAG)-SABLA is a central Government has increased the sponsored scheme for empowerment scholarship rates w.e.f. 23.07.2015. of the Adolescent Girls (11-18 years). New rates of scholarships ranging from The main objectives of the scheme are `450 to `2,250 per annum. For the year to improve their nutrition and health 2016-17 there is a budget provision of status, spread awareness among them `949.00 lakh, and an amount of about health, hygiene, nutrition 786.00 lakh has been spent upto ` Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual 31.12. 2016 and 11,359 girls have been Health (ARSH) and family and child benefited. care, upgrade their home- based skills, life skills and vocational skills. The cost Kishori Shakti Yojna sharing ratio of nutrition component of 18.16 Kishori Shakti Yojna the scheme was 50:50 and non- (KSY) is a central sponsored scheme nutrition component was 100 percent for empowerment of the Adolescent central share upto financial year 2014- Girls (AGs) in the age group of 11-18 15 which has now been revised to years. The main objectives of the 90:10 between the Centre and the scheme are to improve their nutrition State from financial year 2015-16. The and health status, spread awareness scheme is functioning in 4 Districts of among them about health, hygiene, the state viz. Solan, Kullu, Kangra and nutrition, Adolescent Reproductive and Chamba. Nutrition and Non Nutrition Sexual Health (ARSH) and family and are two major components of the child care, upgrade their home - based scheme. Under Non Nutrition skills, life skills and vocational skills. component there is a provision of The scheme was 100 percent central ` 3.80 lakh per project per annum. sponsored scheme upto financial year Under Nutrition component 2014-15 which has been revised to Supplementary Nutrition ` 5 per day 90:10 between the centre and the state per Adolescent Girl is being provided from financial year 2015-16. The for 300 days in a year. Under non- scheme is functioning in 8 Districts of nutrition component during the year the state viz. Shimla, Sirmour, Kinnaur, 2016-17, total available amount `84.72 Mandi, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Una and lakh and an amount of `44.80 lakh has Lahaul-Spiti. As per schematic norms been utilized. Under nutrition there is a provision of `1.10 lakh per component `758.16 lakh has been
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT where interest applicable on credit 19.1 The main objective of the disbursed to Women Self Help Group Rural Development Department is the (WSHG) would be 4 percent and in rest implementation of poverty alleviation, of the 8 Districts rate of interest on credit employment generation and area mobilization has been fixed 7 percent development programmes in the rural per annum. But the aforesaid interest areas of the State. The following State rates would be applicable only to those and Centrally sponsored developmental WSHGs who are prompt in repayment schemes and programmes are being of loans within the fixed timeline. implemented in the state. The district-wise Physical & Financial targets and Achievement NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD made under NRLM upto 31.12.2016 is MISSION (NRLM) as under:- 19.2 The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) has been Table 19.1 replaced by the National Rural District Physical (SHG Financial Livelihood Mission (NRLM) w.e.f Bank Linkage (` In lakh) Target Achieve Credit Credit 01.04.2013 which is being of SHG ment Target Mobilized implemented in a phased manner in 12 Bilaspur 160 124 185 108.73 blocks/ districts of the State. The Chamba 370 349 430 129.71 Hamirpur 245 72 300 83.70 identified Blocks are Kandaghat, Kangra 650 468 800 306.95 Basantpur, Mandi Sadar, Nurpur Kinnaur 60 5 80 0.00 Haroli,Ghumarwin, Tissa, Bhoranj, Kullu 120 104 150 108.50 L&Spiti 45 16 60 0.00 Nichar, Kullu, Lahaul at Kelong and Mandi 550 519 650 604.49 Ponta Sahib as pilot blocks in First Shimla 480 373 580 329.46 Sirmaur 190 221 245 84.11 Phase. Apart from above under NRLM Solan 200 159 250 81.45 for generation of Self Employment Una 210 251 270 103.48 activities like Credit mobilization H.P. 3280 2661 4000 1940.58 formation of women SHGs, Capacity Building and Institution Buildings are Deen Dyal Upadhaya-Gramin Kaushal proposed for implementation. For the Yojna current financial year annual action plan Aajeevika Skills is the skill and for `315.00 lakh has been approved by placement initiative of the Ministry of the Government of India for Rural Development, Government of implementation of NRLM activities. Total India (MoRD). It evolved out of the need 3,280 women SHGs are proposed for to diversify incomes of the rural poor assistance by providing credit of ` 40.00 and to cater to the occupational crore. aspirations of their youth. The programme’s focus is on skilling and Under NRLM 4 Districts viz. placement in the formal sector for rural Shimla, Mandi Kangra and Una have youth who are poor. Aajeevika skills been undertaken for the implementation has its origins in the special projects of additional interest subvention component of the swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar yojana (SGSY). Besides
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helping to reduce poverty,it rides on the Travel & Tourism are under the scheme. hopes and aspirations for a better Total cost of plan is `133.60 crore and quality of life in large sections of the the PIAs will have give assured wage rural poor.This can result in a employment to at least 75 percent of “demographic dividend” for India if the total trained rural poor youth.The plan capabilities of the youth are also has finally been approved by the GOI on developed. 18.07.2016. The HPSRLM has engaged HPKVN as TSA and the TSA has Selection and registration of completed the screening task in r/o 50 PIAs process proposals received in HPSRLM. Now the proposals which have gone through As per guidelines issued & phased the screnning are to be by the Govt. of India the PIAs have to placed before the PAC. The programme get themselves registered online with will be implemented in the State soon. Government of India wherein selection itself is inbuilt. Prior to 2016-17 the state of HP was yearly Plan State and Watershed Development none of the projects has been Programme sanctioned by the Government of India 19.3 With the objectives to as YP State for Himachal Pradesh. develop wastelands/degraded lands, During the year 2016-17 the drought prone anddesert area, Government of India has declared the thedepartment is implementing HP as AAP State and the action plan Integrated Wasteland Development 2016-19 (for 3 years) was submitted to Programme (IWDP), Draught Prone Area GOI on 13.07.2016 with a target of Programme (DPAP) and Desert 15,000 youth to be trained with in a Development Programme (DDP) and period of 3 year in different trades based IntegratedWatershed Management on demand and market for which details Programme (IWMP) in the state as per are as under:- guidelines of Government of India. Since Target of youth to be Trained inception of the programme, The Financial Training Duration Total Target Government of India, Ministry of Rural Year Type Development has sanctioned 67 projects 2016-19 Residential Short duration 7350 courses (869 Micro Watersheds) with a total cost Long duration 3150 of `254.12 crore for the treatment of courses 4,52,311 hectare of land under Total 10500 Non Short duration 3150 IWDP,412 Micro Watersheds with a total Residential courses cost of `116.50 crore for the treatment Long duration 1350 courses of 2,05,833 hectare of land under DPAP Total 4500 and 552 Micro Watersheds Projects with Grand Total 15000 a cost of `159.20 crore for the treatment Trades of 2,36,770 hectare of land under DDP. The trades like Agriculture, The expenditure under IWDP is `245.44 Health care automobile, Electronics, crore, DPAP is `114.19 crore and under Handlooms, Domestic Electricians, DDP is `112.40 crore upto November, Retail Garments & Apparel, Hospitality, 2016. Under Integrated Watershed Constructions, Food Processing ICT, Management Progamme (IWMP) now PMKSY(WDC) the Government of India
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has sanctioned 163 projects w.e.f. State Rural Housing Schemes 2009-10 to 2014-15 with a total cost of Rajiv Awaas Yojana `1,259.96 crore for treatment of 19.5 Rajiv Awaas Yojana (RAY) 8,39,972 hectare rainfed area in all is being implemented on the analogy of districts of the State and funds to the PMAY(G). The unit cost under this tune of `258.75 crore (i.e 90 percent GoI scheme from current financial year & 10 percent State Govt.) has been 2016-17 has also been hiked on an released to the concerned districts out of amout of `1.30 lakh on the analogy of which `219.95 crore has been utilized PMAY(G). The State Government upto December, 2016. keeping in view the wider intrest of the people of the State has fixed the base of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana BPL survey 2003 for identification and Gramin (PMAY-G) selection of beneficiaries under this 19.4 The Ministry of Rural scheme. There is a provision of `1,100 development, Government of India has lakh available under the scheme with restructured the scheme of Indira Awas which 846 houses are being constructed Yojana (IAY) into Pradhan Mantri Awaas in the State during current financial year Yojana (Gramin) (PMAY-G) w.e.f 2016-17. 01.04.2016. The PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic Mukhaya Mantri Awaas Yojana emenities to all houseless households and households living in kutcha and (MMAY) dilapidated house by 2022. The minium 19.6 The State Government unit size enhanced from the existing has announced this scheme in the 20sq. mt. to 25 Sq. mt. including a budget of 2016-17. The objective of the dedicated area for hygienic cooking. scheme is to provide financial The unit assistance has also been assistance for construction of the increased from `75,000 to `1.30 lakh in houses of General category BPLs in the hilly states and difficult areas. The cost State.There is a budget provision of of unit (house) is to be shared between `2,500.00 lakh with which 1,923 houses central and state government in the ratio of general category BPLs will be of 90:10 for hilly states .The constructed during current financial identification of beneficiaries is to be year. The unit cost has also been done using SECC-2011 data. The total enhanced to `1.30 lakh under this financial allocation for the state during scheme on the analogy of PMAY(G). current financial year 2016-17 is for Rajiv Awaas Repair Yojana `4,927.26 lakh out of which central (RARY) allocation is of `4,434.53 lakh and state 19.7 This scheme is also for allocation is for `492.73 lakh. There is general category BPLs. There is a aphysical target of 3,644 houses for the provision of repair of houses of general state during current financial year which category BPLs in the state. Under the have been all allocated to the districts. scheme financial assistance of `25,000 As on 17.01.2017 a total of 295 per unit is provided to the beneficiaries. beneficiaries have been registered on MIS.
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There is a budget provision of `300.00 Ruban Mission: lakh with which 1,200 houses pertaining 19.9 The Shayama Prasad to general category will be repaired Mukharji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) or during current financial year. (NRuM) is also a centrally sponsored scheme which was approved by the Saansad Adrash Gram Yojana Union Cabinet in its meeting held on (SAGY) 16.09.2015 with an outlay of `5,142.08 19.8 The main objective of the crore. Under the first phase of the SAGY is to trigger processes which scheme the State has been allocated leads to holistic development of the two clusters which are hinner in identified Gram Panchayats. To improve kandaghat and sangla in kinnaur. The the standard of living and quality of life preparation of ICAPs is the first of all sections of the population through requirement under the scheme and improved basic amenities, higher which have been prepared in respect of productivity, enhanced human above two clusters and approved by the development better livelihood empowered committee meeing held in opportunities reduced disparities, MORD, GOI New Delhi. The State has access to rights and entitlements wider also been allocated one more cluster of social mobilization and enriched social Aut in Mandi district in phase-II of the capital. In Himachal Pradesh, all the scheme for which the process for MPs have chosen the Gram Panchayats preparation of ICAPs is also under in the first phase, the detail of which is progress. The purpose of the scheme is given below. to develop identified clusters on the amalogy of urban areas and is to provide urban amenities in these areas. Name of Name of Name of District Parlia- Matri Shakti Bima Yojana Hon’ble village/GP Dev mantary M.P. Selected Block constitu- 19.10 This scheme covers all Sh. Smt under ency women living below the poverty line SAGY Shanta Parchhod Bhatiyat Chamba Kangra within the age group of 10-75 years. The Kumar (1st phase) policy provides relief to family Anurag Dehlan Una Una Hamirpur Thakur Lower (1st phase) members/insured women in case of their Ram Manali Naggar Kullu Mandi death or disablement arising due to any Swaroop (1st phase) Sharma kind of accident, surgical operations like Virender Jagjitnagar Dharampr Solan Shimla sterilization, mishap at the time of child Kashyap (1st phase) birth/delivery drowning, washing away in Bimla Thari Mashobra Shimla Rajaya floods, landslide, insect bite and the Kashyap Sabha Seat scheme also gives benefit to married (1st phase) women in case of accidental death of her Viplove Musroor Dehra Kangra -do- Thakur Gopipur husband. The compensation amount under the scheme is as under: J.P Deoli Bilaspur Bilaspur -do- Nada Sadar i) Death ` 1.00 lakh ii) Permanent total disability `1.00 lakh. Anurag Anu Hamirpur Hamirpur Hamirpur Thakur Kala (2nd phase) iii) Loss of one limb and one eye or both Virender Puruwala Paonta Sirmaur Shimla nd eyes or both limbs `1.00 lakh. Kashyap Sahib (2 phase iv) Loss of one limb/one ear `0.50 lakh. v) In case of death of husband `1.00 lakh.
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Swachh Bharat Mission above 500 in the Gram Panchayat (Gramin) respectively. 19.11 The Government of India has launched the Swachh Bharat Mission The District-wise physical (Gramin) on 02.10.2014 to achieve the progress under the Swachh Bharat goal of Swachh Bharat by 2019. The Mission-Gramin during the year 2016-17 main objectives of the programme are is as under:- as under: Sr. Name of IHHL Sanitary SLWM i) Bring about an important in the No. District Complex general quality of life in the rural 1. Blaspur 3573 0 30 2. Chamba 6128 0 31 areas, by promoting cleanness 3. Hamirpur 248 6 45 hygiene and eliminating open 4. Kangrra 11985 0 140 5. Kinnaur 1416 2 10 defecation. 6. Kullu 5158 5 30 ii) Accelerate sanitation coverage in 7. L&S 26 0 23 8. Mandi 0 26 104 rural areas to achieve thevision of 9. Shimla 5905 47 150 Swachh Bharat by 02.10.2019. 10. Sirmaur 15184 11 30 11. Solan 11990 21 30 iii) Motivate communities and 12. Una 8789 10 30 panchayati Raj institutions to Total 70402 128 653 adopt sunstainable sanitations practices and facilities through Open Defecation Free (ODF) awareness creation and health 19.12 The Government of India education. has launched a comprehensive stategy iv) Encourage cost effect and to tackle the sanitation challange based appropriate technologies for on motivating rural communities to end ecologically safe and sustainable the traditional practice of open v) Develop where required defecation and adopt safe sanitation. community managed sanitation The SBM (G) focuses on achievement system focusing on scientific of complete open defecation free (ODF) solid & liquid waste management Gram Panchayat and villages. All G/P of systems for overall cleanliness in State has been declared ODF as on the rural areas. 28.10.2016.
State Reward Schemes:- The incentive of `12,000 per individual Household Latrine (IHHL) beneficiary w.e.f. 02.10.2014 to the left Maharishi Valmiki Sampooran out BPL & APL (identified) categories Swachhata Puruskar (MVSSP) whereas under the previous programme 19.13 To boost the sanitation (NBA) the incentive was of `5,100 per campaign in Himachal Pradesh a beneficiary. Under the SBM (G) the competition based State Reward Solid and Liquid Waste Management Scheme i.e. Maharishi Valmiki will be implemented in a project mode Sampooran Swachhata Puruskar is for which each Gram Panchayat will get being implemented under which winner an amount upto `7.00, `12.00, `15.00, ODF, GPs are rewarded at the State and `20.00 lakh on the basis of level award distribution function every households upto 150, 300, 500 and year under theMaharishi Valmiki Sampooran Swachhata Puruskar `147
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lakh is given as reward money to the Mahila Mandal’s Amount to be winner Gram Panchayats every year. position disbursed 1st `30,000 The incentive pattern under this nd scheme is as under: 2 `25,000 3rd `20,000 1. Block level cleanest GP `1.00 lakh th 4 `15,000 2. Distt. level cleanest GP `3.00 lakh 5th `12,000 (2 GP can get prize if district has 6th `10,000 more than 300 GP). 3. Division level cleanest GP 5.00 lakh In addition to first six 4. State level cleanest GP-10.00 lakh selected Mahila Mandals, the Government is of the view that other School Sanitation Reward Mahila Mandals which have contributed Scheme. for creating awareness among the 19.14 This scheme was villagers regarding sanitation campaign launched during the year 2008-2009 for will also be given some incentive to the cleanest Government Primary and boost them for maintain sustainable Middle Schools at District and Block activities under TSC. Each block will level. During the year 2011-12 select Mahila Mandals on the following High/Higher Secondary schools have criteria and an amount of ` 8,000 will be also been included in competition given to each Mahila Mandals. criteria. The prizes under the schemearebeing given during the Develpment Blocks No. of Mahila Himachal Day function on 15th April having GPs Mandals need to be every year. This reward scheme selected Up to 15 3 recognizes those schools which have 16-30 5 demonstrated outstanding achievement 31-50 7 in school sanitation and hygiene 51-70 9 education and an amount of `88.20 lakh 71 & Above 11 is given as reward money to the winner school under this scheme. Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Mahila- Mandal Protsahan Yojna 19.15 This scheme has been Scheme(MGNREGS): totally linked with the Sanitation 19.16 The Mahatama Gandhi programme and a sum of `131.04 lakh National Rural Employment Guarantee has been allocated during the year Act was notified by theGovernment of 2016-17 to provide incentive to Mahila India on September, 2005 and was made effective w.e.f. 2.02.2006. In the Mandals who have performed good st work under the sanitation in their village/ 1 Phase, the National Rural ward and Gram Panchayat area as per Employment Guarantee Scheme scheme’s guidelines. (NREGS) was introduced in District Chamba and Sirmaur. In second phase Each block selects 6 NREGS was started in District kangra number of Mahila Mandal on the basis and Mandi w.e.f. 1.04.2007. Now in the of 1st to 6th position which are awarded: third phase all the remaining 8 district of the State have been covered under the scheme w.e.f. 1.04.2008.
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During the year 2016-17 account. The fund amounting to Central share amount to `30,672.49 `35,859.26 lakh have been utilized (upto lakh and State Share amounting to 17.01.2017) and `160.31 lakh Mandays `5,195.15 lakh have been credited in have been generated by providing the State Employment Guarantee Fund Employment to 4,31,933 households.
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Housing 20.1 Ministry of Housing, bighas at Dharampur Solan,243 bighas Government of Himachal Pradesh of land near Jathiadevi in Shimla District through Housing & Urban Development and 72 bighas of land at Rajwari near Authority (HIMUDA) is constructing Sundernagar in Mandi District and the Houses, Flats and developing plots of process for land acquisition in various various categories, so as to meet the places is also in progress. housing demand of the people of various income groups. 20.5 New housing Schemes have also been taken in hand in the 20.2 There is an outlay of financial year 2016-17 at Sheel (Solan), `14,385.85 lakh for the current financial Moginand-II,Trilokpur (Nahan) and year 2016-17 and an expenditure of Commercial complex near petrol pump `7,421.89 lakh was incurred upto Vikas Nagar Shimla. Under JNNURM, December,2016. During this year 48 HIMUDA has Constructed 176 flats flats were constructed and 62 plots (Ashiana-II) Under BSUP at Dhalli were developed. Shimla and under IHSDP 72 flats at Hamirpur, 192 flats at Parwanoo and 20.3 HIMUDA has completed 128 flats at Nalagarh. Under UIDSSMT, 44 buildings under deposit works. HIMUDA executed the work for the HIMUDA is executing deposit works of construction of roads & paths and various department such as Social channelization of Nallahs in Mandi town. Justice and Empowerment, Prison, Police, Youth Services and Sports, 20.6 HIMUDA has approved and Animal Husbandry, Education, adopted following policies/ schemes :- Fisheries, I.T. Departments, Himachal 1. Policy for land owners becoming Pradesh Bus stands Management & partner in development of Development Authority, Urban Local Housing colonies in the Stateand Bodies, Panchayati Raj, and signed the MoU with Ashoka Department of Ayurveda. For the Alloys (P) Limited in Sirmaur financial year 2017-18 for construction District under this scheme. of 118 flats and developing 119 plots 2. Scheme for the allotment of and also targeted completion of 50 Houses/Flats/Plots in various buildings upto March,2018 under colonies established by HIMUDA deposit works of different Departments. at “First come First Serve” basis after freezing cost for disposing 20.4 Construction work of Housing of the unsold units. colonies at Theog, Flowerdale, Sanjauli, 3. Policy for allotment of land/ Mandhala Parwanoo, Jurja (Nahan) and additional land. Bhatolikhurd (Baddi) are in progress and 4. Policy for additional premium for the colonies at Chhabgroti, Flowerdale, construction of third story in and Parwanoo have been completed.At allotted booth and shop sites in present HIMUDA has Land bank of 45 housing colonies.
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5. HIMUDA has launched a scheme maintained by 54 urban local bodies and to give rebate of 9 percentin `6.00 crore stands released to the penal interest and 5 percent Urban Local Bodies in proportionate to rebate on cost on lump sum final length of roads/ street/ path being payment of dues to its allottees. maintained by the urban local bodies during 2016-17. 20.7 HIMUDA has constructructed its Circle office (North) National Urban Livlihood building in Dharamshala as a pilot Mission (NULM) project which is in latest EPS 20.11 The main objective of Technology. The building has been NULM is to reduce poverty among the constructed within a period of 4 months. urban poor through the promotion of HIMUDA has received appreciation diversified and gainful self employment award. and skill wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable 20.8 To reduce human improvement in their livelihood on a interface in order to bring more sustainable basis, through building transparency, HIMUDA has moved strong grass roots lable institutions of towards the e-governance and has the poor. digitalised the record in Head office and This scheme has following installed the tally Enterprise Resource main components:- Planning (ERP) for accounting. 1) Employment through skill training Urban Development and placement. 20.9 Consequent upon the 74th 2) Social Moblisation and Institution Constitutional amendment, the rights, Development. powers and activities of the urban local 3) Capacity Building and Training. bodies have increased manifold. There 4) Self Emloyment Programme. are 54 urban local bodies in Himachal 5) Shelter for homeless. Praesh including Shimla and 6) Support to Urban street Vendors. Dharamshala Municipal Corporation. 7) Innovative and special Projects. The Government is providing grant in- aid every year to these local bodies to For the financial year enable them to provide civic amenities 2016-17, there is budget provision of to the general public. As per the report `10.80 crore as centre share and `1.20 of State Finance Commission during the crore as state share for the year 2016-17 a sum of `99.45 crore implementation of this scheme, out of has been released to the ULBs. This which `2.50 crore as centre share and includes developmental grant and gap `0.28 crore as state share stands filling grant between income and released and balance funds will be expenditure. released during this financial year. Under this scheme 125 Self Help Maintenance of Roads in Groups (SHGs) have been formed. 208 Municipal Areas: beneficiaries were provided skill training 20.10 About 1,416 Kms. roads/ under this scheme. 122 individuals, 1 paths/ streets and drains are being group and 25 SHGs were provided loan
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assistance on subsidised intrest for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation setting up their micro enterprises. 2,516 and Urban Transformation street vendors were surveyed and (AMRUT) provided/ being provided identity cards. 20.14 Shimla and Kullu have 10 shelters were sanctioned by the project sanctioning committee at an been included under this Mission, estimated cost of ` 595.83 lakh. During the year 2016-17 State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) for two cities Shimla Urban Infrastructure and Kullu for `101.33 crore have been approved by Government of India. A Development Scheme for Small sum of `21.78 crore as centre share and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and `2.03 crore as State share stands 20.12 The Government of India has released for the implementation of this restructured IDSMT scheme and scheme renamed as Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Smart City Mission (SCM):- Medium Town (UIDSSMT) w.e.f. year 20.15 The Smart City Mission 2006-07. Under this scheme so far has been launched on 25-06-2016. Goverment of India has sanctioned 18 Muncipal Corporation Dharamshala has projects relating to Water supply been approved by Government of India scheme, Sewerage & Urban under the mission with a project cost of Infrastuture. Renewal Covering 13 2,109.69 crore. Special Purpose towns namely Dharamshala Hamirpur, ` Vehicle (SPV) for Dharamshala Smart Mandi, Sarkaghat, Rewalser, Rampur, City Ltd. has been registered under Nagrota, Kangra, Kullu, Manali, company Act,2013. The Government of Parwanoo, Nalagarh and Baddi with a India has released first installement approved cost of ` 406.54 crore. During amounting to `186.00 crore which has this financial year a sum of `81.90 crore already been released to MC as centre share and `9.10 crore as state Dharamshala alongwith matching State share stand released. share (10 percent) amounting to `20.67 crore. The proposal for inclusion of Sewerage Scheme: Muncipal Corporation Shimla under this 20.13 There is a budget mission is also under preparation which provision of `39.05 crore in General will be submitted to Government of India plan, Non plan and in SCSP for for necessary approval. sewerage schemes and maintenance during the financial year 2016-17 out of Swachh Bharat Mission which `27.55 crore released since, this (Urban):- scheme is being executed by the I & PH 20.16 It is a national campaign Department therefore the funds have by the Government of India covering been drawn and placed at the disposal 4,041 statutory town to clean the of the I& PH Department through ULBs. streets, roads, and insfrastructure of the
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country. The main aim of Swachh Bharat Mission is to make the cities/ sector and subsidy for beneficiary-led towns open defecation free and provide individual house construction. a healthy and liviable environment to all. For the financial year 2016-17, there is a The following are the main components budget provision of ` 9.00 crore as of this scheme:- centre share and `1.00 crore as State share for the implementation of this ● Under this scheme funds scheme out of which ` 7.73 crore as released for 2,125 IHHLs to the centre share and `0.79 crore as State ULBs. share stands released and balance ● Work of installation of Modern funds will be released during this underground waste bins in the 3 financial year. cities namely Dharamshala, Sundernagar and Poanta Sahib Lal Bhadur Shastri Kamgar awarded on pilot basis. Avam Shahari Ajivika Yojna ● DPRs prepared for installation of Biogas Plant at Sundernagar and (LAKSHAY):- Dhramshala. 20.18 Under this scheme, an ● DPRs prepared for construction amount of `1.50 crore has been of sanitary Land fill at Mandi. provided in the budget during the ● Door to Door garbage collection financial year 2016-17 for providing implemended in 165 wards out of wage employment in newly created total 488 wards of the ULBs. Nagar Panchayats and newly merged ● Municipal Corporation Shimla areas (Wards) of Municipal councils/ started a “Car Bin” scheme to Municipal corporation in the Pradesh, prevent littering along the roads. out of which an amount of `1.20 crore stands released to Municipal For the financial year 2016-17, corporation, Dharamshala and Municipal there is budget provision of `13.50 crore councils-Rampur, Nerchowk and Nagar as centre share and ` 1.50 crore as Panchayats-Tahliwal, Jawali and State share for the implementation of Baijnath-paprola. this scheme, out of which ` 6.10 crore th as centre share and `0.68 crore as 14 Finance Commission State share stands released and Grant:- th balance funds will be released during 20.19 The 14 Finance this financial year. Commission has recommended two type of grants namely basic grant to be Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna: released unconditionally and 20.17 A new mission “Housing performance grant subject to fulfilment of certain conditions as laid down in the for all” (Urban) has been launched by th the Governmentt of India to be effective 14 Finance Commission report which from 17.06.2015 to 31.03.2022. The aim will be released from 2016-17 onwards of this scheme is slum rehabilitation of Basic grant to the tune of `26.96 crore slum dewellers, providing affordable has been released to the ULBs, houses for weaker section through whereas performance grant is yet to be credit linked subsidy and public private released by the Government of India.
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Construction of Parkings:- that sustainable, balanced and planned 20.20 To solve the parking development could be achieved. problems in the urban areas of the th Pradesh an amount of `10.00 crore has 20.23 The projects of the 12 been provided in the budget during the Five Year Plan i.e. 2012-17 are financial year 2016-17, which stands proposed to be targeted for the next released to 11 Urban Local Bodies for Financial Year 2017-18 which includes construction of parkings on 50:50 ratio constitution of Planning Areas, Special i.e. 50 percent Govt grant and 50 Areas, preparation of Existing Land Use percent ULBs share. Maps and Development Plans and regional plans are as under:- Construction of Parks:- i) Constitution of planning areas 20.21 For construction of parks namely Hinner & Aut and special in Urban Local Bodies in phased Area Sangla-Kamru. manner,a sum of `10.00 crore has been ii) Preparation of Existing Land Use provided in the budget during the Maps for Planning Areas namely financial year 2016-17, which stands Ghumarwin, Sundernagar and released to 20 Urban Local Bodies for Jogindernagar. construction of parks. iii) Preparation of Development Plans for Ghumarwin, Nadaun, TOWN AND COUNTRY Sundernagar, Naggar, Manikaran, Reckong Peo, Amb- PLANNING: Gagret, Baijnath-Paprola, Hatkoti, 20.22 To ensure functional, Shimla, Dharamshala, Bir-Billing economical sustainable and aesthetical and Kullu. living environment through planned, equitable and regulated development 20.24 Development Plans for ensuring balanced use of scarce land Parwanoo,Tehog and Rampur Planning resources in view of demographic and Area have been prepared and sent to socio-economic factors. Preservation of the Government for approval. environment, heritage and rational use of precious land resources by their 20.25 State Action plan for sustainable development through preparation of GIS-based development community participation the Himachal plan for Shimla and Kullu towns under Pradesh Town and Country Planning AMRUT scheme has been approved by Act-1977 has been enforced in 33 the State level high power committee Planning Areas (1.42 percent of the total and State level technical committee and geographical area of the State) and 34 sent to the Government of India. This special areas (1.27 percent of the total will ensure comprehensive strategy for geographical Area of the State).Existing the development of these planning Land Use Maps/ Registers prepared for areas for the year 2035. Rural areas Chopal Plaining Areas. Development falling under various planning areas and Plan for Barog special Area approved having lesser growth potential excluded and notified by the Government. 12 from the purview of the H.P Town and Regions constitituted in the State, so Country Planning Act,1977.
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20.26 In Order to achieve the 20.27 The Hon’ble Chief Minister targets as stated above, funds to the on 13.01.2016 launched a TCP Web tune of `1.38 crore have been allocated Portal in order to ensure accountability, in favour of this department during the transparency and efficiency and to current financial year 2016-17 out of improve the service delivery mechanism which a sum of `78.68 lakh has been to general public in all planning and incurred upto 31.12.2016. special areas in the State. This will help remove corruption and red tapism.
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21.1 At present there are 12 Zila impose various taxes, fees and fines and Parishads, 78 Panchayat Samities and also to borrow money /raise loans for 3,226 Gram Panchayats constituted in creation of income generating assets. this State. After the enactment of 73rd Before, grant of any lease for mining of amendment in the Constitution, the minerals, a resolution from the concerned present is the fifth term of the Panchayat has been made compulsory. Panchayats. As per the provisions of the Panchayats have been empowered to constitution of India the Panchayati Raj prepare plans. Gram Panchayats have Institutions have been assigned certain been also authorized to grant permission powers, functions and responsibilities for erection of mobile communication from time to time either by making tower and to levy fee. Gram Panchayats provisions under the Himachal Pradesh have been empowered to hear and Panchayati Raj Act or rules made there decide the application for maintenance under or through executive instructions. under section 125 of the Cr.P.C.1973 and Gram Sabhas have been vested with can grant a maintenance allowance not powers to select beneficiaries under exceeding `500.00 per month. Cess of various programmes. Gram Sabhas have `1.00 per bottle of liquor sold in the rural been empowered to approve plans, area will be collected and transferred to programmes and budget prepared by the Gram Panchayat for utilization in the Gram Panchayat and also to authorize developmental activities. issuance of utilization certificate of funds spent on the implementation of plans, 21.3 It has been made projects and programmes of Gram mandatory that village level functionaries Panchayat. Gram Panchayats have of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, been made the appointing authorityon Primary Education, Forest, Health and contract basis in respect of Tailoring Family Welfare, Horticulture, Irrigation mistress, Panchayat Chowkidar and Part- and Public Health, Revenue and Welfare time Water Carriers in Primary schools. Departments shall attend the meetings of Panchayat Samities have been the Gram Sabha in whose jurisdiction empowered to appoint Accountants, Zila they are posted and if such village level Parishads have been empowered to functionaries fail to attend the meetings appoint Assistant Engineers, Panchayat Gram Sabha shall report the matter to Sahayaks, Personal Assistant and Junior their controlling officer through the Gram Engineers. Panchayat who shall take disciplinary action against such functionaries within 21.2 The ownership and one month from the date of receipt of the maintenance of primary school buildings report and shall intimate the action taken has been transferred to Gram on such report to the Gram Sabha Panchayats. Gram Panchayats have through the Gram Panchayat. been empowered to collect the land revenue from the land owner/ right 21.4 The important functions delegated holders and will use the collected land to Panchayati Raj are as under:- revenue at their own level. Gram i) The State Government is providing Panchayats have been empowered to honorarium of the elected
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representatives of Panchayati Raj v) The rates of monthly remuneration Institutions. The rate of monthly of the Employees working on honorarium to Chairman & Vice- contract/ Regular basis in the Chairman of the Zila Parishad is Panchayat are as:- Panchayat `8,000/- and `6,000 Chairman Sahayak (contractual) `7,000 and Vice-Chairman of Panchayat Panchayat Secretary (Contractual) Samiti is `5,000/- and `3,500/- and `7,810 Junior Accountant Pradhan & Up-Pradhan of Gram (Contractual) `7,810 (Regular) Panchayat `3,000/- & `2,200/- 5,910-20,200 + 1,900 Junior respectively. In addition, to this Engineer (Contractual) `14,100 member, Zila Parishad `3,500/- (Regular) 10,300-34,800+3,800 Member, Panchayat Samiti `3,000/- Junior Stenographer (Contractual) and Members of Gram Panchayat `8,710 (Regular) `5,910-20,200+ `225/- as sitting fee subject to the 2,800 Assistant Engineer maximum for two sittings in a (Contratual) `21,000 (Regular) month. `15,660-39,100+5,400 Tailoring ii) The Government is providing grant- Teacher (Contractual) `2,300 Block in-aid to PRIs for meeting the Development Engineer (contractual) expenditure on Travelling and Daily `18,000 Panchayat Chowkidar Allowances of the elected (contractual) `2,200 respectively. representative of PRIs while they vi) Under Mission Mode Project are on official tour. (e-Panchayat Project) of the iii) The State Government has provided Government of India, 7 software facility of staying in Government rest applications out of proposed 12 houses while they are on official core software applications have tour to the office bearers of Zila already been rolled out in the PRIs. Parishad and Panchayat Samities. The training to the officials of the iv) 14th Finance Commission period Panchayats/ departments on these has been started from the financial applications has been organized year 2015-16. A total grant of in the Panchayati Raj training `306.05 crore i.e `270.56 crore as institute Mashobra. The Panchayati principle grant and `35.49 crore as Raj institutions have already started performance grant. The amount using these software applications. pertaining to principle grant has fully been received and the performance grant is still awaited.
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22. INFORMATION AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Information and Technology 1,860 Government Offices across HIMSWAN the State are connected through HIMSWAN network. 22.1 Under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), M/s Orange Business Services Department of Information Technology, has been appointed as Himachal Pradesh (DITHP) created HIMSWAN Operator for period of secure network called HIMSWAN 3 years to manage NOC from (Himachal State Wide Area Network). 01.09.2014. The HIMSWAN provides secured M/s KPMG has been appointed network connectivity to all the State as HIMSWAN Third Party Auditor Government Departments till block level (TPA) for period of 3 years for and provide various efficient electronic monitoring the Service Levels of delivery of G2G (Government to HIMSWAN Operator. TPA started Government), G2C (Government to services from 18.07.2014. Citizens) and G2B (Government to Business) services. The Department of Himachal Pradesh State Data Electronics & Information Technology Centre (HPSDC) (DeitY), Government of India funded this 22.2 Under National project for initial period of six years. e-Governance Plan (NeGP), HIMSWAN was set-up on Department of Information Technology, 05.02.2008 and thus Department of (DIT) has commissioned the Himachal Electronics & Information Technology Pradesh State Data Centre (HPSDC) on DeitY, Government of India funding 30.05.2016 to host IT applications of period got over in the year 2014. Now various Government Departments for the State Government has to bear the the benefits of citizens, to provide cost of operation and maintenance of efficient electronic delivery of G2C this project. (Government to Citizens), G2G (Government to Government) and G2B HIMSWAN project is (Government to Business) services and presently on single-tier architecture with to create common infrastructure for technologies like MPLS (Multi Protocol State Government Offices which include Label Switching) /VPNoBB ( Virtual (Computing devices-servers in shared Private Network Over Broadband) mode, storage, network devices, considering the growing demand for electrical, air conditioning, network bandwidth due to video conferencing connectivity, UPS, Rack etc.), and other internet-based applications installation and integration of IT used in offices, the HIMSWAN is being infrastructure (servers, telecom revamped to three-tier architecture using equipment, integrated portal/ state-of-art technologies with stringent departmental information system, SLA’s Network downtime, voice, data Enterprise and network management and video services. The following system, security, firewalls/ IDS, achievements have been made during networking components etc.), the year:- software and data bases. Department
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of Electronics & Information Technology achievements have been made during (DeitY), Government of India (GoI) is the year:- supporting the cost of establishment, operation and maintenance of State Presently 3,715 OMT IDs Data Centre for a period of five years on have been issued for CSCs in Himachal 80:20 basis. The following achievements Pradesh. Also 2,066 LMKs are active have been made during the year:- and providing 57 G2C services which Building of HPSDC has been includes; constructed at Mehli, Shimla by 1) Collection of HPSEB electricity bill. HIMUDA. 2) IPH water bill. M/s Orange Business Services is 3) Issuance of copy of Nakal the agency for installation, Jamabandi (Land Records). commissioning and maintenance 4) HRTC Bus Ticket Booking etc. of HPSDC for the period of 5 years. M/s Orange Business Capacity Building under NeGP Services has started the work 22.4 Under the Capacity from 26.05.2014. Building scheme of Government of 48 Applications have been India, there are different components migrated to HPSDC and 124 like training of Government employees, Applications are under security sourcing of technical and professional audit. manpower for assisting the State Cloud enablement of SDC Government in the implementation of applications went live on various e-Governance Projects. The 01.09.2016. following achievements have been M/s E&Y is the Third Party made during the year :- Auditor (TPA) appointed for 1. Till date 2,323 employees has period of 5 Years for monitoring been trained under capacity the Service Levels being adhered building project. to by HPSDC Operator. 2. Under SeMT, 3 technical resources has been deployed Setting up of Lok Mitra Kendra through NeGD. 22.3 The scheme aims to 3. e-Office training imparted to more establish LMK’s (CSC) at Gram than 200 users of several state Panchayat level in the State and to act departments. as front end delivery points for 4. e-Gov project management Government, Private and Social Sector training organised for Services to rural citizens at their door departments officials covered steps, in an integrated manner using under SC,ST/TSP in Information and Communication January- 2017. Technology (ICT) as tools. The LMKs are acting as front end delivery points Revenue Court Case Monitoring for delivery of G2C services to the System (RCMS) citizen of the State at Gram Panchayat 22.5 Revenue Court Case Level. State Government has also Monitoring System has been developed implementing e-District Project and by the Department of Information delivery of these services would also be Technology for the use of Revenue made available at LMKs. The following Courts at Division, District, SDM and
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Tehsil level. System captures the routine 2. All Government Departments are proceedings of revenue courts, interim using LMS for viewing the daily orders and Judgments. The details of status of their cases. the revenue cases are available online 3. All the communication to be sent for the general public. The citizens can to concerned department(s) are access the status of their cases online, being generated through this see cause list and download interim software. orders/ judgments. The following achievements have been made during Following features have been the year:- incorporated in LMS software: Sending intimation to ADs/HODs/ 1. RCMS project got national level Nodal Officers of the concerned CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Department via e-mail, SMS. Awards for year 2014 for Automatic generation of letters recognizing e-Government while entering the case details of Initiatives in India. concerned department. 2. 250 Revenue Courts are using Deletion/ transfer of cases option RCMS software. has been incorporated in the 3. 76,819 court cases has been software. entered in the RCMS and out of which 29,514 cases are decided. Unique ID (Aadhaar) 4. The citizens can now check 22.7 Aadhaar program started status of their cases online, view in Himachal Pradesh in December, 2010 cause list and download interim and since then the State Government orders/ judgments. has maintained a leading position in terms of Aadhaar generation. UID has Litigation Monitoring System been generated for more than 72.46 22.6 Monitoring of court cases lakh (100.69 percent) residents against at departmental level is a big challenge. the projected population of 2015. For Departmental of Information Technology remaining resident’s mobile vans has got developed a generic software campaign and permanent enrolment for monitoring of court cases at the station has been set up. departmental level. Using this software, Secretaries/ HODs can easily monitor Use of Aadhaar : the status of the court cases with regard SRDH (State Resident Data Hub) to pending cases, timely reply filling, infrastructure is live, providing present status, personal presence support to various departments in required etc. The following Aadhaar Seeding. achievements have been made during Aadhaar seeding in PDS data the year:- base is 78 percent, MGNREGA is 1. The Advocate General office is 96 percent, Education is 99 updating the status of cases percent and NSAP is 76 percent. online. All the file movement DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) of activities within Advocate General ₹504.00 crore has been office are being covered out distributed. through the software. Himachal is a first state to start DBT in MGNREGA.
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Aadhaar based biometric 7 Courts and 13 Jails have been attendance system is live in TCP provided VC facility under this (Town and Country Planning) project. Department. It is under DIT, HPPCL, Panchayati Raj, DG implementation in Fisheries Prisons, HPSFL and Health Department, 40 ITI’s and 18 department are covered by VC Locations of W.C.D. facility. e-Office e- District 22.8 e-Office is a product that is 22.10 e–District Project is a aimed at file Movement automation in Mission Mode Project (MMP), that aims Government offices making the process to provide integrated citizen centric more efficient, effective and transparent services. It envisages integrated and for inter-government and intra- seamless delivery of citizen services by government transactions. Following district administration through Departments are in process to implement e- automation of work flow, backend office application: computerisation, and data digitisation e-office has been deployed in across participating departments. It HPSDC to be rolled out initially in further aims to integrate multiple 6 departments, i.e DIT, HPPCL, applications, faster processing of public IPH, RD&PRI, SSWB and DC cases/ appeals/ grievances, office and training has also been dissemination of information as per imparted to these department’s public requirement and redesign the users/ Nodal officers. processes for the core services to be Go-live planned in January, 2017. delivered through the Common Service Centers. Following activities have been e-Peshi Video Conferencing completed under this project: Facility in District Courts, Jails 1. 44 e-services under e-district launched in all 12 districts. and other Governments of 2. e-district managers and DeGS Himachal Pradesh formed in all 12 districts. 22.9 The facility would eliminate 3. M/s Wipro Ltd is working as a the need for taking prisoners to courts SPMU (State Project Management and will facilitate faster delivery of Unit) team for e-District MMP. justice. The following achievements 4. M/s IL&FS Technologies Ltd. is have been made during the year:- working as SI (System Integrator) M/s Bharti Airtel is the for State Wide roll-out of e-District implementing agency to supply & MMP. install the VC equipment in the 5. Training to 11 department users State and maintain the same for organized in phases. period of 5 years from the date of 6. Phase-I went live on 2nd July 2015 commissioning of the project. with 10 services in 9 districts. M/s Bharti Airtel has been given 7. Phase-4 went live on 4th June order to supply and install 63 VC 2016, with 44 services in all 12 facilities and all 63 VC facilities districts. has been delivered and comminissioned successfully.
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8. Hardware Delivered at all across the country and aims at offering departmental locations for all 12 Government to Citizen / Farmer (G2C or districts. G2F), Government to Business (G2B) 9. Integration of e- District application and Government to Government (G2G) with UIDAI (Aadhaar), SMS agricultural services in an integrated Gateway, Payment Gateway is manner through the Central Agriculture completed. Portal (CAP) and State Agriculture 10. Data digitization of the legacy Portals (SAPs). The following record of the participating achievements have been made during departments (Rural Development & the year:- Panchayati Raj) is under progress. Hardware for all the 193 locations has been supplied and installed. NeGP-A Project Basic Computer Training to all 22.11 The Department of the officials has been completed. Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC), Application is being development Ministry of Agriculture is implementing by NIC. National e-Governance Programme Kissan/ Farmer portal has been (NeGP) in the Agriculture sector as a hosted at Central server. Mission Mode Project (A-MMP), MIS application of JICA launched covering Agriculture Sector, Livestock on NeGP server. Sector and Fisheries sector. 12 Cluster Agrimobile and Agrisnet portal of services identified under this project. deployed on state data center. NeGP-A is proposed to be implemented
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