Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh 2012-13

2012-13

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 2012-13 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 Principal Secretary (Finance, Plg., and Eco. & Stat.) to the Govt.of Himachal Pradesh.

INDEX

Contents Pages 1. General Review 1 2. State Income and Public Finance 11 3. Institutional and Bank Finances 17 4. Excise and Taxation 34 5. Price Movement 37 6. Food Security and Civil Supplies 40 7. Agriculture and Horticulture 44 8. Animal Husbandry and Fisheries 62 9. Forest and Environment 73 10. Water Resource Management 78 11. Industries and Mining 82 12. Labour and Employment 88 13. Power 93 14. Transport and Communication 126 15. Tourism and Civil Aviation 130 16. Education 134 17. Health 151 18. Social Welfare Programme 159 19. Rural Development 173 20. Housing and Urban Development 181 21. Panchayati Raj 188 22. Information and Science Technology 192

1. GENERAL REVIEW

Economic Situation 8.0 percent which is more than at National Level the Tenth Plan growth of 7.8 1.1 THE Indian economy, percent. Unlike in the past when registered a growth of 6.2 percent periods of rapid growth were in 2011-12, after having grown at followed by a sharp slowdown, this the rate of 9.3 percent in the time the economy seems to have preceding year. This indicates a shifted to a stable growth slowdown as the country, for the trajectory. past years is passing through a difficult phase caused by 1.4 The Gross Domestic unfavourable external Product (GDP) at factor cost at circumstances such as the world constant prices, with new Base economic slowdown, oil prices year i.e. 2004-05, in 2011-12 is increase and the most recent the estimated at ` 52,43,582 crore as negative developments in the against ` 49,37,006 crore in Eurozone. This resulted in the 2010-11. At current prices Gross decline in export growth and Domestic Product in 2011-12 is industrial profitability. However, estimated at ` 83,53,495 crore the continued high rate of inflation as against ` 72,66,967 crore in is still a major concern. 2010-11 showing an increase of 15.0 percent during the year. Real 1.2 The world views India Gross Domestic Product witnessed as a vibrant economy but the a growth of 6.2 percent during situation warranted urgent steps 2011-12 (Base 2004-05) against to facilitate corporate & the growth rate of 9.3 percent infrastructure investment. With during the previous year. The the global economy likely to growth rate in real Gross Domestic recover somewhat in 2013, these Product during 2011-12 has been measures will help in improving the achieved due to the growth in Indian economy. financing, insurance, real estate & business services (11.7 percent), 1.3 The Eleventh Five transport, storage and Year Plan target was pegged at an communication (8.4 percent), average annual growth of 9 percent electricity, gas & water supply but it has registered a growth of (6.5%) and trade, hotels & restaurants (6.2 percent).

1.5 The growth rate for Economic Situation in the fiscal year 2012-13 is Himachal Pradesh expected around 5.0 percent as 1.8 Himachal Pradesh has per advanced estimates. emerged a leader in Hill Area Development. Himachal is an ideal 1.6 The per capita income destination for investment in at current prices is estimated at Power and Tourism sector. ` 61,564 in 2011-12 as against Responsive administration and `54,151 for the previous year conducive macro-economic recording an increase of 13.7 conditions have induced a percent. The per capita income in competitive environment in the real terms i.e at 2004-05 prices, is economy of Himachal Pradesh. The estimated at ` 38,037 for 2011-12 economy of the state is expected as against ` 36,342 in 2010-11 to achieve a growth rate of 6.2 registering an increase of 4.7 percent in the current financial percent. year which is comparatively better than the national growth of 5.0 1.7 Headline inflation, percent. year –on-year, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), Growth Rate remained at elevated levels in the 8.7 current financial year, even though 7.4 6.2 it has by and large been on a downward trajectory since August, percent 2012. The inflation rate in terms of Whole Sale Price Index was 7.2 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 percent in the month of December, Years

2012 against 7.7 percent in the month of December 2011. The All 1.9 The State Gross India Consumer Price Index Domestic Product (GSDP) at factor Number for Industrial workers cost at constant (2004-05) prices was 11.2 percent in December, in 2011-12 is estimated at `41,939 2012 as against 6.5 percent during crore as against ` 39,036 crore in the period December, 2011.

2010-11 registering a growth of in Finance & Real estate. Whereas 7.4 percent during the year as the Primary sector decreased by against the growth rate of 8.7 5.2 percent. Food-grains percent during the previous year. production, which was 14.94 lakh At current prices, the GSDP is MT during 2010-11 has increased estimated at ` 63,812 crore as to 15.54 lakh MT during 2011-12 against ` 56,355 crore in 2010-11 and is expected to increase to showing an increase of 13.2 15.80 lakh MT (anticipated) in percent during the year. 2012-13. The fruit production has decreased by 63.7 percent i.e 1.10 The Per Capita from 10.27 lakh MT in 2010-11 to Income at current prices 3.73 lakh MT in 2011-12 and during witnessed an increase of 10.7 2012-13 (up to December, 2012) percent as it increased to production was 4.67 lakh MT. `74,694 in 2011-12 from ` 67,475 in 2010-11. The increase in total 1.11 As per the advanced State Domestic Product is mainly estimates and on the basis of attributed to 20.0 percent economic conditions up to increase in Community & personal December, 2012, the likely services sectors, 8.9 percent in growth rate for 2012-13 will be Transport and Trade, 8.1 percent around 6.2 percent.

TABLE 1.1 Key Indicators Indicators 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12

Absolute Value %age change over previous year

G.S.D.P.( ` in crore) (a)At current prices 56355 63812 16.9 13.2

(b)At constant prices 39036 41939 8.7 7.4

Food grains production 14.94 15.54 34.5 4.0

(lakh tonnes)

Fruit production (lakh tonnes) 10.27 3.73 168.8 (-) 63.7

Gross Value Added from Industrial

Sector*( ` in crore) 10528 11310 19.4 7.4

Electricity generated (Million Units) 2045 1906 13.4 (-) 6.8

Wholesale Price Index 143.3 156.1 9.6 8.9

C.P.I. for Industrial

Workers(HP) 163 175 7.9 7.4

*At current prices

1.12 The economic growth is being determined by the trend in in the State is predominantly agriculture and horticulture governed by agriculture and its production. It is the major allied activities showed not much contributor to the total domestic fluctuations during nineties as the product and has overall impact on growth rate remained more or less other sectors via input linkages, stable. The decade showed an employment and trade etc. Due to average annual growth rate of 5.7 lack of irrigation facilities our percent, which is at par with agricultural production to a large national level. The economy has extent still depends on timely shown a shift from agriculture rainfall and weather conditions. sector to industries and services High priority has been accorded to as the percentage contribution of this sector by the Govt. agriculture and allied sectors in total State Domestic Product has 1.15 The State has made declined from 57.9 percent in significant progress in the 1950-51 to 55.5 percent in development of Horticulture. The 1967-68, 26.5 percent in 1990-91 topographical variations and and to 20 percent in 2011-12. altitudinal differences coupled with fertile, deep and well drained 1.13 The share of industries soils favour the cultivation of and services sectors respectively temperate to sub-tropical fruits. has increased from 1.1 & 5.9 The region is also suitable for percent in 1950-51 to 5.6 and 12.4 cultivation of ancillary percent in 1967-68, 9.4 & 19.8 horticultural produce like flowers, percent in 1990-91 and to 18.0 and mushroom, honey and hops. 12.3 percent in 2011-12. However, the contribution of other 1.16 During the year 2012- remaining sectors showed a 13 up to December, 2012, 4.67 favourable shift i.e. from 35.1 lakh tonnes of fruits were percent in 1950-51 to 49.7 percent produced in the state and it is in 2011-12. envisaged to bring 4,000 hectares of additional area under fruit

plants against which 3,528 1.14 The declining share hectares of area has already has of agriculture sector do not, brought under plantation and 9.40 however, affect the importance of lakh fruit plants of different this sector in the State economy species were distributed up to as the state economic growth still

December, 2012. Growing of off- Industry, which has also emerged season vegetables has also picked as a major sector in the up in the state. During the year development of economy of the 2011-12, 13.57 lakh tonnes of State. The Govt. has also vegetables were produced as developed appropriate against 12.69 lakh tonnes in 2010- infrastructure for its development 11 recording a growth rate of 7 which includes provision of public percent. It is anticipated that the utility services, roads, production of off season communication network, airports, vegetables will be of the order of transport facilities, water supply 13.85 lakh tonnes in 2012-13. and civic amenities etc. As a result of high profile media thrust, a 1.17 The hydro power is significant rise has been noticed in emerging as a powerful mechanism the tourist influx during last few for speedier economic growth and years as below:- overall development of the State. TABLE 1.2 As a source of energy hydro power is economically viable, non-polluting Tourist arrival (In lakh) and is environmentally sustainable. The power Policy of the State Year Indian Foreigners Total 2005 69.28 2.08 71.36 attempts to address all aspects 2006 76.72 2.81 79.53 like capacity addition energy 2007 84.82 3.39 88.21 security, access and availability, 2008 93.73 3.77 97.50 2009 110.37 4.01 114.38 affordability, efficiency, 2010 128.12 4.54 132.66 environment and assured 2011 146.05 4.84 150.89 employment to people of Himachal. 2012 156.46 5.00 161.46 Though the private sector participation in terms of 1.19 Information Technology investments in this sector has has a great scope for employment been encouraging but the smaller generation and revenue earnings. projects has been reserved for Government has introduced investors from Himachal Pradesh HIMSWAN, SUGUM, Hospital only (up to 2 MW) and preference Management Information System will be given for projects up to (HMIS), Common Services 5 MW. Centers(CSCs), and State Data Centre(SDC), AGRISNET, 1.18 High priority has also e-Procurement, Content Service been accorded to Tourism Provider(CSP) and e-Samadhan

Sr. Sector Proposed %age Priority systems to bring efficiency and No. Outlay Share transparency in administration. ` in crore 1 Agriculture and 2906.79 12.75 III Allied Activities 2 Rural Development 1276.73 5.60 VI 1.20 Himachal Pradesh has 3 Special Area 155.75 0.68 X taken a lead in the area of climate 4 Irrigation and Flood 1972.37 8.65 V control change mitigation and has initiated 5 Energy 2805.59 12.31 IV 6. Industry & Minerals 224.42 0.98 IX concrete steps for reducing Green 7 Transport and 4709.88 20.66 II House Gas emissions. The Communication 8. Science, Technology 104.92 0.46 XI development of technologies to and Environment 9 General Economic 596.59 2.62 VII conserve the resources and put services 10 Social Services 7674.22 33.66 I them to proper use through bio 11 General Services 372.74 1.63 VIII technological innovations will take Total 22800.00 100.00 Himachal to new heights. 1.23 Bharat Nirman aiming 1.21 Containment of towards the development of basic inflation is on the priority list of rural infrastructure like Road government. Himachal Pradesh connectivity, Irrigation, Rural Working Class Consumer Price Water supply, Housing, Rural Index No. during 2011-12 electrification, Rural Telephone increased by 10.7 percent in connectivity, has been taken on December, 2012 as against 11.2 priority. percent at National level, which clearly shows better management of price situation in the state. 1.24 To fulfill the commitments towards public, a 1.22 The aggregate size of separate department of Redresal and Public grievances under the the 12th Five year Plan has been direct supervision of the Hon’ble projected at ` 22800.00 crore. Chief Minister has been set up in However, the proposed annual plan each of the public service oriented for 2013-14 has been fixed at Departments to make this more `4,100.00 crore which will be efficient. Himachal Pradesh is the 11.00 percent higher than the plan first state in the country to launch size of current year 2012-13. The e-samadham for redressal of public grievances. Sectoral spread of the proposed outlay for 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) is given under:-

1.25 There is no limit to between 6:00AM to progress and development. The 10:00PM.

priority of the government has • The Government has implemented Weather Based always been for Social Welfare Crop Insurance Scheme programmes. Concerted efforts (WBCIS) in the State. The have been made to improve the amount of Premium shall be efficiency and quality of public shared on 50:25:25 bases. services delivery. • Under Horticulture Technology Mission the Major achievements on Government of India has the path of Socio-Economic approved an action plan of resurgence are:- `30.00 crore. • Essential commodities are • The State had succeeded in being supplied on subsidized getting 7.19 percent share in rates to all the ration card all BBMB hydel projects in holders in the State so as to the State under Punjab save them from the on- Reorganisation Act. slaught of rising prices. • Social security Pension • The Per Capita Income has increased from ` 450 to touched the level of ` 500 per month. `74,694 in 2011-12 • Free travelling facility in witnessing a growth of HRTC buses to all students 10.7 percent over 2010-11 of Government Schools. and is estimated at `82,611 • Free travelling facility to in 2012-13. new born and their mothers • 8,368 MW hydro power has from Hospital to Home. been harnessed out of • To strengthen the Agrarian 23,000 MW identified Economy of the State, 12 potential. During the percent of the total State financial year 2011-12, Budget is being spent on this 1,906 million units of vital sector. electricity were generated. • Under Kisan Call Center • The industries contribute 17 scheme the farmers can get percent to GSDP during any information on 2011-12 and every effort is agriculture by dialing toll being made to extend free number 1800-180-1551 Industrial Package.

• Under National Rural • Special attention is being Employment Guarantee given to achieve the target Yojna 159.36 lakh man days of universalization of were generated and 4,11,828 elementary Education under households were benefitted. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. • To provide shelter to the • To bridge the gap in the shelter less rural poor male and female literacy people, 6,404 houses are rates the Government has sanctioned under Indra started running of girls Awas Yojna. hostels in the educationally • Under Guru Ravi Dass backward blocks. scheme the number of wards • Under ICT project the has been increased to 7 and different subjects from 9th assistance has also been to 12th classes will be taught enhanced from `3 lakh to with the help of LCD-TV and `5 lakh. LCD-Projector. • 24x7 customer self-service • To change the negative on Web Portal is operational attitude towards the girl for the help of dealers. child “BETI HAI ANMOL • Mahila Mandal Protsahan Yojna” has been started. A Yojana is being implemented provision of birth grant of in the State to motivate and `10,000 is deposited in the encourage the mahila Post Office in favour of girl mandals in sanitation child born in BPL family(2 activities. girls) till she attain the age • Under Mahila Shakti Bima of 18 years. Yojana all women living • Under Mukhya Mantri below poverty line are Kanyadaan Yojna the covered in case of their marriage grant of `21,000 death or disability. has been given to 360 girls. • To improve the educational • Under Indira Gandhi status of the deprived Matritva Sahyog Yojna section of the society, there is provision of various types of providing cash incentive of scholarships/ stipend are Rs. 4000 to pregnant and being provided by the lactating women of 19 years State/ Central government of age. at various stages.

• Implementation of National Network(HIM-SWAN) and Rural Health Mission with e-Samadhan. the involvement of local • It is the only State which Govt. Institutions for has provided horizontal ensuring better health care connectivity to 1320 facilities at the door step of government offices in the people has been started. Country. • Under “Matri Seva Yojna” • To provide Government-to- free institutional deliveries Citizen (G2C), Business-to- of expectant mothers, Citizen (B2C) and Citizen-to- irrespective of their income Citizen (C2C) services to are being done in all people in a transparent, Government hospitals in the fair, speedy and economical State. manner, Jan Seva Kendras • Under Jawaharlal Nehru are proposed to be setup. National Urban Renewal • To provide transparency in Mission 75 buses were the government introduced in Shimla town. procurement e-GP (E- • 69 permits have been Government Procurement) provided under “Him Gramin has been rolled out in IPH, Parivahan Swarojgar Yojana”. PWD & Controller of Stores. • Himachal has the • For better and speedy work distinction of 1st State in State has implemented the Country to commission “Service Guarantee Act.” the State Wide Area

Table 1.3 Receipt and Expenditure of the State Government (` in crore) Item 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 (Actual) (Actual) (RE) (BE) 1.Revenue Receipts(2+3+4) 10346 12710 14425 16343 2.Tax Revenue 3436 5358 6341 7430 3.Non-Tax Revenue 1784 1695 1835 2003 4.Grant-in-aid 5126 5657 6249 6910 5.Revenue Expenditure 11151 13246 13967 15969 (a)Interest Payments 1956 1950 2071 2250 6.Revenue Surplus/Deficit(1-5) -805 -536 458 374 7. Capital Receipts 3138 3745 2772 3981 (a) Recovery of loans 34 73 25 25 (b) Other receipts 552 1904 600 650 (c) Borrowings & liabilities 2552 1768 2147 3306 8.Capital Expenditure 2880 2885 3345 4275 9.Total Expenditure 14031 16131 17312 20244 Plan expenditure 3199 3648 3998 3883 Non-plan expenditure 10832 12483 13314 16361 As percent of GDP 1.Revenue Receipts(2+3+4) 21.47 22.55 22.61 22.68 2.Tax Revenue 7.13 9.51 9.94 10.31 3.Non-Tax Revenue 3.70 3.00 2.88 2.78 4.Grant-in-aid 10.64 10.04 9.79 9.59 5.Revenue Expenditure 23.14 23.50 21.89 22.16 (a)Interest Payments 4.06 3.46 3.25 3.12 6.Revenue Deficit(1 to 5) -1.67 -0.95 0.72 0.52 7.Capital Receipts 6.51 6.65 4.34 5.52 (a) Recovery of loans 0.07 0.13 0.04 0.03 (b) Other receipts 1.14 3.38 0.94 0.90 (c) Borrowings & liabilities 5.30 3.14 3.36 4.59 8.Capital Expenditure 5.98 5.12 5.24 5.93 9.Total Expenditure 29.12 28.62 27.13 28.09 Plan expenditure 6.64 6.47 6.27 5.39 Non-plan expenditure 22.48 22.15 20.86 22.70 Note:GSDP estimates for 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12(Q) & 2012-13(Advance)

2. STATE INCOME AND PUBLIC FINANCE

Gross State Domestic Product economic growth also. During 2.1 Gross State Domestic 2011-12 about 13.69 percent of Product (G.S.D.P.) or state income state income has been contributed is the most important indicator for by agriculture sector alone. measuring the economic growth of a state. According to quick 2.4 The economy of the estimates, the total State state also appears to be in Domestic Product for the year resilient mode in terms of growth. 2011-12 is ` 41,939 crore against As per advance estimates, the ` 39,036 crore in 2010-11 thereby growth rate of GSDP during 2012- registering a growth of 7.4 13 will be 6.2% against 5.0% at percent at constant prices the national level. (2004-05).

2.2 The total Gross State 2.5 The table given below Domestic Product of the Pradesh shows the growth of economy of at current prices is estimated at Himachal Pradesh vis-à-vis all- `63,812 crore in 2011-12 as India during the last three years:- against `56,355 crore in 2010-11, thereby registering an increase of Table 2.1 13.2 percent. This growth is (Percent) attributed to the agriculture & Year H.P. All India allied activities secto besides 2010-2011(R ) 8.7 9.3 other sectors of the economy. The food grains production increased 2011-2012(Q) 7.4 6.2 to 15.54 lakh MT in 2011-12 from 2012-2013(A) 6.2 5.0 14.94 lakh MT in 2010-11. Per Capita Income 2.3 The economy of 2.6 According to quick Himachal Pradesh is predominantly estimates based on new series i.e dependent upon agriculture and in 2004-05 series, the per capita the absence of strong industrial income of Himachal Pradesh at base, any fluctuations in the current prices in 2011-12 stood at agricultural or horticultural `74,694. This shows an increase of production cause some changes in 10.7 percent over 2010-11

(`67,475). At constant (2004- forestry, fishing and mining & 2005) prices the per capita income quarrying has declined from 35.1 during 2011-12 is estimated at percent in 1990-91 to 19.15 `48,923 against `46,821 in 2010- percent during 2011-12. 11 witnessing an increase of 4.5 percent. 2.9 The Secondary Secrotal Contribution sector, which occupies the second 2.7 The sectoral analysis important place in the state reveals that during 2011-12, the economy has witnessed a major percentage contribution of Primary improvement since 1990-91. Its sectors to total G.S.D.P. of the contribution increased from 26.5 State is 19.15 percent, Secondary per cent in 1990-91 to 40.20 Sector 40.20 percent, followed by percent in 2011-12, reflecting Community and Personal Services healthy signs of industrialisation 18.14 percent, Transport, and modernisation in the state. Communications and Trade 14.91 The share of the electricity, gas per cent and Finance and Real and water supply sector which is a Estate 7.60 per cent. component of secondary sector has also increased from 4.7 percent during 1990-91 to 8.5 percent 2.8 The structural during 2011-12. Tertiary sector composition of the state economy which is comprised of sectors like witnessed significant changes trade, transport, communications, during the decade. The share of banking, real estate & business agriculture including horticulture services, community and personal and animal husbandry in G.S.D.P. services has also witnessed change had declined from 26.5 percent in in its share. Its share in G.S.D.P. 1990-91 to 13.69 percent in 2011- for the year 2011-12 is 40.65 12, yet the agriculture sector percent. continues to occupy a significant place in the state economy and any Sectoral Growth fluctuation in the production of 2.10 Following are the major food grains/Fruits affect the constituents which attributed to economy. The share of primary 7.4 percent growth of state sectors which include agriculture, economy during 2011-12.

Primary Sector 2011-12 which is higher than the Primary Sector 2011-12 %age national level. As compare to the (` in Inc. last year’s performance in these crore) /dec. sectors the growth in 1.Agriculture and 5,167 -5.1 Animal Husbandry manufacturing sector remains 2.Forestry & Logging 1,837 -5.5 stagnant in this year. 3. Fishing 43 8.8 4.Mining & Quarrying 133 - 11.5 Tertiary Sector

Total Primary 7,180 -5.2 Tertiary Sector 2011-12 %age (` in Inc.

crore) /dec. 2.11 Primary sector, 1.Transport, Comm. 6,516 8.9 which includes Agriculture, & Trade Hotel Forestry, Fishing, Mining and 2.Finance and Real 3,866 8.1 Quarrying, during 2011-12, Estate 3.Community and 7,231 20.0 witnessed a negative growth rate Personal Services of 5.2 per cent. The agricultural Total Tertiary 17,613 12.9 production has increased from previous year but due to decrease Transport, Storage, in fruit production this sector Communications and Trade registered a negative growth. 2.13 This group of sectors

shows a growth of 8.9 percent Secondary Sector during 2011-12. The communication Secondary Sector 2011-12 %age component of this sector has (` in Inc crore) /dec shown a growth of 14.7 per cent. 1. Manufacturing 6,960 12.2 2. Construction 7,076 5.1 Finance and Real Estate 3.Electricity, Gas & 3,110 6.1 2.14 This sector comprises Water Supply Banking and Insurance, Real Total Secondary 17,146 8.0 Estate, Ownership of dwellings and

Business Services. It witnessed a 2.12 The secondary sector, growth of 8.1 percent in 2011-12. which comprises Manufacturing, Construction and Electricity, Gas Community and Personal Services and Water Supply registered a 2.15 The growth in this growth of 8.0 percent during sector during 2011-12 was 20.0 percent.

Prospects- 2012-13 2.17 According to the advance 2.16 As per the advance estimates the Per Capita Income estimates based on the economic at current prices during 2012-13 performance of state upto has been estimated at `82,611 December, 2012, the rate of against `74,694 in 2011-12 economic growth of state during showing an increase of 10.6 %. 2012-13 is likely to be 6.2% as against 5.0% at the national level. 2.18 A brief analysis of the The state has achieved growth economic growth in Himachal rate of 7.4 percent and 8.7 Pradesh, however, reveals that the percent for last two years. The state has always tried to keep pace GSDP at current prices is likely to with the all-India growth rate as be about `72,076 crore. shown in Table-2.2 below:-

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

Public Finance 2.19 The state Government 2.20 The state’s own taxes were mobilizes financial resources through estimated at `5,057 crore in 2012- direct and indirect taxes, non-tax 13(BE) as against `4,280 crore in 2011- revenue, share of central taxes and 12(RE) and `3,642 crore in 2010-11(AC). grants-in-aid from Central Govt. to meet The state’s own taxes was estimated the expenditure on administration and 18.15 percent more in 2012-13 (BE) as developmental activities. According to against 2011-12 (RE) . the budget estimates for the year 2012- 13 (BE) the total revenue receipts were 2.21 The state’s non-tax revenue estimated at `16,343 crore as against (comprising mainly of interest receipts, `14,425 crore in 2011-12(RE). The power receipts, road transport receipts revenue receipts increased by 3.30 and other administrative service etc.) percent in 2012-13 over 2011-12 was estimated at `2,003 crore in 2012- 13(BE). The state’s non tax revenue was

12.26 percent of total revenue receipts The corresponding percentages for in 2012-13. the year 2011-12 and 2010-11 were 41.49 and 39.21 percent respectively. The 2.22 The share of central taxes revenue receipts from state excise was estimated at `2,373 crore in 2012- duties is estimated at ` 800 crore in 13(BE). 2012-13 (BE).

2.23 The break-up of the state’s 2.24 The percentage of revenue own taxes reveals that sales tax of 3,162 deficit to total GSDP for the year 2010- crore constitute a major portion i.e. 11 is (-) 0.95 percent and in 2011-12 the 42.56 percent of total tax revenue in percentage of surplus to the total 2012-13.

3. INSTITUTIONAL AND BANK FINANCES

3.1 Banks in the State are of which 1,292 are located in rural playing predominate role to areas and 86 in urban and 236 accelerating economic growth in the branches are located in semi-urban State economy and sharing the areas. In addition, Banks has so far responsibility to enhance the flow of installed 692 ATMs at various Institutional credit in all sectors in locations in the State. UCO Bank has accordance with the national been entrusted the responsibility of priorities. The year 2012 is dominated Convenor Bank in the State by RBI with number of financial initiative having 145 networks of branches efforts initiated at the instance of spread in all districts in the State. Ministry of Finance especially Other major banks are PNB with 266 extension of Financial Services to branches, SBI with 203 branches, large section of population and SBOP with 98 branches and Central Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Bank of India with 47 branches in under Financial Inclusion in which Himachal Pradesh. In addition State benefits are directly credited into having a strong network of 4 the accounts of beneficiaries who can Cooperative banks with 440 branches then withdraw it from the bank and 2 Regional Rural Banks having 180 branches or ATMs and draw a branches. roadmap in respect of 32 schemes under which subsidies are provided by 3.3 The Himachal Pradesh Central Government through EBT in a State Cooperative Bank Ltd. is an phased manner. apex bank under short-term credit Structure. It has a network of 184 3.2 The total number of bank branches in six districts of H. P. branches in the State was 1,614 as on viz. Shimla, Kinnaur, Bilaspur, Mandi, September, 2012. Per branch serving Sirmaur and Chamba including one population of the State based on branch at Delhi. There are two Census 2011 data maintained at 4,248 central cooperative banks in the State which is relatively termed as a best namely Kangra Central Cooperative indicator in comparison with other Bank Ltd. (KCCB) and Jogindra Central states across the country. There are Co-operative Bank Ltd. (JCCB). While 31 Scheduled Commercial Banks KCCB with 187 branches operates in operating in Himachal Pradesh five districts viz. Kangra, Hamirpur, through a network of 1,614 branches Kullu, Una and Lahaul & Spiti while JCCB with 22 branches covers Solan approved the participation of HPSCB district only. Government of India has and KCCB under Financial Inclusion

Plan on the basis of CBS facility. and the achievements made by these Apart from these few urban banks up to September, 2012 in H.P. is Co-operative Banks are also operating given in Table No. 3.1 are as below:- in the State. The Comparative data

Table- 3.1 Comparative Data of Banks in HP (` in crore) Item Sept., 2011 Sept., 2012 Change over the Period 1 2 3 4 1. Deposits(PPD): Rural 26586.06 29742.87 3156.81 Semi Urban 18459.51 23657.60 5198.09 TOTAL 45045.57 53400.47 8354.90 2. Advances(O/S) Rural 10364.41 11438.91 1074.50 Semi Urban 10693.03 9835.52 (-)857.51 TOTAL 21057.44 21274.43 216.99 3. CD Ratio(CDR) in %age (as per throat committee) 67.54 69.29 - 4. Investment Made by Banks in State Govt. Securities/ Bonds 359.57 6531.58 6172.01 5. Priority Sector Advs.(O/S) under: 12642.79 15265.49 2622.70 Agriculture 3801.89 4758.68 956.79 MSME 5216.49 7430.69 2214.20 OPS 3624.41 3076.12 (-) 548.29 6. Weaker Section Advances 3664.87 4405.58 740.71 7. DRI Advances 15.45 9.62 3.17 8. Credit to minorties 408.92 571.37 162.45

9. Non-Priority Sector advances 8414.63 6008.93 2395.61 10. Advances to Women 1157.02 1808.51 651.49 11. Advances to SCs 1827.01 2225.00 397.99 12. Advances to STs 623.87 848.79 224.92 13. Advances under Government 802.63 954.96 152.33 Sponsored scheme 14. No. of Branches 1510 1614 104

Deposits & Advances Priority Sector Credit 3.5 Total priority sector 3.4 At the end of advances of the banks in the state September, 2012, Deposits of all the increased to ` 15,265 crore as on banks operating in the State were September,2012 from ` 12,693 crore 53,400 crore registering a year to in September,2011 registering a year growth in deposit as on growth of 21.00 percent over September, 2012 stood at 18.55 September,2011. It is appreciable percent. The advances as at the end that PS advances constitute more of September, 2012 stood at ` 21,274 than 72 percent share in total crore. In addition banks have advances as compared to National deployed `7,805 crore worth of loans parameters stipulated at 40 percent in various projects in Himachal by RBI. Banks disbursed a fresh Pradesh duly sanctioned by branches credit of `4,472 crore during current situated outside the State. The fiscal year upto September, 2012 and comprehensive credit deposit ratio in under Annual Credit Plan 2012-13. the State as on September, 2012 This is 47.84% of the annual target of stood at 69.29 percent calculated on ` 9,348 crore. During the period the basis of Throat Committee under review 2,34,423 numbers of recommendation which is more than fresh units were disbursed out of 60% stipulated National goal of RBI. which 1,20,164 numbers of loans provided to farmers in the state. The sector wise Progress is given in Table No. 3.2

Table - 3.2 (` in crore)

Sector Annual target Actual achievements up % of ach. over Sept.2011 2012-13 to Sept.,12 target 1 2 3 4 1. Agriculture 1509.13 1413.38 94.00 2. MSME 1156.87 1139.17 98.00 3.Other Priority 1031.77 798.91 77.00 Sector 4. Non- priority 695.83 1120.71 161.00 Sector Grand Total 4393.60 4472.17 102.00

PERFORMANCE UNDER GOVT. to individuals was `42.67 lakh and SPONSORED PROGRAMMES SHG’s `157.43 lakh. a) Prime Minister Employment c) Swarn Jayanti Shahri Generation Programme (PMEGP) Rojgar Yojna (SJSRY) 3.6 The scheme is being 2012-13 implemented by three nodal agencies 3.8 Under this scheme, with KVIC, KVIB and DIC. Out of 630 Urban Self Employment (USEP) linked projects proposal 389 were with finance. The banks have sanctioned, 1,751 numbers of disbursed 26 loan cases and ` 22.13 employment creates and a amount of lakh upto September, 2012. `539.53 lakh were disbursed up to

September 2012. d) Interest subsidy scheme for b) Swarn Jayanti Gram housing the urban poor Swarojgar Yojna (ISHUP) 3.7 The Scheme is being 3.9 At the instance of the implemented by Rural Development request raised by SLBC HP the Department. Total numbers of Ministry of Housing and Urban Swarojgaris assisted were 2552 upto Poverty Evaluation and granted September, 2012. The loans disbursed extention of ISHUP scheme for the to individual beneficiaries was financial year 2012-13 on the `265.37 lakh and to SHGs was guidelines issued to implementing `786.95 lakh and subsidy distributed agency earlier.

3.10 Review of Progress under Non-sponsored Programmes PROGRESS AT A GLANCE (` in crore) Sr.No. Scheme Ach.during Sept,2012 Cumulative position at quarter the end of Sept,2012 Number Amount Number Amount 1 Kisan Credit Cards 16075 178.91 491756 2334.08 2 Micro Finance (SHG) 553 5.28 63862 196.12 3 All type of Credit Cards (GCC/SCC/ACC) 1296 4.17 49419 75.16 4 Joint Liability Group(JLGs) 29 0.46 674 6.79 5 Basic SB Deposit Accounts 21109 3.22 722633 193.84 6 Migrate labour a/cs opened 268 0.06 821 0.33 7 Street Vendor a/cs opened 140 0.01 765 0.40 8 Housing Loan disbursed 4024 172.64 84751 388.47 9 Education Loan disbursed 1308 20.17 18827 406.54 10 Weaver Credit card 108 0.58 108 0.58

3.11 Roadmap for providing villages covering 3 years period banking services in all villages from March,2013 to march, 2015 below population 2000 for providing banking services In terms of Reserve ensuring to cover all villages for Bank of India, guidelines the doorstep services through ICT Convenor UCO Bank has finalized based BC model. The final the roadmap of 20,016 unbanked roadmap of the State is as under:

Sr.No Particulars March, March, March, Total 2013 2014 2015 1 Villages covered by BC 2959 6204 10691 19854 2 Opening of New Branch 76 54 32 162 Total 3035 6258 10723 20016

DISTRICT WISE ROADMAP Sr.No. District Number of Through BC By Opening Villages Model of new branch 1 Bilaspur 923 3 920 2 Chamba 1069 0 1069 3 Hamirpur 1601 0 1601 4 Kangra 3736 3 3733 5 Kinnaur 212 0 212 6 Kullu 3083 0 3083 7 Lahaul&Spiti 277 0 277 8 Mandi 2714 28 2686 9 Shimla 2459 6 2453 10 Sirmour 912 28 884 11 Solan 2331 63 2268 12 Una 699 31 668 Himachal Pradesh 20016 162 19854

3.12 POSITION OF NATIONAL PARAMETERS AS OF SEPTEMBER,2012

Sr.No. Sector Percenatge of Percenatge National advances as of advances Parameter on 30.9.11 as on 30.9.12 1 Priority Sector advances 60.04 71.76 40 2 Agriculture advances 18.05 22.37 18 3 MSE Advances (PSC) 41.26 48.68 - 4 Other Priority Sectors 28.67 20.11 - (PSC) 5 Advances to weaker 17.40 20.71 10 sections 6 DRI Advances to total Advances of previous year 0.07 0.05 1 7 Advances to women 5.49 8.50 5 8 C.D. Ratio 67.54 69.29 60 9 Advances to S/Cs (PSC) 14.45 14.57 - 10 Advances to S/Ts (PSC) 4.93 5.56 - 11 Advances to Minorities 2.23 3.74 - (PSC)

Establishment of Rural Self Implementation of Doodh Ganga Employment Training Institute venture Capital Scheme of (RSETI) and Financial Literacy. NABARD in H.P.

3.13 In accordance with the 3.14 The State has fully guidelines received from Government utilized the subsidy allocated under of India, banks have operationalized Doodh Ganga Venture Capital Scheme all 10 RSETIs at district by Govt. of India for the financial headquarters in the State. All the year 2012-13 accepting the claim of districts are having own FLCCs `9 crore by June, 2012 within the established and operationalized by cutoff date. The scheme at present is banks in the State. This is a unique held under abeyance awaiting the achievement of its kind across the clearance for the centre. country.

NABARD completion of ongoing projects as also 3.15 The National Bank for to start new projects in certain Agriculture and Rural Development selected sectors. This scheme has (NABARD) has strengthened its also been extended to Panchayati Raj association with the developmental institutions, self Help Groups and process substantially for Integrated Non-Government Organizations for Rural Development in the recent years development of various location by initiatives encompassing a wide specific infrastructures having a range of activities viz. Development of direct bearing on society and the Rural Infrastructure, Micro Credit, rural economy. Rural Non-Farm Sector, Minor Irrigation and other agricultural 3.17 Financial assistance of sectors, besides strengthening the `3,959.81 crore has been sanctioned rural credit delivery system in the to the H.P. Government since inception state. The active support from of RIDF for taking up 4, 816 projects st NABARD is generating tremendous (as on 31 December, 2012 ) in the social and economic benefits in the diversified sectors like Poly houses rural areas of the state. In addition Micro/minor irrigation, Roads and to its own schemes, NABARD is also Bridges, Drinking water supply, Flood implementing centrally sponsored protection, Watershed development credit linked subsidy schemes like and construction of rooms for primary Dairy Entrepreneurship Development schools. Schemes (DEDS) Poultry Venture Capital Fund, strengthening of 3.18 In the current financial agriculture Marketing Infrastructure, year, an amount of ` 360 crore has st Grading and Standardization, been sanctioned under RIDF upto 31 integrated Development of small December, 2012. An amount of Ruminants and Rabbits. Construction `300.54 crore has been disbursed up st of Rural Godowns, Agriclinics and to 31 December 2012 to the state Agribusiness centres etc. Govt. during 2012-13 raising the cumulative disbursement to `2,258.27 Rural Infrastructure crore. 3.16 Government of India had created Rural Infrastructure 3.19 After the implementation/ Development Fund (RIDF) in 1995-96. completion of the sanctioned Under this scheme, loans are given by projects, drinking water will be made NABARD to state Govt. and State available to 26,99,126 persons. owned Corporations for the 7265.25 Km. road will become

23 motorable, construction of 19,131.80 `355.77 crore as on 31st December, Mt. span bridges will be done, 147 2012. hectares of area will be brought under Poly houses, 86,244.79 Micro Credit hectares of land will be benefited 3.21 The Self Help Group (SHG) through Minor Irrigation Projects, movement has spread across the state 20,139.52 hectares of land will be and is now on a firm base. The covered under flood protection movement has been upscaled with measures and 6,219 hectares of land support in the human resources and will be covered under watershed financial products. In Himachal projects. 2,921 no. of rooms will be Pradesh nearly 62,286 SHGs covering constructed in Primary schools, 64 no. approximately 6.23 lakh rural of Science Laboratories will be households were having saving bank constructed in Secondary Schools. 25 accounts with banks in the State as on I.T. centres will be constructed and 31st march,2012. Out of these 62,286 397 veterinary hospitals/ Artificial saving linked SHGs, 56754 SHGs had Insemination centres will be availed loans from various banks as on constructed. 31st march,2012 and the loans outstanding to them were to the tune Refinance Support of `142.33 crore. As on 31st 3.20 NABARD extended march,2012 nearly 825 Joint Liability financial support amounting to ` 7.49 Groups (JLGs) have been provided crore during 2011-12 and ` 43.92 credit amounting to ` 1406.19 lakh by crore during 2012-13(upto 31 banks in the State. During 2011-12 Dec.2012) to the banks operating in approximately 666 JLGs were the state by extending refinance provided credit amounting to disbursement for diverse activities `1269.89 lakh. For propogating this viz. dairy development, plantation and scheme NABARD is partnering with horticulture, farm mechanization, about 80 NGOs in the State. Further minor irrigation, land development, NABARD is also partnering with SGSY and non-farm sector. NABARD Department of Women and Child also supplemented the efforts of Development, Govt. of Himachal Coop. Banks and RRBs, for crop loan Pradesh. disbursement in the State by sanctioning ST (SAO) credit limit of Farm Sector Initiatives ` 403 crore against which the banks 3.22 A total number of 2503 have drawn refinance assistance of Farmers Clubs have been promoted in the state as on 31st December, 2012

24 covering 33000 farmers from 5700 be covered under this programme. villages. NABARD is also supporting a NABARD is also supported a system scheme under Reuter Market Light of crop intensification (SCI) (RML) programme to provide SMS Programme in different districts of based services to the farmers on daily HP like Una, Kangra, Chamba, Mandi, weather forecast, crop advisory, spot etc. for increasing the productivity of market prices etc. A Federation of rice and wheat. In addition to above Farmers Clubs has been formed in projects have also been sanctioned Sirmour district. NABARD has been for technology transfer pertaining to supporting implementation of temperate fruits, exotic vegetables, watershed development projects and vegetable nursery, bee keeping, so far 6 watershed Development productivity enhancement in maize Programmes have been sanctioned and and wheat, improved fodder grasses in are under various phases of different districts of Himachal implementation. Further, the ‘Scheme Pradesh. for Capacity Building for adoption of Technology’ (CAT) through training Rural Non-Farm Sector and exposure visits (within/outside 3.23 NABARD has identified the State) to facilitate farmers to Rural Non-Farm Sector as one of the adopt new/innovative methods of thrust areas of development. It is farming viz, vermi-culture, bio- providing refinance support to manure, organic farming, poly house Commercial Banks/RRBs and technology, medicinal and aromatic Cooperative Banks for development of plant cultivation, mushroom Rural Non-Farm sector in the State. cultivation, off season vegetables etc. NABARD also has schemes for is also being implemented. These development of “Tourism Clusters” visits are arranged in collaboration taking into account the infrastructure with selected research institutes. requirements, the capacity building KVKs and Agriculture/ Horticulture needs of the service providers and Universities. 27 such programme the credit requirement thereof. All were conducted during 2011-12 and 4 activities forming part of the Rural were conducted during 2012-13(upto Tourism and Agri-Tourism will be st 31 December,2012) and cumulatively eligible for refinance assistance from 75 CATS have been conducted NABARD under Non Farm Sector. covering 1500 farmers. 60 villages in NABARD is also supporting Swarojgar 11 districts have been covered by Credit Card (SCC) Scheme by way of VDP(Village Development Programme). refinance, for the benefit of rural About 2000 families are expected to artisans and other small

25 entrepreneurs, by keeping provision of development of rural non-farm timely and adequate credit for sector and Rural Haats being working capital or Block capital or an integral part of the rural both to them. market system, NABARD provides grant/soft loan 3.24 In addition to providing assistance for setting up of refinance for production and such haat so far 5 Rural Haats, marketing of Rural Non-Farm covering Mandi, Una and products, NABARD is providing Sirmaur districts were financial assistance for promotion of sanctioned involving grant skill/entrepreneurship development assistance of `23.74 lakh. amongst the Rural Youth, Training by Master Craftsman, Rural Development iii) The scheme of Rural Marts and Self Employment Training aims to facilitate Marketing Institutes RUDSETIs, RUDSETI type linkages for the artisans, of institutes engaged in training rural handicrafts and agro based youth in various activities having products through setting up of potential for employment and income a retail outlets for covering the generation. A brief detail of the same initial risk involved therein. is given below: NABARD has sanctioned 35 Rural marts to different Self i) Skill Development Initiatives Help Groups involving grant envisage to develop, upgrade or assistance of `32.20 lakh. An diversify the existing skills of amount of `28.52 lakh has been the people in rural areas looking released also.The main products for wage employment or being marketed through these livelihood opportunities both in marts are milk & milk Products, group mode or individually. The soft toys, pickles, jam, jelly cumulative number of SDPs sauce, chutney, sevian, vadi, sanctioned in the State till plant fibre handicraft items December, 2012 was 204 from sisal, buggar & khajoor involving grant assistance of fibres, handicrafts, handbags, `95.1 lakh benefiting about mobile covers, tea coasters, 4,000 persons. table mats, handmade paper, etc. manufactured by various ii) Keeping in view the fact that SHGs. marketing has a crucial role in

Ground Level Credit Flow Financial Inclusion 3.25 3.26 i) The credit flow at the ground i) Himachal Pradesh was the first level during 2010-11 for Priority State in the country to achieve Sector aggregated ` 6,552.97 100% financial inclusion in terms crore representing an increase of opening of saving accounts – a of 24.3 percent over 2010-11. distinction which it achieved on The target for 2012-13 has 1st January 2007. The State now been fixed at ` 7,867.64 crore aims at 100% credit inclusion. As for various banks based on on 30th September 2012 the Potential Linked Credit Plans State had achieved 87.22 per prepared by NABARD. Till 30 cent credit inclusion by providing September, 2012, the revolving credit to 9,16,707 achievements against this was households out of a total of `3,551.18 crore. 10,50,998 targeted households. ii) NABARD has been preparing Impressive but these the district level Potential achievements are they still fall linked Credit Plans (PLPs) on an short of the ideal state of annual basis for all districts of Financial Inclusion. Providing a the State which reflect in a full range of financial services to realistic way the ground level the financially excluded sections potentials, as also the credit of our population is a Herculean and non-credit linkages needed task and hence it requires a well for achieving the targets planned and systematic approach envisaged. The PLPs are to complete it. Keeping this in prepared based on detailed view Central and State discussions/ interaction with Governments as well as banks various stakeholders viz. State prepared Financial Inclusion Govt. District Administration, Plans which aimed at covering Banks, NGOs, farmers and villages based on population related agencies. Board sector criteria with coverage of villages wise PLP projections for 2013- with higher population getting 14 has been assessed at precedence. `9,842.43 crore for Himachal ii. Under the Financial Inclusion Plan Pradesh. As per RBI guidelines, 2012, 48 unbanked villages having banks prepare their Annual a population of 2000 and above Credit Palns for 2013-14 were identified for coverage by keeping PLPs as the basis. various banks in the State by

31st March 2012. The Self Help Promoting Institutions achievement was 100%. Out of (SHPIs) for promoting SHGs in the 48 identified villages 44 the State. were covered through BC Model v. Initiatives of NABARD for FI - and 4 were covered by opening NABARD has taken a number of branches(since then 33 out of initiatives for FI. Some of the the 44 BC locations have been major initiatives are briefly converted into Ultra Small enumerated below :- Branches by banks). Thereafter y Assistance to RRBs and 532 unbanked villages having a Cooperative Banks for population of more than 1000 and adopting ICT based solutions up to 2000 were allocated to which would not only enable banks for coverage by 31st them to provide quality service March 2013. to their customers but also iii. As per the ‘road map’ 20,016 increase their outreach by unbanked villages will be covered enrolling new clients. by 31st March 2015. Of these y Assistance to RRBs and 162 will be covered by opening Cooperative banks for setting branches and in the remaining up Financial Literacy Centers. 19,854 villages will be covered RRBs can set up 1 FLC per through BCs. It is clear that the district while cooperative preparatory phase has been banks can set up 1 FLC per completed by banks and the block. Such Centers would not Financial Inclusion movement is only spread financial literacy now poised to take off. among the rural masses but iv. NABARD continues to support also help in developing a bond various interventions for between the rural population promotion of SHG movement. and the banks resulting in During 2011 – 12 an expenditure enhanced client base. of ` 12.51 lakh was incurred on y Assistance to CBS enabled 58 training programmes, 8 BLBC RRBs and Cooperative banks Exposure Visits, 15 MEDPs, for KCC (Rupay Cards). This setting up a Resource Center for would enable banks to provide SHGs at Mandi and 3 marketing KCCs with the latest interventions which covered technological features to its nearly 4027 persons. Besides customers. The cards should this an amount of ` 24.17 lakh be Aadhar enabled and should was released as grant to various be operable in both ATMs and

POS machines. Assistance `4.40 lakh. The idea was to available per card is maximum create a pool of trainers to ` 25.00 and is available for all spread financial literacy in the existing and future KCCs. The State. scheme is open for a period of y A grant assistance of ` 7.47 3 years. lakh was sanctioned to Mandi y Assistance available for Saksharta Evum Jan Vikas sensitisation of staff of banks Samiti(MSJVS), Mandi for for FI. organising ‘Financial Literacy y NABARD has prepared a State Programmes’ through ‘Kala Wide Campaign - in Jathas’ in 150 Panchayats in 5 consultation with banks interior blocks of Mandi operating in the State - for district. Since the feedback spreading Financial Literacy. received was positive another To start with it has been grant assistance of ` 16.06 decided to organise lakh was sanctioned to the ‘Awareness Camps’ in villages agency for conducting similar having a population of more camps in 200 more Panchayats than 1000 during the current of Mandi district. The year. Quiz competition are programme is currently going also proposed to be organised on. in all senior secondary schools y A grant assistance of ` 1.31 of the State. Financial lakh was sanctioned to Ankur assistance for these Welfare Association, Una for interventions will be made organising ‘Awareness and available by NABARD. Orientation Camps’ in 17 vi. NABARD has taken a number of identified unbanked villages initiatives in spreding financial having a population of more literacy which are briefly than 2000. enumerated below:- y Four ‘Trainers’ Training New Business Initiatives Programmes on Financial NABARD Assistance for Literacy’ were organised in Infrastructure Development (NIDA) association with Indian school 3.27 A new line of credit of Micro Finance for women NABARD Infrastructure Development (ISMW), Ahmedabad in which Assistance (NIDA) Fund has been set 120 participants were covered up to provide credit support for and which involved a cost of funding of rural infrastructure

29 projects. NIDA will fund State owned themselves, an initiative has been institutions/ corporations with taken to develop PACS as Multi sustained income streams which can service Centres for enabling the PACS repay the loan directly to NABARD, to provide ancillary services to their without depending upon budgetary members and for creating additional resources of the State Government business avenues and diversify its for creation of rural infrastructure activities. outside the ambit of RIDF borrowing.

Financial Assistance to Federations Financial Assistance to Producers 3.30 In order to strengthen Organisation (PODF) Marketing Federations/ Cooperatives 3.28 In order to support and in the marketing and other agriculture finance Producers Organisations, activities a separate line of credit, NABARD has set up the “Producers viz. Credit Facilities to Federations Organisations Development Fund”. The has been made available for the fund has been set up to Support Any Marketing Federations/ Cooperatives registered Producers Organization to promote the marketing of viz., Producers Company( as defined agriculture produce and other under Sec 581 A in part IXA of agriculture activities. Marketing Company’s Act 1956), Producers Federations/ Cooperatives having Cooperatives, registered Farmer PACS and other producers’ Federations, Mutually Aided organisations as members/share Cooperative Societies, Industrial holders are eligible to avail financial Cooperative Societies, other assistance under this scheme. registered federations, PACS, etc. Financial assistance will be available in set up by producers to meet the the form of short term loan for crop needs of the producers (farmers, procurement under Maximum Support artisans, handloom weavers, etc.) by Price Scheme (MSP) and supply of providing timely credit (mix of loan & seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, plant limited grant), capacity building of protection, etc to the farmers and in producers, strengthening of the form of long term loan for post Producers' Organisation. harvest handling including sorting &

grading, primary processing, Financial assistance to PACS for marketing etc. Such Federations/ taking up Multi Serve Activities Cooperatives should also be supported 3.29 In order to enable PACS for providing agro advisory services to provide more services to their members and generate income for

30 and market information through e- project management and advisory agriculture marketing. support to the DCCB during roll-out of the product. Financial Assistance to Cooperative Banks: Investment Credit 3.33 The scheme for Development/ 3.31 NABARD has been Strenghthening of Agricultural traditionally providing refinance Marketing Infrastructure, Grading support to District Co-operative and Standardisation (AMIGS) has Banks (CCB) through State been formulated by GoI to develop Cooperative Banks. The marketing infrastructure in the implementation of the revival package country to cater to the post-harvest for Co-operative Banks as per requirement of production and Vaidyanathan Committee marketable surplus of various farm recommendations has enabled CCBs to products. During 2011-12, twenty units raise financial resources from sources has been established with total other than the SCB. Accordingly, subsidy released ` 43.52 lakh and in NABARD has designed a Short Term 2012-13 (up to September 2012), 15 Multipurpose Credit Product for units established and ` 149.76 lakh financing the CCBs directly for short released towards subsidy amount. term multipurpose credit for meeting working capital and farm 3.34 A network of rural asset maintenance needs of the godowns will enable small farmers to individual borrowers and affiliated enhance their holding capacity in Primary Agricultural Cooperative order to sell their produce at Societies (PACS). remunerative prices and avoid Assistance to Co-operative Banks distress sales. Accordingly, Grameen for implementing Core Banking Bhandaran Yojana, a Capital Solutions: Investment Subsidy Scheme for Construction / Renovation of Rural 3.32 CBS is the meeting point Godowns was introduced by GoI in of the largest banking services 2001-2002. During 2012-13 (up to segments, cutting edge Information September 2012), 1 unit established Technology and the ever advancing and ` 1.32 lakh released towards Communication Technology. NABARD subsidy amount. has engaged TCS and WIPRO for implementation of Core Banking 3.35 With a view to provide Solutions for co-operative banks. In sustainable employment opportunities addition, NABARD also extends to members of SHGs and rural folks,

31 increase their income level and also to organized sector from advanced increase milk production in the state States. During 2011-12, 4 units has by better cattle and milk been established with total subsidy management, DEDS scheme of GoI released ` 7.61 lakh. was launched by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on 25 3.37 Sheep, and goats are September 2009. Under this scheme reared by the most poor of the rural earlier Interest Free Loan was population and they provide our provided and now Capital Subsidy is society with meat, wool, milk and routed through NABARD under the manure. These animals have wide GoI's scheme for purchase of cattle, adaptability to suit many of the agro- Milk processing, Cold chain system, climatic conditions. The contribution Transport of milk and milk products of the sector to rural economy and Veterinary facilities. Interest estimated at `2,400 crore mostly to free loan has been provided to 1901 sustain landless, marginal and small units involving amount of ` 1809 lakh farmers. It forms 10% of total value from September 2009 to August 2010 of livestock products. During 2011-12, and under Capital Subsidy scheme 301 units has been financed with total 4063 units have been sanctioned and subsidy released ` 8.62 lakh and in been provided subsidy amounting to 2012-13 (up to September 2012), 95 ` 1736.33 lakh since September 2010 units financed and ` 31.45 lakh up to 31 Dec. 2012. Hence a total of released towards subsidy amount. about 6000 beneficiaries have got benefits under the scheme so far. NABCONS 3.38 NABARD Consultancy 3.36 Department of Animal Services (Nabcons) is a wholly owned Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, subsidiary promoted by National Bank (DAHD&F) GoI during the year 2005- for Agriculture and Rural 06 launched a pilot scheme titled Development (NABARD) and is “Venture Capital Scheme for Dairy engaged in providing consultancy in all and Poultry”.(DPVCF). Regarding spheres of agriculture, rural poultry, the main objective of the development and allied areas. Nabcons scheme was to to boost the leverages on the core competence of unorganized poultry sector in States the NABARD in the areas of where development is in primitive agricultural and rural development, state and also to give incentive and especially multidisciplinary projects, create infrastructure facilities for banking, institutional development, export of poultry products by

infrastructure, training, etc. The CBS in Cooperatives of Himachal broad areas of specific competence in Pradesh which the consultancy assignments are 3.40 The Himachal Pradesh taken up by NABARD Consultancy State Cooperative Bank with its 175 Services are feasibility studies, branches and the Kangra Central project formulation, appraisal, Cooperative Bank with its 167 financing arrangement, project branches is already on CBS platform. management and monitoring, The HPSCB and the Kangra CCB both concurrent and impact evaluation, are already RTGS and NEFT enabled. restructuring of agri business units, Both the HPSCB and Kangra CCB have vision documentation, development implemented the CBS on their own. administration and reforms, The Jogindra CCB, Solan has joined institution development and the NABARDs initiative for the turnaround of rural financial implementation of the Core Banking institutions, performance rating of Solution. The Jogindra CCB and rural agencies, bank supervision, policy NABARD have signed on MoA on 30 and action research studies, seminars May 2012.For the CBS implementation on rural development themes, micro in Jogindra CCB, Wipro was selected finance related training, exposure as vendor. In NABARDs CBS visits and capacity building, training of initiative; Application Service Provider trainers and building up training (ASP) model is adopted. It is an institutions, non farm enterprise outsourcing model for CBS, No promotion. licenses to be purchased by the bank 3.39 NABCONS has for the CBS software, also the Data completed study assignment on center, disaster recovery, “Macro Management in Agriculture” connectivity are to be taken care by and Study on Polyhouses” for HP Govt the ASP. Only the purchase of in 2011-12. Also it has conducted hardware and its maintenance within awareness programmes for FMC and the bank is the bank’s responsibility. NIAM in Shimla, Mandi, Sirmour 3.41 The Service Level Agreement districts in 2012-13 (up to Dec. was signed between Jogindra CCB and 2012.). It has also taken the Wipro on 29 August 2012. At present consultancy assignments for different the CBS implementation work is going projects under “Border Area on in the Jogindra CCB. As per the Development Programme” in Kinnaur plan the remaining three banks will be district. on CBS by March 2013.

4. EXCISE AND TAXATION

4.1 The Department of w.r.t. the contractors of C & D class Excise and Taxation is a major which is under consideration of the revenue earning department of the Govt. Besides this the limit for Government of Himachal Pradesh. registration of Dhabas& Canteen has During the year 2011-12 revenue been revised from 4.00 lakh to 6.00 collected under VAT Act was Lakh vide notification on dated `2,476.78 crore Which is 69.31 14.01.2013. Further a proposal percent of total revenue collected i.e. regarding rationalization of import of ` 3,573.46 crore. During the year industrial inputs in the state has been 2011-12 revenue of ` 707.36 crore sent by the department to the Govt. has been collected under head 0039- which is under consideration. The State Excise against the target of process to issue TIN numbers to the `718.25crore, which is 20.09 percent registered dealers is under progress. of total revenue collection and 4.3 The department is in the remaining 10.89 percent collection was process of implementing the PGT under HP Passenger and Goods Tax module and necessary amendments in Act, HP Luxury Tax Act, HP Certain the Act and Rules is under Goods Carried by Road Tax Act and consideration of the Government. The HP Entertainment Tax Act. module for the said Act is almost 4.2 During the year 2011-12 ready and department is conducting the commodities on which the Govt. users Acceptance Test. It is expected was unable to collect revenue. Entry that the target of `800.13 crore Tax was imposed w.e.f. April, 2010 and fixed for the year 2012-13 under Govt. earned income of ` 117.02 crore, Head 0039-State Excise will be during the year 2010-11, `163.54 achieved. In order to curb the menace crore during the year 2011-12 and of smuggling, sale of liquor in Pet `118.64 crore during the year 2012-13 bottles have been totally banned and (upto 31.12.2012) in the form of Entry the pasting of Hologram on each and Tax. The Department has issued every bottle of liquor has been made notification on dated 19.04.2012 to compulsory, so that consumers can get enhancing the tax on Bidi from 9.75 quality and pure liquor. percent to 11 per cent and cigratte from 16 percent to 18 per cent to 4.4 The department of minimize the use of tobacco products. Excise & Taxation has started the A special plan (TDS) has been devised ambitious Himachal Pradesh VAT IT

Project with the assistance of Centre • Quick and Easy access to Government for the implementation of important Information at one an integrated and automated IT place. system to provide electronic services • Provides information on to the taxpayers of State as well as various Taxes administrated Department Officials to effectively by ETD and in force. manage the taxation functions. 2. Effective Public Service Delivery This is one of the largest • Bouquet of e-Services to State Govt. projects undertaken in Taxpayers of the Himachal Pradesh spanning across 110 department-Facilities for e- + Offices and Multi-Purpose barriers Registration, e-Amendments, and offering G2B, G2C, G2G and B2B e-Payment, e-Returns filling, Services. The project seeks to e- Request for issuance of provide the following:- Statutory forms, e-Refunds, 1. Transparent Accountable e-Appeals, e-Communication Governance and view transactions. • Transparency and better • Savings in time and costs for response for Services. Tax payers. • Single point of information • Time and Location dissemination. Independence- reduced/no • Availability of E-Services at need to travel to ETD one place. Offices and banks. • Provides basic information • Taxpayer homepage on about department- Functions, Portal-Single point for all e- Activities, Hierarchy, Right to Services. information, etc. • Provide Downloadable Forms • Provide latest Acts, Rules, for users. Schedules on Acts • Provide various Circulars/ administrated by department. Notifications/ Amendments • Information repository and to tax-laws, orders etc. provides a bouquet of • Provide access to registered electronic services to the taxpayers (browse only) for taxpayers giving them information about their own convenience and reducing time, transactions. effort and costs that it takes • 24X7 Customer Self Service to comply with tax provisions. on Web Portal.

GROWTH OF REVENUE RECEIPTS HEADWISE

(` in crore)

Year State Excise Sales Tax PGT OTD Total 2000-2001 209.17 302.05 43.05 52.60 606.87 2001-2002 236.28 355.08 34.26 63.74 689.36 2002-2003 273.42 383.33 31.45 75.10 763.30 2003-2004 280.30 436.34 33.96 85.00 835.60 2004-2005 299.90 542.37 38.32 97.83 978.42 2005-2006 328.97 726.98 42.61 124.14 1222.70 2006-2007 341.86 914.45 50.21 118.64 1425.16 2007-2008 389.57 1092.16 55.12 137.13 1673.98 2008-09 431.83 1246.31 62.39 169.00 1909.53 2009-10 500.72 1488.16 88.74 197.13 2274.75 2010-11 561.53 2101.10 93.46 284.21 3040.30 2011-12 429.68 1709.31 65.42 190.48 2394.89 2012-13 upto 30.11.2012 491.12 1829.87 71.74 224.70 2617.43

5. PRICE MOVEMENT

Price Situation National level during the month of 5.1 Containment of Inflation December, 2011 was 157.3 which is on the priority list of Government. increased to 168.6(P) in the month of Inflation hurts the common man most December, 2012 showing an inflation as their income is not indexed to rate of 7.18 percent. The month-wise prices. Inflationary tendencies are average Wholesale Price Index Numbers measured by Wholesale Price Index for the year 2012-13 depicting inflation (WPI). The Wholesale Price Index at rate is given in the table 5.1 below:-

Table-5.1 All India Wholesale Price Index No.(Base 2004-05=100) Month 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Inflation rate 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 April 107.8 114.5 123.5 125.0 138.6 152.1 163.5 7.5 May 108.7 114.7 124.1 125.9 139.1 152.4 163.9 7.6 June 109.9 114.8 127.3 126.8 139.8 153.1 164.7 7.6 July 110.8 115.7 128.6 128.2 141.0 154.2 165.8 7.5 August 111.5 116.0 128.9 129.6 141.1 154.9 167.3 8.0 September 112.2 116.0 128.5 130.3 142.0 156.2 168.8 8.1 October 112.7 116.3 128.7 131.0 142.9 157.0 168.5 7.3 November 112.6 116.8 126.9 132.9 143.8 157.4 168.8(P) 7.2 December 112.2 116.7 124.5 133.4 146.0 157.3 168.6(P) 7.2 January 112.4 117.5 124.4 135.2 148.0 158.7 .. .. February 112.6 119.0 123.3 135.2 148.1 159.3 .. .. March 112.8 121.5 123.5 136.3 149.5 161.0 .. .. Average 111.4 116.6 126.0 130.8 143.3 156.1 .. .. P: Provisional

5.2 The price situation in through a net work of 4,737 fair price Himachal Pradesh remained under shops. In order to monitor food constant watch. The Food, Civil insecurity and vulnerability issues the Supplies and Consumer Affairs department of Food, Civil Supplies and Department of the Pradesh has been Consumer Affairs is also implementing keeping constant vigil on the price Food Insecurity and Vulnerability situation and maintained the Mapping System (FIVIMS) through mechanism of supplying the essential G.I.S. mapping. As a result of various consumer commodities to the public measures by the State Govt. the

37 prices of essential commodities malpractices in the sale and remained under control. Consumer distribution of essential commodities Price Index (CPI) (Base 2001=100) of mass consumption, the State Govt. of Himachal Pradesh increased at is vigorously enforcing various lower rate as compared to the Orders/Acts. A system of regular National level. The C.P.I. for weekly monitoring of prices of industrial workers in H.P. increased by essential commodities continued only 10.7 percent in December, 2012 during the year so that effective against 11.2 percent at National level. measures can be taken in time to Further, in order to check hoarding check undue price rise. and profiteering and other

Table - 5.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers in H.P. (Base 2001=100) Month 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Percentage change over previous year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 April 126 133 141 158 167 185 10.8 May 125 132 142 158 169 185 9.5 June 125 134 144 158 169 186 10.1 July 126 136 149 163 174 192 10.3 August 126 137 150 164 174 195 12.1 September 127 140 151 165 176 195 10.8 October 127 141 152 165 179 195 8.9 November 127 141 155 165 179 196 9.5 December 126 139 156 166 177 196 10.7 January 127 139 156 168 178 .. .. February 128 140 156 166 178 .. .. March 130 140 157 165 180 .. .. Average 127 138 151 163 175 .. ..

Table- 5.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers of All India (Base 2001=100) Month 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Percentage change over previous year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 April 128 138 150 170 186 205 10.2 May 129 139 151 172 187 206 10.2 June 130 140 153 174 189 208 10.1 July 132 143 160 178 193 212 9.8 August 133 145 162 178 194 214 10.3 September 133 146 163 179 197 215 9.1 October 134 148 165 181 198 217 9.6 November 134 148 168 182 199 218 9.5 December 134 147 169 185 197 219 11.2 January 134 148 172 188 198 .. .. February 135 148 170 185 199 .. .. March 137 148 170 185 201 .. .. Average 133 145 163 180 195 .. ..

6. FOOD SECURITY AND CIVIL SUPPLIES

Targeted Public Distribution System iv) Annapurna (Indigent) 6.1 One of the main constituents of the Govt. strategy for 6.2 In the state, the Targeted poverty alleviation is Targeted Public Distribution System, have total Public Distribution System (T.P.D.S.) ration cards 16,78,811, covering cards which ensures availability of essential population 76,03,325. These card commodities like Wheat, Wheat Atta, holders are provided with essential Rice, Levy Sugar and Kerosene commodities through 4,737 Fair Price through a net work of 4,737 Fair Shops which constitutes 3,141 - Co- Price Shops. The total families for operative Societies, 39- distribution of essential items have Panchyat, 116-HPSCSC, 1,434 been divided in four categories viz; Individual and 7 Mahila Mandals. i) Above Poverty Line (APL) ii) Below Poverty Line (BPL) 6.3 Distribution of essential iii) Antyodaya (Poorest of the commodities during the year 2012-13 poor) (upto12/2012) as under:

Table- 6.1 Sr. Name of Commodity Unit Distribution of items No. upto December, 2012 1 2 3 4 1. Wheat/Atta APL M.T. 1,50,847 2. Rice APL M.T. 78,652 3. Wheat BPL M.T. 68,221 4. Rice BPL M.T. 50,671 5. Wheat AAY M.T. 36,808 6. Rice AAY M.T. 27,529 7. Rice Annapurna M.T. 132 8. M.D.M. M.T. 14,342 9. Levy Sugar M.T. 40,190 10. Kerosene Oil K.L. 18,951 11. Petrol K.L. 1,22,998 12. Diesel K.L. 3,85,725 13. L.P.G. No. 40,96,594 14. Salt M.T. 12,840 15. Dal Chana M.T. 12,783 16. Dal Urd M.T. 13,845 17. Kala Chana M.T. 6,978 18. M/Oil K.L. 6,156 19. R/Oil K.L. 17,604 40

6.4 Himachal Pradesh Govt. subsidized items from has made some changes in February,2011 which is as under:-

Table- 6.2 Sr.No. Per Ration Card Distribution (Quantity) 1. Upto two members. One Kg. Urd Dal, one Kg. Salt and only one litre R/Oil.

2. Three or four members. One Kg. Urd Dal, One Kg. Dal Channa, one Kg. Salt, two litre R/Oil. 3. Five and above members. One Kg. Urd, One Kg. Dal Channa, one Kg. Salt, one Kg. Chana whole, two litre R/Oil, Dal Channa @ `25 per Kg, Chana Whole @`20 per Kg, Urd whole @`35 per Kg, Salt@`4 per Kg and R/Oil @`40 per Kg. 4. For APLRation card holders. 18Kg W/Atta @`8.50 per Kg,9Kg Rice @ `10 per Kg. 5. For BPL Ration card holders. 20Kg wheat@`5.25 per Kg, 15 Kg Rice @`6.85 per Kg

6. For AAY Ration card holders. 20Kg wheat@`2.00 per Kg, 15 Kg Rice @`3.00 per Kg 7. For Annapurna Card holder. 10 Kg free of cost. 8. Levy Sugar For all ration card holders 700gm per member @`13- 50 per Kg.

Table 6.3 Items Stocked in the Tribal Areas for Distribution

Sr.No. Name of Commodity Unit Dispatches Items as on December, 2012 1. Wheat/Atta APL M.T. 6,714 2. Rice APL M.T. 2,208 3. Wheat BPL M.T. 2,909 4. Rice BPL M.T. 1,586 5. Wheat AAY M.T. 2,747 6. Rice AAY M.T. 1,356 7. Rice Annapurna M.T. 9 8. Levy Sugar M.T. 1,537 9. Kerosene Oil K.L. 1,260 10. LPG No. 1,60,434 11. Steam Coal M.T. 0 12. Salt M.T. 417 13. Dal Channa M.T. 296 14. Dal Urd M.T. 264 15. Kala Chana M.T. 247 16. Edible Oil K.L. 717

Other Activities petroleum products etc.) through wholesale godowns and Retail shops, of 6.5 Petrol and Petroleum Products the Corporation which certainly has At present, there are 36 wholesale played an important role in stabilizing kerosene oil dealers, 319 Petrol Pumps prices of these commodities prevailing in and 117 Gas Agencies working in the the open market. During the current Pradesh. financial year, up to December,2012 the Corporation procured & distributed Civil Supplies various commodities under the scheme 6.6 The H.P. State Civil Supplies to the tune of ` 27,587.32 lakh as Corporation as a “CENTRAL compared to ` 25,134.81 lakh during PROCUREMENT AGENCY” for all corresponding period of last year. controlled and non-controlled essential commodities in the state is procuring & The Corporation is distributing food grains and other arranging the supplies of rice & other essential commodities to the entire supplementary items under the Mid-day- satisfaction of the Government under Meal Scheme to Primary and Upper the Targeted Public Distribution System Primary Schools as per the allocation (TPDS). During the current financial made by the concerned Deputy year 2012-13, up to December,2012 the Commissioner. During the current Corporation procured & distributed financial year 2012-13 up to December, various commodities under TPDS to the 2012 the Corporation arranged the tune of `809.23 crore as compared to distribution of 14,643 MTs rice as `792.10 crore during previous year. compared to 15,062 MTs during the corresponding period of last year under Presently, the Corporation is this scheme. The Corporation is also providing other essential items like arranging the supplies of identified cooking gas, Diesel/Petrol/Kerosene Oil Specially Subsidized items (pulses, E./ and life saving drugs/medicines at Oil & I/ Salt) under the State Sponsored reasonable rates to the consumers of the Schemes as per the decisions of the State through its 116 Wholesale purchase committee constituted by the Godowns, 110 Fair Price Shops, 52 Gas Govt. During the current financial year Agencies, 4 Petrol Pumps and 36 2012-13 up to December, 2012 the Medicine Shops. In addition to this, the Corporation procured & distributed procurement and distribution, of non- various commodities under this scheme to controlled commodities (like sugar, the tune of ` 194.53 crore as compared pulses, rice, atta, detergents, tea leaves, to ` 203.29 crore during corresponding Ex.-books, cement, CGI Sheets, period of last year. medicines items under SNP, MNREGA &

6.7 The corporation is likely financial year, 2012-13 the tentative to achieve a total turnover of over position of Govt. supply will remain as `1,382.36 crore during the year 2012- under: 13 as compared to ` 1,259.41 crore during 2011-12. 1. Supply of Cement to ` 90.00 crore Govt. Deptt. /Board/ Corporation. New Sales Centres Sanctioned/ 2. Supply of Medicine to ` 18.05 crore Opened Heath/ Ayurvedic Deptt. The Corporation has 3. GI/DI/CI Pipes to ` 140.00 crore sanctioned/opened the following Sale I & PH Department. Centres during the Year, 2012-13 in 4. School Uniform ` 45.00 crore public interest:-

Sr. Name of Sale Centre Name of MNREGA Cement Supplies No. District 6.9 During the financial year 1. Whole Sale Godown,Talyar Mandi 2012-13 up to December, 2012 the (being open very shortly) Corporation managed the procurement 2. Whole Sale Godown, Churag Mandi & distribution of 21,00,006 bags 3. Medicine Shop , Nadaun Hamirpur cement amounting to ` 49.93 crore to 4. Medicine Shop , N/Bagwan Kangra various Panchayats used for 5. LPG Gowdown, Mandi Jogindernagar developmental works of the Panchayats in the whole of the State. Besides above Sale Centres, LPG Agencies at Kullu and Nadaun is Food Security in Tribal and likely to be commissioned during Inaccessible Areas of the State 2013-14. 6.10 The Corporation is committed to provide all essential Government Supplies commodities, Petroleum products 6.8 H.P. State Civil Supplies including kerosene oil and LPG by Corporation Ltd., is managing the investing `20.00 crore in tribal and procurement and supplies of inaccessible areas, where private Allopathic & Ayurvedic medicines to traders do not venture to undertake Govt. hospitals, Cement to Govt. these operations due to economic non- Deptartment/ Board/ Corporation and viability of the trade. During the other Govt. institutions and GI/DI/CI current financial year, 2012-13 the Pipes to I & PH Deptt. of Govt. of H.P, supplies of essential commodities and School Uniform to education Petroleum products to tribal and snow Department. During the current bound areas were arranged as per the tribal action plan of the Government.

7. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

AGRICULTURE Table-7.1 Distribution of Land Holdings 7.1 Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Himachal Size of Category No. of Area Av. Pradesh. It has an important place in Holdings (Farmers) Holdings (lakh Size the economy of the State. The (hect.) (lakh) hect.) of Holding (hect.) state of Himachal Pradesh is the 1 2 3 4 5 only state in the country whose Below 1.0 Marginal 6.36 2.58 0.41 89.96 percent as per 2011 census of (68.17%) (26.65%) 1.0-2.0 Small 1.76 2.45 1.39 population lives in rural areas. (18.86%) (25.31%) Therefore dependency on 2.0-4.0 Semi 0.88 2.40 2.73 Agriculture/ Horticulture is ominent Medium (9.43%) (24.79%) 4.0-10.0 Medium 0.29 1.65 5.69 as it provides direct employment to (3.11%) (17.05%) the workers of the State. 10.0-Above Large 0.04 0.60 15.00 (0.43%) (6.20%) 7.2 Agriculture happens to Total 9.33 9.68 1.04 be the premier source of State Income (GSDP). About 15 percent of 7.3 About 81.5 percent of the total GSDP comes from the total cultivated area in the State agriculture and its allied sectors. is rainfed. Rice, Wheat and Maize are Out of the total geographical area of important cereal crops of the State. 55.67 lakh hectare the area of Groundnut, Soyabeen and Sunflower in operational holdings is about 9.68 Kharif and Rapeseed/Mustard and lakh hectares and is operated by Toria are important oilseed crops in 9.33 lakh farmers. The average the Rabi season. Urd, Bean, Moong, holding size comes to 1.04 hectare. Rajmash in Kharif season and Gram Distribution of land holdings Lentil in Rabi are the important pulse according to 2005-06 Agricultural crops of the State. Agro-climatically Census shows that 87.03 percent of the state can be divided into four the total holdings are of small and zones viz.:- marginal farmers. 12.54 percent of • Sub Tropical, sub- holdings are owned by semi medium/ mountain and low hills. medium farmers and only 0.43 • Sub Temperate, Sub percent by large farmers. It is Humid mid hills. evident from the Table 7.1

• Wet Temperate high received during the Monsoon season hills. and remaining precipitation is • Dry Temperate high hills distributed among other seasons. The and cold deserts. State received an average rainfall of 1,435 mm out of which Kangra The agro-climatic district gets the highest rainfall conditions in the state are congenial followed by Sirmour, Mandi and for the production of cash crops like Chamba. off-season vegetables, potato and ginger. Monsoon 2012 7.5 The performance of 7.4 The State Government is agriculture is closely related to the laying emphasis on production of off- performance of monsoon. During the season vegetables, potato, ginger, monsoon season of 2012 (June- pulses and oilseeds besides increasing September) in Himachal Pradesh the production of cereal crops, through rainfall was excess in Kangra & timely and adequate supply of inputs, Kullu District, Normal in Bilaspur, demonstration and effective Hamirpur, Mandi, Shimla, Solan & dissemination of improved farm Una District and deficient in technology, replacement of old variety Chamba, Kinnaur and Sirmaur seed, promoting integrated pest District and scanty in Lahaul-Spiti management, bringing more area under District. For Himachal as a whole, efficient use of water resources and the total rainfall during the entire implementation of Wasteland monsoon season was -16 percent Development Projects. There are below the annual normal rainfall. The four distinct seasons with respect to table 7.2 shows southwest monsoon rainfall. Almost half of the rainfall is performance in various districts.

Table 7.2 Monsoon Season Rainfall (June-September,2012) District Actual (mm) Normal (mm) Excess or Deficient

Total (mm) %age 1 2 3 4 5 Bilaspur 812 877 -65 -7 Chamba 666 1406 -740 -53 Hamirpur 1174 1079 95 9 Kangra 1912 1582 330 21 Kinnaur 123 264 -141 -54 Kullu 669 520 149 29 L/Spiti 112 458 -346 -76 Mandi 1143 1093 50 5 Shimla 606 634 -28 -4 Sirmaur 984 1325 -341 -26 Solan 893 1000 -107 -11 Una 838 863 -25 -3 Table 7.3 Post Monsoon Seasons Rainfall Data for the period from 1.10.2012 to 31.12.2012 District Actual (mm) Normal (mm) Excess or Deficient Total (mm) %age 1 2 3 4 5 Bilaspur 25 70 -45 -64 Chamba 67 127 -60 -47 Hamirpur 36 86 -50 -58 Kangra 44 105 -61 -58 Kinnaur 19 102 -83 -81 Kullu 95 98 -3 -3 L/Spiti 45 144 -99 -69 Mandi 31 81 -50 -62 Shimla 22 75 -53 -71 Sirmaur 19 87 -68 -78 Solan 22 89 -67 -75 Una 53 72 -19 -27 Note: Normal = -19% to +19% Excess = 20% and above Deficient = -20% to –59% Scanty = -60% to –99%

Crop Performance 2011-12 Prospects 2012-13 7.6 The economy of Himachal 7.7 The food grain Pradesh is largely depend on production target for 2012-13 are to agriculture which still occupies a be around 15.60 lakh MTs. The Kharif significant place in the state economy production mainly depends upon the as 15 percent of total State behavior of south west monsoon, as Domestic Product in 2011-12 was about 81.5 percent of the total generated by agriculture and allied cultivated area is rainfed. As per sectors and any fluctuations in the advance estimates of Area, Production production of food grains affect the and Yield of crops during Kharif 2012 economy significantly. During the season , against the production target Eleventh Five Year Plan, 2007-12 of 8.87 lakh MT of food grains, the emphasis has been laid on production expected production would be 8.57 of off-season vegetables, potato, lakh MT. Rabi Sowing season normally pulses and oilseeds besides cereal starts in October and November. crops through timely and adequate There was scanty rainfall during supply of inputs, bringing more area sowing season due to this rabi crop under irrigation, approach of sowing has been affected to some watershed development, extent for want of proper soil demonstration and effective moisture. There were some rains in dissemination of improved farm the first fortnight of December, technology etc. The year 2011-12 2012, but these were neither agriculturally remained a good normal adequate nor well spread because of year. During the year 2011-12, the this the target of Rabi 2012-13 food grains production was achieved production is also likely to fall short. at a record level 15.54 lakh M.Ts The production of food grains and against 14.94 lakh M.Ts. during 2010- commercial crops in the State during 11. The production of Potato was 1.53 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 likely lakh M.Ts in 2011-12 as against 2.06 anticipated achievement for 2012-13 lakh M.Ts in 2010-11 The production and target for 2013-14 is shown in of vegetables during the year 2011-12 Table7.4. was 13.57 lakh M.Ts as against 12.69 lakh M.Ts in 2010-11.

Table-7.4 Food grains Production (In ’000 tonnes) Crop 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 (Ant. Ach.) (Target) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. I.Foodgrains Rice 105.90 128.92 131.35 105.20 130.00 Maize 543.19 670.90 715.42 730.18 735.00 Ragi 2.21 2.11 2.80 2.91 3.00 Millets 1.85 3.28 3.31 3.42 5.50 Wheat 414.41 614.89 632.95 544.44 635.00 Barley 22.94 32.17 32.68 30.27 34.00 Gram 0.37 0.60 0.66 1.40 2.50 Pulses 20.29 40.99 34.92 32.14 35.00 Foodgrains 1111.16 1493.86 1554.37 1449.96 1580.00 II.Commercial Crops Potato 184.43 205.97 152.98 185.00 190.00 Vegetables 1206.24 1268.90 1356.60 1385.00 1400.00 Ginger(Dry) 3.12 1.56 3.15 4.00 4.00 Growth in Food grains declined to 769.78 thousand Production hectares in 2012-13. Increase in 7.8 There is limited scope production thus reflects gain in of increasing production through productivity as is evident from the expansion of cultivable land. Like Table7.5 whole country, Himachal too has Table 7.5 almost reached a plateau in so far Food grains Area and Production as cultivable land is concerned. Area Produc- Produc- Year (`000 tion tion per Hence, the emphasis has to be hect) (’000 hectare on increasing productivity levels M.T.) (M.T.) besides diversification towards 1. 2. 3. 4. 2007-08 811.98 1440.66 1.77 high value crops. 2008-09 797.25 1226.79 1.53 2009-10 784.02 1111.16 1.41 Due to an increasing 2010-11 795.18 1493.87 1.88 shift towards commercial crops, 2011-12 790.70 1554.38 1.96 2012-13 769.78 1449.96 1.88 the area under food grains is (Ant.Ach.) gradually declining as the area 2013-14 780.00 1580.00 2.02 which in 1997-98 was 853.88 (Target) thousand hectares is likely to be

High Yielding Varieties Programme Plant Protection Programme (H.Y.V.P.) 7.10 In order to increase the production of crops, adoption of plant 7.9 In order to increase the protection measures is of paramount production of food grains, emphasis importance. During each season, has been laid on distribution of seeds campaigns are organised to fight the of high yielding varieties to the menace of crop disease, insects and farmers. Area brought under high pest etc. The Scheduled Castes/ yielding varieties of principal crops Scheduled Tribes, IRDP families, viz. Maize, Paddy and Wheat during farmers of Backward Areas and small the last five years and proposed for and marginal farmers are provided 2013-14 is given in table 7.6. plant protection chemicals and equipments at 50 percent cost. From Table-7.6 October, 1998 the Govt. has allowed Area Brought Under High Yielding 30 percent subsidy on such material Varieties (’000 hect.) to big farmers also. Achievements and Targets proposed in distribution Year Maize Paddy Wheat 1 2 3 4 of chemicals are shown in Table 7.7 Table-7.7 2007-08 280.31 73.56 332.09 Achievement and targets proposed 2008-09 280.51 74.61 325,22 2009-10 286.50 75.00 328.00 2010-11 278.65 75.20 327.00 Year Coverage of Distribution 2011-12 279.05 75.08 330.35 Area under of chemicals 2012-13 285.00 75.00 340.00 plant (M.T.) (likely) protection 2013-14 290.00 76.00 340.00 (Target) measures ('000 Hect.) There are 21 seed 2006-07 450.00 134 2007-08 440.00 135 multiplication farms where foundation 2008-09 435.00 135 seed is produced for further 2009-10 442.00 169 multiplication. In addition, there are 3 2010-11 438.00 141 vegetable development stations, 13 2011-12 315.00 120 potato development stations and 1 2012-13 320.00 121 (likely) ginger development stations in the 2013-14 350.00 140 Pradesh. (Target)

Soil Testing Programme environmental friendly and health 7.11 In order to maintain the concern to all concerned. Organic fertility of the soil during each farming is being promoted in the state season, soil samples are collected in a systematic manner by providing from the farmers field and analysed trainings, laying out demonstrations, in the soil testing laboratories. Soil organizing fairs/ seminars to the testing laboratories have been farmers. It has also been decided to established in all the districts(except set-up vermi-composting units at th Lahaul &Spiti), where as four mobile every house by the end of 12 Plan. soil testing vans out of which one Under this scheme financial exclusively for the tribal areas is in assistance of `3,750 per farmer is operation for testing the soil samples being provided (50 percent at site. These laboratories have been assistance for construction of Vermin strengthened with latest equipments. pit size of 10x6x1.5 ft and ` 250, 2kg During 2010-11, two static soil testing of Vermiculture). 4,000 such vermin labs have been strengthened and one composting units are to be set up mobile lab has also been set up at during the end of this financial year. Palampur in Kangra District. About Apart from this ISI HDPE portable 1.25 lakh numbers of Soil Samples are vermin beds are also being popularized collected for soil analysis in a year. in cluster approach to enable farmers During 2011-12 1.26 lakh Soil Samples to prepare vermin compost as an were analyzed and 1.25 lakh no. of Soil organic input. 50 percent assistance Health Cards were issued about 1.25 for setting up of portable vermin beds lakh soil samples are expected to be (`4,000/-) each being provided to analyzed during 2012-13, which will farmers. 20,000 units are to be set help the farmers to know the soil up during this year. status and nutrient requirement etc. in their fields. The soil fertility map is Bio-Gas Development Programme being prepared by the CSKHPKVV 7.13 Keeping in view depleting Palampur by using Global Positioning sources of conventional fuel i.e. System (GPS). The State Govt. has firewood, biogas plants have assumed also declared soil testing as public great importance in the low and mid service under H.P. Public Service hills in the State. Till March,2012 Guarantee Act, 2011 since inception, 43,803 biogas plants have been installed in the State. Out Organic farming of the total biogas produced in the 7.12 The organic farming is Himalayas, about 90.86 percent is becoming popular being suitable, being produced in Himachal Pradesh

50 alone. During 2011-12, 353 biogas proposed to be distributed during plants were installed in the State 2012-13. The consumption of against the target of 300 and it was fertilizers is shown in Table 7.8. proposed to install 300 biogas plants during 2012-13, against which 152 Table-7.8 plants have been installed upto Consumption of Fertilizer November, 2012. During 2013-14, it is (M.T.) proposed to installed 300 numbers of Year Nitro- Phos- Pota- Total genous phatic ssic (NPK) such Bio-Gas Plants. This programme (N) (P) (K) is at saturation stage. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

2007-08 32338 8908 8708 49954 Fertilizer Consumption and 2008-09 35462 10703 11198 57363 Subsidy 2009-10 31319 10901 11018 53239 2010-11 32594 10728 11811 55133 7.14 Fertilizer is a single 2011-12 32802 9701 8922 51425 input, which helps in increasing the 2012-13 31500 9400 9100 50000 production to a great extent. Starting (likely) 2013-14 31500 9800 9200 50500 from demonstration level in late (Target) fifties and early sixties when fertilizer was introduced in Himachal, Agriculture Credit the level of fertilizer consumption is 7.15 Traditionally, non- constantly increasing. The level of institutional sources of finance have fertilizer consumption in 1985-86 was been the major source of finance for 23,664 tonnes. Now it has increased the rural households due to various to 51,425 tonnes in 2011-12. The socio-economic conditions. Some of State Govt. is providing 100 percent them have been lending at exorbitant subsidy on transport of all kinds of rate of interest and since the poor fertilizers from HIMFED godown to own few assets, it is unviable for the retail sale points thereby bringing the financial institutions to secure their uniform sale rates of fertilizer in the lending with collateral. However, the State. The State Govt. has allowed Govt. has taken measures to ensure subsidy on cost of UREA and timely and adequate supply of AMONIUM SULPHATE @ `200 per institutional credit to the rural M.T., and on complex fertilizers N.P.K. households at reasonable rate of 12:32:16, 10:26:26 DAP and N.P.K. interest. In view of the propensity of 15:15:15 @ ` 500 per M.T. The the farmers to borrow money, most of subsidy is being provided under the whom are marginal and small farmers, Plan schemes. About 50,000 M.T. of credit flow for purchase of input is fertilizers inturms of nutrients are being made available by the banks.

Institutional credit is being Table-7.9 extensively disbursed but there is Progress under Kisan Credit Cards scope to increase the same Sl. Banks KCC Amount Total No. No. Sanctioned of KCC particularly in respect of the crops upto issued for which insurance cover is available. Sept,2012 upto Providing better access to (in crore) Sept,2012 institutional credit for small and 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Commercial 1442.23 1,78,949 marginal farmers and other weaker Banks sections to enable them to adopt 2. Coop. Banks 791.22 2,23,489 modern technology and improved 3. Regional Rural 47.99 88,144 Banks agricultural practices has been one of 4. Other private 52.64 1,174 the major objectives of the Bank Government. The banking sector Total 2334.08 4,91,756 prepares crop specific credit plans and the credit flow is monitored Crop Insurance Scheme urgently in the meetings of the State 7.17 The State Govt. has level Bankers Committee. introduced this scheme from Rabi, 1999-2000 seasons. The crops Kisan Credit Card (K.C.C) covered are Wheat, Barley, Maize, Paddy and Potato. Subsidy on premium 7.16 The scheme is under in respect of small and Marginal successful operation for the last ten Farmers was being provided on sunset to twelve years in the state. More basis as per provision of the scheme. than 1,614 bank branches are From Rabi, 2007-08, the subsidy on implementing the scheme. As on the premium has been raised from September, 2012, 4,91,756 Kisan 10 percent to 50 percent to the Credit Cards were issued by the Small and Marginal Farmers. The banks. The bank have disbursed a scheme is compulsory for loanee total credit of ` 2334.08 crore since farmers and optional for non-loanee the inception of KCC Scheme upto farmers. The scheme provides September,2012. The progress under comprehensive risks insurance against Kisan Credit Cards is given in Table yield losses viz drought, hail storm, 7.9 floods and pests and disease etc. The

Agriculture Insurance Company of Agriculture Marketing India Ltd. (AIC) is implementing the 7.19 For the regulation of scheme. The claims on account of agricultural produce in the State, losses to the crops and the subsidy on Himachal Pradesh Agricultural/ premium are shared equally by the Horticulture Produce Marketing Act, state Govt. and the Govt. of India. 2005 has been enforced From Kharif, 2008 season, Ginger (implemented). Under the Act, crop of district Sirmaur has also been Himachal Pradesh Marketing Board included on pilot basis. The Rabi has been established at the State 2012-13 under RKBY is in progress. level. The whole of H.P. has been The last date for accepting the crop divided into ten notified market insurance proposals from the loanee areas. Its main objective is to farmers at the Bank Branches is 31st safeguard the interest of the farming March,2013. Besides this the State community. The regulated markets Govt. has also provided insurance established in different parts of the cover to Tomato crop in Solan District state are providing useful services to and Sadar Block of District Bilaspur. the farmers. A modernised market Rabi Potato crop of Kangra and Una complex at Solan is functional for Districts on Pilot basis under the marketing of agricultural produce. Weather Based Crop Insurance The market fee has been reduced Scheme (WBCIS) during 2012-13. from 2 percent to 1 percent for the benefit of the farmers. The Seed Certification Programme revenue generated under this Act, is utilized for raising infrastructure 7.18 Agro-climatic conditions in needes for ensuring remunerative the State are quite conducive for marketing of the agriculture produce. seed production. In order to The HP Agriculture Produce Market maintain the quality of the seeds and Act has also been amended on the also ensure higher prices of seeds to lines of Model Act circulated by Govt. growers, seed certification of India. With this, a provision has programme has been given due been made to set up private markets emphasis. Himachal Pradesh State direct marketing and contact farming Seed Certification Agency with a single point levy of entry fee. registered growers in different The markets are also being parts of the State for seed computerized. All the activities have production and certification of their been taken up by the Marketing Board produce. through their own funds and no plan assistance is being provided.

Tea Development State conditions. The State Govt. 7.20 Total area under tea is had taken up this constraint with the 2,300 hectares with a production level Govt. of India for providing greater of 8-10 lakh Kgs. Small and Marginal flexibility in the implementation of tea planters are provided agriculture the centrally sponsored programme inputs on 50 percent subsidy. In the and also projection of new innovations last few years, there is slump in the for accelerated Agriculture market and tea industry has been development in the state. Under this affected badly. It is envisaged to give approach, the work plans submitted impetus for effective and by the state from the year 2000-01 remunerative returns of this get 90 percent central support (80 commodity to the producers. Focus percent Grant and 20 percent loan) would also be on result and and 10 percent share from the state demonstration. plan. Under the scheme major emphasis is being laid on improvement Agriculture Mechanisation of cereal crops, transfer of 7.21 Under this scheme, new technology, and construction of water farm implements/ machines are storage tanks, development of off- popularized among the farmers. season vegetables, spices, promotion Testing of new machines is also done of quality seed production and under this programme. The integrated nutrient management department proposes to popularize balance use of fertilizers besides small power tillers and implements active involvement of women in suited to hilly conditions. Formers can agriculture. get any information on agriculture by dialing toll free number 1800-180- SOIL AND WATER 1551. The service is available from CONSERVATION 6.00 AM to 10.00PM on all working 7.23 Due to topographical days. This is 100 percent Centraly factors the soil is subject to splash, sponsored scheme. sheet and Gully erosion resulting into

degradation of the soil. Besides this Macro Management Approach for there is biotic pressure on the land. Agriculture Development 7.22 The centrally sponsored To curb this menace particularly on scheme by the Govt. of India in the the Agriculture lands, the Department part were uniformly structured and in is implementing two soil and water most of the cases the components conservation schemes under state were not in connectivity with the sector. The schemes are:-

54 i. Soil Conservation Works. and increased efficiency of monitory inputs. The NABARD has sanctioned ii. Water conservation and this project under RIDF XIV development. amounting to ` 154.92 crore which Water conservation and shall be implemented in 4 years minor irrigation programme has been started from the financial year accorded priority in order to boost 2008-09. Up to 2011-12, 10105 Poly agriculture production. The Houses have been constructed. An Department has prepared a plan to area of 111.25 hectare has been harvest rain water by constructing covered under protected cultivation tanks, Ponds, check-dams and storage and expenditure of `82.76 crores has structures. Besides this, low lifting been incurred. A budget provision of water devices and efficient irrigation `35.0 Crores has been made for system through sprinklers are also 2012-13. Besides this for development being popularized. In these projects, of Micro Irrigation and other related major thrust would be on soil & water infrastructure the NABARD has conservation and creation of sanctioned a project RIDF-XIV employment opportunities at farm amounting to `198.09 crore which level. shall be implemented in 4 years starting from 2009-10. 17,312 Sprinkler/drip irrigation system shall MICRO-IRRIGATION AND OTHER be installed during the project period. RELATED INFRA-STRUCTURE IN Apart from this, 16,020 Nos. of water HIMACHAL PRADESH (RIDF) sources like tanks, shallow wells, 7.24 In order to achieve shallow tube wells ,deep tube wells, faster and more inclusive growth in small and medium lift and pumping agriculture sector, the Department sets shall also be constructed on the of Agriculture has prepared a project basis of actual needs. Farmers shall be on Production of cash crops by provided 80 percent subsidy and 20 Adoption of Precision in Farming percent would be beneficiaries Practices through Poly House contribution. Up to 2011-12, 16,795 Cultivation. The objectives of the no. of sprinkler sets have been project are higher productivity and installed covering an area of 11458.12 income per unit area, judicious use of Ha. And sum of ` 59.25 crore has natural resources like land and water, been spent. A budget provision of year round availability of vegetables, `15.44 crores has been made for this assured production of quality produce component during 2012-13.

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) productivity of various 7.25 Concerned by the slow components in Agriculture and growth in Agriculture and allied allied sectors by addressing sectors, the Government of India has them in a holistic manner. launched Rashtrya Krishi Vikas Yojana. The RKVY aims at achieving 4 percent Government of India has annual growth in the agriculture allotted funds for Agriculture growth sector by ensuing a holistic which includes Horticulture, Animal development of Agriculture and allied husbandry, fisheries and Rural sectors. The main objectives of the Development. This scheme has been scheme are as under:- commenced during the Year of 1. To incentives the states so as to 2007-08. During 2011-12 an increase public investment in expenditure of `98.50 Crores has Agriculture and allied sectors. been anticipated by the Agriculture 2. To provides flexibility and and Allied Departments. Since the autonomy to states in the release under RKVY are being process of planning and received from Govt.of India in the executing Agriculture and allied shape of ACA’s therefore, this sector schemes, scheme is in state sector programmes 3. To ensure the preparation of during 2012-13. The total allocation agriculture plans for the amounting to `73.48 Crores have been districts and the states based on made under General Plan, SCSP and agro-climatic conditions, TASP for the year 2012-13 to availability of technology and Agriculture Department. natural resources. 4. To ensure that the local needs/ crops/ priorities are better reflected in the agricultural HORTICULTURE plans of the states, 7.26 The rich diversity of 5. To achieve the goal of reducing agro-climatic conditions, topographical the yield gaps in important crops, variations and altitudinal differences through focused interventions, coupled with fertile, deep and well 6. To maximize returns to the drained soils favour the cultivation of farmers in Agriculture and allied temperate to sub-tropical fruits in sectors. Himachal. The region is also suitable 7. To bring about quantifiable for cultivation of ancillary changes in the production and horticultural produce like flowers, mushroom, honey and hops.

7.27 This particular suitability 7.29 The area under of Himachal has resulted in shifting temperate fruits other than apple has of land use pattern from agriculture increased from 900 hectares in 1960- to fruit crops in the past few 61 to 27,472 hectares in 2011-12. decades. The area under fruits, which Nuts and dry fruits exhibit area was 792 hectares in 1950-51 with increase from 231 hectares in 1960- total production of 1200 tonnes 61 to 11,039 hectares in 2011-12, increased to 2,14,574 hectares during Citrus and other sub tropical fruits 2011-12. The total fruit production in have increased from 1,225 hectares 2011-12 was 3.73 lakh tonnes, which and 623 hectares in 1960-61 to during 2012-13 (upto December,2012) 22,396 hectares and 50,023 hectares has been reported as 4.67 lakh tones. in 2011-12, respectively. During 2012-13, it was envisaged to Unfortunately the production of bring 4,000 hectares of additional other fruits has not steadily area under fruit plants against which increased over the years. 3,528 hectares of area was brought under plantations and 9.40 lakh fruit 7.30 This pace of development plants of different species were is further jeopardized due to the distributed upto 31.12.2012. dwindling apple production, owing to weather vagaries and market 7.28 Apple is so far the most fluctuations. The advent of WTO, important fruit crop of Himachal GATT and liberalisation of economy is Pradesh, which constitutes about 48 further imposing many challenges on percent of the total area under fruit the dominance of apple in fruit crops and about 84 percent of the industry of Himachal Pradesh. The total fruit production. Area under fluctuations in the production of apple apple has increased from 400 during last few years have attracted hectares in 1950-51 to 3,025 the attention of the Government. It is hectares in 1960-61 and 1,03,644 necessary to explore and harness the hectares in 2011-12. vast horticulture potential of the hill State through diversified horticulture production in varied agro- ecological zones.

7.31 Horticulture Development problems of emergent nature, other scheme is the major programme schemes and externally added aiming at the creation and projects will be carried out. maintenance of infrastructural facilities in the rural areas for 7.32 In recent years mango ensuring equitable access to the has also emerged as an important resources and inputs required for the fruit crop. Litchi is also gaining promotion of all fruit crops. Under importance in certain regions. Mango this scheme, the programmes like and litchi are fetching better market development of fruit production, area prices. In the midhill zone, the expansion programme, demonstration agro-climatic conditions are highly of new technologies and improved suitable for the successful cultivation package of practices on the orchards of new fruits like kiwi, olive, pecan and of fruit growers, development of strawberry. The production of fruits Walnut/ Hazelnut / Pistachio nut, for the last three years and current development of olive, development of year upto December, 2012 is given in mango / litchi in lower hill areas, table 7.10. development of strawberry and other Table 7.10 small fruits, development of medicinal Fruit Production and aromatic plants, Horticulture (’000 tonnes) information services, development of Item 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 upto hops schemes, short term research 31-12-12 projects for solving the field Apple 280.11 892.11 275.04 392.10 Other 37.08 61.38 31.18 47.74 temperate fruits Nuts & 2.81 3.62 2.49 1.32 dry fruits Citrus 28.14 28.68 25.03 1.79 fruits Other 34.10 42.03 39.08 24.27 sub tropical fruits Total 382.24 1027.82 372.82 467.22

7.33 Elaborate arrangements 7.35 The Weather based were made for making available the Crop Insurance Scheme was initially packing material to the fruit growers launched in Himachal Pradesh in 6 for packing their fruit produce. The blocks for apple crop and in and 4 state Government has taken a decision blocks for mango crops during Rabi in 2012-13 to use Universal Cartoons 2009-10. During Rabi 2010-11 the instead of CFB Telescopic Cartoons scheme was extended to 15 having 2-pieces to avoid over packing Development Blocks for apple and 9 of Apple fruit and to maintain quality Blocks for mango crop in which 14,037 of the apple fruit. For this purpose, loanee & non loanee farmers have during the year 2012-13, Universal insured their 13,86,503 numbers of Cartoon are used in the packing of apple trees and 283 farmers have apple fruit at experimental basis in insured their 20,379 mango plants of order to avoid over packing of apple different age group. During Rabi fruit, to minimize damage of apple 2010-11, 12,335 farmers have been fruit during transportation of fruits benefitted with claim of ` 8.07 crore. for maintaining fruit quality and to Keeping in view the success of the compete in the international level. scheme the coverage was further extended to 17 blocks viz. Theog, 7.34 To bring diversification Narkanda, Jubbal, Rohru, Chopal, in horticulture industry a total area of Chirgaon, Rampur and Nankhari of 556 hectares has been brought under District Shimla and Karsog, Janjehali flower cultivation upto 31-12-2012. of Mandi District, Ani, Banjar, Nagar Ancillary horticultural activities like and Nirmand of Kullu district, Nichar mushroom and bee keeping are also of Kinnaur district, Tissa, Salooni of being promoted. During 2012-13 upto Chamba district for apple and 10 December, 2012, 346.00 MT of Blocks for mango namely . Indora, pasteurized compost for mushroom Nurpur, Nargota Surian and Fatehpur was prepared in two development blocks in district Kangra, Hamirpur, projects located at Chambaghat/ Naduan and Bamson of district Palampur and distributed to mushroom Hamirpur, Sadar of Bilaspur district, growers and 3,471.20 MT of Amb of Una district and Paonta Sahib mushroom was produced during the of district Sirmour during Rabi year. Under the bee keeping 2011-12. During Rabi 2011-12 HDFC programme, 243.03 MT of honey has ERGO has been allocated Development been produced upto 31.12.2012 against block Narkanda, Nirmand and Rampur the target of 1,500 M.T. for the year and ICICI Lombard Development 2012-13. Block Nankhari, Rohru and Chirgaon

59 under WBCIS. During Rabi 2011-12 a programmes in the field of total farmer 21,669 farmers have horticulture development to achieve been covered under the scheme out of horizontal and vertical integration of which 21,365 farmers were these programmes to ensure benefitted. During rabi 2011-12 the adequate, appropriate, timely and WBCIS scheme is being implemented concurrent attention to all the links in through Agriculture Insurance the production, post harvest Company of India Ltd., ICICI- management and consumption chain, Lombard and HDFC-ERGO. The maximize economic, ecological and amount of premium shall be paid @ social benefits from the existing 11.5 percent on total sum insured per investments infrastructure created plant and shall be shared on 50:25:25 for horticulture development, ratios by Farmers, Central Govt. and promote ecologically sustainable State Govt. respectively. From the intensification, economically desirable year 2010-11 service tax @10.30 diversification and skilled employment percent of the premium has been to generate value addition, promote exempted from loanee farmers by the tree development and dissemination Central Govt. During the Rabi season of eco-technologies based on the 2011-12 an additional (Add-on/Index blending of the traditional wisdom and Plus) cover has been included on pilot technology with frontier knowledge in four blocks for Hailstorm at such as bio-technology, information Jubbal-Kotkhai, Rohru, Theog & technology and space technology and Narkanda and two blocks for Cloud to provide the missing links in ongoing Burst at Rampur and Chirgaion in horticulture development projects. District Shimla. These products shall Under this Project during the year also continue in these blocks during 2011-12, Govt. of India has approved Rabi season 2012. The commencement an action plan of ` 37.00 crore. During of these covers shall be from Ist the year 2012-13 ` 30.00 crore action April, 2013 to 30th June, 2013 for plan has been sanctioned, out of this Hailstorm and Ist July to 31st July, first installment of ` 10.85 crore has 2013 for Cloud Burst. been released.

7.36 Horticulture Technology H.P.M.C Mission for the development of 7.37 H.P.M.C. a State public horticulture in the state with the undertaking was established in the financial assistance of ` 115.50 crore Pradesh with the objective of marketing was launched in the state to establish fresh fruits and vegetables, processing convergence and synergy among the unmarketable surplus and marketing numerous ongoing government

60 the processed products. Since its through its Cold Stores in Delhi, inception, H.P.M.C. has been playing Mumbai, Chennai, Parwanoo and five pivotal role in the life of fruit growers cold stores at producing area of of the state by providing them Himachal Pradesh. HPMC had remunerative returns of their produce. submitted proposal for technological up gradation of existing 7.38 During the year 2012-13 grading/packing houses of Jarol up to 31st December, 2012 HPMC has Tikker (Kotgarh), Gumma (Kotkhai), sold about `809.97 lakh processed Oddi (Kumarsain), Patlikuhal (Kullu) products in the domestic market. and Reckong Peo (Kinnaur), the Under Market Intervention Scheme commissioning of two C.A. Stores at (MIS) HPMC has procured about Gumma and Jarol Tikker in District 6,938.64 MT of apples and about Shimla, one modern vegetable pack 418.55 MT of apple juice concentrate house and cold room at Nadaun have been produced. The Corporation District Hamirpur, one Pack house and has received only 600 kg. Mango fruit Cold room project for packing grading from the growers due to good return of fruits, vegetable, flowers and from the open Market and procured culinary herb at Ghumarwin in District 57.46 MT of citrus fruits from the Bilaspur and replacement of Tetra growers as on 15th January, 2013 Pack filling machine TBA-9 in to TBA- which is being processed in the HPMC 19 to APEDA, Ministry of Commerce Plants. HPMC is mainly supplying its to the Government of India.The products to its bulk buyers, various APEDA, Ministry of Commerce, religious institutions, retail outlets Government of India accepted the and kiosks in the country. As on proposal and has sanctioned 100% 31.12.2012 HPMC has sold products grant-in-aid of `2949.74 Lakh for the worth ` 809.97 lakh to these Technological up gradation of above institutions. HPMC also continued cited projects. supplying fruits and vegetables to 7.39 HPMC has installed four ITDC Hotels and institutions in Metro apple lines at Gumma (Kotkhai), Jarol- cities Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Tikker (Kotgarh), Patlikuhal (Kullu) As on 31.12.2012 HPMC has supplied and Oddi (Kumarsain), for grading of fruits and vegetables worth `347.50 fruits and two C.A. Stores at Gumma lakh to these institutions. Similarly as (Kothkhai) and Jarol Tikker (Kotgarh). on 31.12.2012 HPMC has sold material Tetra pack filling machine TBA-19 worth `159.50 lakh to the growers in also installed in place of TBA-9 at the state. The Corporation has Fruit Processing Plant Parwanoo generated revenue of `329.80 lakh DistrictSolan.

8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND Table 8.1 DAIRYING Milk Production and Per Capita Availability

Year Milk Per Capita 8.1 Rearing of livestock is an Production Availability integral component of rural economy. In (lakh tonnes) (gram./Day) Himachal there is a dynamic relationship 2011-12 11.20 446 between common property resources 2012-13 11.40 455 (CPRs) such as forests, water and grazing land, livestock and crops. 8.3 Animal Husbandry plays Livestock depend to a certain extent on an important role to boost the rural fodder and grass grown on CPRs as well economy and as such for livestock as on crops and residues. At the same development programme attention is time the animals return fodder, grass paid in the state by way of: and crop residues to the CPRs and fields i) Animal Health & Disease in the form of manure and provide much control needed draught power. ii) Cattle Development.

iii) Sheep Breeding and

Development of Wool. 8.2 Livestock thus is an iv) Poultry Development. important integral to the sustainability v) Feed and Fodder Development. of economy of Himachal Pradesh. The vi) Veterinary Education. contribution of major livestock products vii) Livestock Census. during the year 2011-12 was 11.20 lakh tonnes of milk, 1,648 tonnes of wool, 8.4 Under Animal Health and 105.00 million eggs and 3966 tonnes of Disease Control, 1 State level meat which will likely to be of the order Veterinary Hospital, 7 Polyclinics, 49 of 11.40 lakh tonnes of milk, 1,660 Sub-Divisional Veterinary Hospitals, tonnes of wool, 108.00 million eggs and 282 Veterinary Hospitals, 30 Central 4,000 tonnes of meat during 2012-13 Veterinary Dispensaries and 1,762 Milk Production and Per Capita Veterinary Dispensaries/ Centre are availability shown in Table No. 8.1 in the state as on 31-12-2012.

Besides this 6 Veterinary Check posts and forms a part of the earning of are also operating to provide immediate small and marginal farmers in veterinary aid to the livestock. Under Himachal Pradesh. The recent trend Mukhyamantri Arogya Pashudhan Yojna towards the development of a market- during the year 1251 Veterinary. oriented economy emphasized the Dispensaries have been opened up to importance of milk production, December, 2012. especially in areas falling in the vicinity of urban consumption centres. 8.5 For improving the quality of This has motivated farmers to replace sheep and wool, Govt. Sheep Breeding local non-descript breeds of cows with Farms at Jeori (Shimla), Sarol (Chamba), cross-breed cows. Upgradation of Tal (Hamirpur), and Karachham (Kinnaur) indigenous cattle is being carried out are supplying improved sheep to the by cross breeding with Jersey and breeders of the state. One Ram centre Holsten. In buffalo upgradation with at Nagwain in District Mandi is also Murral bull is being popularized. functioning where improved Rams are Artificial insemination with the latest reared and supplied to breeders for technology of Deep Frozen Semen is cross breeding. The flock strength of being practised. During 2011-12 , 8.06 these farms are 2,094 during the year lakh Semen straws for cows and 2.03 2011-12 and 187 Rams were distributed lakh Semen straws for Buffaloes were to the breeders. In view of the produced. During 2012-13, 8.40 lakh increasing demand for pure Hoggets and semen straws for Cows and 2.30 lakh the established popularity of the Soviet semen straws for Buffaloes are likely Marino and American Rambouillet in the to be produced. During 2011-12, 1.02 Pradesh, the state has switched over to lakh Litre LN2 gas was produced and pure breeding at the existing Govt. 1.10 lakh Litre Of Liquid Nitrogen gas farms. 9 Sheep and wool Extension is likely to be produced during Centre is also continue their functioning. 2012-13. Artificial Insemination During the year 2012-13 the wool facility is being provided through production is likely to be of the order of 2084 institutions and 6.75 lakh cows 1660 M.T. Angora rabbit farms for and 1.40 lakh Buffaloes are likely to distribution of rabbits to the breeders be inseminated during the year are functioning at Kandwari (Kangra) and 2012-13. Cross breed cows are Nagwain (Mandi). preferred because of factors such as longer lactation period, shorter 8.6 Dairy production is an gestation period and higher lactation integral part of the Animal Husbandry and yields.

8.7 During 2007-08 the 18th lakh kg. fodder seed are likely to be Livestock Census has been conducted by distributed during 2012-13. the Animal Husbandry Department and the processing of collected data is being DOODH GANGA YOJNA done at the State Headquarters. Data 8.8 Doodh Ganga Scheme has has been fed in the Software module for been launched in collaboration with th Quick Results. The 19 Livestock Census NABARD in the State. The benefits has been conducted by the G.O.I w.e.f. of this scheme include: th th 15 September,2012 to 15 • Bank Loan of `5.00 lakh for October,2012. During 2012-13 under the purchase of 10 cows and Backyard Poultry Scheme 3.00 lakh dual construction of shed for them purpose coloured strains chicks are including 10 percent share of likely to be distributed and 700 persons Beneficiary. are targeted to impart training in • Bank Loan to the tune of `18.00 poultry farming. Backyard Poultry lakh for purchase of cold chain Scheme for S.C. families is very popular milk transportation system. and 1.82 lakh chicks are distributed • Bank Loan to the tune of `24.00 among the 5643 beneficiaries of S.C. lakh for establishing Milk families under this Scheme in subsidy products making units. till November, 2012. 350 units of • There is provision of 25 percent poultry chicks were established during subsidy on loan for farmers of the year 2011-12 and 388 units are General category and subsidy of targeted to establish during the year 33.33 percent for farmers of 2012-13. Till date 40 units have been SC/ST category. established and equipments tender are under process. One horse breeding farm Livestock Insurance Scheme at Lari in Lahaul and Spiti district has 8.9 been established with the objective to • The Livestock Insurance preserve Spiti breed of horses. During Scheme was started in March the year 2011-12, 63 horses are kept in 2006 in District Mandi and this farm. One Yak breeding farm has Kangra. Now extended to been also established in the premises of Hamirpur, Shimla and Chamba horse breeding Lari. During the year with objective to save livestock 2011-12 the strength of yaks is 55 in owners from loss in the event this farm. Under feed and fodder of death of high yielding cattle development scheme 15.00 lakh fodder and Buffalo. roots, 0.70 lakh fodders plants and 3.75

• Cows and Buffaloes giving 5 litre Backyard Poultry Farming or more milk per day are insured 8.11 To develop poultry sector under this scheme. in Himachal Pradesh, Department is running following poultry development • Premium of Insurance kept at 5.15 percent for 3 years and 2.91 schemes especially in rural areas of st percent for 1 year which is being the State are as under:- paid by the Government and owner • Under Backyard Poultry Project 50 percent equally. 2-3 week old chicks of coloured Strain variety i.e. Chabro are National Project on Cattle and supplied to the farmers of the Buffalo Development State. 8.10 National Project on Cattle • One unit consists of 50-100 and Buffaloes Development has been chicks @ ` 20 chick. sanctioned by Government of India on • These chicks are produced at 100 percent Central Assistance pattern. the two hatcheries i.e. Nahan During 1st phase, ` 12.75 crore were and Sundernagar, strengthened released for the state for providing 100 under the Centrally Sponsored percent coverage of breed able cattle Scheme “Assistance to State and buffalo population with Artificial Poultry Farms”. Insemination. Now during 2nd phase an amount of ` 14.15 Crore has been Assistance to State for Control sanctioned for the state. Project aims of Animal Diseases at strengthening of following activities 8.12 Due to large scale of Animal Husbandry Department. interstate Migration from adjoining 1. Strengthening of Liquid Nitrogen states and lack of Nutrition grasses Storage, transport and and fodder due to hilly topography distribution. most of animals are prone to various 2. Strengthening of Sperm Stations, livestock diseases. Central Semen Banks and A.I. Centres. Government has provided assistance 3. Acquisition of high pedigree bulls to State Government for control of or Sperm Stations and for Natural contagious diseases under ASCAD Service in remote areas. which is on the pattern of 75 percent 4. Strengthening of training facilities. Central Share and 25 percent State 5. Computerization & E.T.T. Lab Share.

Diseases for which free person will have to pay 25 % of vaccination is being provided to livestock the total Project Cost. owners are FMD, BQ, Enterotoxaemia, 3. Rabbit rearing units : Under this PPR, Raniket Disease Marek’s disease scheme an amount of `2.25 lakh and Rabies under this project. will be the total financial outlay and 33.33 % of total amount and Bhed Palak Samridhi Yojna maximum of ` 75,000 will be 8.13 Under this scheme Nabard given to concerned beneficiary is being implemented venture capital and minimum 10 percent total fund for which District Kullu and Shimla cost will have to pay beneficiary. have been selected for Rabbit Commercial Banks, Regional rural Development. Under this project banks, State Co-operative banks landless, marginal farmers, individual are the eligible financial farmers, self help groups are intedned institutions for this scheme. beneficiaries for setting up rearing units and preference is to be given to Shepherd Insurance Scheme traditional shepherds, women and SC/ 8.14 Centrally Sponsored ST farmers. For this purpose scheme started during 2007-08. The commercial banks, regional banks, premium of ` 330.00 per annum per regional rural banks and state co- breeder will be born in the ratio of operative banks will provide the funds `100:150:80 between the Life for which ceiling is as given under:- Insurance Corporation, Government of 1. Under this component the rearing India and shepherd. Sheep and Goats (40+2) an amount of ` 1.00 Lakh will be given. 33.33 Benefits to sheep breeders: percent of the total outlay, subject • Natural Death ` 60,000 to maximum of ` 33,000 will be • On death due to given as subsidy and beneficiary accident `1,50,000 will have to pay minimum of 10 • Permanent total percent of total cost. Disability due to 2. Under this scheme 500 sheeps and accident `1,50,000 25 goats will be given to • Loss of 2 eyes or beneficiary for breedings units and 2 limbs in an an amount of `25.00 lakh is the accident `1,50,000 total outlay. 33.33 percent • Loss of1 eyes or subsidy of total outlay and 1 limbs in an maximum of `8.33 lakh will be paid accident ` 75,000 to the beneficiary. The concerned

Besides this, under this scheme transported to milk Processing Plants the sheep breeder is provided free where it is processed, packed, and benefit which is called add on benefit. marketed in sachets as well as in loose Under this scheme a scholarship of containers. `1,200 year for two children of the beneficiary studying in Class 9-12th will H.P. Milkfed provides be provided. technical knowhow, awareness activities in field of Dairy by Milk Based Industries organizing seminars, camps in rural 8.15 H.P. Milkfed is areas. Besides this other inputs like implementing dairy development cattle feed and clean milk production activities in the State. The H.P. Milkfed activities are provided to the farmers has 800 milk producers Co-operative at their door steps. Societies. The total membership of these societies is 36,503 out of this 179 8.16 H.P. Govt. has increased woman Dairy Co-operatives are also milk procurement rates by `1/- per functioning. The surplus milk from the litre w.e.f. 1.04.2012 thus giving milk producers is collected by village direct financial benefits to 36,503 dairy Co-operative societies, processed families associated with the Milk and marketed by H.P. Milkfed. At Federation. H.P. Milkfed has paid present the milkfed is running 23 milk around `37.00 crore to the producers chilling centres having a total capacity and during 2011-12 thus contributing of 75,500 liters milk per day and eight substantially for rural development of milk processing plants having a total the State capacity of 85,000 litres milk per day. One Powder plant of 5 MT per day at Developmental efforts Duttnagar in Shimla District and one 8.17 In order to utilize cattle feed plant of 16 MT per day surplus milk and increase its revenue capacity at Bhor in District Hamirpur. and to bring down its losses H.P. The average milk procurement is about Milkfed has initiated the following 67,000 litres per day from the villages developmental activities:- through village Dairy co-operatives. The • Two more Processing Plants of H.P. Milkfed is marketing approximately capacity 5,000 litres per day 25,000 litres of milk per day which shall be set up at Nalagarh includes milk supply to Punjab and supply District Solan and Jangal Beri, to army units in Dagshai, Shimla, District Hamirpur under IDDP- Palampur and Yol areas. The milk 111 project. collected to milk chilling centers is

• A new Milk Processing Plant of opportunities through Village 20,000 LPD capacity & Powder Dairy Cooperatives. dying plant of 5 MT per day capacity has been set up at New Innovations Rampur, Distt. Shimla at a cost of 8.18 H.P. Milkfed is ` 8.00 crore (under IDDP& RKVY). manufacturing Nutrimix and ‘Nutrimix manufacturing plant’ is installed at • Two new chilling centres of 5,000 Milk Plant, Chakkar to cater to the & 2,000 litres capacity per day need of the Welfare Department has been set up at Tandi, under ICDS project. During 2011-12, Chauntra District Mandi with a 22,102.94 qtls of ‘Nutrimix has been cost of ` 56.00 & 25.00 lakh supplied. Besides this H.P. milkfed has under DRDA respectively. manufactured & supplied 5,698.92 Qtls. of SMP to ICDS blocks during • A new chilling centre of 5,000 the year 2011-12 and upto litres capacity per day has been November,2012 this year, 3390.89 set up at Gumma, at Kotkhai, Qtls. of SMP has been supplied to District Shimla with a cost of ICDS blocks. ` 33.00 lakh. • To keep pace with the present • A new Cattle Feed Plant capacity level of growth the department 16 MT per day at a cost of has prepared and submitted `170.00 lakh has been set up near various projects to Govt. of Bhoranj, Distt Hamirpur. India under different plan.

• A new project amounting to `2.95 • The H.P. milk Federation crore for Bilaspur district under organize training programme to IDDP has been approved by Govt. milk producer at village level of India. for educating them to produce good quality of milk. • A new project proposal amounting to ` 342.15 lakh under CMP has • The H.P. milk Federation been approved for three districts organizes exposure visit of of Sirmour, Mandi & Shimla. good milk producer to Anand (Gujrat), National Dairy • About 2,000 people have been Research Institute,Karnal & provided direct employment RTDC Jalandhar.

• Project amounting to makes available milk and milk products `18,000.00 managerial grant per to the consumers in urban areas at a village dairy co-operative society competitive price. In order to ensure is given to 110 new societies that milk is instantaneously chilled at under project IDDP-III in three village level. H.P. Milkfed has Districts i.e. Hamirpur, Kinnaur & installed 84 Bulk Milk Coolers at Solan. village level in various parts of the • A 50% cattle subsidy of State. Also to bring transparency and `15,000/per animal is proposed automation in the testing of milk at for purchasing 300 animals under village level, H.P. Milkfed has installed IDDP-111 project for Solan, 111 Automatic Milk Collection Units in Hamirpur and Kinnaur Districts. different Village Dairy Co-operative • H.P. Milkfed has also diversified societies. its activities by manufacturing sweets during Deepawali festival Wool Procurement and marketing and sold 195 quintals of sweets 8.20 The main objective of and 21 quintals Gazaks for Lori in the Federation is to promote the the year 2012-13. growth and development of wool • H.P. Milkfed is providing industry in the State of Himachal refreshment kit to Blood donors Pradesh and to free wool growers at IGMC Shimla. from exploitation by the middleman/traders. Achievement of H.P.Milkfed In pursuance to the above objective the Federation is actively Sr. Particulars 2011-12 2011-12 involved in procurement of sheep and No (upto 30.11.12) angora wool, sheep shearing at 1 Organized Societies 765 800 pasture level, sheep wool scouring and 2 Membership 35153 36503 3 Milk procured(lakh ltrs) 252.07 190.16 marketing of wool. Sheep shearing is 4 Milk Marketing(lakh ltrs) 93.94 52.40 done with the imported automatic 5 Ghee sold(MT) 266.00 150.78 6 Paneer sold (MT) 53.35 32.41 machines. 7 Butter sold(MT) 22.83 14.97 During the year 2012-13 up 8 Dahi sold(MT) 185.89 111.91 to 31.12.2012 the sheep and angora 9 Cattle Feed(in qtls.) 35216 26591 wool procurement is 69,052.7 kg. and the value of the same is `38.46 lakh. 8.19 The H.P. milk Federation not only provides a remunerative The Federation is also market to the milk producers living in implementing a few central sponsored remote and far-flung areas but also schemes for the benefit and

69 upliftment of sheep and angora water. It linearly flowing rivers Beas, breeders in the State. During Satluj and Ravi receive many streams current financial year the benefits of during their downward journey and these schemes is likely to perculate to harbor the precious cold water fish approximately 15,000 breeders. The fauna such as Schizothorax, Golden Federation also organizes woolen expo Mahseer and exotic Trouts. Cold for providing marketing facilities to water reservoirs of the the state the wool breeders/local artisans. The have shown their potential with the Federation is also providing successful completion of ambitious remunerative prices to the wool Indo-Norwegian Trout farming growers for their produce by selling Project and tremendous interest the wool in the established markets. shown by the hill populance for the adoption of evolved technology. The The details of projected commercially important fish species in activities of the Federation during Gobind Sagar and Pong Dam reservoirs 2013-14 are as under: have become a tool for the upliftment of local population. About 4,000 Sr. Particulars Quantity Anticipated No. Expenditure fishermen in the Pradesh depend ` in lakh directly on reservoir fisheries for 1. Sheep wool 1,52,000 Kg. 80.19 their livelihood. During 2012-13 (up to 2. Angora 500 Kg. 03.00 December, 2012), cumulative fish Wool production was of the level of 5,761 3. Sheep 75,000 Nos. - Shearing M.T. valued at `3,719 lakh. The 4. Sheep wool 60,000 Kg. - reservoir of Himachal Pradesh has the scouring distinction of highest per hectare carbonizing fish production in Govind Sagar and highest sale price value of fish catch FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE in Pong Dam in the country. The 8.21 Himachal Pradesh is one production of two major reservoirs of the States amongst a few in the was 1075.00 M.T. valued at ` 698.00 union of India which has been gifted lakh up to December, 2012. During by mother nature with rivers current year upto December, 2012 emanating from glaciers which 13.56 tonnes table size trout has been traverse through hilly terrains and sold from the state farms and earning finally enrich the semi-plan area of revenue to the tune of ` 72.54 lakh the state with their oxygen rich last few years sale of fish is shown in table 8.3.

Table-8.3 Table Size Trout Production Year Production Revenue 8.23 The Department of (in tonnes) (` in lakh) Fisheries has initiated many welfare schemes for the upliftment of 1 2 3 2008-09 14.00 69.11 fishermen. Fishermen now are covered 2009-10 15.20 74.67 under insurance scheme where 2010-11 19.07 89.26 `1,00,000 is given in case of death and 2011-12 17.98 83.01 ` 50,000 on disability and even losses 2012-13(upto 13.56 72.54 to their gear and crafts are being Dec.12) born by the State Govt. to the extent

of 33 percent under “Risk fund 8.22 The Department of Scheme”. A contributory saving Fisheries has constructed carp as well scheme has been initiated by the as trout seed production farms in the State Govt. and matching state’s state to cater the requirement of share of deposited saving is provided reservoirs rural Ponds and commercial to them during this season. The farms in public as well as private scheme wise achievements are as sector. Carp Farm seed production is under:- `216.30 lakh in 2011-12 and ` 98.26 lakh in 2012-13 (up to December, Sr. Name of Extent of Assistance 2012). Despite hilly terrain of the No. Scheme State aquaculture is being given due 1. Insurance ` 1.00 lakh(on death) importance. Under “Rastriya Krishi scheme(50- 50 state and ` 0.50 lakh(disability) Vikas Yojana” (RKVY) an outlay of central Govt.) `1,164.00 lakh has been approved by 2. Saving-cum- Government with following breakup:- Relief ` 1,200 (in two 1.Extension of Carp fish seed `100.00 lakh scheme installments) Farm Deoli at Bilaspur (during close 2. Fish Seed Stocking ` 10.00 lakh season) 3. Const. of community ponds ` 42.00 lakh 4. Const. of Trout Raceways ` 15.00 lakh Department of Fisheries is 5. Improvement of carps farm earnestly contributing in the Deoli at Una ` 59.00 lakh 6. Purchase of Farm equipment ` 20.00 lakh strengthening of rural economy and 7. S/R of Deoli (Gagret) ` 668.00 lakh generation of employment 8. Aquaculture Development `250.00 lakh opportunities to the unemployed youth and various schemes in this direction ` Total 1164.00 lakh have been initiated. A total number of

185 self employment opportunities has placed reservoir exploitation were generated by the department before them. under various schemes. State of Himachal Pradesh is perhaps the only 8.24 Department achievement one in the union which has given full during the financial year 2012-13, up attention to the amelioration of to December 2012, anticipated up to Economic Status of its dam oustees March, 2013 and targets for the year organized them in co-operatives and 2013-14 is shown as below:

Items Achieved Anticipated Anticipated upto upto March, Targets Fixed December, 2013 for year 2012 2013-14 Fish Production from all sources(in tonnes) 5,761.00 8,060.00 8,080.00 Fish Seed Production Carp farms (lakh) 98.27 220.00 220.00 Table Size trout Production (in tonnes) 13.55 18.00 18.00 Govt. sector Table Size trout Production (in tonnes) 59.41 120.00 150.00 Private Sector Employment generated (nos.) 185 420 425

Total Revenue of the department(lakh) 183.69 143.59 150.00

9. FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT

FOREST 9.1 Forests in Himachal against which 24.48 lakh medicinal Pradesh cover an area of 37,033 plants have been planted. square kilometers and form about 66.5 percent of the total geographical area Wild Life and Nature Conservation of the state. The strategy of Himachal 9.3 Himachal Pradesh is known Pradesh Government in forestry for its diversity of animal and bird management is conservation along with habitual and population. The scheme rational utilization and side by side aims at improving the habitat and expanding its base. The plan facilitating provision of areas programmes taken up by the Forest (sanctuaries & national parks) so as to Department aim at fulfilling these afford protection to the various policy measures. Some of the important species of birds and animals facing plan programmes are as under:- extinction. An amount of ` 412.00 lakh, under state plan (including Tribal Sub Forest Plantation Plan) has been allotted during the 9.2 Forest plantation is being current financial year 2012-13 out of carried out under Productive Forestry which an amount of ` 228.37 lakh has Scheme and Soil Conservation been spent upto November, 2012 and Schemes. These Schemes include the remaining will be spent upto Improvement of Tree Cover, Raising 31.3.2013. For the next financial year Nurseries for Departmental Plantation 2013-14 `454.00 lakh have been and Public Distribution, Development of proposed out of which `45.00 lakh is Pastures and Grazing land proposed for Tribal Sub-Plan. Improvement, Sanjhi Van Yojna, Protective Afforestation, Soil Forest Protection (Now Renamed Conservation and Demonstration. An as Intensification of Forest area of 4330 hectare has been covered Management Scheme) with a cost of `1442.00 lakh upto 9.4 Forests are exposed to November, 2012 and remaining area dangers of fire, illicit felling and 400 hectare and `143.00 lakh will be encroachments. It is, therefore, utilized/achieved during winter planting necessary that check posts at suitable season i.e. upto 31-03-2012. During the places are established to curb illicit year 2012-13 targets for planting 45 timber trade, fire fighting equipments lakh medicinal plants have been fixed

73 and techniques are introduced and taxes etc. An amount of ` 3,500 lakh made available to all the forest has been approved for the year divisions where fire is a major 2012-13 against which an amount of destructive element and communication `2043.51 lakh has been spent up to network is also required for good November, 2012 and remaining will be management and protection. An amount utilized up to March, 2013. For the of ` 50.00 lakh has been allotted next financial year 2013-14, an amount during the current Financial Year 2012- of `4294.00 lakh has been proposed. 13 out of which an amount of `3.37 lakh has been spent up to November, 2012 World Bank Aided Mid Himalaya and remaining amount will be spent upto Watershed Development Project: 31.3.2013 and for the year 2013-14, 9.6 Himachal Pradesh Mid `55.00 lakh has been proposed. In Himalaya Watershed Development order to protect forest wealth of Project has been launched in the State Himachal Pradesh, 11 Van Thanas have w.e.f. 1.10.2005 for a period of 6 years been started functioning in sensitive with a total cost of `365 crore. Forest divisions and 6 more Van thanas Project cost is to be borne by the are in the process of being established. World Bank and the State Government at 80:20 ratio and 10 percent of the Swan River Flood Management Project cost is to be contributed by Project (CAT-I) the beneficiaries. Now a new project 9.5 The project cost and called Additional Financing for Mid duration at the inception of Project Himalayan Watershed Development was ` 160 crore and 8 years(2006-07 Project with a total cost of ` 231.25 to 2013-14), respectively. Now crore has been approved upto 2015-16 following the process of micro-planning year. The Project is now spread over and as per the recommendations of mid 704 Panchayats. The overall goal of term Review and Evaluation (MTR & E) the project is to reverse the process of the Project held in 2011, the cost of degradation of the natural resource and duration has been revised to tune base and improve the productive of `215 crore and (nine) 9 years (2006- potential of natural resources and 2007to2014-15), respectively. 96 Gram incomes of the rural households in the Panchayats of the District falling in project areas in Himachal Pradesh. the catchments of Swan River have During the current year 2012-13, the been selected for treatment. The budget outlay of `3,500.00 lakh has funding pattern of the project is 85 been approved against which `1661.18 percent loan and 15 percent share in lakh has been spent up to November, the shape of salaries to staff and 2012 and remaining funds anticipated

74 to be spent up to 31.3.2013. An amount and spent. The funds when received of `4296.00 lakh has been proposed from the Tourism Department are for the next financial year 2013-14 by electronically transferred at once to the Government. territorial DFOs of identified circuits. In which the main activities being Eco-Tourism carried out by them are maintenance of 9.7 The activities of Ecotourism in old heritage Forest Rest Houses, the State is being run as per State’s development of trades & training approved Eco-Tourism Policy-2005 identification of local flora & fauna etc. notified vide No.FFE15-3/2005 dated The circuit includes: 2.11.2006. 1. Kullu-From Kullu to Kothi via A. On experimental basis, site at Manali Potter’s Hill has been put to use with 2. Shimla-From Mandli to Dodra the following facilities by the Forest Kwar Department: 3. Kinnaur-Shongtong to Pooh > Temporary/tentage type of 4. Bilaspur-Shri Naina Devi Ji area. accommodation for stay. > Serving of local food. ENVIRONMENT > Providing a tent/stage for sale of local handicraft. Revision of environment Policy > Empowering local people through 9.8 During the year 2013-14 employment generation, state government would aim to preference in allotment of sites reorient and restructure the and generation of income Environment Policy of the state as through sale of local handicrafts. to ensure sustainable development.

Similarly, H.P. Forest Corporation has developed a site at State Strategy and Action Plan on Narkanda with facilities six Swish Climate Change Wooden cottage and 10 tents for the 9.9 The State Action Plan on eco-tourists. Climate Change shall be finalized as a part of adaptation and mitigation B. Govt. of India have approved a strategies. project amounting to `3.68 crore for creation of Eco-tourism infrastructure State Centre for Climate Change in pre- identified Eco-circuit against 9.10 The state centre for which `2.945 crore has been released climate change will be strengthened so

75 that it can give the required level of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY inputs to the State for combating the Major Policy initiatives problem of climate change. proposed to be under taken during the financial year 2013-14. Development Policy Loan (DPL)/ Grant from government of India. Web Based Monitoring and Evaluation 9.11 The government of of government Schemes and Himachal Pradesh has received a Programmes. Development Policy Loan of 100 Million 9.14 In order to facilitate US Dollar from the World Bank informed decisions making and greater through Govt. of India for shift transparency, the state aims to invest towards green growth and sustainable resources to promote the use of GIS in development. The Government of decision making. The monitoring and Himachal Pradesh would make evaluation of Government Schemes and transformational shift towards a model programmes would be scaled-up. During of sustainable economic growth. the year 2013-14 all the major Financial support from financial departments shall be covered for institutions like the World Bank etc. developing desktop & web based would be sought for upscaling this applications in the state in the programme and move towards green Aryabhatta Geo Informatics & Space growth. Application Centre (AGISAC) to facilitate the use of spatial and geo Environment Master Plan spatial technologies for planning and 9.12 The Government intends implementation of developmental to finalize the EMP document during activities in the state more effectively. the year 2013-14 for effectively managing the fragile environment of Preparation of H.P. Science & the state. Technology ‘Vision Document’ 9.15 The Department of School Environment Audit Environment & technology shall prepare a H.P. Science & Technology vision 9.13 The state council will train 2030 document for the state wherein 100 ECO clubs established in the state it would be ensured that benefit of to audit the school resources like science and technology reaches the water, energy, land, waste and air rural area of the state at local and during 2013-14. village level for sustainable development in Himachal Pradesh.

Revision of Bio-technology Policy 9.16 The existing bio- the GEE-UNEP- MoEF Project for technology policy document would be strengthening implementation of reoriented and restructured towards Biological Diversity Act, 2002 with bringing effective technological focus on Access and benefit Sharing upliftment in skills and forming provisions on pilot basis in the state. systems in rural areas of the state. It would also aim to ensure the human H.P. Science Congress resource development in the field of 9.18 The first state level H.P. technology besides the propagation of Science congress shall be organized for bio technological education, research bringing together researchers, and training. Planners, Policy makers and schools so that benefits of science and H.P. State Bio-Diversity Board technology can be harnessed for 9.17 The H.P. state Bio sustainable development in the state. diversity Board would be implementing

10. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

DRINKING WATER During the year 2012-13 as 10.1 Water management is an per direction of Govt. of India, the important issue. Provision of safe data was re-corrected by the field drinking water has been the priority functionaries. Accordingly the status of the state Govt. All the census as on 1.4.2012 was finalized and is villages in the state have been given below: provided with drinking water facilities Total No. of Habita-tions Habita-tions with by March, 1994. As per the latest Habita-tions with 100% population updated/ validated survey of drinking population coverage >0and coverage <100 water supply schemes in Himachal 53,201 42476 10725 Pradesh, all 45,367 habitations have (79.84%) (20.16%) been covered with safe drinking facility by March, 2008.As per survey During the year 2012-13, 2003 which was finalized during against the target of covering 2530 March, 2005 total 51,848 habitations habitations (1250 habitations under including 45,367 habitations of Old State sector and 1280 habitations Survey, have been identified of which under central sector) with an out lay there were 20,112 fully covered, of ` 185.92 crore and `91.83 crore 22,347 partially covered and 9,389 respectively, 1778 habitations in not covered habitations in the state. which 1531 habitations under Central With the coming in force of National sector and 227 habitations under Drinking Water Supply guidelines State sector have been covered up to w.e.f. 1.4.2009 and subsequent December, 2012.An expenditure of realignment/ mapping of habitations, `85.99 crore under central sector and there are 53,205 habitations in the `91.83 crore under state sector have state. Out of which 19,473 been incurred up to December,2012 habitations (7632 habitation with population coverage >0<100+11841 Hand pump Programme habitations with 0 population 10.2 The Government has an coverage) are identified having ongoing Programme of providing hand inadequate drinking water. The pumps with focus on region facing criteria of coverage of habitations scarcity of water during summer have been changed to population season Total 26,132 hand pumps have based coverage to ensure Water been installed up to March, 2012. Security at household level. During the year 2012-13 target for installing 2,500 hand pumps have been

kept against which 2023 hand pumps been incurred upto December, 2012. have been installed up to November, Augmentation work of 2 towns have 2012 and remaining 477 hand pumps been completed during the current are expected to be installed upto financial year 2012-13 upto 31-12- March, 2013. 2012. Hence total 46 urban town have been augmented upto 31-12-2012. Jalmani Programme 10.3 Under this IRRIGATION programme Simple Stand Alone Water 10.5 To increase the crop Purification System based on UV production the importance of technology and terafil system are irrigation is well established. being installed in Rural Schools. Total Adequate and timely supply of 3746 Purification System have been irrigation water to crops is the pre- installed up to 31st March, 2012. requisite in the agriculture production During the current financial process, particularly in areas where year 2012-13, 2000 water Purification the rainfall is scanty and irregular. System have been targeted in all the The supply of land is fixed, i.e. districts of the state out of which inelastic; therefore, the accelerated 1776 systems have been installed upto growth in production is possible December, 2012. through multiple cropping and realization of higher crop yield per Urban Water Supply unit area, which in turn depends upon 10.4 Under drinking water irrigation. Creation of irrigation scheme, the work of operation and potential and its optimum utilization maintenance of 49 towns of the state continues to receive a high priority in is looked after by the IPH Government Planning. Department. The augmentation of 44 urban water supply schemes has been 10.6 Out of the total completed upto March, 2012. geographical area of 55.67 lakh Augmentation work of Water Supply hectares of Himachal, only 5.83 lakh Scheme of 4 towns is in progress and hectares is the net area sown. It is the augmentation work of remaining estimated that ultimate irrigation water supply schemes of 1 town will be potential of the state is started shortly. During the year approximately 3.35 lakh hectares. 2012-13 budget provision of `13.00 Out of this, 0.50 lakh hectares can be crore has been kept for augmentation brought under irrigation through of water supply scheme, against which major and medium irrigation projects an expenditure of ` 2.83 crore has and balance 2.85 lakh hectares of

area can be provided irrigation Table-10.1 through minor irrigation schemes by Assessed Irrigation Potential different agencies. and CCA Created (lakh hectare) 10.7 The only major irrigation Item Area Total Geographical Area 55.67 project in the state is Shahnehar Net area sown 5.83 Project in Kangra District. On Ultimate Irrigation completion of this project an Potential available. a) Major and medium irrigation potential of 15,287 Irrigation 0.50 hectares shall be created. b) Minor irrigation 2.85 Total 3.35 CCA created upto 10.8 The work on the medium 31.3.2001 1.95 irrigation projects was taken in hand 31.3.2002 1.97 in the state during fifth plan. Since 31.3.2003 1.99 31.3.2004 2.02 then 5 medium projects creating a 31.3.2005 2.04 CCA of 13,586 hectares in the state 31.3.2006 2.07 have been completed. The completed 31.3.2007 2.12 31.3.2008 2.17 projects are Giri Irrigation Project 31.3.2009 2.22 (CCA 5,263 hectares), Balh Valley 31.3.2010 2.36 Project (CCA 2,410 hectares), 31.3.2011 2.43 31.3.2012 2.49 Bhabour Sahib Phase-I (CCA 923 31.12.2012 2.54 hectares), Bhabour Sahib phase-II (CCA 2,640 hectares) and the changer Note:-Irrigation projects with a area in district Bilaspur (CCA2350 culturable command area(CCA) of more than 10,000 hectares hectares). are classified as major projects and projects with CCA of more 10.9 The assessed irrigation than 2,000 hectares and upto potential and CCA created is shown in 10,000 hectares as medium the Table 10.1 below:- projects. Minor projects have CCA less than 2,000 hectares.

The scheme-wise achievements hectares of area under Shahnehar during the year 2012-13 are as below:- Project against which 1750 hectares of area under field channel and 1100 Major and Medium Irrigation hectares under Warabandi has been 10.10 During 2012-13, an covered up to November, 2012. amount of ` 6510.00 lakh has been provided to bring an area of 4200 Flood Control Works hectares under Major and Medium 10.13 During the year 2012-13 irrigation. Up to December, 2012 an a sum of ` 7,426.00 lakh was provided expenditure of ` 4380.45 lakh has to protect 1200 hectares of land. An been incurred covering an area of amount of `3347.47 lakh have been 1930 hectares up to December, 2012. spent to protect an area of 955 hectare up to December, 2012. Minor Irrigation 10.11 During the year 2012-13, Proposal for the year 2013-14 there is a budget provision of Sr. Sector Proposed Proposed No. Physical Outlay `15,107.00 lakhs in the state sector Targets for the to provide irrigation facilities to an for the year area of 3300 hectares against which year 2013-14 Upto December, 2012, an area of 2013-14 (`in lakh) 2755 hectares has been covered with (in CCA hect.) an expenditure of `8147.36 lakh. 1. Medium 2000 9100.00 Irrigation Command Area Development 2. Minor Irrigation 3000 13370.00 10.12 During the year 2012-13, a provision of ` 1,000.00 lakh including 3. CAD Works 5000 1040.00 a)Field Channel 5000 central assistance was kept to b)Warabandi construct field channel in 5000 4. Flood Control 1200 4942.00 hectares against which 1750 hectares Works of area and warabandi in 5000

11. INDUSTRIES AND MINING

INDUSTRIES State. After the notification of 11.1 Himachal Pradesh has Special Incentives Package by made significant achievements in the Government of India in January,2003, field of industrialisation in the past 8,375 small scale industrial units and few years. With the ushering in the 298 medium and large scale units liberalised economy and consequent having a total investment of delicensing and notification of special `13,923.22 crore have been actually package of incentives for the State, set in the state upto October,2012 the flow of investment in the Pradesh and employment opportunities were has increased manifold resulting in provided to 1,15,013 persons. the setting up of new industries in the state. Industrial Areas/Estates 11.3 In order to provide Status of Industrialization infrastructural facilities to the 11.2 As on 31.12.12 there entrepreneurs the state Govt. has are 494 medium and large scale already developed 41 industrial areas industries and about 38,592 small and 17industrial estates with all basic scale industries with a total amenities. An amount of `16.00 crore investment of about ` 16,588.56 crore is being spent on development of working in the State. These industries industrial infrastructure in the State provide employment to about 2,11,163 upto December, 2012. To facilitate persons. With a view to provide the availability of land to prospective umbrella support to existing and new entrepreneur of the Pradesh the ventures, A State Level Single Government has constituted a land Window Clearance and Monitoring Bank comprising nearly 7,693.04 Authority under the chairmanship of Bighas of Government and Private land the Hon’ble Chief Minister has been which is available for setting up of constituted to discuss and solve all industry in the state. Efforts are contentious and inter-departmental being made to identify more land for issues, monitor and review the industrialization. progress of units already approved and being set-up and expedite Prime Minister’s Employment approval of each concerned Generation Programme (PMEGP) department necessary for the 11.4 The Government of India establishment of the unit in the has approved the introduction of a new credit linked subsidy programme

called Prime Minister’s Employment- prospective artisans, rural and Generation Programme (PMEGP) by urban unemployed youth in the merging two schemes namely PMRY country, so as to help control and REGP that were in operation till migration of rural youth to 31.3.2008 namely Prime Minister’s urban areas. Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural iv) To increase the wage earning Employment Generation Programme capacity of artisans and (REGP) for generation of employment contribute to increase in the opportunities through growth rate of rural and urban establishment of Micro enterprises in employment. rural as well as urban areas. PMEGP will be central sector scheme to be Quantum and nature of Financial administered by the Ministry of Assistance under PMEGP Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Sr. Category of Beneficiary’s Rate of No. Beneficiary contribution Subsidy (MoMSME). At the state level, the of Rural Urban Scheme will be implemented through (project cost) Area Area State KVIC Directorates, State Khadi 1 2 3 4 5 and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs) 1 General 10% 25% 15% 2 Special 5% 35% 25% and District Industries Centres (including (DICs) and banks with the following SC/ST/OBC objectives and eligibility criteria:- Minorities/ Women Ex- servicemen, i) To generate employment Physical opportunities in rural as well as handicapped NER, Hilly urban areas of the country and Border through setting up of new self- areas) employment ventures/ projects/micro enterprises. Note: ii) To bring together widely dispersed traditional i) The maximum cost of the project artisans/rural and urban /unit admissible under unemployed youth and give manufacturing sector is `25 lakh. ii) The Maximum cost of the them self-employment project/unit admissible under opportunities to the extent business/ service sector is ` 10 possible, at their place. lakh. iii) To provide continuous and iii) The balance amount of the total sustainable employment to a project cost will be provided by large segment of traditional banks as term loan.

Eligibility Conditions of beneficiaries: Target of 252cases given i) Any individual, above 18 years to the department against which 443 of age cases have been sponsored to various ii) There will be no income ceiling banks for giving financial assistance for assistance for setting up so far. projects under PMEGP. iii) For setting up of project costing Sericulture Industry above `10 lakh in the 11.5 Sericulture is one of the manufacturing sector and above important agro-based rural cottage ` 5 lakh in the business/ industries of the Pradesh that service sector, the provides gainful employment to about beneficiaries should possess at 9,000 rural families for supplementing least VIII standard pass their income by producing silk educational qualification. cocoons. 8 silk yarn reeling units have iv) Assistance under the Scheme is been set up in private sector in available only for new projects districts Kangra(3), Hamirpur(1), sanctioned specifically under Mandi(1) and Bilaspur(3) with the the PMEGP. assistance of Government. During v) Self Help Groups (including 2012-13 upto December,2012. 179.55 those belonging to BPL provided M.T. silk cocoons were produced that that they have not availed was converted into raw silk of 22.45 benefits under any other M.T. providing an income of about Scheme) are also eligible for `475.50 lakh by sale of silk products assistance under PMEGP. in the state.The anticipated vi) Institutions registered under production of silk production of silk Societies Registration Act, cocoon is 182 M.T. and converted raw 1860; silk production is 22.75 M.T.during vii) Production Co-operative Societies, the year. and Charitable Trusts. viii) Existing Units (under PMRY, Arts and Exhibitions REGP or any other scheme of 11.6 With a view to promote Government of India or State the products being manufactured by Govt. and the units that have various industrial units in the state, already availed Government the Pradesh has been participating in Subsidy under any other various fairs, festivals and exhibitions scheme of Government of India organized at State, National and or State Government are not International level. During the eligible. current year the state displayed its

produce in 32nd India International Kangra and Kullu districts. An amount Trade Fair, 2012 in New Delhi, of `20.29 lakh has been sanctioned Dussehra Fair at Kullu, etc. An amount and released by Government of India. of `75.00 lakh is being spent in the fairs and publicity during the year. Under “Marketing Incentive” component, the Government of India Handloom and Handicrafts has sanctioned matching grant of 11.7 Under “Cluster Approach” `113.86 lakh in favour of 58 handloom component of integrated handloom agencies in respect of their claims for development scheme, 3rd phase of the year 2010-11. implementation of Gohar and Kangra Handloom cluster has completed and MAHATMA GANDHI BUNKAR BIMA 1,127 weavers have been covered, 3rd YOJANA phase for development Reckong Peo 11.8 During the current and Rampur clusters and 2nd phase of financial year up to 31.12.2012, 3,000 Jawali, Janjehli and Tissa handdloom weavers of 9 districts have been clusters are being undertaken by covered under the Scheme. Himachal Pradesh Handicrafts and Handloom Corporation and HANDLOOM WEAVERS HIMBUNKAR, Kullu. An amount of COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE ` 7.80 lakh for 3rd phase handloom SCHEME clusters and ` 30.99 lakh for 2nd 11.9 Upto December, 2012, phase clusters have been released to 12,030 weavers of 9 districts have the implementing agencies for been enrolled under Health Insurance undertaking developmental activities Scheme. viz; base line survey, formation of consortium, training for skill MARKETING AND EXPORT upgradation, design development, PROMOTION SCHEME product diversification, publicity and 11.10 To promote marketing of exhibition activities, 647of 3rd phase handloom products, the Govt.of India clusters, and 800 weavers of 2nd has sanctioned 5 exhibitions in favour phase handloom clusters have been of H.P. Handicrafts & Handloom benefitted. Corporation and HIMBUNKAR, Kullu to organize Exhibition-cum Sale Under “Group Approach” Events in various parts of the State. component, 2nd phase of implementation/development of 17 11.11 In addition, the State small weavers groups is going on to Govt. provides Grant-in Aid to benefitted 325 weavers of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Handicrafts and

Handloom Corporation for undertaking Baga-Bhalag and (one unit) of M/S the developmental activities. During CCI at Rajban District Sirmaur are the year upto December, 2012 an already in operation. The amount of `1.12 crore have been establishment of other three major provided to the corporation. Similarly, plants at Sundernagar, District Mandi, an amount of ` 3.24 crore have been (M/s Harish Cement (Grasim), Gumma- provided to Himachal Pradesh Khadi Rohaha, District Shimla, (The India and Villages Industries Board as Cement Ltd.) at Alsindi, District grant-in- aid for the developmental Mandi (M/s Lafarge India Ltd.) are activities. underway and accordingly mining leases have been granted in their Assistance to States for favour. For establishment of a large Development of Export Cement Plant at Broh Shind, District Infrastructure for Export and Chamba, MoU has been signed by the Allied Activities (ASIDE) Scheme Govt. with J. P. Industries and mining 11.12 In order to assist states lease application is pending for want in developing export infrastructure, of joint inspection report of the area Govt. of India has introduced ASIDE applied for the grant of mining lease. scheme, which is being implemented in In addition, the the Pradesh. Under the scheme a Govt. has also granted prospecting State Level Export Promotion licenses to the following companies in Committee has been notified in the order to carry out the detailed study state and HPSIDC has been for proving the deposits, quantity and designated as Nodal Agency.An quantity of limestone and other amount of ` 527 lakh has been associated minerals. M/s Associated received from the Govt. of India.for Cement Companies Ltd., Dhara Badhu, the year 2012-13. Tehsil Sundernagar, District Mandi, M/s Dalmia Cements, Village/Mauza Karaili-Kothi-Sal-Bagh, Teshil Sunni, MINING District Shimla, H.P., M/s Ambuja 11.13 Minerals constitute a Cement Ltd., Village/Mauza Gyana, fundamental component of State’s Chalyan, Basyana, Barsanu, Mangu, economic base. Good quality limestone, Karara etc., Tehsil Arki, District which is one of the ingredients in the Solan, H.P, M/S Asian cement manufacture of cement, is available in company ( Sanun, Rauri, Lamba Lunda plenty in the state. Presently Six Kamal, tehsil Arki district Solan (H.P.) Cement plants (two units) of ACC at

Barmana, District Bilaspur,(two Besides this the Govt. units),of Ambuja at Kashlog District vide notification dated 13.9.2010 has Solan (one unit)of M/S J.P. Inds. at 86

notify the area measuring 25 sq. kms. 9. M/S NSL Industries Ltd. situated in Mauza sugrathi, Thangar Hyderabad. Kura Khera, Pauli Khera Kandal and Dedera, Tehsil Chopal, District The financial parameters of the Shimla, H.P. for re-grant of applicant companies have been prospecting license. Where in the evaluated from the HIMCON. selected Company will carry out the The meeting of screening committee detailed study/investigation for constituted under the Chairmanship proving the deposits, quality and of Chief Secretary of Himachal quantity of Limestone and other Pradesh was fixed 20.06.12 to short associated minerals. This area was list the company for setting up of earlier granted in favour of M/s cement plant and agenda note of the Indorama Cement Ltd.(Joint venture above meeting was also circulated to with Heidelberg Cement Germany) the members of committee vide letter The following Companies have dated 16.6.2012, but the above submitted their applications for the meeting was cancelled till further grant of Prospecting Licence:- orders. 1. M/s ACC, Mumbai Other commercially exploitable 2. M/s Reliance Cementation minerals in the state are Shale, Private Ltd., Maharastra Baryte, Silica sand, Rock salt, 3. M/s Lafarge India Private Quartsite, building material like Ltd. ,Mumbai. sandstone, sand and bajri and building 4. M/s JK Lakshmi Cements stone. A part from carrying out Ltd., New Delhi development and regulation of Mines 5. M/s Ambuja Cement Ltd., & Minerals, the Geological wing, Mumbai Department of Industries also 6. M/S Dalmia Cements Ltd. conduct Geo-technical New Delhi. investigations/inspections at various 7. M/S Abhijeet Cement Ltd. road alignments, bridges sites, Nagpur. buildings and geo-environmental 8. M/S Atha Mines Ltd. studies etc. Kolkata.

12. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

12.1 As per 2001 Census, 32.31 The total employment in the state as percent of the total population of the on 31.12.2011 in Public Sector was Pradesh is classified as main workers, 2,69,287 and in private sector was 16.92 percent marginal workers and the 1,25,216 and establishments in Public rest 50.77 percent as non-workers. sector are 3,988 and in Private sector Of the total workers the number of establishments are (main+marginal) 65.33 percent are 1,460. cultivators and 3.15 percent 12.3 Vocational Guidance agricultural labourers, 1.75 per cent There are total four vocational are engaged in household industry and Guidance centre under Labour and 29.77 per cent in other activities. The Employment Department out of which employment assistance/ information one vocational guidance centre at the service to job seekers in the Pradesh is Directorate and other three are rendered through the 3 regional located at Regional Employment Office employment exchanges, 9 district Mandi, Shimla Dharamshala. Besides employment exchanges, 2 university this, there are two University employment information and guidance Employment Information and Guidance bureau, 55 sub-employment exchanges, Bureau at Palampur and Shimla. These one special employment exchange for Vocational Guidance Centers impart physically handicapped, one central vocational guidance to needy applicants. employment cell, Vocational Guidance During the period 1.04.2012 to and Employment Counseling to the 30.11.2012, 58 Camps were organized in youth as well as in the matter of the different parts of the state. collection of Employment Market Information Centre are working in the Central Employment Cell State. 12.4 With a view to provide technical and highly skilled Employment Market Information manpower to all the industrial units, Programme Institutions and establishments, the 12.2 At the district level, the central employment cell which has been employment data is being collected set up in the Directorate of Labour and under the Employment Market Employment of the state remained Information Programme since 1960. engaged in rendering its services during the year 2012-13. Under this

scheme, assistance is provided to the Directorate of Labour and Employment employment seekers on the one hand during the year,1976. This special in finding suitable jobs in private exchange renders assistance to the sector according to their qualifications physically disabled candidates in the on the other hand to recruit suitable field of vocational guidance and also workers without wastage of money, provides employment assistance in material and time. During the year Private Sector. The Physically disabled 2012-13, upto November, 2012 total persons who constitute the weaker 120 vacancies of various natures were section of society have been provided notified by the Employers of Private number of facilities/ concession which Sector establishments. Total 1,166 include free of cost medical candidates of various trades of skilled examination of the disabled persons nature were sponsored in the various through the Medical Boards Industrial Units in the Private constituted at the State and District Sector in the Pradesh upto 30.11.2012. level, relaxation of age by 5 Years, Total 22 job seekers were placed in exemption for qualifying type test for various Private Sector Industrial Units those who suffer from disability in the in the Pradesh. From 01.04.2012 to upper limbs extremities, 3 percent 30.11.2012, this cell has organized 92 reservation for appointment in Class- campus interviews wherein 780 III & Class-IV posts, reservation of 5 candidates have been placed. The percent seats in girls Industrial Center Employment Cell also organizes Training Institute and Tailoring Job Fairs in the State. 07 Job Fairs Centers and providing reservation have been organized (From 1-4-2012 to against the specific points, in 30-11-2012) by the Department. In departmental 200 points Rosters i.e. these 07 Job fairs, 5,794 candidates 1st ,30th,73rd, 101st ,130th,173rd ; (1st and were placed in employment in different 101st for Visually disabled and 30th and Industries in the State. 130th for Hearing disabled and 73rd and 173rd for locomotor disabled). Special Employment Exchange for During the year 2012-13 from 1.4.2012 Physically Handicapped. to 30.11.2012, 922 physically disabled 12.5 The special employment persons were brought on the Live exchange for the placement of Register of the Special Employment physically disabled (visually disabled, Exchange bringing the total number to hearing disabled and locomotor 17,044. During this period 43 physically disabled) persons was set-up in the disabled persons were placed in employment.

Minimum Wages adjudication of industrial disputes. 12.6 Himachal Pradesh Independent presiding officers of Government has constituted a Minimum Labour Court/Industrial Tribunal of Wages Advisory Board under the the rank of District and Session Judge Minimum Wages Act, 1948 for the have been appointed in these two purpose of advising the State Govt. in labour courts. the matter of fixing and revising the minimum rates of wages for the Employees Insurance and Provident workers. The State Govt. has enhanced Fund Scheme the minimum wages for unskilled from 12.8 The Employees State ` 130 per day or `3,900 per month to Insurance is applicable in the areas of `150 per day or `4,500 per month Solan, Parwanoo, Barotiwala, Nalagarh, w.e.f. 1.9.2012 and the proportional in Baddi in Solan District, Mehatpur, crease has also given to the other Bathri & Gagret in Una District, Poanta categories of workers like semi-skilled, Sahib & Kala Amb in Sirmour District, skilled and highly-skilled. Golthai in Biaspur District, Mandi, Ratti, Ner Chowk, Bhangrotu, Chakkar Labour Welfare Measures & Gutkar in Mandi District and 12.7 Under the Bonded Labour Industrial Area Shoghi & Municipal System Abolition Act, 1976 the area of Shimla in District Shimla. District Vigilance Committees and Sub About 3,500 establishments with an Division Vigilance Committees have estimated 1,60,000 insured persons been constituted to monitor and ensure are covered under ESI Scheme in H.P. the implementation of Bonded Labour upto 31.12.2012. Under employees System (Abolition) Act 1976. A State provident fund scheme about 9,72,379 Level Standing Committee on the workers have been brought in 7,656 report of Expert Group on Bonded establishments. There were 1,223 Labour System and other related Acts Trade unions registered under the in the State has been constituted. Trade Union Act, 1926 upto 31.12.2012. The Pradesh Govt. has established two As per Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Labour Courts-cum-Industrial Tribunals 615 reports received under Section one with headquarter at Shimla with its 12(4) of the Act were examined and jurisdiction of District Shimla, Kinnaur, concluded resulting in notification of Solan and Sirmaur and the other at 169 Industrial disputes for Dharamshala during 2004-05 with its adjudication to Labour Court-cum- jurisdiction of District Kangra, industrial Tribunals, whereas 190 cases Chamba, Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, were refused. Mandi, Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti for

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS workers working in the construction works. There are 784 establishments, 12.9 The problem of Industrial 12,078 beneficiaries registered by all Relations has gained considerable Labour Officers in H.P. upto 31.12.2012 importance on account of expansion of and Cess amounting to `128.96 crore industrial activities in the Pradesh. has been deposited with the HP Board. Conciliation machinery has been functioning in the Pradesh and has AMENDMENT IN H.P. SHOPS & proved as an important agency for the COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS settlement of industrial disputes and ACT, 1969 maintaining industrial Peace and 12.11 H.P. Shops & Commercial harmony. Function of Conciliation Amendment Act & Rules were amended Officer has been entrusted to the enabling the establishments to Joint Labour Commissioner, Deputy register/renew their licences for five Labour Commissioner, Labour Officers years instead of annual & Labour Inspectors in the field within registration/renewal. This has saved their respective jurisdiction. Higher the time and efforts of the owner of authorities from Directorate level the establishments from getting their intervene in the cases/disputes where licences renewed every year. This Act the conciliation fails to bring about any has further been amended 4th May, amicable settlement at lower level. For 2012 and the fine has been increased looking into the problems of the for violations to make it more workers/ labourers and management of deterrent, so that proper working Hydel Projects, the Himachal Pradesh conditions and the other benefits can Government has constituted Tripartite be ensured to the workers. Committees in each district under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner. IDENTITY CARDS Further, Workers Committees having representative of Employers and 12.12 With a view to check Employees have been constituted in exploitation of workers to maintain Law Industries having more than one and Order and ensure Employment to hundred workers in one Establishment. Himachali unemployed Youth in private sector, Government has made

mandatory to issue photo identity Building & Other Construction cards to every worker as per amended Workers (RE&CS) ACT, 1996 and rules of the Minimum Wages, Inter- Cess Act, 1996 State Migrant Workmen & Contract 12.10 Under this act, there are labour. These identity cards are duly safety and welfare provisions for the

countersigned/ attested by the establishments & other unorganized concerned Labour Officers before sectors. Total 2.94,286 Identity issuing the same to workers serving in cards have been issued to workers upto factories, hydro power projects, 30.11.2012.

13. POWER

13.1 Power is one of the Through preliminary hydrological, most important input for economic topographical and geological development. In addition to its investigations, it has been widely recognised role as a catalyst estimated that about 23,000 MW to economic activity in different of hydel potential can be exploited sectors of economy, the power in the state by constructing various sector makes a direct and major, medium, small and significant contribution to economy mini/micro hydel projects on these in terms of revenue generation, five river basins. Out of this hydel employment opportunities and potential only 8,368 MW has been enhancing the quality of life. harnessed by various agencies 13.2 Himachal Pradesh has which also includes 473 MW by been blessed with vast H.P.S.E.B.Ltd. hydroelectric potential in its five The Basin-wise details of the river basins, namely Yamuna, Satluj, assessed potential and the Beas, Ravi and Chenab. potential actualized are as under:-

Assessed Potential

Name of Projects Capacity (MW) 1 2 Yamuna 817 Satluj 10,361 Beas 5,357 Ravi 2,958 Chenab 2,973 Self Identified/New Identified 534 Total 23,000

13.3 The State Govt. has Independent Power Producers. The adopted multi pronged detailed breakup of the total strategy for power development identified potential of 23,000 through State Sector, Central M.W. is given under:- Sector, Joint Venture and

TOTAL IDENTIFIED HYDRO POWER POTENTIAL (MW)

State Central/ Private Sector Sector Joint Sr. HPSEBL/ Sector Above Upto 5 Total PARTICULARS No HPPCL (MW) 5MW MW (MW) (MW) (through HIMURJA) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Projects 473 5875 1815 205 8368 Commissioned 2 Under Execution/ 521 2532 581 171 3805 Construction 3 Under Implementation/ 538 66 990 670 2264 Obtaining Clearances 4 Under Investigation 2087 775 3176 245 6283 5 Under Litigation/ 1011 1011 dispute 6 Abandoned schemes in view of environmental 0 0 735 0 735 & social concerns 7 To be allotted 0 0 534 0 534 TOTAL: 3619 9248 8842 1291 23000

Hydro Power Policy 2. The Government of Himachal 13.4 In order to give a boost Pradesh will get royalty in to Hydro Power Generation, shape of free Power from the Himachal Pradesh has formulated Small Hydro Electric projects Hydro Power Policy. The main @ 6 percent for first 12 features of this policy are:- years, 15 percent for the next A. For Projects upto 5 MW 18 years and 24 percent for the remaining period of 1. Projects upto 2 MW capacity project agreement. In are exclusively reserved for addition 1 percent (one bonafide Himachalis and in percent) Free Power will also projects above 2 MW and be provided by the project upto 5MW Himachalies will developer towards Local Area get preference by way of Development Fund (LADF) extra marks to enable them to over and above the normal compete with the Non- royalty during the entire life Himachalies. of the Project.

3. One percent of the total Pradesh over and above the project cost shall be royalty charges of (12+1)%, earmarked for Local Area (18+1)% & (30+1)% of the Development activities and deliverable energy upto 12 shall be utilized on years, next 18 years and developmental activities in the balance 10 years of the project affected areas. agreement period from Scheduled Commercial 4. Project developers shall be Operation Date. required to ensure 70 percent employment to Himachalis 3. The Developer shall make a provision of 1.5 percent of 5 The project developers can final cost of the Project also make third party sale or towards Local Area make captive use outside the Development Committee State for which they have to (LADC), the activities of enter into suitable agreement which shall be financed by the for transmission of Power Project itself. with the concerned entities. 4. For benefits of local people 6 Project developers have to and local areas of the State hand over the project to the affected due to State Government after a implementation of Hydro- period of 40 years. electric Projects, the State Govt. has introduced a B. For Projects above 5 MW provision in line with the 1. All Projects above 5 MW shall National Hydro Power Policy- be allotted to IPPs 2008, for providing an (Independent Power Additional Free Power @ Producers) through 1 percent of the generated International Competitive energy from all Hydel Power Bidding. Projects which would be earmarked for Local Area 2. The Bidders would be required Development Fund (LADF) and to accept to pay a fixed shall be aimed at providing upfront premium charges of regular stream of revenue for `20.00 lakh per Mega Watt income generation and welfare capacity of the Project and schemes, creation of ‘Additional Free Power’ at a additional infrastructure and uniform rate in all three time- common facilities etc. on a bands of Royalty charges sustained and continued basis during the operation period of over the life of the Project. the Project to the This fund would be available in Government of Himachal the form of Free Power as an

annuity over the entire life of Department of Environment, the Project. The Govt. of HP Govt. of HP, as applicable vide its notification from time to time. The dated 5.10.2011, issued Developer shall provide comprehensive Guidelines for necessary arrangement/ the management of the LADF. mechanism in the civil structure including discharge 5. The operation period of the measurement system for the Projects shall be forty (40) release of laid down minimum years from the Scheduled flow immediately downstream Commercial Operation Date of the diversion structure. (COD) of the Projects, where after, the Project shall revert 8. Disposal of Power: to the State Government free of cost. The developer shall be free to dispose of such power as 6. The Company shall have to remains after meeting provide employment to commitments of royalty in Bonafide Himachalis, in shape of free power and respect of all the Additional Free Power through unskilled/skilled staff and Merchant sale. other non-executives as may be required for execution, 9. Rationalization of Milestones: operation and maintenance of To make the implementation of the Project. If it is not Projects more realistic the possible to recruit 100 State Government vide its percent staff from Himachalis notification issued on for justifiable reasons, only 07.07.2012, has incorporated a then the Company shall provision for extension at maintain not less than 70 various levels so that the percent of the total Projects stucked due to employees/ officers/ extraordinary delays can be executives from Bonafide regularized and the same may Himachali persons. be brought back to the track.

7. The Release of Minimum 10. Optimization of Potential: Discharge: The State Government for achieving optimization of the The Developer if ROR Project’ total Hydro Potential of the shall ensure minimum flow of State has engaged reputed 15 percent water immediately consultancy firm for downstream of the diversion digitization of Basin Wise Plans, structure of the project all new identification of new the times as per the Policy of projects & optimization, the

study awarded to M/s Pradesh has formulated a Lahmeyer International (I) Pvt. programming with the Ltd., is on the verge of assistance of NIC to monitor completion and finalization of detailed progress of the reports shall highlight achievement of milestones enhancement of the identified through online monitoring of all potential of 27,000 MW over the ongoing Project activities, the already identified potential allowing access to the of 23,000 MW. developers for their respective Projects. 11. Capacity Enhancement: For the point of view of 14. Local Area Development Fund optimization of the existing (LADF): Projects, the Government has The State Government amended the earlier policy in formulated guidelines for the such a manner that optimization management of LADF vide be ensured, while the earlier notification dated 05.10.2011, policy provides incentive to amplifying the utilization of those who wish to remain within LADF funds at various levels. 20% increase of the allotted The Government introduced capacity and levies heavy provision for LADF @ 1.5% of additionalities if the capacity is the cost of Project in increased beyond 20% of December, 2006 and a allotted. considerable expenditure has been incurred on this account. 12. Domain Change: Beside the above, the The State Government Government vide its notification formulated a policy allowing all dated 30.11.2009 has domain changes resulting to introduced a cash incentives to optimization of potential by the Local Population in the allotting un-utilized domains Project affected area, out of vide Government notification the funds received on account dated 15.06.2010. of sale of Additional Free Power @ 1% after commercial 13. Web Based Monitoring: operation of date of the To ensuring timely Projects which shall contribute implementation of Hydro towards the upliftment of the Projects and to sort out various Local Population in Project issues affecting the affected area as the same shall implementation, the be available for the entire life Government of Himachal time of the Projects.

15. Cumulative Impact Assessment and quality power supply in the Studies: rural areas. This scheme would also cover electricity access to In line with the guidelines of 44,496 rural households Ministry of Energy Govt. of including 12,483 BPL households India the State Government to be provided access to has initiated basin wise impact electricity free of cost. This assessment studies by involving scheme is being executed on various reputed agencies. The Turnkey basis as per guidelines work for carrying out aforesaid of REC. This would facilitate in studies in respect of Satluj & an early completion. This Chenab basins have already scheme also envisage been assigned to ICFRE strengthening of Distribution Dehradun & R.S. Envirolink and System in rural areas of all the the similar studies for other 12 Districts by providing 2092 basins are also being taken up new Distribution sub-stations where the ToR for Beas Basin is of adequate capacity and lines. under advanced stage of finalization from MoEF. 10th plan Project: - Scheme of Chamba District. was H.P. STATE ELECTRICTY BOARD sanctioned by M/S REC for Ltd. `25.02 Crores in Dec, 2005 during 10th plan and now the 13.5 CENTRALLY SPONSERED scheme has been revised for SCHEMES AND `66.33 Crores by M/s REC. DEPARTMENTAL SCHEMES. Total amount for ` 59.65 (i) Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Crores have been released Vidyutikaran Yojana: against Ist, IInd & IIIrd Rajiv Gandhi Grameen installments by REC and Vidyutikaran Yojana was payment of ` 42.37 Crores has launched in April, 2005 with been released, while bills of the aim to electrify all un- approximately ` 6.14 Crores electrified villages / are already in process of habitations & provide access to payment to the firm. Thus electricity in every households total financial progress is having provision of 90% capital `48.51 Crores upto December, subsidy & 10% Loan. HPSEB 2012. formulated District-wise electrification schemes under Works executed in Chamba “Rajiv Gandhi Grameen District upto December, Vidyutikaran Yojna” (RGGVY) as 2012:- per guidelines of REC. 33kV HT Line 24.480 kms, Implementation of these 11kV HT line 205.769 kms, LT schemes would ensure reliable line 404.665 Kms, Distribution

Transformers 175 Nos., 4 Nos total financial progress is 33/11kV Sub-stations `241.51 Crores upto December, augmented (Koti, Sihunta, 2012. Execution of works in Nakrod & Gharola), all the 70 Blocks in 11 Districts electrification of BPL under 11th Plan are in full swing. Households 977 Nos. and The works in Pangi Tehsil of 15Nos. un-electrified villages Chamba, Kinnaur and have been electrified upto LahaulSpiti Districts could not December, 2012 in Pangi Block be completed as the working of Chamba District. season is quite limited due to cold weather, snow fall and 11th plan projects:- Schemes labour not readily available. The for eleven Districts namely extension cases of completion Kangra, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, dates of RGGVY schemes of Una, Mandi, Sirmour, Shimla, Chamba, Kinnaur and Solan, Kullu, Kinnaur and Lahaul Lahaul&Spiti Districts had been & Spiti have been sanctioned sent to the Executive Director th during 11 plan for `275.53 (RGGVY), M/S REC, Scope Crores and ` 231.44 Crores Complex, 7Lodhi Road, New st have been released against I , Delhi and M/S REC Ltd. nd rd II & III installment for authorities have agreed to these eleven Districts. The continue to release of eligible expenditure to the tune of funds upto 31st March, 2013 for `239.53 Crores have been all 10th and 11th Plan Projects. incurred, while the bills of The progress of ongoing works approximately `1.98 Crores are under RGGVY upto December, under process for payment 2012 is tabulated as under:- upto December, 2012. Thus

Sr. Description of Unit Total Cumulative progress upto No. Items Provision December, 2012 of the Physical Percentage scheme 1 2 3 4 5 6 10th Plan Projects. 1 33 KV New S/Stn No 1 Work in 95 Progress 2 33 KV HT Lines Km. 64.00 24.480 38.25 3 11 KV HT Lines Km. 212.520 207.407 97.59 4 LT Lines Km. 472.180 404.665 85.70 5 DTRs Nos. 175 175 100 6 BPL HHs Connection Nos. 647 977 151 7 Electrification of Nos. 15 15 100 electrified villages

11th Plan Projects 1 Augmentation of33 Nos. 4 4 100 KV S/Stns 2 22/11kV HT Line Km 1721.18 1397.648 81.20 3 LT Lines Km 5433.2 5452.34 100.35 5 0 4 DTRs Nos. 1917 2163 112.83 5 BPL HHs Connection Nos. 11836 13776 116.39 6 Electrification of Nos. 76 68 89.4 electrified Villages {(93-(7+10)}

For making access to As per 2001 census, electricity to 100% household in the number of census villages is 17495. State, schemes under Rajiv Gandhi Out of which 109 villages have been Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana identified as un-electrified villages, (RGGVY) for all the 12 District are 11 villages are not technically approved by M/s REC Ltd. amounting justified for electrification and 7 to ` 341.86 Crores and an amount of nos. have already been electrified. ` 291.09 Crores has so far been Out of the balance 91 villages, 83 released against these schemes. The nos. villages have been electrified work for execution of RGGVY upto December, 2012 and for schemes stand awarded on turn key remaining 8 nos. un-electrified basis in all the 12 District of the villages work is in progress. The State, an expenditure of ` 290.02 District wise detail of un- Crores has been incurred upto electrified/electrified village is as December, 2012. under:-

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Sr. District No. of No. of villages No. of No. of No. un- technically not villages to electrified electrified justified/ already be villages villages electrified electrified 1 Chamba 16 1 15 15 2 Kangra 2 2 - - 3 Kinnaur 40 6 34 31 4 Lahaul & 29 1 28 23 Spiti 5 Mandi 12 - 12 12 6 Shimla 9 8 1 1 7 Sirmour 1 - 1 1 Total 109 18 91 83

(ii) Restructured Accelerated during August, 2010. The total project Power Development and cost for Part-A under R-APDRP is Reform Program `128.46 crore. The balance is to be met through own funding. Power (R- APDRP): Finance Corporation Limited has been designated as the Nodal Agency for Ministry of Power, Govt. of India the program by Govt. of India. Under has launched the Restructured Part- A of Restructured Accelerated Accelerated Power Development Power Development Reform Program Reform Program (R-APDRP) to reduce (R-APDRP) in Himachal Pradesh, 14 the Aggregate Technical & Commercial towns namely (Shimla, Solan, Nahan, (AT&C) losses to 15 % in project areas. Paonta, Baddi, Bilaspur, Mandi, The program is divided into 2 parts Sundernagar, Chamba, Dharamshala, namely Part-A & Part-B. Part-A will Hamirpur, Kullu, Una and Yol) had been include projects for establishment of found eligible for funding. baseline data & IT applications like Meter Data Acquisition, Meter Scope:-The following works were Reading, Billing, Collections, GIS, MIS, covered under R-APDRP Part-A for Energy Audit, New Connection, Himachal Pradesh:- Disconnection, Customer Care Services, Web Self Services etc. to verify AT&C 1. Providing requisite hardware, losses. Part-B will include distribution software and peripherals at strengthening projects. Data Center at Shimla, Disaster Recovery Center at Paonta Part-‘A’. Ministry of Power has Sahib and various offices of 14 sanctioned ` 96.40 crore against DPRs towns namely Shimla, Solan, of 14 eligible towns for Himachal Nahan, Paonta, Baddi, Bilaspur,

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Mandi, Sundernagar, Chamba, 30th August, 2010 for an amount Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kullu, of ` 99.14 Cr. Una and Yol. Latest Status and Completion 2. Development / Implementation Schedule: of following software • Data Center at Shimla has applications at Data Center been commissioned.The work Disaster Recovery Center level:- of Non IT Infrastructure of a. Meter Data Acquisition Disaster Recovery Centre System (DRC) at Paonta Sahib has b. Energy Audit. been completed. The c. Identity & Access hardware / software Management System. installation /configuration d. Management Information has been completed and the System containing DRC is likely to be Dataware Housing & commissioned by January, Business Intelligence 2013. tools. • The work of the ring e. Enterprise Management fencing of the 14-project System & Network areas has been completed. Management System, The baseline AT & C Loss which is a part of data of the 14 towns has hardware been established by M/s PFC during March-June, Award for Consultant 2012. /Implementation Agency:-The • Pilot Town (Nahan) along award for IT Consultant has with 6-towns namely been placed to M/s Dharamshala, Kullu, Yol, Telecommunication Consultants Bilaspur, Sunder Nagar and India Limited, New Delhi in Hamirpur has been consortium with M/s Vayam integrated with data Technologies India Ltd. as Centre. Remaining 7 Towns consortium partner on 31st July, namely Solan, Shimla, 2009 for an amount of Chamba, Mandi, Paonta `39,70,800. The purpose of IT Sahib, Baddi and Una are Consultant is to assist the expected to be integrated HPSEB Ltd. in preparing the with Data Centre by the feasibility report, bid document, end of January, 2013. The assist in bid process and software modules for monitor implementation.The MDAS, EA, IAMS and MIS award for IT Implementation have been developed and Agency has been placed to M/s installed at the Data HCL Infosystems Ltd., Noida on Center.

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• Modems in 12 towns already census, 2001 are covered under the installed and in 2 towns i.e. programme. For special category states Shimla and Baddi is in like Himachal Pradesh, GoI Loan for progress and is expected to Part-‘B’ shall be 90% of the total be installed during January, project cost and 10% shall be arranged 2013. by the utility through loan/own funding. • Integration of GIS GoI Loan for Part-‘B’ shall be converted Application with the modules into grant in equal tranches every year of other applications as per for 5 years as per the R-APDRP the requirements of R-APDRP guidelines on the basis of reduction in awarded to M/s TCS is in AT&C losses. In Himachal Pradesh 14 progress and is expected to towns namely Baddi, Bilaspur, Chamba, be completed by January, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kullu, Mandi, 2013. Nahan, Paonta Sahib, Solan, Shimla, • Training is proposed to be Sundernagar, Una and Yol having imparted to the HPSEBL population more than 10000 are covered personnel during under R-APDRP. The schemes for these December,2012 - March, towns under R-APDRP (Part-B) includes 2013. renovation, modernization & strengthening of 11kV & 22 kV level The Part-A of the R-APDRP substations, Transformers/ project shall be completed Transformer centers, Re-conductoring within 2012-13. of 11kV and LT lines, load bifurcation, feeder separation, Load Balancing, Expected Benefits from the scheme: HVDS (11kV), Arial Bunched The focus of the R-APDRP, Conductoring, replacement of Part-‘A’ Scheme is on actual electromagnetic energy meters with demonstration of performance in terms tamperproof electronic meters, of sustained loss reduction. installation of capacitor banks, mobile Establishment of reliable and service centers and strengthening at 33 automated systems for sustained kV or 66 kV system. Initially, the R- collection of accurate base line data APDRP (Part-B) schemes amounting to through adoption of information `322.18 crore (Loan amount `289.97 technology in the area of energy crore) were sanctioned by M/s PFC / accounting. MoP for all the 14 towns covered under R-APDRP in Himachal Pradesh. Due to Part-‘B’ Government of India has non availability of land for construction introduced the R-APDRP (Restructured of 66/11 kV substations and right of APDRP) Programme during the 11th way problem for associated 66 kV lines, Five Year Plan and the towns having the schemes for Shimla and Baddi towns population more than 30,000 (10,000 have been revised.The revised R-APDRP for special category states) as per (Part-B) DPRs for Shimla and Baddi

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towns amounting to `120.34 crore and `305.07 crore). The counterpart `84.10 crore respectively have been funding (10% of the total project cost) sanctioned by M/s PFC on dated amounting to `33.90 crore have also 08.02.2012 and accordingly the original been sanctioned by M/s PFC during sanctions amounting to `322.18 crore June, 2012. The M/S PFC has released (Loan amount `289.97 crore ) have been ` 101.68 crore as upfront money for revised to ` 338.97 crore (Loan amount these 14 towns.

Sr. No. Name of Loan GoI Loan PFC Loan Total Project Town/ Project Number (` in (` in Cost (` in crore) Area crore) crore) 1 Baddi 4134001 75.69 8.41 84.10 2 Bilaspur 4134002 1.87 0.21 2.08 3 Chamba 4134003 2.64 0.29 2.93 4 Dharamshala 4134004 9.28 1.03 10.31 5 Hamirpur 4134005 5.81 0.65 6.46 6 Kullu 4134006 6.66 0.74 7.40 7 Mandi 4134007 17.32 1.92 19.24 8 Nahan 4134008 5.46 0.61 6.07 9 Paonta Sahib 4134009 32.97 3.66 36.63 10 Shimla 4134010 108.30 12.04 120.34 11 Solan 4134011 20.32 2.26 22.58 12 Sundernagar 4134012 5.90 0.65 6.55 13 Una 4134013 6.58 0.73 7.31 14 Yol 4134014 6.27 0.70 6.97 Total 305.07 33.90 338.97

The scheme also envisages Nahan, Solan, Hamirpur, Kullu, the provision of incentive for utility Sundernagar, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, staff in the towns where ‘Aggregate Una, Yol, Mandi & Chamba and for Technical & Commercial loss’ (AT&C partial works under 3 no. of towns loss) levels are brought below 15%. namely Baddi, Shimla and Paonta Accordingly, the Incentive scheme Sahib have been awarded during May amounting to `9.76 crore for all the to July, 2012. The tenders for the 14 towns covered under R-APDRP remaining works under Baddi, Shimla (Part-B) has been sanctioned by M/s and Paonta Sahib towns have been PFC Ltd. floated and likely to be awarded by Feb., 2013 except for new The tenders for all the substations and lines for which the works under 11 No. towns namely

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process of land acquisition is under valuation of assets for whole progress. HPSEB Ltd., which will be used as the base for As per the resolution computerization of billing, adopted during the Power Ministers energy accounting, electrical th Conference held on 13 July, 2011 at network management, CRM New Delhi, the eligibility for the and Management Information inclusion of towns under R-APDRP System (MTS) and to create with population of 30,000 (10,000 Fixed Assets Registers with for special category states) should wings namely Generation, be reduced to 15,000 (5,000 for Transmission and Distribution special category states) and all the after proper reconciliation district headquarters towns in with latest balance sheet of special category states should also the Board. be covered under R-APDRP, irrespective of their population. • GIS based Assets Mapping There are 17 no. of towns having Consumer Indexing and population more than 5000 (as per Valuation of Fixed Assets of Census 2001) and 2 no. District HPSEB Ltd called “GIS Headquarters in the Himachal Packages” Part-1 within Pradesh excluding the town having geographical boundaries of population more than 10,000 and are Shimla Operation Circle has already covered under R-APDRP. The been completed except schemes for these towns are being integration with billing prepared and shall be submitted to package, which is in progress M/s PFC for approval as and when and shall be completed by the directions for the same received January 2013. For the from M/s PFC/MoP. remaining 11 Operation Circle, field survey work is in I.T. Initiatives progress. The survey work will be completed and 13.6 submitted for validation by (i) GIS/GPS Based Asset Mapping 15 January, 2013. The overall including Consumer Indexing project work is expected to and Valuation of Assets of be completed by March 2013. HPSEB Ltd, preparation of (ii) Computerized Billing and Energy FARs of HPSEB Ltd called Accounting Package (IT GIS Package. Package) • HPSEB Ltd. has decided to Latest Status: carry out GIS/GPS based asset mapping including The rollover project under consumer indexing and Part-2 of the Contract covering 105

remaining 11 circles, 24 Divisions and • 2nd Phase of this project 122 Sub-Divisions covering more would cover the entire Board than 10 Lakh consumers has been starting w.e.f. August, 2013 implemented. The connectivity has onwards. The left out been made available by BSNL in all modules/processes shall also these subdivisions. The be completed in this phase. computerized Billing has been Future plans of the department. started in 124 Sub-Divisions till 13th 13.7 December, 2012. The remaining 8 • Computerization of offices Sub-Divisions could not start in HPSEBL. computerized Billing due to • Augmentation & construction connectivity issues. The BSNL of new Sub-Stations and authorities have been intimated HT/LT lines to provide quality regarding the issue and immediate & reliable power to the resolution is assured by BSNL consumers in the State of H.P. authorities. • Automatic Meter reading of various Industrial consumers. Future Plan: The project will be • Proposal for replacement of rolled out in 61 Sub Divisions not 12,97,818 No. single phase and covered under IT package. 20,319 No. three phase old Hardware for which has already electromechanical meters with been included in the ERP hardware electronic meters w.e.f package for which LOA has been Financial Year 2011-12 to issued. LOA for digitization of Financial Year 2013-14. consumer data of these subdivisions • To reduce the T&D losses to has also been accepted by M/s SAR 13%. Technology. • Proposal for replacement of 1,40,477 Nos. rotten wooden (iii) Implementation of an poles in 1st & 2nd Phase. Enterprise Resource Planning • Improve efficiency in services (ERP) package in HPSEB Ltd. with the reduced cost. • The award has been issued to M/s TCS on dated H.P. POWER TRANSMISSION 21.04.2010.The Contract has CORPORATION LTD. been signed on 17.06.2010. 13.8 H.P. Power Transmission • “Go Live” of the pilot in 1st Corporation Limited (HPPTCL) is an Phase covering Head Office undertaking of Government of and Operation Circle Shimla Himachal Pradesh, which was is expected to start in established on 27.08.2008 with a view January, 2013 and is likely to to strengthen the transmission be completed by March, network in Himachal Pradesh and to 2013.

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facilitate evacuation of power from agreement for Tranche-I for under upcoming generating plants. taking implementation of Transmission Projects in Distt., Kinnaur (Satluj The jobs entrusted to Basin) and Shimla (Pabbar basin) Corporation by GOHP inter-alia estimated at a cost of $ 113 Million included execution of all new works; has been signed and made effective both Transmission Lines and Sub- from Jan, 2012. This loan shall fund Stations of 66 kV and above voltage Following 4 Nos. Transmission rating, formulation, up-gradation, Projects: execution of Transmission Master • 400/220/66 kV, 2x315 MVA Plan of HP for strengthening of sub-station at Wangtoo in transmission network and evacuation Distt. Kinnaur. The work is of power. HPPTCL is discharging the likely to be awarded during the functions of State Transmission year 2013. Utility (STU) and coordinating the • 220/66/22 kV Sub-Station at transmission related issues with Bhoktoo in Distt. Kinnaur. The Central Transmission Utility, Central work has already been Electricity Authority, Ministry of awarded and shall be Power (GOI), HP Government and commissioned in October, HPSEBL. Besides, corporation is also 2013. responsible for planning and • 400/220/66 kV, 2x315 MVA coordination of transmission related sub-station at Pragati Nagar issues with IPPs, CPSUs, State PSUs, (Kotkhai) in Distt. Shimla. The HPPCL and other State/ Central work is likely to be awarded Government Agencies. during the year 2013. • 220kV, transmission line from The Corporation is Hatkoti to Pragati Nagar in planning transmission system in such a Distt. Shimla. The work has way to ensure principles of reliability, been awarded. security, eco-friendly and economy matched with rising and desirable The following Transmission expectation of cleaner, safer, Projects have been awarded and are healthier environment to people, both being funded through domestic affected and benefited by its borrowings: activities is one of the objective of the corporation. • 33/220 kV, 2x31.5 MVA sub- The Government of India station at Fozal in Distt. Kullu has approved ADB loan of $ 350 with the completion date in Million for implementation of 2013. • Transmission Projects covered in 33/220 kV, 63 MVA sub- Power System Master Plan (PSMP) in station at Karian in Distt. Himachal Pradesh and loan Chamba with the completion date in 2013.

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The Tranche-II of ADB Tranche shall fund construction of loan amounting to $ 110 Million has 66 kV and above sub-stations and been approved and loan agreement lines in the districts of Kinnaur, Kullu, shall be signed in the year 2013. This Chamba, Kangra and Mandi.

POTENTIAL HARNESSED UNDER STATE/CENTRE/JOINT/ PRIVATE SECTOR AND HIMURJA:

(i) State Sector Sr.No. Name of Project Basin Capacity (MW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Andhra Yamuna 16.95 2. Giri Yamuna 60.00 3. Gumma Yamuna 3.00 4. Rukti Satluj 1.50 5. Chaba Satluj 1.75 6. Rongtong Satluj 2.00 7. Nogli Satluj 2.50 8. Bhaba Satluj 120.00 9. Ganvi Satluj 22.50 10. Binwa Beas 6.00 11. Gaj Beas 10.50 12. Baner Beas 12.00 13. Uhl-II (Bassi) Beas 60.00 14. Larji Beas 126.0 15. Khauli Beas 12.00 16. Sal-II Ravi 2.00 17. Holi Ravi 3.00 18. Bhuri Singh P/H Ravi 0.45 19. Killar Chenab 0.30 20. Thirot Chenab 4.50 21 Baba Augmentation Satluj 4.50 22. Himurja (Under State - - 1.95 Sector) Sub-Total-I 473.40

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ii) Central/Joint Sector Sr.No. Name of Projects Basin Capacity(MW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Yamuna Projects Yamuna 132 (H.P. Share) 2. Bhakra Satluj 1478 3. Nathpa Jhakri Satluj 1500 4. Baira Siul Ravi 198 5. Chamera-I Ravi 540 6. Chamera-II Ravi 300 7. Uhl-I(Shanan) Beas 110 8. Pong Dam Beas 396 9. B.S.L Beas 990 10 Chamera-III Ravi 231 Sub-Total-II 5875

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a) (Project above 5 MW) Sr. No. Name of Project Basin Capacity (MW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Baspa-II Satluj 300 2. Malana-I Beas 86 3. Patikari Beas 16 4. Toss Beas 10 5. Sarbari-II Beas 5.4 6. Allain Duhangan Beas 192 7. Karchham Wangtoo Satluj 1000 8. Upper Joiner Ravi 12 9 Sumez Satluj 14 10 Beas Kund Beas 9 11 Malana-II Beas 100 12 Budhil Ravi 70 Total (a) 1814.4

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b) (Project upto 5 MW)

Sr. No. Name of Project Capacity (MW) 1 2 3 1. Mini/Micro Hydel Projects upto 5 205 MW through Himurja Total (b) 205 Total-III(a +b) 1814.4 +205 2019.4 MW

Total Potential Harnessed (upto Dec. 2012): (i)+(ii)+(iii) = 473.4+5875+2019.4 = 8368 MW A. PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS COMMISSIONED project works on 27.9.1998. The 1. Baspa Hydro-electric financial package had been approved Project-II (300 MW): by the CEA for a total amount of The MOU and Implementation `332.71 crore. The project started Agreement for execution of the generating electricity w.e.f. Baspa-II HEP were signed by the 5.7.2001. H.P. Govt. with M/s. Jai Parkash Industries Ltd., New Delhi on 3. Patikari Hydro-electric Project (16 MW): The 23.11.1991 & 1.10.1992 respectively. Implementation Agreement for the The Unit-I-II and III of the Project has been signed with M/s. project have been generating power East India Petroleum Ltd. on w.e.f. 24.5.2003, 29.5.2003 and 9.11.2001 which has further 8.6.2003, respectively. incorporated Patikari power Pvt. Ltd. 2. Malana Hydro-electric for the implementation of the Project (86 MW): project. The Techno-economic The MOU for execution of clearance has been issued by the the project was signed between the Board on 27.9.2001. The estimated HP Govt. and M/s Rajasthan Spinning cost of the project is ` 126 crore. and Weaving Mills (RSWM), New The PPA was signed with HPSEB on Delhi on 28.8.1993. The 14.1.2003. The Project has been Implementation Agreement was commissioned in January, 2008. signed on 13.3.1997 between Govt. of HP & RSWM followed by a Tripartite 4. Allain Duhangan Hydel Project Agreement signed on 3.3.1999 (192 MW): between Govt. of H.P., M/s RSWM The estimate cost of this ` and M/s Malana Power Company Ltd. project is 922.36 crore. The MOU (MPCL). Company started the for execution of the project was

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signed between the HP Govt. and HP Govt. and M/s. Jai Parkash M/s. Rajasthan Spinning and Industries Ltd., New Delhi on Weaving Mills Ltd., New Delhi on 28.8.1993. The Implenatation of 28.8.1993 & Implementation Agreement was signed between Govt. Agreement signed on 22.2.2001. of H.P. and M/s Jai Parkash The Govt. of H.P. signed Industries Ltd. on 18.11.1999. The Quadripartite Agreement on work on the project was started on 5.11.2005 between the Govt. of H.P. 18.11.2005 and got completed in M/s. Rajasthan Spinning and Aug.2011. The project has been Weaving Mills Ltd., MPCL and the commissioned in August, 2011. Generating Company M/s AD Hydro 8. Upper Joiner Hydel Project Power Ltd. The construction work of (12 MW): project is under progress. The The Project has been allotted project has been commissioned in to M/s Tejas Sarnika Hydro August, 2010. Energies Pvt. Ltd. The MOU for 5. Sarbari Hydel electric Project execution of the Project and the (5.4 MW): Implementation Agreement has been The MoU was signed by the signed between the HP Govt. and H.P.Govt. with M/s Hydro Watt Ltd M/s Tejas Sarnika Hydro Energies on 15.3.2001. The implementation Pvt. Ltd. on 12.01.2005 and agreement was signed by the H.P. 11.07.2008.The project has been Govt. with company on 28.2.2009. commissioned in July, 2011. The project has been commissioned 9. Sumej (14 MW) in August, 2010. The MoU and implementation 6. Toss Hydel electric Project agreement for execution of the (10MW): Sumej HEP were signed by the H.P. The Govt. of H.P. has Govt. with M/s Rangaraju Ware signed the MoU and implementation Housing Pvt. Ltd. on 12.01.2005 and agreement with M/s Sai 11.12.2008 respectively. The project Engineering Foundation, New Shimla. has been commissioned in March, The project has been commissioned 2012. in 2009-2010. 10. Beaskund (9MW): 7. Karcham-Wangtoo Hydel The MoU and Implementation Project (1000 MW): Agreement for execution of the The project has been allotted Beaskund HEP were signed by the to M/s Karcham Hydro Corporation H.P.Govt. with Kapil Mohan and Ltd. New Delhi .The estimated cost Associates Hydro Power Pvt. Limited of project is `6,930 crore. Annual Chandigarh on 23.3.2001 and generation of this project is 4,560 1.10.2009 respectively. The project MU. The MOU for execution of the has been commissioned in June, Project has been signed between the 2012.

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11. Malana-II (100 MW): respectively. The Project has been Malana-II Hydro Electric commissioned in july, 2012. Project (HEP) has been 12. Budhil Hydro Electric project contemplated a Power generation (70MW): development on Malana a tributary The project has been allotted of Beas in Kullu District of Himachal to M/s Lanco Green power Pvt. Ltd. Pradesh. The Project has been The estimated cost of the project is allotted to M/s Everest Power Pvt. `418.80 crore. The Memorandum of Ltd. New Delhi. The estimated cost Understanding (MoU) has been of the Project is `633.47 Crore. The signed on 23.9.2004. The H.P. Govt. estimated annual generation of this signed the Implementation project is 428 MU. The MOU & IA Agreement (I.A) with the company signed with the M/S Everst Power on 22.11.2005. The Project has been Pvt. Ltd. on 27.5.2002 & 14.1.2003 commissioned in Aug, 2012.

B. PROJECT UNDER EXECUTION i) State Sector

Sr. Name of Project Basin Capacity No. (MW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Bassi Augmentation Beas 4.5 2. Ghanvi-II Satluj 10 3. Uhl-III Beas 100 4. Kashang-I Satluj 65 5. Kashang-II&III Satluj 130 6. Sawara Kuddu Yamuna 111 7. Sainj Beas 100 Total: 520.5 ii) Central/Joint Sector Sr.No. Name of Project Basin Capacity (MW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Parbati-II Beas 800 2. Parbati-III Beas 520 3. Koldam Satluj 800 4.. Rampur Satluj 412 Total: 2532

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Sr.No. Name of Project Basin Installed Capacity (MW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Neogal Beas 15 2. Fozal 9 3. Tangnu-Romai Stage-I Beas 44 4. Tangnu-Romai Stage-II Yamuna 6 5. Lambadug Yamuna 25 6. Baragaon Beas 24 7. Baner-II Beas 6 8. Raura Beas 8 9. Sorang Satluj 150 10. Tidong-I Satluj 100 11. Chanju-I Satluj 36 12. Kut Ravi 24 13. Lower Uhl Satluj 13 14. Kurmi Beas 8 15. Rala Satluj 9 16. Upper Nanti Satluj 12 17. Jogini Satluj 16 18. Nanti Satluj 14 19. Paudital Lassa Satluj 24 20. Roura-II Yamuna 20 21. Brua Satluj 9 22. Jeori Satluj 9.6 Total (a) : 581.6

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Sr.No. Name of Project Capacity (MW) 1 2 3 1. Mini/Micro Hydel Projects upto 5 MW 171 through HIMURJA Sub Total (b) 171

Total-III(a+b) 581.6+171 752.6

TOTAL PROJECTS UNDER EXECUTION= (i) + (ii) + (iii) 520.5 + 2,532 +752.6 = 3805 MW

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Sr.No. Name of Projects Installed Expected Likely date of capacity Generation Commissioning (MW) (MU) 1. Uhl Stage-III 100.00 391.19 March,2014 2. Ghanvi Stage-II 10.00 56.30 February,2013 Total 110.00 447.49

1. UHL STAGE–III HYDRO (March, 2008 Price Level). 80% ELECTRIC PROJECT works pertaining to transmission viz (100MW): construction of 132 KV Single Circuit Transmission line from Chullah to The packages for Bassi (15.288 KM.) and 132 KV construction of Neri Khad Intake Double Circuit Transmission line Work and Rana Khad Intake Works from Chulla to Hamirpur have been completed during (34.307KM.) have been completed. December,2011 & Surge Shaft during January, 2012. Other 2) GHANVI STAGE-II HEP packages of the Project except for (10 MW): Head Race Tunnel are anticipated to be completed up to March, 2013. Ghanvi Stage-II HEP is a Project is scattered over a large run of the river scheme on Ghanvi geographical area having poor rivulet, a tributary of Satluj river. communication, weak geological This scheme envisages construction formations, tunneling through sand of drop type trench weir to divert stone, clay stone and conglomerate the Ghanvi waters. This diverted with heavy ingress of water at Inlet water will be conveyed through 1.8m heading of Head Race Tunnel (HRT). size D-shaped 1440m long tunnel and Contract of HRT have been one penstock, bifurcating near power rescinded twice due to slow house to feed two turbines in an progress/ non performance of the underground power house to contractors and remaining works of generate 10 MW of power by HRT have now been awarded. The utilizing a gross head of 165m and excavation of HRT is now anticipated designed discharge of 7 cumecs. The to be completed during February, annual energy generation in a 75% 2013 and entire package by dependable year is expected to be December, 2013. The estimated cost 56.30 MU. The work on all the major of the project is ` 940.84 Crore components i.e. civil works, Hydro- 114

mechanical works & Electro- civil works up to November,2012. mechanical works is in full swing. The project is targeted for Total expenditure to the tune of commissioning during February, `7,941.89 lakh has been incurred on 2013.

ii. Projects under HPPCL:- Sr. No. Name of Projects Capacity (MW) A) Projects (Under Execution) State Sector 1. Sawra Kuddu HEP 111 2. Integrated Kashang HEP (Stage-I) 65 3. Integrated Kashang HEP (Stage-II & III) 130 4. Sainj HEP 100 5. Shonatong Karcham HEP 450 Sub Total (A) 856 B) Projects (Under Investigation) State Sector 1. Renuka Dam HEP 40 2. Chirgaon Majhgaon HEP 60 3. Kashang HEP (Stage-IV) 48 4. Gyspa HEP 300 5. Surgani Sundla HEP 48 6. Nakthan HEP 520 7. Thana Plaun HEP 141 8. Triveni Mahadev HEP 78 Sub Total (B) 1235 C) Projects (Under Prefeasibility Stage ) 1. Chhoti Saichu HEP 26 2. Saichu Sach Khas HEP 104 3. Lujai HEP 45 4. Saichu HEP 43 5. Deothal Chanju HEP 38 6. Chanju HEP 42 7. Khab HEP 636 Sub Total (C) 934 Grand Total (A+B+C) 3025

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Projects under construction/ • Stage-I (65 MW):- implementation stage through Comprising diversion of Kashang HPPCL are as under: stream to an underground power house located on the 1. Sawra Kuddu HEP (111 right bank of Satluj near MW): Powari village, developing a Sawara Kuddu HEP (111 MW) head of approximately 830 m to is being contemplated as a run of generate 245.80 MU per annum river type development on Pabbar @ ` 2.85/- per unit. Ministry of river a right bank tributary of ton’s Power, GoI considered its river which is a major tributary of commissioning by January, Yamuna river in Shimla District. The 2014. This project, however, project envisages construction of a would be commissioned by diversion barrage near Hatkoti, October, 2013. intake structure, surface desilting • Stage-II & III (130 MW):- tank, 12.30 Km long Head Race Comprising diversion of the Tunnel, underground surge shaft, Kerang stream water into an pressure shaft and underground underground water conductor power house on the left bank of the system (K-K Link tunnel) leading river. The project will develop a to upstream end of Stage-I gross head of 213.50m to generate water conductor system, 385.78 mu in a 90% dependable year augmenting the generating per annum @ ` 4.44 per unit. The capacity of Stage-I power project is to be commissioned during house, using Kerang waters over December,2014. All the statutory the 820 m Head available in clearances have been accorded. Kashang Stage-I powerhouse to Work has been divided into 4 Nos. generate 790.93 MU per annum packages and construction work has @ `1.81/- per unit. The likely been started. The HRT of the date of commissioning is project posed geological problems. February 2017. The Technical solution for these • Stage-IV (48 MW):- This problems has been evolved and stage is more or less project shall be commissioned during independent scheme harnessing 2014. the power potential of Kerang 2. Integrated Kashang HEP stream upstream of the (243 MW): diversion site of Stage-II. In Integrated Kashang HEP (243 this scheme, a head of MW) envisages utilization of waters approximately 300m could be of Kashang and Kerang Streams, utilized to develop power in an tributaries of the river Sutlej underground powerhouse comprise four distinct stages in located on the right bank of kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh Kerang stream. as under:-

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3. Sainj HEP (100 MW): package proposed to be awarded by Sainj HEP has been March 2013. Likely date of contemplated as a run of the river commissioning is August-2017. development on river Sainj, a 5. Renuka Dam HEP (40 MW): tributary of River Beas in Kullu Renukaji dam project, District of Himachal Pradesh. The conceived as a drinking water supply project comprises of a diversion scheme for the National Capital barrage on the river Sainj near Territory of Delhi, envisages village Niharni and underground construction of 148m high rock fill power house on right bank of river dam on river Giri at Dadahu in Sainj near village Suind with a gross Sirmaur district of Himachal head of 409.60m to generate 322.23 Pradesh. The project envisages a MU per annum @ `3.74 per unit. The 148 m high dam and a power house at project is being executed on EPC toe of Dam. The project will ensure mode & construction works are 49,800 hactre m of live water under progress. The likely date of storage in its reservoir and a firm commissioning is December, 2015. water supply to the tune of 23 HPPCL, however, is committed to cumecs to Delhi besides generating pre-pone its commissioning to 199.99 MU per annum @ ` 2.38/- February, 2015. per unit exclusively for use of Himachal Pradesh. Total cost of the 4. Shongtong Karcham HEP project as finalized by CWC/CEA at (450 MW): March, 2009 price level is ` 3498.86 Shongtong Karcham Hydro crore. The project has been electric project is a run-of – river declared as a project of National scheme on the river Sutlej in Importance as such the 90 % of the District Kinnaur of Himachal cost of the project (Irrigation Pradesh. The project comprises Component) shall be borne by Govt. diversion barrage, near village of India and remaining 10 % by Powari, and underground beneficiary states. powerhouse, located on the left bank of the river Satluj near village Ralli B. Other areas of Power will generate a gross head of 148m, development under HPPCL: to generate 1578.95 MU per annum, HPPCL, apart from Hydro @ `3.98/- per unit of power. All the Power Development, intends to statutory clearances have been diversify its power development obtained and the execution of the activities in other areas such as project is being done in two thermal, renewable sources of packages viz (1) Civil and Hydro– energy, such as solar and wind Mechanical package (2) Electro– power, to meet the growing energy Mechanical package. Civil and Hydro demands for the development of the –Mechanical package has been state and the Indian nation. In Joint awarded in August 2012 and E&M venture, a Pithead Thermal Plant

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(500 MW), at Ranigunj in the state clearance for solar project is under of West Bengal is being developed. process. The NoC’s from IPH, PWD Solar Project of 5 MW capacity and HPSEBL are being obtained. For being taken up for execution at wind power, ‘HPPCl’ is planning athe Berradol; near Naina Devi Ji shrine projects in joint venture wth IPP’s. area in Bilaspur district. Forest iii) Under Private Sector Project above 5 MW

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Sr.No. Name of Project Basin Installed Capacity (MW) 1. Neogal Beas 15 2. Fozal Beas 9 3. Tangnu-Romai Stage-I Yamuna 44 4. Tangnu-Romai Stage-II Yamuna 6 5. Lambadug Beas 25 6. Baragaon Beas 24 7. Baner-II Beas 6 8. Raura Satluj 8 9. Sorang Satluj 150 10. Tidong-I Satluj 100 11. Chanju-I Ravi 36 12. Kut Satluj 24 13. Lower Uhl Beas 13 14. Kurmi Satluj 8 15. Rala Satluj 9 16. Upper Nanti Satluj 12 17. Jogini Satluj 16 18. Nanti Satluj 14 19. Paudital Lassa Yamuna 24 20. Roura-II Satluj 20 21. Brua Satluj 9 22. Jeori Satluj 9.6 Total 581.6MW

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Projects Uunder Execution Agreement (IA) have been signed on 21.6.2000 and 13.4.2006 1. Neogal Hydel Project respectively. The project is slated (15 MW): for commissioning 2013-14. Neogal Hydro Electric Project (HEP) has been 3. Tangnu Romai Stage-I contemplated as a power generation (44MW): development on Neogal a tributary of Beas in District Kangra of Tangnu Romai Hydro Electric Himachal Pradesh . The project has Project (HEP) has been been allotted to M/s Om Power contemplated a Power generation Corporation Ltd. New Delhi. The development on Tangnu Romai a estimate and cost of this project is tributary of Yamuna river in `61.74 crore. The annual generation District Shimla. The Project has of this project will be 82 MU. The been allotted to M/s Tangnu Romai MOU for execution of the project Power Generation Private Ltd.. The was signed between the HP Govt. and estimated cost of the Project is M/s. Om Power Corporation, New `239.73. crore. The annual Delhi on 28.8.93. The generation of this project will be Implementation Agreement signed 211.05 MU. The MOU was signed with the company on 4.7.98 stands with the company on 5.7.2002. An terminated on 27.11.04 due to Implementation Agreement for the failure of the company to achieve Project has been signed with M/s the financial closure and start Tangnu Romai Power Generation Ltd, construction work on the project on 28.7.2006 as per the provision of within the time limit extended by Power Policy. The Project is slated the Govt. in its cabinet meeting held for commissioning for 44MW in on 31.5.04. The Company has signed 2014-15. Power Purchase Agreement on 4. Tangnu Romai Stage-II 27.10.2006 with HPSEB. Now the (6MW) HEP: construction work of Project is at an Tangnu Romai Hydro Electric advanced stage of completion. The Project (HEP) has been project is slated for commissioning contemplated as a Power generation in 2012-13. development on Tangnu Romai a 2. Fozal Hydro Electric Project tributary of Yamuna River in District (9MW): Shimla. MOU and implementation agreement of Government of The project has been Himachal Pradesh and Tangru Romari allotted to M/s Fozal Power Pvt. Power Generation Ltd. was signed in Ltd., New Delhi. The estimated cost 5.7.2002 and 28.7.2006 of the project is `49.17 crore. The respectively. Work on major Memorandum of Understanding components of the project has yet (MOU) and Implementation not started. The project is slated

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for commissioning for 6 MW in Agreement (SIA) has been signed on 2013-14. 9.8.2007. The project is slated for commissioning 2013-14. 5. Lambadug (25 MW) HEP: The Project has been allotted 8. Raura Hydro Electric Project to M/s Himachal Consortium Power (8 MW): Projects Pvt. Ltd. The estimated The project has been allotted cost of the Project is `149.81. crore. to M/s. DLI Power (India) Pvt. Ltd., The MOU was signed with M/s Pune. The estimated cost of the Himachal Consortium on 14.6.2002 project is `42.03 crore. The and IA was signed on 28.1.06. Memorandum of Understanding Company is in process of obtaining (MOU) and Implementation various clearances of acquisition of Agreement (IA) have been signed on land for the project. The Project is 4.2.1996 and 24.3.2008 respectively. slated for commissioning in 2014-15. The project is slated for commissioning 2014-15. 6. Baragaon Hydro Electric Project (24 MW): 9. Sorang Hydro Electric The project has been Project (100MW): allotted to M/s Kanchanjunga Power The project has been allotted Pvt. Ltd., F-34, Sector, Noida (UP). to M/s Himachal Sorang Power Pvt. The estimated cost of the project is Ltd. The estimated cost of the `168.09 crore. The Memorandum of project is `586 crore. The Understanding (MOU) and Memorandum of Understanding Implementation Agreement (IA) (MoU) and Implementation have been signed on 6.6.2002 and Agreement (I.A) have been signed on 25.11.2006 respectively. The 23.9.2004 and 28.1.2006 Supplementary Implementation respectively. An additional unit of Agreement (SIA) has been signed on 50 MW is being installed by the 12.1.2009. The project is slated for Developer so the total capacity of commissioning 2014-15. Sorang HEP is proposed to be 150 MW, however two units of 100 MW 7. Baner-II Hydro Electric are likely to be commissioned by Project (6 MW): 2012-13. The project has been allotted to M/s Prodigy Hydro Power (P) Ltd. 10. Tidong-I Hydro Electric The estimated cost of the project is Project (100 MW): `30.36 crore. The Memorandum of The project has been allotted Understanding (MOU) and to M/S Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd, Implementation Agreement (IA) Secunderabad. The estimated cost have been signed on 29.5.2000 and of the project is `500.11 crore. The 1.10.2001 respectively. The Memorandum of Understanding Supplementary Implementation (MoU) and Implementation

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Agreement (I.A.) have been signed progress. The project is schedule on 23.9.2004 and 28.7.2006 for commissioning during 2013-14 respectively. The project is slated for commissioning in 2014-15. 14. Kurmi (8 MW) The MoU and implementation 11. Chanju-I Hydro Electric agreement for execution of the Project (36MW) Kurmi HEP were signed by the H.P. Project has been allotted to Govt. with M/s Chandigarh M/s Indo Arya Central Transports Distillers & Bottlers Ltd on and MOU was signed on 20.12.2007 19.06.2007 and 10.01.2009 for an installed capacity of 25 MW. respectively. The work on all major The DPR submitted for 36 MW was components is in progress. The Techno-economical clearance by project is schedule for HPSEB and IA was signed on commissioning during 2013-14. 12.06.2009. In view of interference with Upstream Project Chanju-II 15. Rala (9 MW) the matter is pending in Hon’ble The MoU and Implementation High Court of Himachal Pradesh. Agreement for execution of the Rala HEP were signed by the Himachal 12. Kut (24 MW): Pradesh Government with M/s The MoU and implementation Taranda Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., on agreement for execution of the Kut 18.10.2006 and 07.11.2008 HEP were signed by the H.P. Govt. respectively. The work on all major with M/s Kut Energy (P) Ltd. Noida components is in progress. The U.P. on 28.4.2007 and 25.5.2008 project is schedule for respectively. The estimated cost commissioning during 2013-14. of project is `196.5 crore. The work on all major components is in 16. Upper Nanti (12 MW) progress. The project is schedule The MoU and Implementation for commissioning during 2013-14. Agreement for execution of the Upper Nanti HEP were signed by the 13. Lower Uhl (13 MW) Himachal Pradesh Government with The MoU and implementation M/s Nanti Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., on agreement for execution of the 27.10.2006 and 12.11.2008 Lower Uhl HEP were signed by the respectively. The work on all major H.P. Govt. with M/s Trident Power components is in progress. The System Ltd. on 05.02.2005 and project is schedule for 29.12.2008 respectively. The work commissioning during 2013-14. on all major components is in

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17. Jogini (16 MW) 20. Roura – II (20 MW) The MoU and Implementation The MoU and Implementation Agreement for execution of the Agreement for execution of the Jogini HEP were signed by the Roura – II HEP were signed by the Himachal Pradesh Government with Himachal Pradesh Government with M/s Gangdari Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., M/s Chandigarh Distillers & Bottlers on 27.10.2006 and 19.11.2008 Ltd., on 27.10.2006 and with M/s respectively. The work on all major Roura Non-Conventional Energy (P) components is in progress. The Pvt. Ltd., on 01.10.2009 respectively. project is schedule for The work on all major components is commissioning during 2013-14. in progress. The project is schedule for commissioning during 2015-16. 18. Nanti (14 MW) The MoU and Implementation 21. Brua (9 MW) Agreement for execution of the The MoU and Implementation Nanti HEP were signed by the Agreement for execution of the Himachal Pradesh Government with Brua HEP were signed by the M/s Surya Kantha Hydro Poulteries Himachal Pradesh Government with (P) Ltd., on 12.11.2005 and with M/s M/s Continental Components (P) Ltd., Surya Kantha Hydro Energies (P) on 09.12.2000 and with M/s Brua Ltd., on 12.11.2008 respectively. The Hydrowatt Pvt. Ltd., on 23.09.2011 work on all major components is in respectively. The work on all major progress. The project is schedule components is in progress. The for commissioning during 2013-14. project is schedule for commissioning during 2013-14. 19. Paudital Lassa (24 MW) The MoU and Implementation 22. Jeori (9.6 MW) Agreement for execution of the The MoU and Implementation Paudital Lassa HEP were signed by Agreement for execution of the the Himachal Pradesh Government Jeori HEP were signed by the with M/s Shri Jayalakshmi Power Himachal Pradesh Government with Corp. Ltd., on 06.06.2002 and M/s Technology House (I) Pvt. Ltd., 26.10.2006 respectively. The work on 12.01.2005 and 23.02.2011 on all major components is in respectively. The work on all major progress. The project is schedule components is in progress. The for commissioning during 2015-16. project is schedule for commissioning during 2015-16.

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HIMURJA figures of achievement upto 13.9 HIMURJA has made March,2013 will be about 2000 Box concerted efforts to popularize type and 200 Dish type solar renewable energy programmes cookers . A target of 2000 Box throughout the State with financial type and 200 Dish type solar support of Ministry of New and cookers has been proposed for the Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of year 2013-14 under JNNSM of India and State Govt. Efforts are Govt. of India. continued for promotion and propogation of renewable energy B. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC devices like solar water heating PROGRAMME system, solar photovoltaic lights i) SPV Street Lighting System: etc. HIMURJA is also assisting the During current financial year 5174 Govt. for exploitation of Small SPV Street Lighting Systems have Hydro (upto 5 MW) in the state. been installed for community use The achievements of HIMURJA upto December,2012 under JNNSM during the year 2012-2013 upto of Govt. of India, anticipated figures December, 2012, anticipated upto upto March,2013 will be about March, 2013 and target fixed for 9000. A target of 25000 SPV 2013-14 are as under: Street Lighting systems has been A. SOLAR THERMAL proposed for the year 2013-14 PROGRAMME under Jawaharlal Nehru Solar i) Solar Water Heating System: Mission of Govt. of India. Solar water heating systems of ii) SPV Power Plant : SPV 1,69,070 Ltr. per day capacity have Power Plant of 60 kWp are been installed through Market Mode expected to be commissioned by under Jawahar Lal Nehru National 31.03.2013 under JNNSM (90:10). Solar Mission(JNNSM), in the A target of 150 kWp capacity SPV different parts of the State upto Power Plant under JNNSM/Tribal December,2012, anticipated figures Sub Plan (90:10) has been proposed for the physical progress upto for the year 2013-14. March,2013 will be about 2,00,000 Ltr. per day . A target of 2,00,000 C. SMALL HYDRO ELECTRIC ltr. per day capacity solar water PROJECTS UPTO 5 MW heating systems installation has been CAPACITY BEING proposed for the year 2013-14 under EXECUTED THROUGH JNNSM of Govt. of India. PRIVATE SECTOR ii) Solar Cooker: Supply order PARTICIPATION has been placed for supply of 2500 During the period under Box type and 240 Dish type solar report, Implementation Agreements cookers under JNNSM during for 23 projects with total capacity current financial year. Anticipated of 60.95 MW have been signed. 5

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projects with an aggregate capacity ii) Portable Micro Hydel of 23.50 MW have been Generator Sets: commissioned. 48 Projects have been sanctioned for allotment with HIMURJA has commissioned an aggregate capacity of 94.41 MW. Portable Gen. Sets in Pangi Sub- For the year 2013-14 Division of Chamba Distt. In Pangi commissioning of 13 projects with valley, electricity is being provided an aggregate capacity of 35.70 MW to Saichu, Sahali and Hillaur. There has been targetted. is no metering and the energy is being provided to general public on D. HYDRO ELECTRIC very low fixed rate. The O&M PROJECTS BEING charges being paid are very high as EXECUTED BY HIMURJA compared to revenue earned from these Gen. Sets. i) MHEPs E. STATE LEVEL ENERGY PARK HIMURJA is operating Micro Hydel projects at Lingti (400KW), Kothi As per Ministry of New and (200 KW), Juthed (100 KW), Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of Purthi (100 KW), Sural (100 KW), India Scheme, TWO State Level Gharola (100 KW), Sach (900 KW) Energy Parks would be set up in the and Billing (400 KW) which are Pradesh, the latest status of which is under generation. During current as under : year 34,97,763 units electricity has been generated from these • For setting up of State level projects upto December,2012. Energy Park at Horticulture and Other projects, namely Bara Forestry University Nauni Bhangal (40 KW) and Sarahan (30 (Distt. Solan), work has almost KW) have also been executed by been completed except some HIMURJA. From Bara Bhangal minor finishing works. project, energy is being provided to • The work (supply of renewable local public. energy devices) for setting up of State Level Energy Park at Out of 19 HEPs allotted to National Institute of Technology HIMURJA by the State Govt., 16 (NIT), Hamirpur, H.P. has been projects (63.05 MW) are viable. awarded for company. Out of the viable projects DPRs F. DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR have been completed for 15 Nos and CITIES forwarded to Directorate of Energy Shimla and Hamirpur Cities (DOE) for TEC. TEC has been of the Pradesh would be developed as accorded by DOE for 10 projects. Solar Cities under Ministry of New DPRs for remaining 1 project is and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. under preparation. of India Programme. The program

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aims at minimum 10% reduction in respect of H.P. Secretariat, Shimla projected demand of conventional and 12 Collectorates in H.P. At H.P. energy at the end of five years, Secretariat, one 6.5 kWp SPV Power which can be achieved through a Plant, 2000 LPD (2x1000 LPD) Solar combination of energy efficiency Water Heating Systems and 6 Nos. measures and enhancing supply from SPV Street Lights have been renewable energy sources. Final commissioned. Whereas for Master Plan for development of Collectorates, tenders for supply Shimla Solar city has been and commissioning of 4 kWp SPV forwarded to MNRE, Govt. of India Power Plant are under evaluation. for approval, whereas Draft of Final H. BUDGET PROVISION Master Plan in respect of Hamirpur The expenditure during Solar City is under finalization with 2012-2013 under Plan & Non Plan will the consultant for attending be `340.00 lakh under IREP and observation made the Ministry. NRSE schemes on the basis of G. SPECIAL AREA revised budgeted Annual Plan outlay DEMONSTRATION PROJECT for the promotion of renewable SCHEME energy programmes including Under the scheme, MNRE implementation of Small Hydro has sanctioned the proposal in Programme in the State.

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Roads and Bridges (State Sector) 14.2 In the State as on 14.1 Roads are an essential 31.12.2012, 9,861 villages as detailed ingredient of infrastructure of below in table 14.2 were connected with economy. In the absence of any roads:- other suitable and viable modes of Table-14.2 transportation like railways and Villages As on 31st March 2012- connected 13 upto waterways, roads play a vital role in 2009 2010 2011 As on with road Dec., Dec.12 boosting the economy of the hilly 2012 state like Himachal Pradesh. Starting 1. 2 4 5 6. almost from a scratch the state Villages Government has constructed 34,480 with population Kms. of motorable roads inclusive of more than jeepable and track till December, 1500 202 205 208 208 208 2012. Government has been assigning 1000-1500 262 266 266 268 270 500-1000 1151 1208 1 216 1231 1239 a very high priority to road sector. 200-500 3092 3191 3240 3316 3353 For the year 2012-13, there is an Below 200 4536 4671 4700 4765 4791 outlay of ` 749.10 crore. The target Total 9243 9541 9630 9788 9861 fixed for 2012-13 and achievements made upto December, 2012are given National Highways (Central Sector) as under:- 14.3 The process of improvement of National Highways in Table-14.1 the state having total length of 1,553 Item Unit Target Achieve- 2012-13 Km, which include urban links and bye- for ment Antici- passes, continued during the year also. 2012- upto pated 13 Dec., Upto the end of December, 2012, 2012 expenditure of `43.20 crore has been 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. incurred. 1.Motorable Kms 500 361 500 2.Cross- Railways drainage ” 650 547 650 3.Metalling 14.4 There are only two narrow & Tarring ” 600 650 700 gauge railway lines connecting Shimla 4.Jeepable ” 25 21 25 with Kalka (96 Km.) and Jogindernagar 5.Bridges No. 40 28 40 6.Villages with Pathankot (113 Km.) and one 33 Km. connectivity ” 99 73 99 broad gauge railway line from Nangal Dam to Charuru (District Una).

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Road Transport (ii) Volvo Luxury A.C. Buses:- 14.5 Road Transport is The Corporation has fleet of 16 the main stay of economic activity in Volvo and 4 Issuju Buses which the Pradesh as other means of are plying from Shimla, Manali transport namely Railways, Airways, and Dharamshala to Delhi. Taxies, Auto Rickshaw etc. are (iii) A.C. Buses:- The Corporation negligible. As such, the road transport has introduced on deluxe fare 21 corporation assumes paramount A.C. Buses (Tata/Leyland) on importance. The HRTC was formed prestigious routes for Delhi, under RTC Act, 1950 to provide Chandigarh, Haridwar and efficient, adequate and safe Dharamshala, Jogindernagar, transport facility to the people of Nalagarh, Rampur, Manali. the Pradesh as other mode of (iv) Deluxe/Semi-Deluxe Buses: transport are negligible in the State. The Corporation is plying 40 The Revenue of the Corporation will Deluxe and 31 Semi-Deluxe Buses increase by 17 crore during the year from Reckong Peo, Manali, 2012-13. The passenger transport Shimla, Hamirpur, Dharampur, services to the people of Himachal Chamba, Dharamshala, Jawalaji Pradesh within and outside the State and Mandi to Delhi, Chandigarh, are being provided by Himachal Road Dehradoon, Shimla, Dharamashala Transport Corporation, with a fleet and Manali. strength of 2,137 buses (2,062 HRTC (v) The HRTC plying its buses to and 75 JNNURM as on December, Punjab, J&K, Rajasthan, UP, 2012). Total 2,075 routes are under Uttarkhand, Chandigarh and operation with a coverage of 1,65,400 Delhi. thousands Kms. (vi) Free traveling to women is being allowed on the eve of Raksha 14.6 For the benefit of Bandan and Bhaya Dooj. Muslim people the following schemes women are allowed free travelling remained in operation during the in the buses and on Bakrid and year:- Id. (i) Yellow & Smart Card (vii) Taxi Services in Shimla Scheme:- To attract Town: To provide transport passengers, marketing schemes facility to Senior Citizens, such as Yellow & Smart card patients, Handicapped and public has been introduced by the on the restricted roads of Shimla department. Group discount is City¸21 Taxis are plying under also applicable in HRTC. the operation of HRTC.

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(viii) On Line Booking: The proposed to developed on Public Corporation has started 100 Private Partnership (PPP) basis. percent online booking for all (xii) New workshops: The new type of buses originating from workshops at Una, Sundernagar Rampur, Macleodoganj, Jassur, and Chamba will be constructed Sunder Nagar, Sarkaghat, in the current financial year Jawalji, Bilaspur, Una, Shimla, through HIMUDA. Chandigarh, Delhi, Haridwar, Chamba, Dharamshala, Kangra, Transport Department Palampur, Baijnath, Hamirpur, 14.7 The department is committed Kullu, Manali and Mandi. The to transparent and public centric online booking also started control and regularization of transport through Lokmittera kendaras. system in the state through (ix) Construction and expansion implementation of various provisions in bus stand: The bus stands at the Act such as registration of Swarghat, Mehre, Sandhol, vehicles, issuance of permits, fitness Karsog, Bacchad (Sarkaghat) certificates, driving licences and and Kotli shall be developed by adherence of pollution norms under the H.P. Bus Stands Management Central Motor Vechicle Act, 1988. and Development Authority construction of bus stands at In addition to above the Hamirpur, Una and Parwanoo department is collecting different shall be completed shortly. taxes/fees such as Token Tax, SRT, (x) Modern bus Stands: Six Composite fee, RPF and Licence fee etc. modern bus stands at During the year 2012-13 the Chintpurni, Baddi, Rahroo, department collected revenue of Manali, Baijnath and Chintpurni `12,816.57 lakh upto November, 2012 are proposed to be constructed out of this ` 415.65 lakh has been on Public Private Partnership collected upto 30-11-2012 from challan (PPP). These projects are of vehicles for different offences. The approved by the State following activities are undertaken by Government. the department during the year. (xi) Shopping Mall/ Bus Stop- cum-Multilevel Car Parking: i) Him Gramin Parivhan Swarojgar Shopping Mall cum Multilevel yojna:- Transport department Car Parking at Palampur and Bus introduced a new “Him Gramin Stop cum multilevel car Parking Parivhan Swarojgar yojna” for at Lakkar Bazar, Shimla new permits granted primarily to the newly opened roads under

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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sarak smoke metres and 10 Gas Yojna or Mukhya Mantri Path Analyzers have been received. Yojna, with a seating capacity iv) Agreement with Uttrakhand of not more than 22 passengers State:- The Govt. of Himachal to the un-employed youths, Pradesh entered into agreement cooperative societies of with the State of Uttrakhand unemployed drivers/conductors for interstate operation of the and widows for providing vehicles. better services in rural areas v) Installation of Weighing of the Pradesh. Total 70 Bridges:- To check the permits granted under this overloading in goods carriage the scheme by the department. department has installed 8 ii) Steps to reduce accidents:- weighing bridges at the entry The department has imposed points/interstate borders. total ban on the use of mobile vi) Computerization of Transport phones by drivers. In the Department: Transport driving schools training period department is giving top priority for transport has been for computerization of Transport increased from 30 days to 60 related activities in its offices days. Regular inspection of by providing better services to driving training schools, the operators. The offices of All identification of accident prone Regional Transport office’s and zones, rectification of black Transport barriers have been spots and cancellation of computerized. The connectivity permits on unsafe operation of of these offices and R&LA’s will buses has been done during the be completed shortly. year. vii) High Security Registration iii) National Highway Accident Plates: In compliance of orders Relief Service Scheme:- To of Hon’ble Supreme Court the ensure the safety on the road High Security Registration Plates the government of India has has been introduced in Himachal sanctioned 13 cranes during Pradesh under which number this year upto December,2012. plates of all type of vehicles The proposal for another 20 already registered in the state cranes, 18 Ambulances, 10 are being replaced by high Simulators, 15 Speed Detection security registration plates, Radars, 20 Smoke Meters and 3,65,563 vehicles have been 20 Gas Analyzers is also sent to affixed with HSRP till 31-12- Govt. of India from which 10 2012 and the process is going on.

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15. TOURISM AND CIVIL AVIATION

15.1 Tourism in Himachal its development which includes Pradesh has been recognized as provision of public utility one of the most important services, roads, communication sectors of the economy as it is network, airports, transport being realized as a major engine facilities, water supply and civic of growth for future. State is amenities etc. For the year 2012- endowed with all the basic 13, there is an allotment of resources necessary for thriving `2,169.50 lakh for development tourism activity like geographical of Tourism and ` 89.24 lakh for and cultural diversity, clean, Civil Aviation. At present 2,609 peaceful and beautiful streams, hotels having bed capacity of sacred shrines, historic 59,585 are registered with the monuments and the friendly and department upto December, hospitable people. 2012.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 1 Integrated development of Shivalik range as a Tourist Circuit 797.44 637.95 by way of providing waysides amenities in HP. 2 Integrated development of tourism Destination by way of 461.27 369.01 creating Parking facilities at major tourist placed in HP. 3 Tourism development activities in Swarghat area under Mandi 459.02 367.21 destination scheme. 4 Tourism development activities in Sarkaghat area under Mandi 464.71 371.77 destination scheme. 5 Integrated development of Dhauladhar Range wayside 797.44 637.95 amenities in HP as a tourist circuit. 6 Celebration of Masroor Festival in district Kangra, 2012 15.00 15.00 7 Celebration of Shvratri Festival, district Mandi, 2013. 5.00 5.00 8 Celebration of Kullu Dussehra, district Kullu, 2012. 5.00 5.00 9 Celebration of Minjar fair, district Chamba, 2012. 5.00 5.00 10 CFA under CBSP & Hunar Se Rojgar Tak scheme. 243.92 195.13 11 Organization of Mountain Biking Event, 2012 10.00 10.00 12 Organization of Paragliding Event, 2012 10.00 10.00 Total 3273.80 2629.02

15.4 The Department has a 4. Shahtalai to Deotsidh in proposal for setting up of seven District Bilaspur. following Ropeways in different 5. Khayara to Triund in District location in H.P. under Public Private Kangra. Partnership (PPP) mode on Build, 6. Anandpur Sahib to Naina Devi Operate & Transfer basis. Ji in Bilaspur District. 7. Village Jia to Adi Himani 1. Bhunter to Bijli Mahadev in Chamunda in Kangra District. Distict Kullu. In addition to above, the 2. Palchan to Rohtang (Manali) in department has also a proposal for District Kullu. inviting expression of interest for 3. Neugal (Palampur) in District following six sites through Public Kangra. Private Partnership.

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department has prepared the 20 Sr. Name of the Site years perspective Tourism Master No. Plan of the State and Different 1. 2. 1. Baddi in Distt. Solan departments are making tourism as 2. 15 Miles Baragaon Manali one of the ingredients of their Distt. Kullu departmental imitatives. 3. Jhatingri in Disst. Mandi 4. Shoja Banjar Distt. Kullu 15.7 The Department has 5. Bilaspur organized various adventure and 6. Suketi, District Sirmour general training courses for the unemployed youths of the State like Trekking Guide, Water Sports, Skiing, A sustained marketing of EDP, Bird Watching and river rafting the State is being done throughout etc. in the State. The Department the year in print and electronic media. also organizes and support tourism In the field of publicity and promotion related events to attract tourists as the Department has established well as showcasing the potential of Brand Himachal as an attractive the State for hosting such events. The events organized and supported tourist destination under the caption during the current financial year are ‘Unforgettable Himachal’. following:

15.5 In order to promote 1. Celebration of World Tourism tourism, dissemination of tourist Day (27th September, 2012). information plays significant role. 2. Organization of Mountain Department of Tourism prepares Biking event, 2012. brochures for tourist information and participates in tourism fairs and festivals within and outside the state. Civil Aviation The Department and HPTDC along with private hoteliers participated in 15.8 At present there are only various tourism related fairs and three Airports namely Shimla, Kangra festivals, both at National and and Kullu-Manali. The status of these International level. airports is as under:

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airport is only 3,800 ft. Due to small without load penalty. It has been length of the runway the services of observed that additional land required only ATR type of aircrafts are for runway extension and other works available. is 418x 250m and approx. 26 acres, b) Kullu-Manali Airport: respectively.

The existing runway of Kullu- Helipads: Manali Airport is 3800 x 100 ft. 15.9 There are 57 operational Extension of runway by 550m to make helipads and 12 new helipads are also a total length of 1678m and in offing. strengthening of runway for operation of ATR-72 type of aircraft is planned. Heli-taxi Services: c) Kangra Airport 15.10 The State government has decided to introduce heli-taxi The runway length of this services in the State to improve airport has been expended from 3900 connectivity and open up remote and x 100 ft. to 4,500 feet. On the tribal areas to the tourists. Heli taxi request of the State Govt., AAI has service is the best mass air link within undertaken the site visit at this the State which could also operate as airport so that ATR 72 type of a shuttle service between Shimla- aircraft can be operated from here Chandigarh-Delhi.

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16.1 Education is the key Elementary Education are instrument for developing human implemented through the Deputy capability. The State is committed Directors of Elementary Education to provide education to all. The and Block Primary Education concerted efforts of the Govt. have Officers at District and Block Level put Pradesh as one of the leading respectively with aims:- State in educational literacy. • To achieve the goal of According to 2011 census Himachal universalization of Pradesh has a literacy rate of 83.78 Elementary Education. per cent. Male/female literacy rate • To provide Quality Elementary differs considerably in the state as Education. against 90.83 per cent literacy rate • To increase access to for males it is 76.60 per cent for Elementary Education. females. All out efforts are afoot to bridge this gap. At present there are 10,861 notified Primary Schools and 10,620 Elementary Education are functional in the State and 16.2 In consonance with the 2,344 Middle schools were notified national policy it has been the and 2,339 are functional in the endeavour of the Govt. to make State. To overcome the shortage of educational facilities available within trained teachers efforts are being the reach of student. With an made to make fresh appointments of objective to improve access, quality teachers in the needy schools. An and help in achieving the ultimate attempt has also been made to cater goal of universalisation of the educational need of disabled Elementary education, the children. Directorate of Primary Education was set up in 1984 further renamed 16.3 To encourage as ‘Directorate of Elementary enrolment, reduce the drop out rate Education’ w.e.f. 01.11.2005. The and enhance the retention rate of process of transition from Primary the children in these schools, various to Elementary Education System in scholarships and other incentives the state is in progress. The policies namely Poverty Stipend Scholarship, of the Govt. in the field of Girls Attendance Scholarship, Scholarship for Children of Army 134

Personnel, Scholarship for the introduce Punjabi and Urdu languages students belonging to IRDP families, in 100 selected High/ Senior Pre-metric scholarship for Secondary Schools in the state from Scheduled Castes students, Lahaul & 6th class onwards w.e.f. academic Spiti Pattern Scholarship and year 2008-09. Scholarship for the Children of Army Personnel who are serving at Upper Primary Level of Education the border areas are being provided 16.4 The following incentives to the students of Primary Schools are being provided during the year in the State. In addition to above 2012-13:- Free Text Books are being provided i) Middle Merit Scholarship @ for OBC/IRDP students in non Tribal ` 400 and ` 800 per annum per areas. Free Text Books and boys and girls respectively. Uniforms to SCs students under ii) Scholarship for IRDP families SCSP are being provided. Free Text children @ `250 and ` 500per Books and Uniforms are also given annum per boy and girl student under TASP. Free Text Books are respectively. also being provided to all girl iii) Pre-Matric Scholarship for the students of primary schools children of SC families @ belonging to even general category ` 150 (1st to 5th Class) per under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to annum. enhance female literacy in the State. iv) Scholarship for the children of The revised text books including military personnel @ `150 per English for class I-IV have been annum per student (1-5) developed and introduced in all Govt. classes and (6-8) @` 250 for Primary Schools. Mid-day meal boys and `500 for girls. scheme is being implemented in all v) Pre Matric Scholarship for the Govt. and Govt. aided Primary the student of OBC category and Middle Schools in the State in @ ` 750 (Class 1st to 5th) and compliance of the order of the @ ` 900 for (Class 6th to 8th) Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. per annum. Under this scheme each student is being provided with hot cooked meal Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan st on each day of the school w.e.f. 1 16.5 (SSA) launched in the September,2004. Computer State with a well defined Pre- Education Programme has been Project Phase on improving the started in 1,077 upper primary infrastructure in the District schools in remotest part of the Project Offices, capacity building of State. Govt. has decided to educational administrators,

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teachers, school mapping, micro- Himachal Pradesh is below one planning, surveys etc. The objective percent. Bilaspur and Lahaul of this movement was to ensure Spiti Dstricts have no out of universal access, enrolment, removal school children. It is observed of gender gaps, retention and that due to migration from completion of elementary schooling other parts of the country to by all 6-14 age group children the urban/semi-urban areas of coupled satisfactory quality the state, the figure of out of elementary education with active school children keeps on participation of the community in the fluctuating. Districts have been management of schools. asked to conduct survey in the month of July and December 16.6 The main efforts for every year to keep track of improving the quality of elementary migratory population enroll education under SSA are as under: them in schools as per RTE • Out of School Children: The provision by leveling off their Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) at learning gaps through some non- the elementary stage of residential bridge courses. For education in Himachal Pradesh identified 2414 Out of School is more than 99 percent which Children (OOSC) including 105 is indicative of the fact that Children With Special Need there are negligible children (CWSN) age and class who are outside the formal appropriate education is being range of education. However ensured through NRBCCs. they are being attempted to Bridge courses for primary and bring into the fold of upper primary level children elementary education through have been developed to ensure Non-Residents Bridge Courts age appropriate admission of Centres (NRBCCs). The first OOSC in formal schools. and foremost obligation of • Inclusive Education: In Right to Education (RTE) Act is Himachal Pradesh total 18,211 to ensure that all children in CWSN were identified the age group of 6-14 years suffering from one or other should be in the schools. Other disability. 15,700 CWSN have independent studies conducted been integrated in formal by Indian Market Research schools and for 2,511 out of Bureau (IMRB) and Pratham school CWSN, different have also confirmed that the strategies have been adopted number out of school children in to bring them into fold of

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education system who are of Bathing and Dressing etc. severe and profound category. (2) Motor Activities: Under this For these children Home-Based skill, CWSN with Orthopedic Programme has been introduced ally Impairment and Cerebral and implemented at elementary Palsy are being covered and level in the age group of 6-14 trained in Motor activities years in Himachal Pradesh 530 under the guidance of children have been adopted by Physiotherapist/ Occupational 24 NGOs in various districts Therapist. In addition to above and remaining are being covered these out of school CWSN are by in service trained teachers. being covered by taking the • Academic Support by Resource services of Special Educators in Teacher: Capacity building of Mental Retardation through teachers for inclusive education utilizing Block IE Resource is an integral part of SSA. Rooms. Nearly about 1,332 in-service • Therapeutic Services: As most teachers have been trained of the identified children do through Madhya Pradesh Bog suffer from cerebral palsy, Open University (Bhopal) in the therapeutic services such as field of disability till date. The physiotherapy, occupational services of the Resource therapy and speech therapy Teacher are being utilized were provided on priority basis. under Home Based Education Due to shortage of physio- Programme for covering Out of therapist and speech therapists School CWSN with Special and their non willingness to Needs of Moderate, severe and serve in rural areas it was also a profound category children. challenge faced by the SSA These Trained Resource during the first phase. Teachers are providing their Physiotherapist was appointed services five days in a month on visiting basis in some after attending their school for districts to provide effective two hours under HBP specially therapeutic services to the every Saturday (including 2nd needy children. Saturday) in a month they are • Preparing of IEP/ITPs: attending two or three children Individual Education Programme with Special Needs at Home. (IEP) was prepared for every The Special focus of providing child and accordingly goals were services is on ADL Skill Training fixed for every three months. such as: (1) Eating, Toileting, For mild and moderate

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categories, functional academic encouraging response from the curriculum was implemented in community. the first and second phase. • Orientation Programme of Now, for such children syllabi Teachers: Orientation of of open school are being teachers and other supportive followed so that special staff is also an important children could be prepared to aspect and SSA has ensured join mainstream schooling regular orientation programme system. to its teachers so that proper • Vocational Training: After academic support could be continuous intervention of four ensured to the needy special years, some special children children. The trained resource having good level of teachers are acting as Resource understanding are being trained Persons in these programmes for various small vocations such and provide the resource as candle making. Making chalk, support to general teachers in Disposable paper plates, Duna, the actual class room situation. Paper Bags, Carry Bags, Book- • Day Care Centers for CWSN: Binding, File Covers, Envelopes 3 Day Care Centers in Primary etc. schools have been established • Counseling of Parents: at Shimla, Mandi & Kangra. Counseling of parents and other These special wings are family members of special rehabilitating around 46 children is very important Mentally Retarted children with aspect of rehabilitation the help of trained special process. In SSA we have given educators. emphasis on this aspect and • Medical Assessment: Medical found encouraging results on assessment camps for CWSN this account. Parents counseling are organized every year and session with the help of trained aids and appliances like Wheel RTs and Counselors especially Chair, Crutches, Spectacles, under “Home Based Programme” C.P.Chairs were provided to the have been initiated in all the CWSN as per requirement. districts of H.P. Corrective surgeries were • Community Involvement: The carried out on those CWSN who trained resource teachers are were to be mainstreamed in providing support in the formal education system. To Community Involvement for expedite the process of which we have received very organizing more medical camps

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for certification and to assess their working as per terms the degree of disability of of references fixed by CWSN, health authorities at SSA. higher level were also (ii) The NGOS must have approached to chalk out the trained Special Educators strategies. registered from • To and Fro Local Bus Fare: Rehabilitation Council of To and fro local bus fare is India (RCI). allowed to the CWSN along with (iii) Regarding monitoring of one attendant medical camps the work done by the for formal assessment. Hiring Resource Teachers, SSA of conveyance at the local has also developed monthly transport rate for a group of monitoring Performa. Every severely CWSN is also allowed Resource Teacher has to so that they can be brought to submit their monthly the medical camp site. progress report to the • Braille Books & Enlarged Print concerned BRC/District IE Books: Braille Books for class Coordinators. After I-VIII were provided to the compiling the monthly special school at Dhalli at progress report of IE RTs, Shimla and good quality of the District Project enlarged Print Books were also Officers send the reports provided to concerned districts to the SPO which are of H.P. reviewed in the SSA • Barrier Free Access: Barrier monthly review meetings. Free access has been made available in 2,875 schools in Retaining All Children in the Himachal Pradesh where the Education System location of building permits. 16.7 Total out of children and • Monitoring system of IE dropout rates are negligible and the Activities: For proper State has been successful in monitoring of resource teacher checking the dropout rates. The and NGOs, State Project dropout rates calculated on the basis Office SSA has designed the of DISE data indicate that there is monitoring proforma for all very less wastage at the elementary District Project Officers which level in Himachal Pradesh. Keeping in includes: view the goals of SSA, the State (i) No funds may be released to Project Office (SSA) also conducted NGOs without inspecting a cohort study in all Government

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Primary Schools of Himachal improved and found above the Pradesh. The findings of the study national average but the recurring reveal that nearly 98 percent of the activities of NPEGEL are being children enrolled in grade-I in the implemented in these blocks also. year2001-02 were declared Model cluster schools are being successful primary graduates. Only 2 developed with one extra room, percent children could not complete toilets for girls, girl-child friendly primary schooling which also teaching learning material and confirms that the state has been library and sports activities. able to check dropout rates to the extent possible. The State Project Kasturba Gandhi Balika Office SSA and the Department of Vidyalaya(KGBV) Elementary Education in 16.9 Presently there are 10 collaboration with Pratham are KGBVs sanctioned with an intake developing a system of tracking the capacity of 50 girls. Out of 10 KGBV progress of the children. buildings in respect of 8 schools are completed and 2 schools are at the Girl Education stage of completion. 16.8 National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Learning Level of Children Level (NPEGEL) is being implemented 16.10 Class-VIII board in 8 educationally backward blocks of examination has already been four districts of Chamba, Sirmaur, abolished and no child at the Mandi and Shimla (Mehala, Pangi, elementary stage will be subjected Tissa, Bharmaur and Salooni blocks to face any formal examination. of Chamba, Seraj block of Mandi, However, the evaluation of children Chhaura block of Shimla and Shillai is being done through CCE as per block of Sirmaur district) where the section 29 of the RTE. After rural female literacy rates are below delivery of content their progress is the national average and the gender recorded on CCE registers and gaps gap is above the national level as per are addressed as and when 1991/2001 census. Three blocks identified during the learning namely Bharmaur in Chamba, Chhaura process. Now the emphasis is on in Shimla and Seraj in Mandi district diagnostic teaching instead of were earlier covered under NPEGEL promoting rote method and single as these blocks were fulfilling the line paper pencil test. This evaluation conditions as per the 1991 census system is taking care of holistic but now as per Census 2001, the development of all children. The literacy rates in these blocks have learning gaps identified during

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continuous evaluation are also being implementation plans. In order to taken care of through Learning constantly oversee and control the Enhancement Programme (LEPs) like; programme implementation, state Adhar, Samvridhi, and other need monitoring teams comprising 5 based inputs. faculties from the Headquarter, one from DIET and concerned Besides this, the learning functionaries from the field have pace of each elementary school child also been constituted. Every month on the education ladder will be the main findings of the monitoring recorded in every grade through a reports are shared with district child tracking system. Under this authorities in monthly state review system, comprehensive record of meetings and pursuant action taken . students, achievements, academic Till date more than 700 schools and progress, and other relevant all KGBVs have been monitored in 67 information of each and every child educational blocks. is being maintained in specifically developed software. This record will Capacity Building provide child, class, subject, school, 16.12 SIEMAT has started to cluster. Block and district-wise ensure constant dialog with all the information of students Block Resource Coordinators (BRCs) achievements. In this software a of the State in the quarterly review child’s cumulative achievement will meeting –cum-workshops to actually be maintained till the completion of see the things happening on the elementary schooling. Every child will ground in relation to SSA and RTE be given a unique identification implementation and other EFA number so that in case a child related schemes. All the BRCs are migrates from one school to another being regularly trained in a phased within the State he/she could be manner with different activities and easily traced. programmatic related issues at the block and cluster level respectively. Monitoring of Schools 16.11 To ensure adequate Efforts to improve the quality of monitoring, supervision and education evaluation of SSA intervention, 16.13 Efforts to improve the Himachal Pradesh State Mission quality of education and main Authority is continuously monitoring intervention under SSA are as under: various aspects of the programme • Curriculum/ Text Book implementation and monitoring has Renewal: The text books been made an integral part of the being taught in class 1 & V are

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being analyzed in accordance collected from teachers with NCF-2005. and children. • Teacher training: Teacher • Quality improvement Empowerment is one of the programme like Aadhar for main focus under SSA. 15 days primary level and Samridhi for annual teacher training is Upper primary is being being provided to all the implemented. Supplementary elementary teachers. material was developed and • TLM Exhibition/Bal Mela: made available to all the This event is a big attraction primary schools of the among both teachers and Pradesh. students. Participating • Need based training modules teachers and students get an for teachers are developed at opportunity for useful State level with the active interaction with the resource participation of teachers. teachers and guest faculty • Computer Aided Learning thereby widening their (CAL) intervention has been intellectual horizon. introduced in 1077 • Functional Libraries: The Government Middle/ High/ National Curriculum Senior Secondary Schools for Framework-2005 emphasizes class VI-VIII children. Out of the need to focus on reading this in 282 schools the skills during the primary programme has been school years and on creating a outsourced to EVERONN print-rich environment in Education Ltd. For order to encourage reading as implementing CAL and in a life long habit as under:- remaining 795 schools the i) Use of library as an intervention is being integral part of training implemented through existing modules. teachers of schools. ii) Collaboration with Room to • In order to make the public read for establishment of aware about SSA libraries in 200 schools implementation and and 10 KGBVs. disseminate the information iii) Publication of monthly on various activities and children’s magazine achievements of SSA “AKKAR BAKKAR” Himachal Pradesh, two pages containing articles in Giriraj Saptahik are being published on last Wednesday

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of every month. Since the mentation of RTE ACT, 2009 Sptahik reaches to all stands enforced in the state Panchyat, Mahila Mandals, w.e.f. 01-04-2010. RTE rules Schools, various departments have also been framed and of the state, it has proved to notified by the state Govt. be an effective means to take programme to the grass root Sports Activities level. 16.14 A budgetary provision • Long term Quality Plan for of `93.00 lakh was made for the elementary classes has been year 2012-13 for carrying out the prepared by the SPO under sports activities of children of the Chairmanship of Principal Primary/Elementary Schools at Secretary Education to the Centre, Block, District , State and Government of Himachal National levels. The department is Pradesh in collaboration with organizing these activities with the SCERT, DIETS, SMCs, school cooperation of other line heads, teacher educators, departments like Social Justice and teachers etc. The vision of Empowerment and Sports the plan was further shared department etc. and discussed at length with the Dy. Directors EE-cum- Yog Shiksha DPCs(SSA), DIET Principals- 16.15 The department cum-DPOs (SSA), BPEOS, has developed for classes 6th to 8th BRCCs primary and upper special books on Yoga Shiksha, primary, SMC/Resource Group History, Culture and War Heroes of members, teachers etc. All Himachal Pradesh. These has been the District education introduced from academic session functionaries especially school 2012-13 in all the schools of authorities have been Himachal Pradesh. directed to implement various aspects of the State Quality Construction of Elementary Plan and organize education in Education Buildings schools in accordance to the 16.16 The Government has provision made in the plan. made a budget provision of `654.00 • School system is being lakh under head Major Works to revamped in accordance with provide adequate infrastructure the provision of Right to facilities viz construction of Education Act, 2009 so as to Elementary School Buildings/Rooms improve quality. Imple-

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and district/Block offices during the ii) Thakur Sen Negi current financial year 2012-13. Uttkristha Chhatarvrity Yojna : Under this scheme, the High/ Senior Secondary scholarship is being given to the Education top 100 boys & 100 girl 16.17 Highest Priority is being students of ST category on the given towards education in the State basis of the Matric result for owing to with the share of education 10+1 and 10+2 classes @ of the total Plan Outlay of the state `11,000 per student per annum. is increasing every year along with the During the year 2011-12 319 educational institutions. Up to students were benefited under December, 2012, there are 836 High this scheme. school, 1,330 Senior Secondary iii) Maharishi Balmiki Schools and 80 colleges including 5 Chhatarvrity Yojna: The girl Sanskrit colleges and SCERT and B.Ed students belonging to Balmiki college running in the State. families whose parents are engaged in unclean occupation Scholarship Schemes are being given scholarship 16.18 To improve the under this scheme @ ` 9,000 educational status of the deprived per student per annum beyond sections of the society, various types Matric level upto college level of scholarships/stipends are being and for professional courses at provided by the state/central Govts. the level of colleges (Govt.or at various stages. The scholarship Private) situated in H.P. Total schemes are:- 57 students have been i) Swami Vivekanand Uttkristha benefited under this scheme Chhatarvrity Yojna : Under during the year 2011-12. this scheme 2,000 top iv) Dr. Ambedkar Medhavi meritorious students of General Chhatarvrity Yojna: Under category declared as such in this scheme the scholarship is the result of Matric being given to the top 1000 Examination on merit basis for meritorious students of SC 10+1 and 10+2 classes.The category and top 1000 scholarship is given @ meritorious students of OBC on `10,000 per student per annum. the basis of Matric examination During the year 2011-12, 2,908 for 10 +1 & 10+2 classes @ students have been benefited ` 10,000 per student per under this scheme. annum. During the year 2011- 12, 1,391 students of SC 144

category and 1,338 of OBC In addition to above the category have been benefited following Scholarship schemes are under this scheme. also running in the state: v) High School Merit 1. IRDP Scholarship Scheme Scholarship Scheme: A sum A sum of ` 300 per th th of ` 1000 per annum for Day month for 9 & 10 class, ` 800 per Scholar and ` 1,500 per annum month for +1 & +2 Class, `1,200 Per for Hosteller of the 9th and month for College/Day scholar 10th classes is being given for students and 2,400 Per Month for first 300 students on the basis Hostellers is being given to those of merit of the 8th class students who belong to IRDP families examination. 98 students have and studying in Govt./Govt. Aided been benefited in the year Institutions. In the year 2011-12, 2011-12. 89,245 students have been benefited vi) Sanskrit Scholarship under this scheme. Scheme: A sum of ` 250 per 2. Scholarship to the children month for 9th and 10th classes of Armed Forces Personnel and ` 300 per month for +1 and Killed/ disabled During wars. +2 classes are being given to A sum of ` 300 (boys) those students who secure and ` 600 (girls) per month for 9th & first position in the subject of 10th class, ` 800 per month for +1 & +2 Sanskrit with 60 percent and Class, `1,200 Per month for College/ above marks. University/ Day scholar students and vii) Indira Gandhi Utkrishtha ` 2,400 Per Month for Hostellers is Chhatervriti Yojana: Under being given to Children of Armed this scheme, 150 meritorious Forces Personnel killed/disabled in students for post plus two different operations/ war. courses for studying in colleges 3. Post Matric Scholarship to or doing professional courses SC/ST/OBC students (Centrally shall be awarded @ ` 10,000 Sponsored Scheme) per year per student purely on The students (SC) whose basis of merit and without any parents annual income is up to income ceiling. 124 students ` 1,00,000 the students(ST) whose are benefited under this parents annual income is up to scheme during the year 2011- `1,08,000 and OBC students whose 12. parents annual income is up to

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`44,500 are eligible for full be given in the shape of a Time scholarship (i.e. Maintenance Deposit. During the year 2011-12, allowance + full fee) for all courses 7,718 girl students have been and they are studying in Govt./Govt. benefited. Aided Institutions. During the year 2011-12, total beneficiaries are SC- Expansion of Sanskrit Education 11,235, ST-3,819 and OBC-5,664. 16.19 Tremendous efforts are 4. Sainik School scholarship made to promote Sanskrit Education Scheme. by the State Govt. as well as Centre The scheme is applicable Govt. The details are as under:- to the students in the Sanik School a) Award of scholarships to Sujanpur Tihra and Domicile of students of High/ Senior Himachal Pradesh. The Scholarship is Secondary Schools studying tenable from 6th to +2 class. Under Sanskrit. this scheme 520 students have been b) Providing grant for the salary of benefited during the year 2011-12. Sanskrit Lecturers for teaching 5. Pre-Matric Scholarship to Sanskrit in Secondary Schools. OBC student (CSS) c) Modernization of Sanskrit This scholarship will be Pathshalas. awarded to those students whose d) Grant to State Govt. for various parents/ guardians income from all schemes for promotion of sources does not exceed ` 44,500 per Sanskrit and for research/ Annum. The scholarship will be research projects. tenable only in such institution and for such Pre-Matriculation courses which Teachers Training Programmes have been duly recognized by the 16.20 The Teachers Training Government. During 2012-13 it is programmes need to be strengthen to anticipated to provide scholarship to equip in-service teachers with the 22,756 students. latest techniques/ teaching methods. 6. Incentive to SC/ST girl Seminars/re-orientation courses are students for secondary being conducted by SCERT Solan, Education. GCTE Dharamshala, HIPA Fairlawns, Shimla/NUPA New Delhi/CCRT/ Under this Centrally NCERT/RIE, Ajmer. Sponsored Scheme SC/ST girl students who take admission in 9th Class after passing Middle Standard Yashwant Gurukul Awas Yojana Examination from H.P. Board School 16.21 In order to provide Examination. The amount of incentive suitable residential accommodation to unde this scheme is ` 3,000 and will the teachers posted in High/Senior 146

Secondary Schools of Tribal and hard Free Education to Handicapped areas this scheme has been launched Children since the year 1999. The scheme is 16.24 Free education to the being implemented in 61 identified children having more than 40 percent schools of the state. disability is being provided in the State upto University level since Free Text Books 2001-02. 16.22 The State Government is providing free text books to the Free Education to Girls students belonging to SC, ST, OBC & 16.25 Free education is being th IRDP students studying in 6 to 10 provided to girl students in the State classes. An expenditure of ` 9.61 upto University level including crore have been spent for this vocational and professional courses purpose and 1, 38,704 students during i.e. only tuition fee is exempted. the academic session 2011-12 studying th th in 9 and 10 classes have been Information Technology Education benefited. 16.26 Information Technology education is being imparted in 968 Vocational Education Senior Secondary Schools.The Govt. 16.23 Vocational Education has announced 50% IT –fee relaxation Programme is presently going on in 25 To SC(BPL) students through Sr. Secondary Schools of the state in department of Social justice & which 6 subjects are being taught. Empowerment H.P. 4764 students (i) Electronics Technology. have been benefited during the year (ii) Computer Technique. 2011-12. (iii) Audit & Accountancy. (iv) Electrical. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha (v) Horticulture. Abhiyan (vi) Food Preservation. 16.27 Rashtriya Madhyamik

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has approved an amount of `20698.15 State share Govt. of Himachal lakh out of which an amount of Pradesh has directed to the Deputy `2801.62 lakh has been received for Commissioner Chamba and Sirmour at the implementation of various Nahan to provide requisite 10% share activities of RMSA and the same is i.e. ` 0.75 crore for the setting up of being utilized on different activities these Model Schools in EBB of H.P. like school annual grant, inservice teacher training. Training of School, Girls Hostels in Educationally Heads of High/Sr.Secondary Schools Backward Blocks and salary of High Schools approved. 16.29 The Centrally sponsored Scheme for the construction and Model Schools running of Girls hostel for students of 16.28 To improve the quality of Secondary and Sr. Secondary Schools; education, the Govt. of India has also in Educationally Backward block is to decided to set up Model Schools at strengthen the Boarding and Hostel Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBS) facilities for Girl Students studying in in areas where rural female literacy is classes IX to XII. The girls belonging below 46.13 percent and the gender to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities gap is above 21.59 percent in the First and BPL families shall be benefited phase. The areas selected are those under this scheme. This scheme will which have a very low gross enrolment pay a significant role for the ratio (Educationally Backward Blocks). promotion of Girl Education and to Under these provisions, the Govt. of eliminate gender disparity in India has conveyed the selection of secondary and Higher Secondary Pangi, Tissa, Salooni and Mehla Blocks Schools in Educational blocks in the in Chamba district and Shilali Block in state. 90 percent central share Sirmour district as educationally amounting to ` 95.63 lakh as first backward block. 90 percent Central installment of non recurring grant has share amounting to `6.78 crore as been conveyed and 10 percent State first installment of non-recurring share amounting to ` 9.56 lakh as grant for the year 2009-10 for first installment has also been setting up of five Model Schools in proposed by the department. In EBB in Himachal Pradesh has been respect of Shillai of Sirmaur District released by the Government of India and Sach of Chamba District an to Himachal Pradesh Primary amount of ` 19.12 lakh and ` 6.37 lakh Education Society-cum Sarva Shiksha has been released to Sirmaur and Abhian State Mission Authority. For Chamba districts respectively. the 10 percent

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Information & Communication of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Kangra, Technology ICT Project 1 Jawaharlal Nehru, Govt. Engineering 16.30 The Government of College Sundernagar, 17 Privately India’s centrally sponsored scheme managed engineering colleges, 10 Govt. has been implemented in the State. Polytechnics and 18 Polytechnic in Private Sector, 75 Industrial Under this project in 628 Senior Training Institutes in Govt. sector and Secondary schools the different th th 8 Industrial Training Institutes for subjects from class 9 to 12 will women and one ITI for Physically be taught with the help of LCDTV Handicapped at Sundernagar in Govt. and LCD Projector.One computer sector, One Motor Driving school at lab and two smart classrooms will Una in Govt. sector, 122 ITCs in be construvted in each Senior private sector, One B-Pharmacy Secondary schools. In phase II college Rohroo District Shimla, 12 B- &III, 618 GSSS, 848 GHS and 5 Pharmacy colleges in private sector smart schools are being covered and and 2 D-Pharmacy college in private this will continue up to March,2016. sector are functioning in the Pradesh. In Engineering and B-Pharmacy TECHNICAL EDUCATION Colleges, the Technical Education is 16.31 Department of Technical imparted up to degree level, whereas Education was established in the year the Polytechnics are providing 1968 and in July,1983, the vocational professional/technical education at and Industrial Training Institutes diploma level courses in 11 Engineering were also brought under the umbrella and Non-Engineering disciplines. The of this Department. At the moment, Industrial Training Institutes are the Department is providing education providing 1, 2&3 year certificate in the field of Technical Education, level courses in 24 engineering and 22 Vocational and Industrial Training. non-engineering trades. Present Today the department has reached a intake in the existing institutions are stage where all the interested as under: candidates of the State can get 1. Degree Level = 7,490 admission in Engineering/Pharmacy 2. B. Pharmacy = 940 both diploma and degree as well as 3. Diploma Level = 9,610 certificate level courses in H.P. 4. ITIs/ITCs = 29,780 through different institutions i.e. Total = 47,820 One Indian Institute of 16.32 In addition, 01 Engineering Technology(IIT), Mandi at Kamand, College at Bandla in Bilaspur District One National Institute of Technology and 05 Govt. Polytechnics one each in (NIT), Hamirpur, National Institute District Bilaspur, Kullu, Kinnaur,

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Sirmaur and Lahaul & Sptiti are has been spent so far. Total 15,384 proposed to be opened from the candidates have been trained under academic session August,2013. this scheme and 2,230 candidates are Jawahar Lal Nehru, Government under training. Engineering College, Sundernagar has 16.34 Fourteen I.T.Is i.e. Solan, been selected in Technical Education Una, Rampur, Shamshi, Mandi, Quality Improvement Programme Chamba, Shahpur, Nadaun, Nahan, (TEQIP-II) and a grant amount of Shimla, Reckong-Peo, ITI (W), Mandi, ` 12.25 crore has been sanctioned for ITI (W), Shimla and ITI Rong Tong strengthening of physical (Kaza) have been upgraded as centre infrastructure facilities. In this of excellence and ` 2,722.00 lakh regard NPIU/World Bank has have been received as Central ` ` released 2.02crore out of 12.25 Assistance which is being spent for ` crore on 90:10 pattern. 1.00 crore providing modern machinery and each for construction of Girls Hostel equipments, honorarium/ remuneration ` and 2.00 crore each for and training to teachers and also for strengthening/ up-gradation in the construction of building etc. existing Nine Polytechnics have been sanctioned by Government of India. 16.35 Emphasis is on developing multi-skills in the trainees to add to 16.33 Modular Employable Skills their employability in the Industrial under the Skill Development Initiative Sector. 33 I.T.I.s have been upgraded Scheme, vocational training is being under Public Partnership Mode provided to those workers seeking (PPP Mode) after due certification of their skills, school consultation/discussion with the State dropouts, unemployed youths and ITI Steering Committee and with PHD graduates to improve their Chamber of Commerce and CII and employability. At present 104 various other Industrial Associations vocational training providers located in different parts of Himachal (65 Govt. ITIs +39 Private ITIs) have Pradesh, for which central assistance been registered under Skill amounting to ` 82.50 crore has Development Initiative Scheme. Total been received in the respective I.T.I.s ` 7.62 crore has been funds of from Government of India. received against which ` 3.90 crore

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HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE positive and no death due to 17.1 The State Govt. has malaria was reported. ensured that health services for (ii) National Leprosy Eradication effective prevention and treatment Programme: Under this intervention are accessible to people Programme the prevalence rate, and are applied efficiently. In which was 5.14 per ten thousand Himachal Pradesh, Health and Family in 1995, has been reduced to Welfare department is providing 0.25 per ten thousand as on services which include curative, 30.11.2012. The National Leprosy preventive, promotive and Control Programme was rehabilitative services through a net converted to Leprosy Eradication work of 54 civil hospitals, 76 Programme in 1994-95 by the community health centres, 473 Govt. of India and with the primary health centres, 11 ESI assistance of World Bank; dispensaries and 2,066 sub-centres. Leprosy Societies were To provide better health services to formulated in the districts. the people, the government is During 2012-13, (upto November, strengthening the existing 2012), 114 new cases of Leprosy infrastructure by providing modern have been detected, 115 cases equipments, specialized services, were deleted and 184 cases of increasing the strength of the medical leprosy are under treatment. and paramedical staff in the medical They are getting MDT from institutions. different health institutions free 17.2 A brief description of of cost. various health and family welfare (iii) National T.B. Control activities carried out in the state Programme: Under this during 2012-13 is as under:- programme, 1 T.B. sanatorium, 12 (i) National Vector Borne Disease district T.B. centres/clinics, 44 Control Programme: Under this T.B. units and 175 microscopic programme, 61 fever treatment centers having a provision of 310 depots are functioning in the beds were functioning in the State. During the year 2012-13, state. During the year 2012-13 (upto November, 2012) 3,66,620 upto 30.9.2012 10,788 cases blood slides were examined, out were detected having positive of which 208 slides were found symptoms of this disease and sputum tests of 58,651 persons

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were carried out. Himachal state as a part of RCH Pradesh is one of the States programme with a aim to reduce where all the districts have been the morbidity and mortality covered under this project. among mothers, children and (iv) National Programme for infants. The preventable Control of Blindness: Under vaccine for diseases viz. this programme during the year Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, 2012-13 (upto November, 2012) Pertusis, Neo-natal Tetanus, 17,244 cataract operations were Poliomyelitis and Measles has performed against the target of shown remarkable reduction over 21,000 cataract operations. Out the last years. The targets and of this 16,834 cataract achievements for the year 2012- operations were performed with 13 are given in Table 17.1. I.O. lenses. Also 1,77,966 Table- 17.1 students were examined under Item 2012-13 Sr. Targets Achievement this programme against a target No. upto of 1, 20,000. November,12 (v) National Family Welfare 1 2 3 4 1 D.P.T. 115000 72976 Programme: This programme is 2 Polio 115000 73068 being carried out in the State as 3 B.C.G. 115000 78468 a part of Reproductive and Child 4 Hepatitis-B 115000 73104 5 Measles 115000 75102 Health Programme, on the basis 6 Vit. A 1st dose 115000 73077 of community needs assessment 7 Polio Booster 116000 66001 approach. Under this approach, 8 D.P.T. Booster 116000 66063 9 Vit. A 5th - 83652 grass-root level workers like dose multipurpose health workers 10 D.T. (5-6 115000 71851 (both male & female) give an years) 11 T.T. (10 years) 115000 88218 estimate of the various family 12 T.T. (16 years) 128000 102531 welfare activities required in the 13 T.T.(PW) 132000 73005 area/ population covered by 14 I.F.A. 132000 69597 them. Under this programme, (Mothers) 3,726 sterilisations, 12,980 I.U.D. insertions, 27,142 OP Like previous years, the Users and 71,992 CC Users were Pulse Polio campaigns were also done during 2012-13 (upto launched in the State during the November, 2012). year 2012-13.The first and second (vi) Universal Immunization round of this campaign was on Programme: This programme is 20.01.2013 and 24.02.2013 also being implemented in the respectively. 152

(vii) National AIDS Control blood donation percentage is Programme: During the year 86 percent. One Mobile Blood 2012-13 up to December, 2012, Bus with four donor couches is 1,20,211 persons screened out also functional in State. of which 545 HIV positive • Anti Retroviral Treatment cases were detected. Under Programme blood safety 18 blood banks are State has 3 ART center at functioning in the state. IGMC, Shimla, RH Hamirpur • Integrated Counseling and and Dr. RPGMC Tanda and 8 Testing Centre Link ART Centres through Total 49 ICTC centers in these free ART Drugs are Himachal Pradesh are being provides to people living providing Counseling and with HIV/AIDS. testing services. In the year • Targeted Interventions 2012-13, out of total tested 24 Targeted Interventions persons, 35,187 were ANC Project are being implemented clients, out of which 21 were in the state for High Risk diagnosed as HIV positive. Groups. In the current year, Two Mobile ICTC Vans units 2,897 persons have been are also functional. provided STI services and • STI/ RTI Clinics 24,360 were referred to Total 18 clinics are providing ICTC’s and 51 awareness STI/RTI services in various camps and 129 health camps were organized through districts of Himachal Pradesh. NGO’s. In the year 2012-13 total • Community Care Centre 16,786 people have availed the Three Community Care Centres services of these RTI/ STI are functional at Tanda, clinics. Shimla and Hamirpur for • Blood Safety people living with HIV/AIDS Total 15 Blood Banks and 3 getting treatment from Anti Blood Component Separation Retro Viral Therapy centre. Units IGMC, Shimla, ZH Mandi (viii) National Rural Health and RPGMC Tanda are Mission: Under this scheme functioning in the state. 94 Health Institutions were During the year 2012-13, 247 identified to provide 24 hours VBD Camps have been emergency services. Apart from organized and in the State this 572 Rogi Kalyan Samities

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are also functioning at District (1 Govt. & 12 Private). The Institution Hospitals, Civil Hospitals and wise major achievements of the CHCs. A sum of ` 3.80 crore Department during the above said has been distributed to all the period are as under:- RKS till 30.11.2012. (a) IGMC, Shimla: - This College Medical Education & Research is the premier institute of the State 17.3 The Directorate of established in the year 1966, now Medical Education Training & upgrated as Super Speciality Research was established during the Institute. During this academic year 1996-97 with the objective of session 2012-13 the PG seats has been providing better medical education increased from 81 to 90 in various system and training to Medical and streams. A sum of ` 520.50 lakh has Para Medical & Nursing personnel to been provided by GOI for the monitor and coordinate the activities upgradation of Nursing School into of Medical & dental services of State. Nursing College at IGMC, Shimla namely Sister Nivedita Govt. Nursing 17.4 At present the state has College with intake capacity of 60 two Medical Colleges i.e. Indira Gandhi students for B.Sc. Nursing and 30 for Medical College, Shimla and Dr. Post Basic Nursing. The Tertiary Rajendra Prasad Medical College Cancer centre in the department of Radiotheraphy, IGMC, Shimla is being Tanda and one Govt. Dental College, established for control of Shimla are functioning. Besides this, Cancer,Diabetes, Cardiovascular four Dental colleges in private sector Diseases with the assistance of `120 at Sundernagar, Solan, Nalagarh and lakh as State and `480lakh as centre Paonta Sahib and three HP councils share.The institution has replaced i.e.H.P.Medical Council, H.P.Nursing existing old Cath Lab to new Cath Lab ` Council and H.P. Para Medical Council with cost of 7 crore. A Simulator costing `3.10 crore approximately has are also functioning. A fresh batch of been parchased for Radiotherapy GNM Training with the intake Department which will better useful capacity of 1,240 Students have been for caner patients. The construction admitted in 33 GNM Schools (Five of Married Doctors Hostel is likely to Govt. and 28 Private) and B.Sc. be completed during this current Nursing Degree course with annual financial year for which `1.60 crore stand released to the PWD. For intake of 580 students have been strengthening and upgration of Govt. admitted in 13 B.Sc. Nursing Colleges Medical College an amount of `5.44

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crore would be provided for the among the faculty members and 13 purchase of new Machinery and research projects are being equipments as per requirement of undertaken in the college.The various departments of this construction work of 12 numbers institution. There is a proposal for type-V quarters has been completed construction of 240 bedded Block in in September,2012. GOI has the proposed site instead of approved `440.80 lakh for Administrative Block. establishment of Burn unit in the institution out of which `277.00 lakh FinancialAchievements During the has been released by GOI for financial year 2012-13 an amount of construction work,Furniture and `93,89,51,000 under Revenue Head Equipments. The Govt. of Himachal and `300.00 lakh under capital Head Pradesh has approved to establish have been provided. centre of excellence of Nursing (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Govt. education for which `20 crore will Medical College, Kangra at be provided by GOI. For the Tanda: - Dr. Rajendra Prasad treatment of TB patients a high – Medical College, Kangra at Tanda is tech IRL laboratory is also being the 2nd Medical College of the state established in this institution. established in October, 1996. The first batch was started in 1999 and Financial Achievements: recognized by MCI on 24th February, During the financial year 2005. The MCI has granted the 2012-13 a sum of ` 400.00 lakh has permission to increase the MBBS been allocated for various ongoing seats from 50 to 100 and at present construction works under capital 14th Batch is running in this outlay and `4,649.98 lakh under institution. This institution has Revenue Head. started PG courses in various (c) Dental College and Hospital departments with 48 seats. The DNB Shimla: course in the department of H.P. Govt. Dental College and Radiology, Anesthesia and Surgery Hospital, Shimla Hospital is the only with intake capacity of two seats in dental College in the State which was each department are also running. At established in the year 1994 with an present 7th batch of B.Sc. Para intake capacity of 20 students per Medical Courses with capacity of 26 year. From the year 2007-08 the seats is running. admission of 60 students to BDS course has been started. Besides this This college has taken a the MDS course in four specialities lead in promoting research activities have also been started from 2006-07

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with intake capacity of 2 students established in 1984 and Health Care each in every department. Training services are being provided to the course for Denyal Hygienist and general public through 2 Regional Dental Mechanics has been started Ayurvedic Hospitals, 2 Circle with the intake capacity of 20 Ayurvedic Hospitals, 3 Tribal students in each course. Hospitals, 9 District Ayurvedic hospitals, one Nature care hospital, The main object of the 1,108 Ayurvedic health centers, opening of the Dental College and 14 ten/twenty bedded Ayurvedic Hospital was to meet the ever hospitals, 3 Unani health centers, 14 increasing demand of Dental Doctors homoeopathic health centers and 4 and Para Medical staff with the view Amchi clinics (out of which one is to provide better dental health functional).The department has inbuilt services to the people of the State system of production of medicines and to achieve goal of providing through 3 Ayurvedic Pharmacies, at “Health for All”. During the period Jogindernagar (District Mandi), Majra from 1.1.2012 to 31.12.2012, this (District Sirmaur) and Paprola college has treated 202 indoor and (District Kangra). These pharmacies 34,311 outdoor patients. Seven Dental catering to the need of the Ayurvedic Mobile Camps has organized through health institutions of the department which 2,135 patients have been and also give boost to the employment treated and free medicines are being to local people. Rajeev Gandhi distributed during these dental Government P.G. Ayurvedic College camps. Paprola with an intake capacity of 50 students for B.A.M.S. degree is Financial Achievements: functioning at Paprola in Kangra During the financial year district. Besides this the PG Classes in 2012-13 an amount of ` 943.78 lakh Kayachikitsa, Shalakya Tantra, Shalya under Non-Plan and ` 10.00 lakh under Tantra, Prasuti Tantra, Samhita and Sidhant, Dravya Guna, Rog Nidan, Plan have been allocated by the Govt. Swasth Vritta, Panchkarm and Balrog for smooth functioning of this are also there. The department has institution. started the B-Pharmacy course (Ay.) at Jogindernagar with intake capacity AYURVEDA of 29 students. The department of 17.5 Indian System of Ayurveda is also associated with Medicines and Homoeopathy plays a National Health Programmes like vital role in the Health Care System Malaria, Family welfare, Anemia free, of the State of H.P. The separate AIDS and immunization and pulse Department of Ayurveda was 156

polio etc. During the current financial from time to time at different places year 2012-13, there is a budget during the year 2012-13 under which provision of ` 1,72,16,75,000 out of 6,459 patients were treated. Regional which Non Plan is ` 1,53,16,75,000 and Centre for excellence in Geriatric Plan is ` 19,00,00,000. Health Care has been established at RGGPG, College Paprola. Sensitization Development of Herbal Resources programmes are also being organized 17.6 Four herbal gardens at for the awareness of NGOs and Jogindernagar (Mandi), Neri general public.During the year 2012- (Hamirpur), Dumreda (Shimla) and 13, Medicines worth `6.06 crore have Jungle Jhalera (Bilaspur) are been distributed to the Ayurvedic preserving the herbal resources of Institutions. the state. An Annual Action Plan for 2012-13 for the development of (II) Govt. Ayurvedic Pharmacies medicinal plants sector in the state at Presently there are three the project cost of ` 70.09lakh has Departmental Ayurvedic Pharmacies in been approved by the National the State manufacturing Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants Board, Department Drugs for free distribution through of AYUSH, Govt. of India under its Ayurvedic Insitututions in the State. centrally sponsored scheme of The Pharmacies have been located at National Mission on Medicinal Plants. Majra in Sirmour, Joginder Nagar in Under this 5 small nurseries of one Mandi and Paprola, in Kangra. hectare area each will be established Pharmacy at Paprola is also attached in the public sector. Besides this, with Ayurvedic College Paprola for cultivation of medicinal plants will be practical purpose for the students of undertaken by the farmers in 93.60 PG Ayurvada College, Paprola. hectares area in the State.

Drug Testing Laboratory To strengthen these Govt. 17.7 During the year 2012-13(up to Ayurvedic pharmacies, the Ministry of Dec.2012), DTL Joginder Nagar has Health & Family Welfare, GOI is analyzed 791 samples (from Govt. and providing financial assistance for Private Pharmacies) and generated a strengthening/modernasisation of revenue of ` 87,000 only. pharmacies from time to time. A proposal of `1.15 crore has been 17.8 Development Activities submitted to GOI for seeking (I) To popularized and make people additional financial assistance for aware of AYUSH treatment, 44 free strengthening Govt. Ayurvedic medical camps have been organized pharmacy, Jogindernagar.

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These Pharmacies supply • For the year 2012-13, funds drugs to all health institutions of to the tune of ` 5.00 crore have been Ayurvedic Department. Presently released under NRHM flexi pool department has been procuring raw (salary component) for the herbs through H.P. State Civil establishment of Ayurvedic units in Supplies Corporation Ltd. for Rural CHCs/PHCs. For seeking manufacturing medicines due to non financial assistant of `2862.96 lakh availability of the same locally. from Deptt. of AYUSH, GOI, for creating infrastructure, (III) National Rural Health Mission equipments/medicines etc. for The National Rural Health establishing these Ayurvedic units, a Mission was launched with the proposal has been submitted. objective to improve the availability • Achivements during the year and access to quality health care for 2012-13. people especially those residing in i) One new Ayurvedic Health rural area. Department of AYUSH, Center has been opened in GOI, on proposal of Department of district Mandi. Ayurveda, Himachal Pradesh ii) Two Ayurvedic Health Centres sanctioned ` 18.90 crore for the year has been upgraded to 10 2008-09 for establishment of AYUSH bedded Ayurvedic hospitals. clinics and Specially centres in 70 iii) 20 bedded district Ayurvedic CHC/Rural Hospitals and Ayush hospital Hamirpur has been Specialty Treatment Centres in 10 upgraded to 50 bedded Ayush Specialty Treatment Centres in hospital. 10 Regional /Zonal Hospitals/ Medical • Proposed Targets for the Colleges under mainstreaming of year 2013-14 AYUSH under NRHM. Govt. of India This department has Department of Ayush provided proposed the target of opening 04 ` 22 lakh for CHC and ` 35 lakh per New Ayurvedic Health Centers, 01 Regional / Zonal Hopitals/ Medical Homoeopathic Health Centers, Colleges Hospitals. Upgradation of one AHCs to 10- bedded Hospital, Upgradation of one • Under this scheme the 10/20 bedded Hospital to 50 bedded department has appointed 139 AMOs Hospital and providing of under co-location policy after panchkarma/ Ksharsutra at 11 creation of 155 post of AMOs. centres during the year 2013-14.

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SOCIAL WELFARE & WELFARE to above 70% disabled OF BACK-WARD CLASSES persons is being provided 18.1 The Social Justice and without any income criteria Empowerment Department of the subject to the condition that State is engaged in socio-economic applicant should not be in and educational uplift of scheduled Govt.Service/semiGovt.service castes, scheduled tribes, other /Board/corporation and should backward classes, infirms, not be in possession of any handicapped, orphans, children, kinds of pension. During widows, destitutes, poor children current financial year 2012-13 and women etc. The following there is a target of 1,14,877 schemes are being implemented pensioner under the above under social welfare programme:- schemes. An amount of `5,503.09 lakh have been Social Security Pension Scheme spent upto 31-12-2012 against 18.2 the budget provision of `8,326.73 lakh. a) Old Age pension: Old age pension @ ` 450 PM is being c) Widow /Deserted/ Ekal Nari provided to those who have Pension: The Widow attained the age 60 years or /Deserted/ Ekal Nari Pension above having individuals annual @ ` 450 is being provided to income below ` 9,000 P.A. The those Widow /Deserted/ Ekal income of family other than Nari ladies (above 45 years of individual income should not age) whose individual annual exceed ` 15,000 P.A. income does not exceed `9,000 P.A. The income of b) Disability Relief Allowance: family other than individual Disability Relief Allowance is income should not exceed being given to those disabled `15,000 P.A. During current persons who are having at financial year 2012-13 there least 40 percent of disability is a target of 62,211 and whose individual annual pensioner. Under the above income does not exceed scheme, an amount of `9,000 P.A. and the income of `2,307.16 lakh have been family other than individual spent upto 31-12-2012 against income should not exceed the budget provision of `15,000 P.A. Besides Pensions `3,524.98 lakh.

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d) Rehabilitation allowance to Pension is being provided to Lepers:- the widows between the age group of 40 to 79 years and Rehabilitation allowance to belongs to BPL house hold. leprosy @ `450 per month is During current financial year being provided to the patient 2012-13 there is a target of of leprosy who have been 8,981 pensioner under the identified by the Health above scheme. An amount of Department irrespective of `177.60 lakh have been spent their annual income. During upto 31-12-2012 against the current financial year 2012-13 budget provision of `303.01 there is a target of 1,482 lakh. pensioner under the above scheme. An amount of ` 49.02 g) Indira Gandhi National lakh have been spent upto 31- Disability Pension(IGNDP): 12-2012 against the budget Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension is being provision of ` 99.41 lakh. provided to the disabled e) Indira Gandhi National Old persons between the age Age Pension: (IGNOAP): group of 18 to 79 years having 80 percent disability Indira Gandhi National Old and belongs to BPL house Age Pension is being provided hold. During current financial to the persons who have year 2012-13 there is a target attained the age 60 years or of 394 pensioner under the above and belong to BPL house above scheme. An amount of hold. During current financial `7.53 lakh have been spent upto 31-12-2012 against the year 2012-13 there is a target budget provision of ` 11.50 of 94,607 pensioner under the lakh. All the above central above scheme. An amount of sponsored Schemes a sum of `2,089.75 lakh have been `200, `300 and to the spent upto 31-12-2012 against pensioners above 80 years the budget provision of `500 per month is being `2,718.00 lakh. provided and the remaining amount of `250, `150 and to f) Indira Gandhi National the pensioners above 80 years Widow Pension: (IGNWP): `300 per month is being Indira Gandhi National Widow distributed along with MO

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Commission which is borne by upto December, 2012 against the State Govt. the target of 196 couples. ii) Housing Subsidy: Under this Self Employment Scheme scheme the members of 18.3 The department is also scheduled castes, scheduled providing funds to the 4 tribes and other backward Corporations viz; H.P. Minorities classes are given subsidy of Finance and Development `48,500 per family for house Corporation, H.P. Backward Classes construction purposes to those Finance and Development whose annual income does not Corporation, H.P. Scheduled Castes exceed `17,000. During the and Scheduled Tribe Corporation year 2012-13, an amount of and H.P. Women Development `2,066.00 lakh has been Corporation under the head provided in the budget and investment for the running of 3,285 persons were benefited various self employment schemes. with an amount of `1,593.07 There is a budget provision of lakh upto December, 2012 `420.00 lakh and Upto 31.12.2012, against the target of 4,256 amount of ` 171.00 lakh, have been persons. released. iii) Training and Proficiency in

Computer Applications and Welfare of Scheduled Castes/ Allied Activities: Under this Scheduled Tribes and Other scheme computer training are Backward Classes provided in the recognized 18.4 Under this programme, computer courses to candidates the important schemes implemented belonging to BPL, SC,ST and during 2012-13 are as under:- Minorities or those whose i) Award for Inter-caste annual income is less than Marriage: For elimination of `60,000.The department bears the practice of untouchability the training cost not exceeding between Scheduled Castes and `1,200 per month per candidate non Scheduled Castes , the and balance cost if any is borne State Govt. encourages inter- by the candidate. During the caste marriages. Under this training a stipend of `1,000 scheme, an amount of `25,000 per month is being provided. per couple is given as incentive After completion of the money. For inter-caste training, the candidates are marriages during 2012-13, a placed for six months in the budget provision of `49.25 lakh organization / offices so as to is kept for the purpose and 128 gain proficiency in computer couples have been benefited applications. During the period with an amount of `32.00 lakh

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of placement ` 1,500 per month 2012. Under this scheme per candidate is being thereby benefiting 35 families. provided.During the year, 2012-13, budget provision of Welfare of Disabled `3.12 crore is kept out of which 18.5 Department is an amount of `95.27 lakh has implementing Comprehensive been spent upto 31.12.2012 and Integrated Scheme named “Sahyog” 465 trainees were benefitted. for persons with disabilities iv) Follow up Programme: Under launched during the year 2008-09. this scheme, implements and The components of the scheme along tools, sewing machine costing with financial and physical `1,500 per beneficiary are achievement upto 31.12.2012 is as given to scheduled castes, under:- scheduled tribes and other i) Disabled Scholarship : This backward classes whose annual Scheme is applicable to all income does not exceed `11,000 categories of disabled p.a. For the year 2012-13, a students including hearing budget provision of `99.11 lakh impaired persons having was made under this scheme disability of 40 percent or out of which an amount of above and whose parents `29.84 lakh was spent annual income does not exceed benefiting 2,015 persons upto `60,000. The rates of December, 2012 against 7,622 Scholarship varies from `350- beneficiaries. 750 per month for day v) Compensation to Victims of scholars and `1,000-2,000 per Atrocities on Scheduled month for boarders. Against Castes/ Scheduled Tribes the budget provision of Families Under SCs/STs(POA) `52.95 lakh upto December, Act-1989: Under the rules of 2012 an amount of `31.40 lakh the above Act monetary relief has been spent. is granted to those scheduled ii) Marriage Grant to castes, scheduled tribes Individuals Marrying families who become victims of Persons with Disabilities: atrocities committed by the To encourage able bodied member of other communities young men or girls to marry due to caste consideration. the disabled boy or girl having During the year2012-13 against not less than 40 percent the budget provision of ` 15.00 disability and who have lakh an amount of `4.70 lakh attained the Marriageable was spent upto December, age, marriage grant @ `8,000 to 15,000 is provided by the

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State Government. Against Minorities Finance and the budget provision of Development Corporation for `26.00 lakh an amount of setting up small ventures. `11.08 lakh has been spent SCs/OBCs and Minority upto December, 2012 thereby Affairs Department provides benefitting 129 persons. subsidy on projects iii) Survey and Research: For sanctioned by H.P.Minorities the current financial year an Finance and Development amount of `0.50 lakh has been Corporation upto ` 10,000 or earmarked. Survey shall be 20 percent of the project updated every year. Proposals cost (whichever is less). have been called from reputed During 2012-13 upto NGOs. / various sites for December,2012, loans undertaking research amounting to ` 1.55 crore has activities in the field of been released by the disabilities. H.P.Minorities Finance and iv) Awareness Generation and Development Corporation. Orientation: Provision has vi) Skill Enrichment: Vocational been made to organize block rehabilitation training to and district level composite PWDs through selected ITIs camps for representative of is provided in identified NGOs working for persons trades. Training is free of with disabilities, SHGs and cost and stipend @ ` 1,000 representative of PRIs at per month is paid by the grass root level. In these department. During the camps medical certificates, current financial year, 40 aids and applications are disabled children have been provided to persons with sponsored for training in 10 disabilities. Apart from this trades in 6 ITIs. Budget all the scheme being run for provision of ` 10.00 lakh has persons with disabilities are been provided under the publicized in these camps. scheme during the year. There is a budget provision of vii) Scheme of Awards: `6.35 lakh for the year Provision of incentives to best 2012-13 and upto December, performing disabled 2012 under the scheme all individuals and private amount has been spent. employers providing v) Self Employment: Disabled employment to maximum persons having disability of 40 disabled in their organization percent and above are has been made. Best provided loans by the H.P. performing individuals are to

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be given cash award of Hamirpur and Dharamshala `10,000 each. Best private under NPRPD. These centres employer is to be provided are being run through DRDA cash incentive of `25,000. Hamirpur and Indian Red Budget provision of ` 0.50 Cross Society Dharamshala lakh has been provided under respectively. During the year this component. 2012-13 an amount of ` 10.00 viii) Institutions of Children lakh has been provided under with Special Needs: Two the scheme and the proposal institutions at Dhalli and have been sought from the Sundernagar have been set up implementing agencies. in the State. In the Home being run at Sundernager the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan name of institute has been 18.6 For bringing economic changed to H.P. Institution of improvement accelerating the pace Children with Special Abilities of infrastructure development for (ICSA). 20 Visually and 86 the benefits of the scheduled Hearing Impaired girls have Castes, the State Govt. has been enrolled. For running transferred all subjects relating to and maintenance of this Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Institution against the budget other socio-economic related provision of `13.00 lakh an schemes of the Scheduled Castes to expenditure of `5.30 lakh has the Social Justice & Empowerment been incurred upto department in the year Decemebr,2012. For Dhalli 2002 and now made a Nodal school an amount of ` 18.98 department. Prior to this work was lakh has been released for being looked after by the Tribal HPCCW. In addition to this, Development Department. state government is providing grant to the Prem Ashram, 18.7 The Scheduled Castes Una to meet out expenditure in this Pradesh are not concentrated on boarding, lodging and into specific regions but are widely education of 30 mentally dispersed and would be benefitted retarded children. The equally as rest of the population. budget provision of `9.10 lakh Accordingly approach to economic and whole amount has been development in the case of spent upto December, 2012. Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan is not ix) Disability Rehabilitation area based as the case with the Centres (DRCs): Two Tribal Sub-Plan. The district of Disability Rehabilitation Bilaspur, Kullu, Mandi, Solan, Shimla Centres have been set up at and Sirmaur are the predominantly

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Scheduled Castes population schemes, which may generate districts where Scheduled Castes sizeable income and employment for concentration is above the State the Scheduled Castes families. average. These six districts taken together account for 61.31 percent 18.10 A separate Sub of the Scheduled Castes population Major Head “789” has been created in the state. for Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and a separate Demand (Demand No. 32) 18.8 For making Scheduled has also been created. The entire Castes Sub-Plan need based and budget of Scheduled Castes Sub- effective the Single Line System for Plan for 2010-11 is budgeted in the Plan formulation and monitoring has newly created demand. Such an been introduced whereby funds are arrangement is very helpful in allocated to each district based on diverting funds from one scheme to fixed parameters which are non- another in the same major Head and divertible from one district to from one Major Head to another to another district and plans are ensure 100 percent expenditure prepared at district level for each under SCSP. During the year 2011-12 district under the supervision of the there was an outlay of `811.00 crore Deputy Commissioner and in out of which ` 830.35 crore were consultation with the Heads of the spent under Scheduled Caste Sub- Districts/Regional Offices of the Plan. During the current financial implementing department. year 2012-13 there is outlay of `914.64 crore out of which `266.23 18.9 The various crore were spent upto 30.9.2012. programmes for the welfare of Scheduled Castes are being 18.11 The District Level implemented effectively. Although Review & Implementation Committee the Scheduled Castes communities has been constituted at district are deriving benefits under the level under the Chairmanship of normal Plan as well as Tribal Sub- Minister of the district and Deputy Plan, yet, in order to provide special Commissioner as its Vice-Chairman. coverage under individual The Chairman of the Zila Parishad beneficiary programmes and and all the Chairpersons of BDCs Development of infrastructure in alongwith other prominent local Scheduled Castes concentrated persons have been nominated as non- villages, 24.72 percent of the total official members and all district State Plan allocation is earmarked level officers concerned with SCSP for Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan. The as official members to review, main emphasis of the state Govt. is formulation and implementation of to identify more and more realistic Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan. The

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Secretary (SJ&E) holds quarterly Pragpur (Kangra) Mashobra, Tuti review meeting with the Kandi, Masli (Shimla), Sujanpur departments at the state Level. (Hamirpur) and Killar (Chamba). In besides this, a High Powered these ashrams the inmates are Coordination and Review Committee provided free boarding and lodging has been constituted under the facilities and education upto 10+2 Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Chief standard. Provision for higher Minister, which also review the education, professional education, performance of Scheduled Castes career guidance and job oriented Sub-Plan. vocational training and rehabilitation have been included in the scheme. Point No. 10(a) of 20 Point Total capacity of these Programme Ashrams/Shisu girls to 18.12 There are 95,772 SC accommodate is 1,060 children. A families in the state who have been budget provision of ` 275.00 lakh found to be living below poverty line for the year 2012-13 has been kept according to the survey conducted for this scheme and `80.15 lakh by the Rural Development have been spent upto department during the year 2011-12. December,2012. During the year, 2011-12, the 57,587 (b) Bal/Balika Surksha Yojana S.C. families have been benefited The state has launched against the target of 58,000 SCs this scheme on 19.07.2012 as per families. Against the target to assist their provision of JJ Act, 2000 29,289 SCs families in the year Rule-2007 section 34.Those foster 2012-13, 42,235 S.C. families have family recommended by the child been benefited upto 30.11.2012. welfare committees are given `500 per child per month. Child Welfare (c) Integrated Child Protection (a) Mukhymantri Bal Udhar Yojana Scheme 18.13 With a view to look Integrated child after the orphans, semi-orphans and protection scheme are to contribute destitute children, the department to the improvement in the well being is providing grant-in-aid for running of children in difficult and maintenance of Bal /Balika circumstances, as well as to the Ashrams at Sarahan, Suni, Rockwood reduction of vulnerability to (Shimla), Durgapur (Shimla), Kullu, situations and actions that lead to Tissa, Bharmaur, Kalpa(2), Shilli abuse neglect exploitation, (Solan) Bharnal, Dehar (Mandi) and abandonment and separation children Chamba being run by the voluntary from parents. During the current organizations. The department is financial year the total allocation of running Bal/ Balika Ashrams at budget from centre is `2,65,55,000

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out of which ` 17.50 lakh has been been kept for this purpose out utilized upto December,2012. of which an amount of `43.20 lakh has been spent WOMEN WELFARE and 360 beneficiaries were 18.14 Various schemes are covered upto December, 2012. being implemented for the welfare (c) Self Employment Scheme for of women in the Pradesh. The major Women: Under this scheme schemes are as under:- `2,500 are provided to the (a) State Home Mashobra: The women having annual income main purpose of the scheme is less than ` 7,500 for carrying to provide shelter, food, income generating activities. clothing, education and During the year 2012-13 a vocational training to the budget provision of ` 7.00 lakh young girls, widows, deserted, has been made. 96 women have destitute and women who are been benefitted under the in moral danger. For the scheme and an amount of rehabilitation of such women ` 2.40 lakh has been spent after leaving State Home upto December, 2012. financial assistance upto (d) Widow Re-marriage Scheme: `10,000 per woman is also The main objective of the provided. There is a budget scheme is to help in provision of ` 30.49 lakh for rehabilitation of widow after the running the above home re-marriage. Under this and upto December, 2012 an scheme an amount of ` 25,000, amount of `12.53 lakh has as grant, is provided to the been spent. couple. During the year 2012- (b) Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan 13 a budget provision of Yojna: Under this programme `35.00 lakh is kept under this marriage grant ` 21,000 from scheme against which ` 18.00 5.9.12 is being given to the lakh has been given to 72 such guardians of the destitute couples upto December, 2012. girls for their marriages (e) Mother Teressa Asahay Matri provided their annual income Sambal Yojna: The aim of this does not exceed `15,000. scheme is to provide assistance During 2012-13, a budget of ` 3,000 per child to the provision of ` 143.00 lakh has destitute women belonging to

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the BPL families or having first phase ` 1,500, second income less than `18,000 for phase ` 1,500, and `1,000 in the maintenance of their third phase. In 2011-12 `174.24 lakh and in 2012-13 children till they attain the age `42.44 lakh have been of 18 years. The assistance will released by GOI. Out of this be provided only for two an amount of `2,18,14,196 has children. Budgetary Provision been utilized upto December, for this scheme for the year 2012. 2012-13 is ` 296.00 lakh, out (g) Mata Shabri Mahila of which ` 231.90 lakh has Sashaktikaran Yojana: This been utilized upto December, scheme has been started 2012. 16,957 children have during the financial year 2011- been benefitted. 12 for benefitting women (f) Indira Gandhi Matritva belonging to BPL families of Sahyog Yojna: During the SC category. Under the financial year 2010-11, scheme, 50 percent subsidy, Government of India has subject to a maximum of ` approved the implementation 1,300, is given to eligible of 100 percent Centrally women for purchase of Gas Sponsored Scheme- “Indira connection. As per schematic Gandhi Matriva Sahyog Yojna” norms every year 75 SC BPL on pilot basis for Hamirpur women will be benefited in district. Main objective of the each Vidhan Sabha scheme is to improve the Constituency. For the year health and nutrition status of 2012-13 there is a budget ` pregnant and lactating women provision of 66.00 lakh. An ` and infants by promoting amount of 65.98 lakh have appropriate practices, care been spent upto and service utilization during December,2012 for 804 Gas pregnancy, delivery and Connection released. lactation period. Under the (h) Vishesh Mahila Utthan scheme, there is a provision of Yojana: State Government providing cash incentive of ` has started “Vishesh Mahila 4,000 to pregnant and Utthan Yojana” as 100% lactating women (excluding State Plan Scheme for State/ Central Govt. training and rehabilitation of employees) of 19 years of age women in moral danger in the and above for first two live State. There is a provision to births in a phased manner, provide stipend @ ` 3000 per

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month per trainee and test a maximum amount of fee of ` 800 per trainee `75,000. Additional assistance through the department of of ` 25,000 can also be given Women and Child in special cases. During Development. Further, for financial year 2012-13 there is those women who intend to start their own self a budget provision of ` 50.00 employment projects, a back lakh, an expenditure of ` 5.75 ended subsidy is provided @ lakh has been incurred 20% of the Project Cost benefiting 23 women. subject to maximum of `10,000 per beneficiary, on Integrated Child Development loan arranged through HP Mahila Vikas Nigam. In the Services Current year, there is a 18.15 Integrated Child budget provision of ` 146.00 Development Services” (ICDS) lakh in which 142 women/girls programme, is being implemented in are undergoing training in all Developmental Blocks of the State different trades in ITI through 78 ICDS projects. Following Dharamshala, Gangath(in District kangra), Solan and six services are being provided to Shamshi (in District Kullu) children and pregnant/ lactating upto December, 2012. mothers through 18,354 and 256 Mini (i) Financial Assistance and Anganwadi Centres in the State. The Support Services to Victims department is providing of rape Scheme 2012: This supplementary nutrition, nutrition and scheme has been notified on health education’ immunization, 22.09.2012 as 100% State health check-ups referred services Plan Scheme. The scheme aims and non formal pre-school education, to provide financial assistance From 1.4.2009, I.C.D.S. is being and support services such as implemented on 90:10 (Centre:State) counselling, medical aid, legal basis. There is a budget provision of assistance, education and ` 15954.00 lakh for the year 2012- vocational training; depending 13, out of which State Share is `1166 upon the needs of rape lakh and Centre Share is ` 14788 victims. An affected woman lakh, an amount of ` 10866.06 lakh shall be entitled to financial has been spent upto December, 2012. assistance and restorative Monthly honorarium of ` 3,000 and support/ services adding upto `1,500 has been fixed by the

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Government of India for Anganwadi 1. Class 1-3 ` 300 p.a. Workers and Helpers respectively. 10 2. Class 4 ` 500 p.a. percent of the honorarium is borne 3. Class 5 ` 600 p.a. by the State Government and 90 4 Class 6-7 ` 700 p.a. percent by the Centre Government. 5. Class 8 ` 800 p.a. State Government is also paying 6. Class 9-10 ` 1,000 p.a. `300, `200 and `250 per month to 7. 10+1 and 10+2 ` 1,500 p.a. Anganwadi Worker, Anganwadi Helper and Mini Anganwadi Worker For the year 2012-13 there is per month in addition to its 10% a budget provision of `220.00 lakh, share. an amount of `220.00 lakh have been spent upto December, 2012 and Beti Hai Anmol Yojna 20,706 girls have been benefitted. 18.16 With a view to change negative family and community Kishori Shakti Yojna attitude towards the girl child at 18.17 This is 100 percent birth and to improve enrolment and Centrally Sponsored Scheme for retention of girl children in schools, improvement of nutritional, health Beti Hai Anmol scheme is being and skill development status of implemented in the state w.e.f. adolescent girls. The main objective 05.07.2010 for girls (2 girls only) of the scheme is to improve the belonging to the BPL families. Post nutritional and health status of girls Birth Grant, under this component, in the age group of 11-18 years, to there is a provision to give post birth provide the required literacy and grant of ` 10,000 from 2.6.2012 is numeracy skills through non-formal deposited in the Post Office in education to train and equip the favour of girl child taking birth in adolescent girls to improve/ the BPL family attaining the age of 18 upgrade home-based and vocational years, the beneficiary can withdraw skills and to promote awareness of the amount from the account. health, hygiene, nutrition and family Scholarship : Annual scholarships welfare, home management/ child ranging between `300 to `1,500 per care and to take all measure as to annum up to 10 + 2 standard is facilitate their marrying only after provided to these girls when they attaining the age of 18 years and if start going to school. Class-wise possible, even later; The scheme was rates of scholarship are as under:- earlier being implemented

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throughout the State. From the 01.04.2009) children ` 4.00 per day financial year 2011-12, this scheme pregnant / lactating mothers and is being implemented in 8 Districts adolescent girls ` 5.00 per day and (46 Projects). As per schematic severely mal-nourishedtion norms, every year, Govt. of India has children`6.00 per day. Expenditure to release funds at the rate of `1.10 under this programme is borne by lakh per Project to the State. Thus the Central and State Governments maximum, ` 50.60 lakh can be spent on 50:50 basis. During the current in the State annually subject to the financial year 2012-13 there is a release of funds by the Government budget provision of `3,240.00 lakh of India. During the financial year upto December 2012, `3,645.42 2012-13 (upto December, 2012), lakh have been utilized under this progress under the scheme is as scheme. `2,241.93 lakh have under, supplementary Nutrition has received as Grant-in-aid from Govt. been provided to 36,256 adolescent of India. 4,47,298 children, 1,00,924 girls, Vocational training to 373 pregnant/ lactating mothers, girls, number of adolescent girls 1,35,417 BPL adolescent girls have given NHED and Non Formal been benefitted upto December Education to 28,376 and number 2012. of adolescent girls given IFA/ Deworming supplementation to Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for 44,969. During the current financial Empowerment of Adolescent Girls: year 2012-13, sanction amounting to 18.19 This scheme has been ` 50.60 lakh have been received started in 4 Districts viz. Solan, from GOI under the Scheme and ` Kullu, chamba, and Kangra in place of 23.10 lakh have been utilized upto Kishori Shakti Yojana. This scheme December, 2012. has been launched on 19.11.2010 on Supplementary Nutrition pilot basis. Under this scheme, an Programme (SNP): amount of ` 3.80 lakh per Project 18.18 Under this programme, will be released by the GOI to the Supplementary Nutrition is provided State for non-nutritional in Anganwadi Centres to children, components like, IEC activities, pregnant / lactating mothers and Iron-Folic Acid tablets, training- BPL adolescent girls. Rates (per kits, vocational trainings. beneficiary per day) (w.e.f. Expenditure under Nutrition

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component will be shared by the GOI Nutrition Services to 1,64,027 and the State Government on 50:50 Adolescent Girls. Under Nutrition basis. Under Non-Nutrition Component `567.04 lakh for component for the financial year Financial Year 2012-13 have been 2010-11 and 2011-12 a sum of released by GOI and `174.98 lakh `120.60 and `60.80 lakh has been have been contributed by the State. released by GOI and `1,53,79,798 `594.53 lakh has been utilized to have been utilized to provide Non- provide supplementary Nutrition to 99,161 eligible Adolescent Girls.

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT the vulnerable groups among the rural 19.1 The main objectives of poor. Accordingly, the SCs/STs will the rural development programmes account for the 50 percent of are poverty alleviation, employment swarozgaris, women for 40 percent generation, area development and the and the disabled for 3 percent. This implementation of other scheme is being implemented by developmental programmes in the Central and State Governments on rural areas. The following state and 75:25 cost sharing basis. centrally sponsored developmental schemes and programmes are being 19.3 During the year 2012-13 implemented in the state. (upto the December) 452 Self Help Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Groups have been formed and 443 Yojana groups consisting of 4,126 BPL 19.2 Swaranjayanti Gram families have taken up economic Swarozgar Yojana was launched from activities. These groups were given the year 1999-2000. This Yojana is a `349.40 lakh as subsidy and `1,586.05 holistic package covering all aspects lakh as credit. Besides, 776 individual of self employment such as swarozagaris were assisted under organization of poor into self help SGSY and ` 69.86 lakh were given as groups, training, credit, technology, subsidy and ` 451.97 lakh as credit. infrastructure and marketing. The Rural Self Employment beneficiaries under this scheme are Training Institutes (RSETI’s) have called as “Swarozgaries”. This scheme been established in all the districts is a credit-cum-subsidy programme. (except Kinnaur & Lahual & Spiti) of Subsidy under SGSY is uniform at 30 the State for imparting the training percent of the project cost subject to Rural BPL youth in collaboration to a maximum limit of ` 7,500. In with Lead District Banks. So for respect of SCs/STs and disabled 10,704 rural youth have been trained persons, subsidy has been fixed 50 in these institutions. per cent or maximum ceiling of `10,000 respectively. For groups of Project under SGSY for Skill swarozgaris (SHGs), the subsidy is Development of Rural Youth 50 per cent of the project cost, (State specific) being subject to per capita subsidy of implemented through HIMCON `10,000 or `1.25 lakh whichever is 19.4 Government of India has less. SGSY will particularly focus on approved this Project (on 8th

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December, 2009) with Total cost of (IWDP), Draught Prone Area ` 117.00 lakh. The Project will be Programme (DPAP) and Desert shared between the central and State development Programme (DDP) and Government in the ratio of 75:25. IntegratedWatershed Management Under this Project 1700 rural BPL Programme (IWMP) in the state as Youth will be trained. This Project per guidelines of government of will be implemented through India. Since the inception of the HIMCON. So for 520 rural BPL youth have been trained and all these programme. The Government of trained youth have been given India, Ministry of Rural Development placement. An expenditure of ` 29.25 has sanctioned 67 projects (873 lakh has been incurred. Micro Watersheds) with a total cost ` of 254.12 crore for the treatment of 4,52,311 hectare of land under Skill Development Project under IWDP, 412 Micro Watersheds with a SGSY for District Hamirpur. total cost of `116.50 crore for the 19.5 Government of India has treatment of 2,05,833 hectare of approved a project with a Total cost land under DPAP and 552 Micro of ` 226.68 lakh. The Project will be Watersheds Projects with a cost of shared between the Central and `159.20 crore for the treatment of Implementing Agency in the ratio of 2,36,770 hectare of land under DDP. 75:25 and under this Project 2000 Since inception of the programme rural BPL Youth will be trained. This upto December, 2012 the expenditure Project will be implemented through under IWDP is ` 231.84 crore, under ITFT Chandigarh. So for 1726 rural DPAP is `104.10 crore and under DDP BPL Youth have been trained and 1341 is `96.20 crore. Under Integrated were given placement and an Watershed Management Programme expenditure of ` 198.61 lakh has been (IWMP), the Government of India has incurred. sanctioned 110 new projects during 2009-10, 2010-2011- and 2011-12 to Watershed Development all the districts of the State with a Programme total cost of ` 885.08 crore for 19.6 With the objectives to treatment of 590056 hectare rainfed develop wastelands/degraded area in the state within a period of 4- lands, drought prone and desert 7 years and an amount of ` 145.81 st area, the department is crore has been released as 1 implementing Integrated Waste installment for implementation of land Development Programme these projects against this amount to

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the tune of ` 56.28 crore has been compensation amount under the utilized upto December, 2012. scheme is as under:

Indira Awas Yojana i) Death ` 1.00 lakh 19.7 Indira Awas Yojana is a ii) Permanent total disability centrally sponsored scheme. Under ` 1.00 lakh. this scheme, an assistance of `48,500 iii) Loss of one limb and one eyes per beneficiary is being given to BPL or both eyes or both limbs families for the construction of new `1.00 lakh. houses. The selection of beneficiaries iv) Loss of one limb/one ear is being done by Gram Sabha. The ` 0.50 lakh. Central and State Governments are v) In case of death of husband financing this scheme on 75:25 ` 1.00 lakh. sharing basis. During the year 2012- 13, upto December, 2012, against a During the year 2012-13 upto target of construction of 6,271 new December, 2012, Department has houses, 6,404 houses have been been released ` 158.00 lakh to all sanctioned out of which 1059 houses the DRDAs. have been constructed and rest of the houses are in progress. So far an 19.9 Atal Awas Yojana amount of ` 1,611.70 lakh have been The scheme is being spent under this scheme. implemented on the pattern of Indira Awas Yojana. Upto December, 2012, Matri Shakti Bima Yojana against the target of construction of 19.8 This scheme covers all women 2499 new houses, all houses have been living below the poverty line within the sanctioned and 403 houses have been age group of 10-75 years. The policy constructed and rest of the houses is provides relief to family in progress. An amount of ` 652.04 members/insured women in case of lakh has been spent under this their death or disablement arising due scheme. to any kind of accident, surgical operations like sterilization, mishap at Guru Ravi Dass Upgradation of the time of child birth/delivery Civic Amenities scheme drowning, washing away in floods, 19.10 Under Guru Ravi Dass landslide, insect bite and snakebite upgradation of Civic Amenities scheme etc. The scheme also gives benefit to the allocation for the year 2012-13 is married women in case of accidental `1,000.00 lakh. Earlier Minimum death of her husband. The number of wards per constituency

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which were being provided assistance in the rural areas with to the tune of ` 3.00 lakh per ward proper sanitation facilities was 5, which has now been enhanced and undertake proactive from 5 to 7 and assistance has also promotion of hygiene been enhanced from `3.00 lakh to education and sanitary `5.00 lakh per ward. To meet out the habits among students. critical gaps, the SC dominated (e) Encourage cast effective habitations, which have not been and appropriate technologies assisted either under this scheme or for ecologically safe and any other scheme will now be assisted sustainable sanitation. under Guru Ravi Dass upgradation of (f) Develop community managed Civic Amenities scheme. environmental sanitation systems focusing on solid Total Sanitation Campaign (Now and Liquid Waste NBA) 19.11 The Total Management for overall Sanitation Campaign (TSC) has been cleanliness in the rural renamed as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan by areas. the government of India during the year 2012-13 and has following The Sanitation Campaign in objectives: the State has focused more at (a) Bring about an improvement Information Education & in the quality of life in the Communication (IEC) interventions for rural areas. developing appropriate mechanism for (b) Accelerate sanitation sustainable delivery through a coverage in rural areas to consensual community approach, so achieve the vision of Nirmal that the people may themselves Bharat by 2022 with all demand for sanitation facilities and Gram Panchayats in the thereafter take appropriate actions in country attaining Nirmal this regard. At present the Sanitation Status. Campaign is being implemented in all (c) Motivate communities and the 12 Districts of the State and PRIS promoting sustainable presently Himachal Pradesh is sanitation facilities through considered a leading state in the field awareness creation and of Sanitation. health education. (d) To cover the remaining The cumulative financial and schools not covered under physical progress as on 31.12.2011 SSA and Anganwadi Centres under TSC project is given below:

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Financial Progress: (` in lakh) Financial Progress:

Total Project Outlay 19632.55 Centre Share 13118.40 Year wise progress under TSC State Share 4997.33 (Now NBA) Beneficiary Share 1516.82 (` in lakh) Released amount 12758.57 Centre Release 8748.19 Year Centre State State Release 3189.25 Release Expdt. Releases Expdt. 2007-08 1024.50 355.13 113.22 117.14 Beneficiary Released 821.13 2008-09 778.76 466.90 469.63 170.78 2009-10 1116.80 1312.38 400.00 563.66 Expenditure 10219.02 2010-11 2939.78 2130.20 711.51 702.71 Centre Share 7059.59 2011-12 469.57 1274.65 813.71 591.66 State Share 2571.68 2012-13 1666.96 909.21 423.20 281.14 Beneficiary Share 587.75 Upto12/12

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Component Objective Perform Year IHHL School Anganwari Sanitation -ance (BPL+ Toilet Toilet Complex APL) 1.IHHL 2007-08 136043 1858 484 23 i) BPL toilets 218167 249317 2008-09 313872 1959 994 35 ii) APL toilets 632583 780447 2009-10 239576 4701 2302 63 Total 850750 1029764 2010-11 216571 6429 4400 310 2.School Toilets 20738 17193 2011-12 30066 802 132 163 3.Anganwari 10308 8526 toilets 2012-13 4409 370 84 123 upto 4.Sanitary 1229 790 12/12 Complexes As per the provisions of new

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Mahila Mandal Protsahan Yojna 1. To bring sanitation to the 19.12 In order to encourage forefront of social and political the Mahila Mandals in Sanitation discourse for development in activities, Mahila Mandals Protsahan rural areas. Yojana of Department has been fully 2. To develop open defecation free integrated with the Sanitation and clean villages that will act as compaign in the State. As per the models for others to emulate. latest guidelines of the Schemes 3. To give incentive to PRIs to those Mahila Mandals will be awarded sustain the initiatives taken by under this scheme who has them to eliminate the practice of substantially contributed in achieving ODF. the Open Defecation free (ODF) 4. To increase social mobilization in status in their village, ward and Gram TSC implementation, by Panchayat and its sustainability. For recognizing the catalytic role the year 2012-13 there is a provision played by organizations in of ` 129.68 lakh under the scheme and attaining universal sanitation these funds are to be distributed to coverage. The detail of last various winner Mahila Mandals of year’s winners of NGP from State. State of Himachal Pradesh is as under: Nirmal Gram Puruskar Year No. of GPs won NGP 19.13 To give a fillip to the 2007 22 GPs Total Sanitatin Campaign (TSC), 2008 245 GPs and 1 Block 2009 253 GPs Government of India launched the 2010 168 GPs Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) in 2011 323GPs October, 2003 and gave away the Total 1011 GPS & 1 Block first awards in 2005. NGP seeks to recognize the efforts made by PRIs Note:-The GOI has amended and Institutions who have contributed NGP guidelines during December, significantly towards ensuring full 2012. sanitation coverage in their areas of operation. TSC lays strong emphasis Maharishi Valmiki Sampooran on IEC, capacity building and hygiene Swachhata Puruskar (MVSSP) education for effective behaviour 19.14 To boost the sanitation change with the involvement of PRIs, campaign in the State a State Reward CBOs, NGOs etc. The main objectives Scheme i.e. Maharishi Valmiki of NGP are: Sampooran Swachhata Puruskar was

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launched by the State Government in rewarded at District and Block level. the year 2007-08 under which But during the year 2011-12 some cleanest Gram Panchayats in each changes in the scheme criteria have Block/District/Division and also at been made and High/Higher State level are rewarded at State Secondary schools are also included in level function scheduled to be held the scheme. This competition based together with State level scheme will take place from February Independence Day function on 15th to 15th April every year. August each year. The award pattern • The First Prize for cleanest under this scheme is as under: Primary, Middle, High/Higher Secondary School at district level 1. One cleanest Gram Panchayat would comprise of a certificate of ` at Block level - 1.00 lakh appreciation and a cash prize of ` 2. Cleanest GP Shall be awarded 50000. ` at District Level – .3.00 Lakh • First Prize at Block level would be each. ` 20000 alongwith a certificate of a. one award for district appreciation. with less than 300 GPs • Second Prize (only at Block level) b. Two awards for district would comprise of ` 10000. with more than 300 GPs 3. One cleanest Panchayat at The total prize money for the ` Divisional level - 5.00 lakh year 2012-13 would be ` 87.30 lakh. 4. One cleanest Panchayat at State level - `10.00 lakh Mahatama Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Scheme: Note:- An amount of ` 147.00 19.16 The Mahatama Gandhi lakh has been distributed to National Rural Employment Guarantee the winners during the year Act was notified by the Government 2012-13. of India on September, 2005 and was

made effective w.e.f. 2nd February, School Sanitation Reward Scheme 2006. In the 1st Phase, the (for Elementary Schools) Mahatama Gandhi National Rural 19.15 The Government of Employment Guarantee Scheme Himachal Pradesh has launched State (MGNREGA) was introduced in Reward scheme under School District Chamba and Sirmaur on 2nd Sanitation during December, 2009. February, 2006. In second phase Under which cleanest Government MGNREGA was started in District Primary and Middle Schools were kangra and Mandi w.e.f. 1-4-2007. In

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the third phase all the remaining 8 availability of funds with the Districts district of the State have been is ` 465.19 crore (upto December, covered under the scheme w.e.f. 2012) and ` 47.50 crore is available in 1-4-2008. During the year 2012-13 the State Employment Guarantee (Upto December, 2012) Central share Fund account against which the funds `321.37 crore and State Share amounting to `309.77 crore have been amounting to ` 34.89 crore have been utilized and 159.36 lakh Mandays credited to the State Employment have been generated by providing Guarantee Fund account. The total Employment to 4,11,828 households.

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20.1 Ministry of Housing , at various places in Himachal Pradesh. Govt. of Himachal Pradesh through HIMUDA has also developed 348 Housing & Urban Development plots during this period. Now till Authority (HIMUDA) is December, 2012 HIMUDA has constructing Houses, Flats and constructed 50 flats and 45 plots. developing plots of various categories so as to meet the 20.5 Construction work of housing demand of the people of Housing colonies at Theog, Chhabgroti, various income groups. The Flowerdale, Sanjauli, Mandhala, Authority till March, 2012 has Parwanoo Jurga (Nahan) and constructed 12,405 Houses/Flats and developed 4824 Plots under Bhatolikhurd (Baddi) are in progress and various Housing Schemes at by the end of March ,2013 the colonies different places. at Chhabgroti, Flowerdale, and Parwanno are likely to be completed. At present 20.2 There is an outlay of `11,541.73 lakh for the current HIMUDA has Land bank of 412.00 financial year for construction of bigas. The process for land acquisition 1 house, 175 flats and developing at Sheelihar Kot Kandi, 70.00 bighas 156 plots and for execution of (Distt.Kullu), Mahali Rajwari 80.03 deposit works of different Bighas (Distt.Mandi), Mohal, Anu Tehsil Departments. The expenditure till Rohru 50.00 Bighas (District Shimla) December, 2012 is `6,588.00 lakh. Mohal, Majhari 98.00 Bighas Tehsil Kandaghat (District Solan) Mohal 20.3 The financial base is Bangarh, Mehatpur 190.00 Kanals mainly created by raising loan from (District Una) is in progress. During the HUDCO and National Housing Bank, year 2012-13 HIMUDA hasTargated the funds from allottees against Self completion of 110 buildings under & Partially Financing Schemes and deposit Works and till December 79 Deposits received from various buildings have been completed and Govt. Departments. handed over. Further HIMUDA is 20.4 During 2011-12 HIMUDA hopeful and committed to achieve the has constructed 9 houses and 53 flats target by the ending of Financial Year.

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20.6 HIMUDA is executing construction of roads & paths and deposit works of various department channelisation of Nallahs in Mandi such as Social Justice and Town. Empowerment, Prison, Police, Youth Urban Development Services and Sports, Animal Husbandry, Education, Fisheries, I. T. 20.9 Consequent upon the th Departments, HP Bus stands 74 Constitutional Amendment, Management & Development the rights, powers and activities of Authority, Urban Local Bodies, the urban local bodies have Panchayati Raj, and Department of increased manifold. There are 50 Ayurveda, urban local bodies including Shimla Municipal Corporation. The 20.7 New commercial Government is providing grant in- Schemes have been taken in hand aid every year to these local at Baddi Phase–III (Food Court), bodies to enable them to provide BCS Phase–III. 11 plots have been civic amenities to the general sold for developing the education public. hub at Atal Nagar (Kalujhanda) for four Universities. In addition to 20.10 As per the interim this HIMUDA has invited report of 4th State Finance applications for flats/plots/houses Commission during the year under Demand Survey in various 2012-13 a sum of `5,707.00 Lakh places of H.P. for which has been provided to the ULBs. overwhelming response has been This includes developmental grant received. and gap filling grant between 20.8 HIMUDA has been income and Expenditure. declared Nodal agency under JNNURM mission of Govt. of India Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban by the State Govt. Under Basic Renewal Mission (JNNURM): Service to Urban Poor (BSUP) 20.11 The Hon’ble Prime HIMUDA is constructing 176 flats Minister of India launched rd (Ashiana-II) at Dhalli Shimla and JNNURM on 3 December, 2005. under IHSDP 152 flats at The mission aims at creating Hamirpur and 192 flats at economically productive, efficient, Parwanoo and 128 flats at equitable and responsive cities in Nalagarh which are in advance an integrated frame work with stage of completion. Under economic and social infrastructure, UIDSSMT HIMUDA has the basic services to urban poor and executed the work for the strengthening of various municipal

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organizations and their 6. Basic services to Urban Poor functioning. Under this mission Ashiana-I & II a Housing only Shimla town being State Scheme for Shimla town . capital has been covered by the Govt. of India. Integrated Housing and Slum 20.12 H.P. Housing & Urban Development Programme Development Authority (HIMUDA) (IHSDP): has been nominated as Nodal 20.13 In order to provide Agency for the mission. adequate shelter and basic Components like development of infrastructure to the slum roads, sewerage, parking, tunnels dwellers who do not possess and garbage management etc.will adequate shelter and reside in be taken in hand. There is a dilapidated conditions in the budgetary provision of `187.00 identified urban areas, there is a lakh in General Plan and ` 643.00 provision for construction of a Lakh in SCSP under the scheme dwelling unit on 25 Sq. metres area during the financial year 2012-13. (two room accommodation plus The following projects have been kitchen and toilet) under IHSDP. approved by the Govt. of India. The ceiling cost is `1.00 lakh per 1. Setting up a solid waste dwelling unit. This scheme is a management improvement of part of JNNURM. The funding Shimla city. pattern is 90:10 between Centre 2. Widening and lowering of and State. Eight projects with a existing tunnel near Aukland total approved cost of `7,203.89 House School on Motor lakh (Hamirpur `443.32 lakh, round road Shimla. Dharamshala `942.31 lakh, Solan 3. Rehabilitation of water `958.30 lakh, Parwanoo `1,167.98 supply system in Shimla lakh, Baddi `1,475.39 lakh, town. Nalagarh `546.59 lakh, 4. Purchase of 75 buses for Sundernagar `999.00 lakh and urban Transport in Shimla Sarkaghat `671.00 lakh, town. respectively) have been 5. Rejuvenation of sewerage sanctioned. Under this Scheme network in missing lines and 328 dwelling Units in Dharmshala left out areas/worn out town, 336 dwelling units in Solan sewerage in various zones of town, 152 dwelling units in Shimla. Hamirpur town, 192 units in Parwanoo town, 480 units in Baddi

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town and 128 units in Nalagarh poor families. Government of India town, 208 units in Sundernagar has allocated `671.23 lakh during town and 130 units in Sarkaghat the financial year out of which town will be constructed. HIMUDA `335.61 lakh has been released by is the Executing Agency for these Government of India as 1st projects. There is a budget installment. provision of `500.00 lakh during the financial year 2012-13, which Urban Infrastructure will be spent before 31.3.2013. Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) Maintenance of Roads in 20.16 The Govt. of India has Municipal Areas: restructured IDSMT scheme and 20.14 About 1,416Kms. renamed as Urban Infrastructure roads/ paths/ streets and 1,139 Development Scheme for Small and Kms. drains are being maintained Medium Town (UIDSMT) with by 50 urban local bodies and effect implemented from the year `600.00 lakh has been provided in 2006-07. The Govt. of H.P. has the budget for the financial year declared HIMUDA as Nodal 2012-13 for maintenance of roads Agency for plan formulation and which stands released to the execution of the scheme. Four Urban local bodies in proportionate towns namely Hamirpur, to length of roads/street/path Sarkaghat, Dharamshala and being maintained by the urban local Mandi are covered under the bodies. scheme. The proposal of seven towns is in pipeline with Govt of Swaran Jayanti Shahri Rozgar India. For the implementation of Yojna (SJSRY): this scheme, a sum of `5670.00 20.15 Under SJSRY, the lakh has been provided in the main objective is to uplift the budget during the year 2012-13 urban poor by providing out of which a sum of ` 36.29 employment to unemployed or crore has been released to the under employed poor through ULB’s. encouraging setting up of self employment ventures or by Sewerage Scheme: providing wage employment. For 20.17 There is a budget the implementation of SJSRY, a provision of `27.00 crore in sum of `29.00 lakh has been General plan and SCSP for provided in 2012-13 the Budget for sewerage and its maintenance benefiting the identified urban during the current financial year 184

2012-13 out of which a sum of TOWN AND COUNTRY `18.00 crore has been released. PLANNING: Since this scheme is being 20.19 To ensure functional, executed by the I& PH economical sustainable and Department. For the aesthetical living environment implementation of the above through planned, equitable and schemes training programmes are regulated development ensuring being conducted to improve the balanced use of scarce land working efficiency of the resources in view of demographic employees and elected and socio-economic factors. representative of the Urban Local Preservation of environment, Bodies. City Development Plans are heritage and rational use of being prepared for the integrated precious land resources by their development of the urban towns of sustainable development through the Pradesh. community participation the Himachal Pradesh Town and 13th Finance Commission Grant Country Planning Act, 1977 has been enforced in 21 Planning Areas 20.18 The 13th Finance (which is covered 0.94% Planning Commission has recommended two Area to the total geographical type of grants namely General Area of State) and 34 special basic grant and General areas (which is covered 1.27% performance grant. This grant is special area to the total being released to ULB’s, 60 geographical Area of state). percent on the basis of population and 40 percent on the basis of 20.20 The proposals for area. There is budget provision of constitution of Kharwa, Chambi, `1,744.88 lakh during the financial Sundernagar and Gagret-Amb, year 2012-13. Apart from above Darlaghat, Gumarwin and 13th finance commission has BaghaPlanning Area has been under recommended special grant in aid consideration of the Government. amounting to `20.00 crore during The Development Plan of Theog, this year for 13 tourist towns for Chintpurni, Dharamsala (revised) parking, sewerage and drainage and has been prepared and further construction of solid waste enrichment in progress. The work management plant which stand on preparation of Development plan released to the ULB’s. of Waknaghat, Kullu, Bhuntar,

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Rohru, Mehatpur, Rampur (Revised) Apartment & Property is under process. The work on Regulation Act, 2005. preparations of Regional Plan for 2. Modalities for procurement Balh Valley, Central Himachal of Digital Base Maps for Kangra Valley, North Himachal, Spatial Planning of Planning Kullu Valley Shimla Capital City and Area/Special area have been Southern Himachal are under finalized with AGISAC. Maps progress. Existing Land use maps of 35 Planning Area/Special of Planning/ Special Areas Area have been supplied to areunder completion namely AGISAC for the preparation Kandaghat, Kamand, Chopal, of digital base maps. Gumarwin, Rohtang, Jabli and 3. Modules for capacity building Chamera. However existing landuse of mason, Architect, map of Additional Dharamsala Engineers and Executive Planning Area is being preparedand Officers of Urban Local the process of hearing on Bodies w.r.t. Disaster objection/suggestion is under Management prepared and progress. The work on constitution submitted to Revenue of Planning Areas Choupal , Jahu- Department. Bhambla, Sarkaghat, 4. Regulation/Standard for Jogindernagar, Barsar, Sujanpur, Façade Control and Way side Sri Renukaji, Sri Naina Deviji, amenities for individual Kotkhai, Kangra, Narkanda and Private land owners and for Sangla-Kamru Special Area is tourist complex on identified under finalization. In Order to sites by Tourism Department achieve the targets as stated in PPP mode prepared and above, funds to the tune of ` 1.00 sent to Govt. on 25/04/2012. crore have been allocated in favour 5. TCPO Model Heritage of this department during the Guidelines 2011 adopted by current financial year out of which Heritage Advisory Committee a sum of ` 24.69 Lakhs has been & submitted to the Govt. for incurred as on 31.12.2012. getting approval for adoption after suggested Other Initiatives customization to the needs of 1. Proposed Himachal Pradesh H.P. Regional Planning & 6. A State list of Natural, Development bill Cultural and Build Heritage of amalgamating the H.P. H.P. prepared and submitted.

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7. GPS enabled Mobile field 2. Preparation of Existing Land Application System use Map of 6 planning areas, operationalized to enhance viz; Sundernagar, Jahu, working efficiency in Shimla Jharera, Jogindernagar, planning Area as a pilot. Nadaun, Ghagus and 8 special 8. H.P. Public Service Guarantee area viz; Chail, Udaipur, Act, 2011 provisions Tabo, Chamunda, Pong-Dam, operationalized. Hatkoti, Rekong-Peo and Sangla. Similarly existing land Targets for the year 2013-14 use maps of 4 region Viz; Balh 20.21 The projects of the Valley, Kangra Valley, Capital 12th Five Year Plan are proposed City Central Himachal . to be targeted for the next 3. 13 Development Plan are to be financial year 2013-14 which prepared out of which 7 includes constitution of Planning planning Area special areas Areas, Special area, Regions, vizPaonta Sahib (revised) preparation of Existing Land use Kamand, Nadaun, Chopal, Map, Development Plans and Ghumarwin, Naina-Devi and Regional Plans are as under: Una (revised), 6 special area 1. Constitution of 10 Planning Naggar, Chamunda, Hatkoti, areas viz; Arki, Rajgarh, Chamera, Recong-Peo and Banjar, Nurpur, Nagrota, Jabli. Suni, Karsog-Tata pani, Ghagus and Chowri.

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PANCHAYATI RAJ 21.1 At present there are 12 Engineers, Personel Assistant and Zila Parishads, 77 Panchayat Samities Junior Engineers. and 3,243 Gram Panchayats constituted in this state. After the 21.2 The ownership and enactment of After the enactment of maintenance of all primary school 73rd amendment in the Constitution buildings has been transferred to the present is the fourth term of the Gram Panchayats. Gram Panchayats Panchayats. As per the provision of have been authorized to collect land the constitution of India the revenue from land owners/ right Panchayati Raj Institutions have been holders and are also empowered to use assigned certain powers, functions this land revenue at their own level. and responsibilities from time to time Gram Panchayats have been either by making provision under the empowered to impose various taxes, Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act fees and fines and also to borrow or rules made there under or through money / raise loans for creation of executive instructions. Gram Sabhas income generation assets. Before, have been vested with powers to grant of any lease for mining of select beneficiaries under various minerals, a resolution from the programmes. Gram Sabhas have been concerned Panchayat has been made empowered to approve plans, compulsory Panchayats have been programmes and budget prepared by empowered to prepare plans. Gram Gram Panchayat are also to authorise Panchayats have been authorized to issuance of utilization certificate of grant permission for erection of funds spent on the implementation of mobile communication tower and to plans, projects and programme of levy fee. Gram Panchayats have been Gram Panchayat. Gram Panchayats empowered to hear and decide the have been empowered to appoint, application for maintenance under Tailoring Mistress, Panchayat section 125 of the Cr.P.C. 1973 and Chowkidar and Part-time Water can grant a maintenance allowance not Carriers in Primary schools. Panchayat exceeding to ` 500 per month. Cess Samities have been empowered to of ` 1/- per bottle of liquor sold in the appoint Accountants, Clerks, rural area will be collected and Panchayat Sahyaks and Steno Typists transferred to the Gram Panchayat and Zila Parishads have been for utilization in the development empowered to appoint Assistant activities.

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21.3 It has been made The rate of monthly honorarium mandatory that village level to Chairman & Vice-Chairman of functionaries of Agriculture, Animal the Zila Parishad is ` 5,000 and Husbandry, Primary Education, Forest, ` 3,500 per month, Chairman & Health and Family Welfare, vice-Chairman of Panchayat Horticulture, Irrigation and Public Samiti is `2,500 and `2,000 per Health, Revenue and Welfare month and Pradhan & Up- Departments shall attend the Pradhan of Gram Panchayat meetings of the Gram Sabha in whose `1,800 & ` 1,500 respectively. jurisdiction they are posted and if In addition, to this member, such village level functionaries fail to Zila Parishad `2,000 Member, attend the meetings Gram Sabha shall Panchayat Samiti ` 1,800 and report the Matter to their Members of Gram Panchayat controlling officer through the Gram ` 175 as sitting fee subject to Panchayat who shall take disciplinary the maximum for two sittings in action against such functionaries a month. within one month from the date of iii) The Government is providing receipt of the report and shall grant-in-aid to PRIs for intimate the action taken on such meeting the expenditure on report to the Gram Sabha through Traveling and Daily Allowances the Gram Panchayat. of the elected representative of PRIs while they are on 21.4 The important functions official tour. developed are as under:- iv) The State Government has i) Pradhans of Gram Panchayats provided facility of staying in have been appointed as Forest Government rest houses while Officers to carry out the they are on official tour to the purposes of rule 11 of the office bearers of Zila Parishad Himachal Pradesh Forest and Panchayat Samities. Produce Transit (Land Routs) v) It has been decided that an Rules, 1978 for the issuance of amount of ` 19,58,880 per year pass for transport of Minor as grant in aid will be Forest Produce collected from sanctioned to the Gram the Forest in respect of 37 Panchayats for providing livery items. to Panchayat Chowkidars. ii) The State government is vi) During last four financial years providing honorarium to the funds for the construction of elected representatives of new panchayat Ghars in 128 Panchayati Raj Institutions. Gram Panchyats and for

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Government of India for provided to the PRIs out of capacity building of office which an amount ` 40.40 crore bearers of PRIs, out of which have already been released as `4.33 crore has been the first installment. sanctioned and first installment of `2.30 crore has been xii) Under e-PRI scheme two State released to State Government. level applications namely In the first phase foundation Pariwar register and elected representatives profiler-cum- course training has been training management softwares provided and 96 percent have been developed and rolled elected representatives out. In addition to this, four participated in the training. The out of the total twelve second phase on thematic softwares finalized by the training has also been started Governemnt of India, namely (i) w.e.f. 28-11-11. PRIASoft, (ii) Planplus, (iii) National Panchayat Portal and xi) Under the award of 13th (iv) National Panchayat Finance Commission, an amount Directory have also been rolled of ` 80.80 crore will be out.

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Information and Technology being adhered to by the HIMSWAN Operator. HIMSWAN

22.1 The State Wide Area Setting up of 3366 Common Networks (SWAN) Scheme is one of Services Centres three Core Infrastructure Components. Under this project 22.2 As per the scheme of horizontal connectivity is being Government of India, 3366 centers provided to various Govt. are being established under Departments/ Boards/ Corporations Panchayats of the State by the name of the State. Himachal has the of Lok Mitra Kendra (LMK). The st distinction of 1 state in the country objective is to develop a platform to commission HIMSWAN project on that can enable Government, private th 5 February, 2008. The objective of and social sector organizations to the Scheme is to create a secure align their social and commercial goals, close user group (CUG) Government especially for the benefit of the rural network for the purpose of delivering population in the remotest corners of Government to Government (G2G) and the country through a combination of Government to Citizen (G2C) services. IT-based as well as non IT-based services. This scheme is being Status of HIMSWAN implemented through two “private Total 132 Points of Presence (PoPs) companies" i.e. Zoom Developers in have been established. Status of PoPs Kangra & Terasoft & GNG in Mandi is as follows: and Shimla divisions, after a tender process. Out of 3366 LMKs to be • 130 POPs are operational setup, 2,839 LMKs have been rolled • 2 POPs (Spiti at Kaza, Pangi) to be out, and 1,962 have been certified by connected by BSNL. VSAT district administration. Two types of connectivity is being provided at services are being provided by these these locations. centres: G2C (Government to citizen) • Till date 1320 government offices and B2C (Business to citizen). across the State are connected Presently, about 1991 LMKs are through this network. providing following G2C services • Third Party Audit Agency (TPA) is through their Lok Mitra Kendras: monitoring the Service Levels

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1. Issuance of Nakal • G2G trainings have been completed Jamabandi in the state to the employees of all 2. Copies of Shajra Nasab four line department. 3. E-Samadhan 4. Electricity Bill collection 5. Issuance of HRTC bus Content Service Provider (CSP) tickets 22.4 CSP is a GoI sponsored 6. I&PH water bills collection scheme. The objective of the CSP is 7. B.S.N.L. post-paid bill to identify the State specific payment contents to be contributed to the National Portal of India (NPI), after Additional services are compiling the same and also maintain being added in consultation with the the content contributed to the NPI concerned departments as and when during the period of contract in liaison they become feasible. Apart from with the concerned Government these G2C services, B2C services like Departments. Mobile & DTH recharges, Life Insurance, General Insurance, IT Status of CSP: Training, PAN Card, Typing, CD • 70 Forms, 30 services, 105 Burning etc. are being provided by schemes of various departmental these LMKs. and 21 departmental websites has been developed under this project. AGRISNET 22.3 AGRISNET is an interactive interface for Government to Citizen Electronic Government (G2C) i.e. for Farmers and Procurement (e-Procurement) Government to Government (G2G) services i.e. services for the 22.5 E-Government procurement (e-GP) aims to ensure that government Department of Agriculture, procurement becomes simplified, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and transparent and result-oriented. It Fisheries. The system maintains a has been rolled out in 3 departments database of information about various viz., IPH, PWD & Controller of Stores. activities of the respective Training on the project is being Departments. This database is being used to provide information and imparted not only to Government Employees, but also to the Bidders/ services to the users. Contractors of concerned • Basic training to around 500 employees has been completed. departments.

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Status of e-GP E-Service through SSDG

• The project is being rolled out 1. Application forms are in more departments e.g. DC’s converted unto e-Forms are for Temples Procurement, available on portal. HPSEB, Health, State Civil 2. Citizen can apply using e-form. Supplies Corporation, Forest 3. e-Forms are routed to Corporation, Health, HPSEDC, Women & Child Dev., HRTC, concerened office using SSDG Industries, Printing Store & which can be tracked through a Stationary and Police track ID. Department. Agriculture, 4. Forms are then processed. marketing Board, HPSIDC, 5. After the processing, final HIMUDA, Palampur University, deliverables are uploaded onto Revenue, Planning Department, HIPA,DRDA,Temple Trust Deot portal and is available to the Sidh ,Pinjar trust, Kalibari Citizen. temple trust and Deji Sahib. 6. 15 Services have been made • Training of these departments/ available in first phase to the bidders has been completed in citizens on State Portal at the month of January, 2012.Till www.eserviceshp.gov.in. date total 987 Govt. officials 7. For the rollout of the services and 320 bidders have been for phase III, the integration trained. with the payment gateway was State Portal and State Service required. The agreement for Delivery Gateway same has been signed between DIT and NSDL Data base 22.6 The Service delivery Management LTd on 13th gateway is the core component in e- Governance infrastructure under the December, 2012, to provide the NeGP, which provides the facility for payment gateway facility. the citizens to apply online for various 8. The Govt. orders of 6 Government services and route the departments whose services applications to concerned department are to be rolled out in phase-II offices electronically. 49 services of under the project have been the 14 departments have been received by the department and identified to be made available through the portal. the same is under process.

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Capacity Building under NeGP Computerization of Welfare 22.7 Under the Capacity Corporations under Department Building scheme of Government of of Social Justice & Empowerment India, there are different components like training of government employees, 22.8 The project aims at sourcing of technical and professional computerizing the activities of all 5 manpower for assisting the State Corporations namely SC/ST, Backward Government in implementation of Classes, Women Development, various e-Governance Projects. Minority & Handicap Fin. & IT Training to the Development Corporations. The government employees is being project is being implemented in PPP provided under the scheme and a model. State e-Mission Team (SeMT) has Status of Project: been set up in September, 2009 and is working on various e-Gov projects. • Agreement signed on 23.07.2011 and work on project 1. STep Programme was organized started. by the department in • UAT has been completed, association with NISG on 27th training has been imparted and to 29th December,2012 on e- Data entry is also complete. governance project life cycle • The application has been to formulate technical support launched on 17th September, and specialized skills for e- 2012 and is live for all the governance to State level corporations. Policy & decision making bodies. • The Data entry till 31.03.2011 2. Till date 2,217 employees have has been completed for 17 been trained under capacity District locations and has been building project. verified on live server for 3. Out of total requirement of Himachal Pradesh Schedule Seven resources under SeMT, Caste and Schedule Tribe web currently two resources are portal. deployed through H/S Wipro • The Data entry till 31.03.2011 and 7 are deployed through has been completed and has NeGD. been verified on live server for 4. SeMT has prepared about 87 Himachal Pradesh Mahila Vikas documents/reports for Nigam portal. different departments under • The Data entry till 31.03.2011 different e-Governance has been completed and has projects. been verified on live server for

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Himachal Pradesh Handicraft • Till date out of total 18 modules, Finance and Development 12 modules has been developed and Corporation portal. available on the portal. • Scanning of all live loan • Necessary hardware and software accounts and Data entry of live has been delivered as per the and closed (ledger transactional specifications. entry) has been completed for Himachal Pradesh Backward Classes Finance and Video Conferencing Based Development Corporation Learning Project for HIPA portal. 22.10 Under this project Video conferencing facility has been Computerization of Himachal established for providing training to Pradesh Board of School panchayat secretaries and elected Education Dharamshala members at block level & HIPA. 22.9 This project is about Status of HIPAVC automating the activities of HP Board of School Education. The schools/ • M/s Airtel is the implementing candidates can submit online agency to supply & install the VC applications for various examinations equipment in 80 locations across conducted by the Board. There is the State and operate & maintain facility of generation of roll numbers, the same for a period of five years allocation of centres, processing of from the date of commissioning of examination and preparation using this project. software. Human intervention would • The project has been implemented. be minimized to speed up the whole examination process and thus will Revenue Court Case Monitoring result in reduction of errors. The System (RCMS) Project is being implemented on turnkey basis using Public Private 22.11 Revenue Court Case Partnership (PPP) model. Monitoring software has been developed by the Department of Status of Project: Information Technology for the use • M/s Vayam Technologies has been of Revenue Courts at Division, selected as an implementing agency District, SDM & Tehsil level. The to develop software, supply system captures the routine necessary hardware, establish LAN proceedings of revenue courts, and operate & maintain the project interim orders and Judgments. The for a period of 3 years. details of the revenue cases are 196

available online for the general public. • Supreme Court cases pertaining to The citizens can access the status of various departments are also being their cases online, see cause list and monitored by this software. download interim orders/ judgments. • The Government Departments can About 20 reports, as per the access this portal to check the requirements of Revenue Courts, can current status of their cases at be generated through this software. http://hp.gov.in/lms. RCMS is available at http://hp.gov.in/rcms. Computerization of Parivar Register Status of RCMS: 22.13 A window based software • RCMS has been implemented in all application has been developed by the the Revenue Courts. IT department for computerizing the • Training of the software was process of preparation of Parivar provided to the employees of register for the Panchayati Raj District Revenue Courts through Department. The modules for entry of Video Conference. data related to Birth-Death and • Till date 236 Revenue Courts are Marriage registration, generation of using RCMS software, out of total Birth-Death and Marriage 259. certificates along with reporting system have been developed in this Litigation Monitoring System software application. 22.12 Monitoring of court cases at departmental level is a big challenge. Departmental of IT has got Jan Seva Kendra developed generic software for monitoring of court cases at the 22.14 Jan Seva Kendra departmental level. Using this essentially proposes to implement ICT software, Secretaries/HoDs can Driven Government-to-Citizen service easily monitor the status of the court, delivery in a transparent, fair, speedy timely reply filling, present status, & economical manner by setting up personal presence required etc. A Centres upto sub-tehsil level. Vision is separate module has been developed to offer Government-to-Citizen (G2C), for Advocate General Office. Business-to-Citizen (B2C) and Citizen- to-Citizen (C2C) services to people. To Status of LMS: achieve this through Public-Private Partnership, citizen centric services • Advocate General Office is pertaining to various departments updating the status of cases on shall be made available at one location daily basis. 197

under a single roof in a decentralized Status of e-Despatch: manner. The project is funded by • Software Ready Department of Administrative (http://hp.gov.in/ed) Reforms and Public Grievances, Govt. • E-Depatch Software being of India. Eight SUGAM centers in the integrated with E-Office MIS Kangra District have been augmented of NIC Shimla. by providing modern infrastructure at • E-office is later planned to be these locations under this project for ruled out in all the Department providing services to the citizens. and field officer. e-Despatch

22.15 e-Despatch is an Payment Gateway electronic mean to dispatch official 22.16 The State Government letters. It is a web based software has setup online Payment Gateway designed & developed specifically for facility for the payment of various the dispatch section of the government dues using electronic government departments to send payment gateway. This facility is not letters electronically through Fax/ E- only available to government mail/ and store online for future departments, even utility reference. SMS alerts also can be organizations like HPSEBL/ MCs/ generated through this software to ULBs/ Boards/ Corporations can make intimate field offices in advance to use of this facility. The Citizens would check their email/ e-Despatch portal be able to pay their bills/ dues online for urgent message/ order. e- from anywhere and anytime. At the Despatch Portal is available at same time, the Government http://hp.gov.in/ed . The advantages of Departments/ Boards/ Corporations the e-Despatch s/w are: will receive their dues at a much • Fast delivery and instant faster rate. receipt of letters • Reduce Stationery and printer consumable costs • No postage costs Status of Payment Gateway: • Archival of data/ letters online • Presently, online payment gateway on server facility is available in HRTC/ • Reduced labour cost HPTDC Portals for online ticket • Elimination of Human Error booking.

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• Central Govt. has come up with disease surveillance can be done using proposal of the centralized this software. IGMC is among the payment Gateway and the few health institution in the country process of integration with the where such system has been centralized payment Gateway is implemented. under process and the agreement regarding the same Unique ID (Aadhaar) has been forwarded to law 22.19 The UIDAI's mandate is Department for vetting. to issue every resident a unique identification number linked to the Digitization of Cadastral Maps resident's demographic and biometric 22.17 The prime objective of this information, which they can use to project is to preserve the existing identify themselves anywhere in cadastral maps and RoR (Record of India, and to access a host of Rights) and future updation will be benefits and services. The number done using software. Thus, copy of (referred to until now as the 'UID') naqal of jamabandis etc. can be has been named as Aadhaar. obtained through various service delivery points e.g. Sugam centres, Benefits of UID: Lok Mitra Kendras at once. 1. Aadhaar will become the single Status of Project: source of identity verification. • The project has been Residents would be spared the implemented in District Chamba hassle of repeatedly providing and Sirmour. supporting identity documents each time they wish to access Hospital Management Information services such as obtaining a bank System (HMIS) account, passport, driving license 22.18 HMIS project is a state and so on. initiative to provide better health 2. By providing a clear proof of services to the Citizens of Himachal identity, Aadhaar will also Pradesh. The objective of the project facilitate entry for poor and is to computerise routine activities of underprivileged residents into the the hospital and to keep track of formal banking system and the patient record/ Medical history right opportunity to avail services from his registration to his provided by the government and discharge/ leaving the Hospital. The the private sector. database is also useful for doctors 3. Giving migrants mobility of from the research point of view and identity.

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UID Status: • There are 68, 56,509 residents in • Project Awarded to: M/s Wipro the State (Census 2011). Ltd, M/s IL&FS & M/s i-Grandee • 54, 80,466 enrolments have been • Una, Hamirpur & Bilaspur among done till 22-01-2013 and 48,32,489 first districts in Country where UIDs have been generated in the enrolments are completed in State. Phase-I (till March, 2012)

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