Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh 2013-14

ECONOMIC SURVEY

HIMACHAL PRADESH

2013-14

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 2013-14 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.

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Contents Pages

1. General Review 1 2. State Income and Public Finance 10 3. Institutional and Bank Finances 14 4. Excise and Taxation 29 5. Price Movement 32 6. Food Security and Civil Supplies 34 7. Agriculture and Horticulture 39 8. Animal Husbandry and Fisheries 52 9. Forest and Environment 61 10. Water Resource Management 65 11. Industries and Mining 67 12. Labour and Employment 70 13. Power 74 14. Transport and Communication 101 15. Tourism and Civil Aviation 106 16. Education 110 17. Health 124 18. Social Welfare Programme 130 19. Rural Development 141 20. Housing and Urban Development 147 21. Panchayati Raj 152 22. Information and Science Technology 155

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Part-I

ECONOMIC SURVEY-2013-14

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1 GENERAL REVIEW Economic Situation at National Level

1.1 THE Indian economy has estimated at ` 93.90 lakh crore as experienced a slowdown for the past against ` 83.90 lakh crore in 2011-12 two years and country is passing showing an increase of 11.9 percent through a difficult phase caused by the during the year. Real Gross Domestic increase in global prices for oil, natural Product witnessed a growth of 4.5 gas and other commodities. The percent during 2012-13 (Base 2004-05) consequence of this is the rise in the against the growth rate of 6.7 percent cost across the board and erosion of during the previous year. The growth real disposable incomes which resulted rate in real Gross Domestic Product in decline of growth of 6.7 percent in during 2012-13 has been achieved due 2011-12 to 4.5 percent in 2012-13. to the growth in financing, insurance,

real estate & business services (10.9 1.2 With the various measures percent), transport, storage and taken by the government which include communication (6.0 percent). liberalisation of FDI in retail, aviation, broadcasting and insurance, reduction in withholding tax on overseas borrowings 1.5 The per capita income at by domestic companies brought fiscal current prices is estimated at `67,839 in balance on track to stabilisation and with 2012-13 as against `61,855 for the the inflation coming off, the economy previous year recording an increase of seemed to be setting in for a recovery. 9.7 percent. The per capita income in The pace of economic growth in the first real terms i.e at 2004-05 prices, is and second quarters during 2013-14 estimated at ` 38,856 for 2012-13 as has been estimated at 4.4 and 4.8 against ` 38,048 in 2011-12 registering percent respectively. an increase of 2.1 percent.

1.3 The Eleventh Five Year Plan target was pegged at an average 1.6 Headline inflation, year – annual growth of 9 percent but it has on-year, as measured by the Wholesale registered a growth of 8.0 percent which Price Index (WPI), remained low in the is more than the Tenth Plan growth of current financial year (2012-13) in 7.8 percent. The target for the Twelfth comparison to the previous years in five year has been kept at 8 per cent. which it was as high as 8.96 percent.

The inflation rate in terms of Whole Sale 1.4 The Gross Domestic Price Index was 6.2 percent in the Product (GDP) at factor cost at constant month of December, 2013 against 7.3 prices, with new Base year i.e. 2004-05, percent in the month of December in 2012-13 is estimated at ` 54.80 lakh 2012. The All India Consumer Price crore as against `52.50 lakh crore in Index Number for Industrial workers was 2011-12. At current prices 11.5 percent in November, 2013 as Gross Domestic Product in 2012-13 is

against 9.6 percent during the period estimated at `44,480 crore as against November, 2012. `41,908 crore in 2011-12 registering a growth of 6.1 percent during the year as Economic Situation in against the growth rate of 7.3 percent Himachal Pradesh during the previous year. At current 1.7 The economy of Himachal prices, the GSDP is estimated at Pradesh has transformed rapidly from ` 73,710 crore as against ` 64,957 crore the most backward State of India to one in 2011-12 showing an increase of 13.5 of the most advanced State. The pace percent during the year. of such transformation has emerged Himachal Pradesh as a leader in Hill 1.9 The Per Capita Income at Area Development. Himachal is an ideal current prices witnessed an increase of destination for investment in Power and 11.6 percent as it increased to ` 83,899 Tourism sector. Responsive in 2012-13 from ` 75,185 in 2011-12. administration and conducive macro- The increase in total State Domestic economic conditions have induced a Product is mainly attributed to 9.5 competitive environment in the economy percent increase in Primary sector, of Himachal Pradesh. The economy of 10.0 percent in Community & Personal the state is expected to achieve a Services sectors, 6.2 percent in growth rate of 6.2 percent in the current Transport and Trade, 4.8 percent in financial year which will be Finance & Real estate. Whereas the comparatively better than the national Secondary sector increased by only 3.4 growth. percent. Food-grains production, which was 15.44 lakh MT during 2011-12 has Growth Rate increased to 15.68 lakh MT during 2012-13 and is expected at 15.16 lakh 7.3 MT (anticipated) in 2013-14. The fruit production has also increased by 49.1 percent i.e from 3.73 lakh MT in 6.2 6.1 2011-12 to 5.56 lakh MT in 2012-13 and percent during 2013-14 (up to December, 2012) production was 8.28 lakh MT. 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Years 1.10 As per the advanced estimates and on the basis of economic conditions 1.8 The State Gross Domestic up to December, 2013, the likely Product (GSDP) at factor cost at growth rate for 2013-14 will be around constant (2004-05) prices in 2012-13 is 6.2 percent.

TABLE 1.1 Key Indicators Indicators 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13

Absolute Value %age change over previous year G.S.D.P.( ` in crore) (a)At current prices 64957 73710 14.0 13.5 (b)At constant prices 41908 44480 7.3 6.1 Food grains production 15.44 15.68 4.3 0.9 (lakh tonnes) Fruit production (lakh tonnes) 3.73 5.56 (-) 63.7 49.1 Gross Value Added from Industrial

Sector*( ` in crore) 12721 13440 14.9 5.7 Electricity generated (Million Units) 1906 1815 (-) 6.8 (-) 4.8 Wholesale Price Index 156.1 167.6 8.9 7.4 C.P.I. for Industrial Workers(HP) 175 193 7.4 10.3 *At current price 1.11 The economic growth in shift i.e. from 35.1 percent in 1950-51 to the State is predominantly governed by 39.84 percent in 2012-13 agriculture and its allied activities showed not much fluctuations during 1.13 The declining share of nineties as the growth rate remained agriculture sector do not, however, more or less stable. The decade affect the importance of this sector in the showed an average annual growth rate State economy as the state economic of 5.7 percent, which is at par with growth still is being determined by the national level. The economy has shown trend in agriculture and horticulture a shift from agriculture sector to production. It is the major contributor to industries and services as the the total domestic product and has percentage contribution of agriculture overall impact on other sectors via input and allied sectors in total State linkages, employment and trade etc. Domestic Product has declined from Due to lack of irrigation facilities our 57.9 percent in 1950-51 to 55.5 percent agricultural production to a large extent in 1967-68, 26.5 percent in 1990-91 still depends on timely rainfall and and to 14.42 percent in 2012-13. weather conditions. High priority has been accorded to this sector by the 1.12 The share of industries and Govt. services sectors respectively has increased from 1.1 & 5.9 percent in 1.14 The State has made significant 1950-51 to 5.6 and 12.4 percent in progress in the development of 1967-68, 9.4 & 19.8 percent in 1990-91 Horticulture. The topographical and to 18.23 and 41.93 percent in 2012- variations and altitudinal differences 13. However, the contribution of other coupled with fertile, deep and well remaining sectors showed a favourable drained soils favour the cultivation of

Temperate to sub-tropical fruits. The 1.17 High priority has also been region is also suitable for cultivation of accorded to Tourism Industry, which has ancillary horticultural produce like also emerged as a major sector in the flowers, mushroom, honey and hops. development of economy of the State. The Govt. has also developed 1.15 During the year 2013-14 appropriate infrastructure for its up to December, 2013, 8.28 lakh development which includes provision of tonnes of fruits were produced in the public utility services, roads, state and it is envisaged to bring 3,000 communication network, airports, hectares of additional area under fruit transport facilities, water supply and plants against which 3,917 hectares of civic amenities etc. As a result of high area has already been brought under profile media thrust, a significant rise plantation and 9.48 lakh fruit plants of has been noticed in the tourist influx different species were distributed up to during last few years as below:- December, 2013. Growing of off-season vegetables has also picked up in the TABLE 1.2 state. During the year 2012-13, 13.98 Tourist arrival (In lakh) lakh tonnes of vegetables were Year Indian Foreigners Total produced as against 13.57 lakh tonnes 2005 69.28 2.08 71.36 in 2011-12 recording a growth rate of 2006 76.72 2.81 79.53 3.0 percent. It is anticipated that the 2007 84.82 3.39 88.21 production of off season vegetables will 2008 93.73 3.77 97.50 be of the order of 13.80 lakh tonnes in 2009 110.37 4.01 114.38 2013-14. 2010 128.12 4.54 132.66 2011 146.05 4.84 150.89 1.16 The hydro power is 2012 156.46 5.00 161.46 emerging as a powerful mechanism for speedier economic growth and overall 1.18 Information Technology has development of the State. As a source a great scope for employment of energy hydro power is economically generation and revenue earnings. viable, non-polluting and is Government has introduced HIMSWAN, environmentally sustainable. The Power SUGUM, Hospital Management Policy of the State attempts to address Information System (HMIS), Common all aspects like capacity addition energy Services Centers(CSCs), and State security, access and availability, Data Centre(SDC), AGRISNET, affordability, efficiency, environment and e-Procurement, Content Service assured employment to people of Provider(CSP) and e-Samadhan Himachal. Though the private sector systems to bring efficiency and participation in terms of investments in transparency in administration. this sector has been encouraging but the smaller projects has been reserved 1.19 Himachal Pradesh has for investors from Himachal Pradesh taken a lead in the area of climate only (up to 2 MW) and preference will be change mitigation and has initiated given for projects up to 5 MW. concrete steps for reducing Green House Gas emissions. The development

of technologies to conserve the infrastructure like Road connectivity, resources and put them to proper use Irrigation, Rural Water Supply, Housing, hrough bio technological innovations will Rural Electrification, Rural Telephone take Himachal to new heights. connectivity, has been taken on priority.

1.20 Containment of inflation is 1.23 To fulfill the commitments on the priority list of government. towards public, a separate department Himachal Pradesh Working Class of Redressal and Public grievances Consumer Price Index No. during under the direct supervision of the 2012-13 increased by 11.2 percent in Hon’ble Chief Minister has been set up November, 2013 as against 11.5 in each of the public service oriented percent at National level, which clearly Departments to make this more efficient. shows better management of price Himachal Pradesh is the first state in the situation in the state. country to launch e-samadham for redressal of public grievances. 1.21 The aggregate size of the 12th Five year Plan has been projected 1.24 There is no limit to at ` 22800.00 crore. However, the progress and development. The priority annual plan for 2014-15 has been of the government has always been for proposed at `4,400.00 crore which will Social Welfare programmes. be 7.30 percent higher than the plan size of current year 2013-14. The Concerted efforts have been made to Sectoral spread of the proposed outlay improve the efficiency and quality of for 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) is public services delivery. given under:- Major achievements on the Sr. Sector Proposed %age Priority path of Socio-Economic resurgence No. Outlay Share ` in crore are:- 1 Agriculture and 2906.79 12.75 III • An amount of ` 1,000 is being Allied Activities 2 Rural 1276.73 5.60 VI provided to eligible literate Development unemployed youths under skill 3 Special Area 155.75 0.68 X 4 Irrigation and 1972.37 8.65 V development scheme. Flood control 5 Energy 2805.59 12.31 IV • Under the skill development 6 Industry & 224.42 0.98 IX scheme the eligible criteria for the Minerals th 7 Transport and 4709.88 20.66 II age group16-35 years is 8 pass. Communication • Social security Pension increased 8 Science, 104.92 0.46 XI Technology and from `450 to ` 500 per month. Environment • Senior citizen of age 80 and 9 General 596.59 2.62 VII Economic above are being provided an old services age pension of ` 1000 per month. 10 Social Services 7674.22 33.66 I 11 General Services 372.74 1.63 VIII • Free travelling facility in HRTC Total 22800.00 100.00 buses to all students of Government Schools. 1.22 Bharat Nirman aiming • Free travelling facility to new born towards the development of basic rural and their mothers from Hospital to Home.

• To strengthen the Agrarian • 424 Generic medicines free of Economy of the State, 12 percent cost are being provided at State of the total State Budget is being hospitals. spent on this vital sector. • Out of 40 Chronic diseases, free • 5,84,568 Kisan Credit Cards have of cost treatment to all the been issued by the banks and children under 18 years of age amount of `2660.31 crore are being provided. distributed upto Sept., 2013. • The industries contribute 18.23 • Under Kisan Call Center scheme percent to GSDP during 2012-13 the farmers can get any and Industrial Package has information on agriculture by been extended up to March, 2017 dialing toll free number 1800-180- by Government of India. 1551 between 6:00AM to • Under National Rural 10:00PM. Employment Guarantee Yojna • Under Weather Based Crop 159.67 lakh man days were Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) generated and 4,09,999 41,333 farmers have been households were benefitted. covered in the State. The • To provide shelter to the shelter amount of Premium shall be less rural poor people, 7,064 shared on 50:25:25 bases. houses are sanctioned under • Under Horticulture Technology Indra Awas Yojna. Mission the Government of India • 24x7 customer self-service on has approved an action plan of Web Portal is operational for the `43.08 crore. help of dealers. • Under Rajeev Gandhi Ann Yojna • Under Rajiv Awas yojna 36 lakh 82 thousand consumers construction subsidy has been are being provided 3kg wheat increased from `48,000 to ` and 2 kg rice every month. 75,000 • Essential commodities are being • Mahila Mandal Protsahan Yojana supplied on subsidized rates to all is being implemented in the State the ration card holders in the to motivate and encourage the State so as to save them from the mahila mandals in sanitation on- slaught of rising prices. activities and reward of ` 131.04 • The Per Capita Income has lakh has been kept during touched the level of `83,899 2013-14. in 2012-13 witnessing a growth of • Under Mahila Shakti Bima Yojana 11.6 percent over 2011-12 and is all women living below poverty estimated at `92,300 in 2013-14. line are covered in case of their • 8,432 MW hydro power has been death or disability. harnessed out of 23,000 MW • To improve the educational status identified potential. During the of the deprived section of the financial year 2012-13, 1,815 society, various types of million units of electricity were scholarships/ stipend are being generated. provided by the State/ Central government at various stages.

• Special attention is being given to 4,000 and has been enhanced to achieve the target of ` 6,000 after implementation of universalization of elementary Food Security Act, to pregnant Education under Sarva Shiksha and lactating women of 19 years Abhiyan. of age. • To bridge the gap in the male and • Implementation of National Rural female literacy rates the Health Mission with the Government has started running involvement of local Govt. of girls hostels in the Institutions for ensuring better educationally backward blocks. health care facilities at the door • Under Rajiv Gandhi Digital step of people has been started. Vidyarthi Yojna the student of 10th • Under “Matri Seva Yojna” free & 12th have been provided 5,000 institutional deliveries of Notebooks. expectant mothers, irrespective of • A scholarship of ` 75,000 is being their income are being done in all provided to the student selected Government hospitals in the in IIT, AIIMS and IIM under State. Mukhya Mantri Protsahan Yojna. • Under Jawaharlal Nehru National • Under Post Matric Scholarship to Urban Renewal Mission 75 buses SC/ST/OBC a total of 28,923 were introduced in Shimla town. students have been benefitted. • 568 flats are being constructed • Under (Information and under JNNRUM Communication Technology) ICT • Himachal has the distinction of project the different subjects from 1st State in the Country to 9th to 12th classes will be taught commission the State Wide Area with the help of LCD-TV and Network(HIM-SWAN) and LCD-Projector. e-Samadhan. • To change the negative attitude • It is the only State which has towards the girl child “BETI HAI provided horizontal connectivity ANMOL Yojna” has been started. to 1,350 government offices in A provision of birth grant of the Country. `10,000 is deposited in the Post • To provide Government-to- Office in favour of girl child born Citizen (G2C), Business-to- in BPL family(2 girls) till she attain Citizen (B2C) and Citizen-to- the age of 18 years. Citizen (C2C) services to people • Under Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan in a transparent, fair, speedy and Yojna the marriage grant has economical manner, Jan Seva been increased to `25,000 from Kendras are proposed to be `21,000. setup. • Intercaste marriage and widow • To provide transparency in the re-marriage grant has also been government procurement e-GP increase from ` 25,000 to ` (E-Government Procurement) 50,000. has been rolled out in IPH, PWD • Under Indira Gandhi Matritva & Controller of Stores. Sahyog Yojna there is provision of providing cash incentive of `

• For better and speedy work 62,90,434 Aadhar have been State has implemented generated. “Service Guarantee Act.” • Under Aadhaar scheme 65, • The State has been adjudged the 88,931 residents have been best State among the big States enrolled upto 30.12.2013 out of in the field of Health and total population of 68,64,602. Investment.

Receipt and Expenditure of the State Government

(` in crore) Item 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 (Actual) (Actual) (RE) (BE) 1.Revenue Receipts(2+3+4) 12710 14543 16736 17701 2.Tax Revenue 5368 6107 7350 8090 3.Non-Tax Revenue 1695 1915 1902 2393 4.Grant-in-aid 5657 6521 7484 7218 5.Revenue Expenditure 13246 13898 16381 17647 (a)Interest Payments 1950 2130 2297 2431 6.Revenue Surplus/Deficit(1-5) -536 645 355 54 7. Capital Receipts 3745 2828 3976 4190 (a) Recovery of loans 73 25 26 28 (b) Other receipts 1904 819 650 650 (c) Borrowings & liabilities 1768 1984 3300 3512 8.Capital Expenditure 2885 3431 4322 4120 9.Total Expenditure 16131 17329 20703 21767 Plan expenditure 3643 3943 4384 4295 Non-plan expenditure 12483 13386 16319 17472 As percent of GDP 1.Revenue Receipts(2+3+4) 22.30 22.39 22.70 21.44 2.Tax Revenue 9.40 9.40 9.97 9.80 3.Non-Tax Revenue 2.97 2.95 2.58 2.90 4.Grant-in-aid 9.93 10.04 10.15 8.74 5.Revenue Expenditure 23.25 21.40 22.22 21.37 (a)Interest Payments 3.42 3.28 3.12 2.94 6.Revenue Deficit(1 to 5) -0.94 0.99 0.48 0.07 7.Capital Receipts 6.57 4.35 5.40 5.07 (a) Recovery of loans 0.13 0.04 0.04 0.03 (b) Other receipts 3.34 1.26 0.88 0.79 (c) Borrowings & liabilities 3.10 3.05 4.48 4.25 8.Capital Expenditure 5.06 5.28 5.86 4.99 9.Total Expenditure 28.31 26.68 28.09 26.36 Plan expenditure 6.40 6.07 5.95 5.20 Non-plan expenditure 21.91 20.61 22.14 21.16

Note:GSDP estimates for 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13(Q) & 2013-14(Advance)

2. STATE INCOME AND PUBLIC FINANCE

Gross State Domestic Product 2.5 The table given below 2.1 Gross State Domestic shows the growth of economy of Product (G.S.D.P.) or state income is Himachal Pradesh vis-à-vis all-India the most important indicator for during the last three years:- measuring the economic growth of a state. According to quick estimates, the Table 2.1 total State Domestic Product for the year 2012-13 is ` 44,480 crore against ` (Percent) 41,908 crore in 2011-12 thereby Year H.P. All India registering a growth of 6.1 percent at 2011-2012(R ) 7.3 6.2 constant prices (2004-05). 2012-2013(Q) 6.1 5.0 2.2 The total Gross State Domestic Product of the Pradesh at 2013-2014(A) 6.2 current prices is estimated at `73,710 crore in 2012-13 as against `64,957 Per Capita Income crore in 2011-12, thereby registering an 2.6 According to quick increase of 13.5 percent. This growth is estimates based on new series i.e attributed to the agriculture & allied 2004-05 series, the per capita income activities sector besides other sectors of of Himachal Pradesh at current prices in the economy. The food grains 2012-13 stood at `83,899. This shows production increased to 15.68 lakh MT an increase of 11.6 percent over in 2012-13 from 15.44 lakh MT in 2011- 2011-12 (`75,185). At constant (2004- 12. Whereas the apple production 2005) prices the per capita income increased to 4.12 lakh MT in 2012-13 during 2012-13 is estimated at `51,730 from 2.75 lakh MT in 2011-12. against `49,203 in 2011-12 witnessing an increase of 5.1 percent. 2.3 The economy of Himachal Pradesh is predominantly dependent Sectoral Contribution upon agriculture and in the absence of 2.7 The sectoral analysis reveals strong industrial base, any fluctuations that during 2012-13, the percentage in the agricultural or horticultural contribution of Primary sectors to total production cause some changes in G.S.D.P. of the State is 19.72 percent, economic growth also. During 2012-13 Secondary Sector 38.35 percent, about 14.42 percent of state income has Community and Personal Services been contributed by agriculture sector 18.46 percent, Transport, alone. Communications and Trade 15.17 per cent and Finance and Real Estate 2.4 The economy of the state 8.30 per cent. also appears to be in resilient mode in terms of growth. As per advance 2.8 The structural composition estimates, the growth rate of GSDP of the state economy witnessed during 2013-14 will be 6.2 per cent. significant changes during the decade.

The share of agriculture including Primary Sector horticulture and animal husbandry in Primary Sector 2012-13 %age G.S.D.P. had declined from 26.5 (` in Inc. percent in 1990-91 to 14.42 percent in crore) /dec. 1.Agriculture and 5,602 10.6 2012-13, yet the agriculture sector Animal Husbandry continues to occupy a significant place 2.Forestry & Logging 2,115 6.6 in the state economy and any fluctuation 3. Fishing 48 10.8 in the production of food grains/Fruits 4.Mining & Quarrying 149 11.9 affect the economy. The share of Total Primary 7,914 9.5 primary sectors which include agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining 2.11 Primary sector, which & quarrying has declined from 35.1 includes Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, percent in 1990-91 to 19.72 percent Mining and Quarrying, during 2012-13, during 2012-13. witnessed a positive growth rate of 9.5 per cent. Due to increase in agricultural 2.9 The Secondary sector, and fruit production this sector which occupies the second important registered a positive growth. place in the state economy has witnessed a major improvement since Secondary Sector 1990-91. Its contribution increased from Secondary Sector 2012-13 %age (` in crore) Inc 26.5 per cent in 1990-91 to 38.35 /dec percent in 2012-13, reflecting healthy 1. Manufacturing 7,623 3.2 signs of industrialisation and 2. Construction 6,375 3.3 modernisation in the state. The share of 3.Electricity, Gas & 3,396 3.9 the electricity, gas and water supply Water Supply Total Secondary 17,394 3.4 sector which is a component of secondary sector has also increased 2.12 The secondary sector, which from 4.7 percent during 1990-91 to 8.8 comprises Manufacturing, Construction percent during 2012-13. Tertiary sector and Electricity, Gas and Water Supply which is comprised of sectors like trade, registered a growth of 3.4 percent transport, communications, banking, during 2012-13 . As compared to the real estate & business services, last year’s performance in these sectors community and personal services has the growth in manufacturing sector also witnessed change in its share. Its decreased in this year. share in G.S.D.P. for the year 2012-13 is 41.93 percent. Tertiary Sector Tertiary Sector 2012-13 %age Sectoral Growth (` in crore) Inc. /dec. 1.Transport, Comm. 7,456 6.2 2.10 Following are the major & Trade Hotel constituents which attributed to 6.1 2.Finance and Real 4,052 4.8 percent growth of state economy during Estate 2012-13. 3.Community and 7,664 10.0 Personal Services Total Tertiary 19,172 7.4

Transport Storage, Communications and Trade state upto December, 2013 the rate of 2.13 This group of sectors shows a economic growth of state during 2013- growth of 6.2 percent during 2012-13. 14 is likely to be 6.2 percent. The state The transport by other means has achieved growth rate of 6.1 percent component of this sector has shown a and 7.3 percent for last two years. The growth of 9.9 per cent. GSDP at current prices is likely to be about `82,585 crore. Finance and Real Estate 2.14 This sector comprises Banking 2.17 According to the advance and Insurance, Real Estate, Ownership estimates the Per Capita Income at of dwellings and Business Services. It current prices during 2013-14 has been witnessed a growth of 4.8 percent in estimated at `92,300 against `83,899 2012-13. in 2012-13 showing an increase of 10.0 percent. Community and Personal Services 2.18 A brief analysis of the 2.15 The growth in this sector economic growth in Himachal Pradesh, during 2012-13 is 10.0 percent. however, reveals that the state has always tried to keep pace with the all- Prospects- 2013-14 India growth rate as shown in Table-2.2 2.16 As per the advance estimates below:- based on the economic performance of

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 interest receipts, power receipts, mobilizes financial resources through road transport receipts and other direct and indirect taxes, non-tax administrative service etc.) was revenue, share of central taxes and estimated at `2,393 crore in 2013- grants-in-aid from Central Govt. to 14(BE). The state’s non tax revenue meet the expenditure on was 13.51 percent of total revenue administration and developmental receipts in 2013-14. activities. According to the budget estimates for the year 2013-14 (BE) 2.22 The share of central the total revenue receipts were taxes was estimated at `2,717 crore estimated at `17,701 crore as in 2013-14(BE). against `16,736 crore in 2012- 13(RE). The revenue receipts 2.23 The break-up of the increased by 5.77 percent in 2013- state’s own taxes reveals that sales 14 over 2012-13 tax of 3,233 crore constitute a major portion i.e. 39.96 percent of total tax 2.20 The state’s own taxes revenue in 2013-14.The were estimated at `5,373 crore in corresponding percentages for 2013-14(BE) as against `5,049 crore the year 2012-13 and 2011-12 were in 2012-13(RE) and `4,108 crore in 43.02 and 40.57 percent 2011-12(AC). The state’s own taxes respectively. The revenue receipts was estimated 6.41 percent more in from state excise duties is estimated 2013-14 (BE) as against 2012-13 at `949 crore in 2013-14 (BE) (RE) . 2.24 The percentage of 2.21 The state’s non-tax revenue surplus to total GSDP for revenue(comprising mainly of the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 were 0.99 and 0.48 percent respectively.

3. INSTITUTIONAL AND BANK FINANCES

3.1 The State of Himachal delivering banking services in remotest Pradesh comprises of 12 districts. The of the remote areas in six districts with a Lead Bank responsibility has been network of 190 Branches and 17 allocated amongst three banks viz. PNB extension counters, All these branches in 6 districts, UCO Bank in 4 districts are on CBS mode. State cooperative and SBI in 2 districts. The UCO Bank is Bank on the National financial switch the Convenor Bank of State Level through which the customers are getting Bankers Committee (SLBC). Up to ATM facilities all over the Nation through September, 2013, the State has a more than one lakh shared ATMs. And network of 1,706 bank branches and about 41 own ATMs on strategic branch expansion is continuously locations. In our venture to expand increasing. 142 new bank branches banking services at door steps in were opened during March,2012 to remotest of remote areas the bank September,2013. At present 1,367 envisages to open new place of branches are located in Rural areas and business correspondents, wherever the 253 in Semi-urban areas and 86 are potential is available. Moreover 24 functioning at Shimla the only Urban applications are pending with RBI for centre in the State classified by RBI. obtaining licence for opening new places of business. Bank is also 3.2 As per census 2011, the providing anywhere money transfer average population per branch in the facilities through RTGS/NEFT. The State comes to 4,019 against national Bank is taking proactive steps towards level of 11,000. The Punjab National Financial Inclusion and has adopted a Bank has the largest number of 272 BC Model in two villages with the help of branches, SBI and its associates have PACS. Recently Govt. of Himachal 319 branches and UCO bank have 151 Pradesh has authorised the Bank to branches. The Cooperative Bank has a disburse pension to the retired Govt. network of 442 branches and presence employees all across the State. of Private Sector Banks is increasing rapidly having a network of 83 branches. 3.4 The State is having In addition a few Urban Cooperative and Regional Offices of RBI, NABARD, and local area banks are also functioning in SIDBI and controlling offices of PNB, the State. District Kangra is having a SBI, UCO, SBOP and Central Bank are maximum number of bank branches 339 operating in the State. The outreach of whereas lowest number of branches 41 bank services has further increased by is functioning in district Lahaul & Spiti. installation of 1,056 ATMs by various banks. 3.3 The Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative bank ltd. is an apex 3.5 The role and responsibility Bank of the state, in three tier short term of banks has well recognized as a credit structure of the State. Bank is partner for accelerating the socio economic growth wheel of the State.

The flow of credit in all priority areas has 18%, Advances to weaker sections been enhanced. As of September, 2013 20%, advances to Women maintained at banks in the State has retained the 7% and Credit Deposit Ratio 60%. status of achieving five national Banks are making all out efforts to parameters out of six stipulated by RBI. achieve 1% DRI target. The position of At present the Priority Sector Advances national parameters is given below in goes upto 68%, Agriculture advances the Table 3.1.

Position of national parameters

Table-3.1

Sr. Sector %age of %age of %age of National No. advances as advances advances as Parameter on 30.9.2011 as on on in %age 30.9.2012 30.9.2013 1 Priority sector advances 60.04 71.76 68.20 40 2. Agriculture advances 18.05 22.37 18.41 18 3. MSE Advances(PSC) 41.26 48.68 48.12 4. Other Priority 28.67 20.11 24.88 Sectors(PSC) 5. Advances to weaker 17.40 20.71 19.62 10 sections 6. DRI Advances to total advs. of previous year 0.07 0.05 0.05 1 7 Advances to women 5.49 8.50 6.99 5 8 C.D. Ratio 67.54 69.29 60.20 60 9 Advances to S/Cs (PSC) 14.45 14.57 13.78 10 Advances to S/Ts (PSC) 4.93 5.56 4.71 11 Advances to Minorities(PSC) 3.23 3.74 3.71

Financial Inclusion: 3.6 The Banks are actively inclusion. For banks the Financial involved for implementation of various Inclusion is not an option but a financial Inclusion initiative recently compulsion to enlarge its future announced by GOI. The State had business plan to cover all vulnerable already attained the status of 100% section of society deprived the benefit Financial Inclusion in the year 2007 and from the banking sector. The last fiscal marching ahead to achieve 100% credit was pre-dominated with implementation

of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT Mitra Kendra’s are also being Scheme) where benefits of subsidy considered to work as BCAs of Banks. under various Govt. schemes have So far about 2,709 unbanked villages directly credited in the bank accounts of has been covered in the State. BCAs beneficiaries through Aadhaar/NPCI are provided with ICT based instrument platform. The State has done wonderful to carry out financial transactions. achievement under Aadhaar and its penetration goes upto completion of Business Volume of Banks: 95% enrolment. So far Banks has carried out 20,253 DBT transactions 3.9 The Aggregate Deposits of amounting to `17.47 crore. all banks operating in the State increased from `53,400 crore as of 3.7 It is a matter of September, 2012 to `63,459 crore as of appreciation that 11 out of 12 districts in September, 2013 with the share of the State has been selected under Commercial Bank at 71%, RRB at 4%, implement Direct Benefit Transfer of Coop. Banks at 20% and Pvt. Sector LPG. The scheme is likely to roll out in Banks at 5%. The Aggregate advances the State in a month and Govt. subsidy have also increased from `21,274 crore on LPG will be credited directly in the as of September, 2012 to `26,090 crore Bank account of LPG consumers as of September, 2013 witnessing through Aadhaar mechanism. growth of 23 percent

3.8 Bank has prepared a 3.10 The total business volume massive roadmap to extend banking of banks moved from `81,821 crore as services in all 16,640 unbanked villages of March, 2013 to the level of `89,549 by March, 2016 in accordance with the crore as of September, 2013 witnessing directive received from RBI. Under the as growth of 9.45%. The Public Sector plan it has proposed to open 800 Ultra Banks occupy market share of 69.59% Small Branches (USB) and Business business in the State. The comparative Correspondent Agents (BCAs) has to be data for the last three years is as under engaged by banks to provide minimum in the table 3.2. banking services. The functional Lok

Table- 3.2

Comparative Data of Banks in HP (` in crore) Sr.No. Item 30.9.2012 30.9.2013 Variation & %age of growth over September, 2012 absolute %age 1 Deposit PPD Rural 29742.87 36257.43 6514.56 21.90 Urban/SU 23657.6 27201.43 3543.83 14.98 Total 53400.47 63458.86 10058.39 18.84 2 Advances (O/S) Rural 11438.91 16129.88 4690.97 41.01 Urban/SU 9835.52 9960.16 124.64 1.27 Total 21274.43 26090.04 4815.61 22.64 Investment made by 3 Banks in State Govt. 6531.58 2260.49 (-)4271.09 (-) 65.39 Securities/Bonds. 4 CD RATIO as per 69.29% 60.20% (-) 9.09 (-)13.12 Throat Committee

Priority Sector 5 15265.49 17794.11 2528.62 16.56 Advances (O/S) of which under: I) Agriculture 4758.68 4803.27 44.59 0.94 ii) MSE 7430.69 8563.30 1132.61 15.24 iii) OPS 3076.12 4427.54 1351.42 43.93 Weaker Section 6 4405.58 5119.20 713.62 16.20 Advs. 7 DRI Advances 9.62 14.19 4.57 47.51 8 Non Priority Sec.Adv. 6008.93 8295.93 2287.00 38.06 9 No. of Branches 1614 1706 92 5.70 10 Advances to Women 1808.51 1823.18 14.67 0.81 11 Credit to Minorities 571.37 660.28 88.91 15.56 12 Advances to SCs 2225.00 2452.9 227.90 10.24 13 Advances to STs 848.79 837.65 (-) 11.14 (-) 1.31 Advances under 14 Govt. sponsored 954.96 920.33 (-) 34.63 (-) 3.63 programme

Performance under Annual Credit and fixed at `11,548 crore. Under this Plan 2013-14 Banks has disbursed a fresh credit to 3.11 Banks prepared Annual the tune of `5,435 crore upto half year Credit Plan for disbursement of fresh ended September, 2013 and achieved loan on the basis of potentials worked 47.06% of Annual commitment. The out for various priority sector activities Sector wise target Vis-à-vis by NABARD. The financial targets achievement as of 30.9.2013 is as under Annual Credit Plan 2013-14 was under in the table 3.3 increased by 23.53% over the last plan

Table-3.3 Position as on September, 2013 at a glance (Amount in crore) S.No Sector Annual Targets Achievement, %age Ach. Target Sept., Sept., 2013 Over qtl tgts 2013-14 2013 Fresh Amount Units 1 Agriculture 4065.44 1829.45 170242 1600.39 87.48 2 MSE 3157.08 1420.68 26748 1232.6 86.76 3 Other Priority Sector 2619.92 1178.96 32889 831.42 70.52 4 Total Priority Sector 9842.44 4429.09 229879 3664.41 82.74 (1to3) 5 Non Priority Sector 1705.44 767.45 38594 1770.77 230.73 Grand Total ( 4+5) 11547.88 5196.54 268473 5435.18 104.59

Implementation of Govt. Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna Sponsored Schemes: (2012-13) with the credit of `47.12 crore. It contains loans of `39.55 crore a) Prime Minister Employment and subsidy amount `7.57 crore. Generation Programme (PMEGP) c) National Rural Livelihood 3.12 Under this scheme 833 Mission (NRLM) projects were sanctioned against the 3.14 Recently Govt. of India target of 630 units giving employment has announced this new scheme under opportunity to 3,886 persons. The targets which bank finance is to be given to for the year 2013-14 have revised to Women SHGs with subsidized rate of 1,619 units. So far 388 loan proposals interest. amounting to `19.84 crore were disbursed by banks during current year d) National Urban Livelihood upto September, 2013. Mission (NULM) 3.15 This is also a new scheme b) Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar announced by the GOI under which Yojna subsidized loan were given for setting 3.13 During the last fiscal year up of Self Employment Ventures, Skill till March, 2013 Banks has assisted Development and Housing loans to 9,486 Swarojgaris under Swaran economical weaker section residing in

Urban areas. The scheme also covers Grading and Standardization, integrated Street Vendors. Development of small Ruminants and Rabbits. Construction of Rural e) Rajiv Rinn Yojna Godowns, Agri-clinics and Agribusiness 3.16 This is also a new scheme centres etc. introduced to meet the shelter need. f) Doodh Ganga Dairy Scheme Rural Infrastructure 3.17 NABARD has further 3.20 Government of India had introduced Dairy Entrepreneurship created Rural Infrastructure Development Scheme formally known Development Fund (RIDF) in 1995-96. as Doodh Ganga Dairy Scheme where Under this scheme, concessional loans a preference has been given to Women are given by NABARD to state Govt. SHGs. and State owned Corporations for the completion of ongoing projects as also 3.18 In addition Banks are to start new projects in certain selected providing Kisan Credit Cards to farmers sectors. This scheme has also been for raising crop loans. So far Banks had extended to Panchayati Raj institutions, issued 6.41 lakh KCC of which 51,267 self Help Groups and Non-Government number of Rupay Credit Card were Organizations for development of given to needy farmers. various location specific infrastructures having a direct bearing on society and NABARD the rural economy.

3.21 The development of 3.19 The National Bank for infrastructure in rural areas through Agriculture and Rural Development Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (NABARD) has strengthened its (RIDF), since its inception in 1995-96, association with the developmental has emerged as NABARD's major process substantially for Integrated intervention in partnership with the State Rural Development in the recent years Governments. The fund has continued by initiatives encompassing a wide with the yearly allocations in the range of activities viz. Development of successive Union Budgets. Under this Rural Infrastructure, Micro Credit, Rural scheme, loans are given by NABARD to Non-Farm Sector, Minor Irrigation and State Governments and State owned other agricultural sectors, besides Corporations for completion of ongoing strengthening the rural credit projects as also to execute new projects delivery system in the state. The active in selected sectors. RIDF initially support from NABARD is generating focused on execution of incomplete tremendous social and economic projects mainly under irrigation sector, benefits in the rural areas of the state. In however, financing over the years have addition to its own schemes, NABARD become broad based covering 31 is also implementing centrally eligible activities classified into sponsored credit linked subsidy Agriculture and related sectors, social schemes like Dairy Entrepreneurship sector and rural connectivity. This Development Schemes (DEDS), Poultry scheme has also been extended to Venture Capital Fund, Strengthening of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Self Help agriculture Marketing Infrastructure,

Groups and Non-Government Population), 7,413 km. road will become Organizations for development of motorable, 19,621 mtrs. span bridges various location specific infrastructures will be constructed and 87,175 hectares having a direct bearing on society and land will be benefited through minor the rural economy. irrigation projects. 3.22 From an initial allocation of 3.25 In addition, about 20,139 `15.00 crore under RIDF-I (1995-96), hectare land will be protected from flood the allocation to the State has now damages through protection measures, reached the level of ` 500.00 crore 6,219 hectare land will be covered under RIDF-XIX (2013-14). RIDF has under watershed projects. An area played an important role in development equivalent to 147 hectare of farm lands of diversified sectors like irrigation, will be brought under poly-houses with roads and bridges, flood protection, micro irrigation systems on farmer fields. drinking water supply in addition to In addition, 2,921 rooms in Primary primary education, veterinary services, Schools, 64 Science Laboratories in watershed development, IT Secondary Schools, 25 I.T. centres and infrastructure etc. In recent years, 397 Veterinary Hospitals/Artificial innovative project for development of Insemination Centres have already been poly-houses and micro irrigation constructed. systems have been supported, a trend setter for development of agri-business New Business Initiatives and sustainable farming on commercial a) NABARD Warehousing lines. Scheme (NWS) 2013-14 3.23 Financial assistance of 3.26 NABARD has launched a `4,165.35 crore has been sanctioned dedicated scheme during the current under RIDF for implementation of 4,881 year with a corpus of `5, 000 crore, for projects (as on 31st December, 2013) to providing direct loans to public and the state with rural roads/bridges private sector for construction of accounting for 55% share, followed by warehouses/silos, cold storages and irrigation (18%), rural drinking water other cold chain infrastructure. (15%) and balance accounted by others Modernization/improvement of the including social sector. During the existing storage projects, leading to current Financial Year 2013-14, an scientific/additional storage will also be amount of `133.34 crore has been eligible for support. The State sanctioned under RIDF–XIX upto Government, State Government 31st December, 2013. An amount of Undertakings, Co-operatives, `216.00 crore has been disbursed up to Federations, APMCs, State level 31st December 2013 to the State Govt. boards, private companies, private raising the cumulative disbursement to entrepreneurs etc., are eligible for loan `2,574.29 crore. under this scheme.

3.24 After the implementation/ b) NABARD Infrastructure completion of the sanctioned projects, Development Assistance (NIDA) drinking water will be made available to 3.27 NABARD earlier in more than 29.47 lakh persons (Ultimate 2011-12 started a line of credit for State

20 owned institutions/ corporations with loans outstanding to them were to the sustained income streams, both on- tune of `285.15 crore. As on 31st March, budget and off-budget, for creating rural 2013 nearly 441 JLGs have been infrastructure outside the ambit of RIDF provided credit amounting to `381.34 borrowing. This opened new avenues lakh by banks in the State. For for creating rural infrastructure in non propagating SHG Bank Linkage traditional areas. Programme and Joint Liability Group scheme NABARD is partnering with Refinance Support about 68 SHPIs/JLGPIs in the state. 3.28 NABARD extended Further NABARD is also partnering with financial support amounting to Department of Women and Child `116.83 crore during 2012-13 and Development, Government of Himachal `24.07 crore during 2013-14 upto Pradesh. 31st Dec.,2013 to the banks operating in the state by extending refinance Farm Sector Initiatives disbursement for diverse activities viz. 3.30 A total number of 2,830 dairy development, plantation and Farmers Clubs have been promoted in horticulture, farm mechanization, minor the state as on 31st December, 2013 irrigation, land development, SGSY and covering 34,104 farmers from 5,789 non-farm sector. NABARD also villages. A Federation of Farmers Clubs supplemented the efforts of Coop. has been formed in Sirmour district. Banks and RRBs, for crop loan NABARD has been supporting disbursement in the State by implementation of watershed sanctioning ST (SAO) credit limit of development projects and so far 6 `403.00 crore against which the banks watershed Development Programmes have drawn refinance assistance of have been sanctioned and are under `403.00 crore on 31.03.2013. During various phases of implementation. 2013-14 credit limit of ` 495.00 crore Further, the ‘Scheme for Capacity was sanctioned and against it a total Building for adoption of Technology’ disbursement of ` 398.00 crore has (CAT) through training and exposure been made as on 31.12. 2013. visits (within/outside the State) to facilitate farmers to adopt Micro Credit new/innovative methods of farming viz, 3.29 The Self Help Group vermi-culture, bio- manure, organic (SHG) movement has spread across the farming, poly house technology, state and is now on a firm base. The medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation, movement has been unscaled with mushroom cultivation, off season support in the human resources and vegetables etc. is also being financial products. In Himachal Pradesh implemented. These visits are arranged nearly 66,106 SHGs covering in collaboration with selected research approximately 6.61 lakh rural institutes. KVKs and Agriculture/ households were having saving bank Horticulture Universities. accounts with banks in the State as on Cumulatively 76 CATS have been 31st March 2013. Out of these 64,451 conducted covering 1,510 farmers. 60 SHGs had availed loans from various villages in 11 districts have been banks as on 31st March 2013 and the covered by VDP (Village Development Programme). About 2,000 families are

21 expected to be covered under this 4,851 households from 54 villages. programme. NABARD is also supported These projects have resulted not only in a system of crop intensification (SCI) raising the water availability table but Programme in different districts of HP have proved to be an important like Una, Kangra, Chamba, Mandi, etc. mechanism for environment protection for increasing the productivity of rice and besides increasing productivity and wheat. In addition to above projects income of the farmers and conserving have also been sanctioned for the diminishing pastures, thus facilitating technology transfer pertaining to animal husbandry also. temperate fruits, exotic vegetables, vegetable nursery, bee keeping, b) Tribal Development through the productivity enhancement in maize and Tribal Development Fund (TDF) : wheat, improved fodder grasses in NABARD, RO, Shimla has different districts of Himachal Pradesh. sanctioned two projects under tribal development fund. First project on a) Watershed Development: Implementing Tribal Development Six Watershed development Programme in 4 villages of Amb block projects on full grant basis have been viz. Aloh, Suhin, Basuni & Dhargujjran funded through NABARD’s Watershed with a grant assistance of `92.81 lakh in Development Fund. Dhundan District Una and another project Watershed project running in Full proposal on traditional livelihood for Implementation Phase in District Solan tribal families in Baroti, Sanehara, Behri with a grant support of `61.85 lakh, & Tihri villages of Jhandutta block of Saryanj Sarma watershed project district Bilaspur. These projects aims at (Interim Phase), District Solan with a setting up of Wadis (small orchards) as grant of `12.29 lakh, Daseran watershed well as dairy development in select 8 project (Full Implementation Phase), villages covering about 251 acres of Dist Solan with a grant of `118.00 lakh, area and 447 tribal families for Sidhchaler watershed project (Interim plantation of Mango, Kinnow and Lemon Phase), Dist Una with a grant of ` 22.39 with total grant support of `197.51 lakh lakh, Jubehar watershed project from NABARD. The project is expected (Capacity Building Phase) in Una district to provide tribals with an opportunity to with a grant assistance of `14.28 lakh raise their income level through the wadi and Ambeda Dheraj watershed project and dairy initiatives. (Interim Phase), District Una with a grant of `21.27 lakh which are under c) Support through the Farm implementation through NGOs with the Innovation & Promotion Fund direct support from NABARD. So far, an (FIPF) amount of `158.64 lakh has been Under FIPF, 5 projects have disbursed under the above projects been funded so far with a grant against the sanctioned amount of assistance of `38.28 lakh for activities `265.28 lakh. During the year 2013-14, like System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an amount of `21.55 lakh was released. System of Wheat Intensification (SWI), Once all the projects come under the full milk processing through which approx. implementation phase, they will cover 4,200 farmers would be benefited. an area of about 7,671 hectares and

22 d) Support through the Farmers society, UPNRM supports projects that Technology Transfer Fund link natural resource management with (FTTF): livelihood improvements of the rural The fund is mainly used for poor. facilitating transfer of technologies developed by Universities/ research Rural Non-Farm Sector institutes to the farmers. Under this so 3.31 NABARD has identified far 18 projects have been sanctioned Rural Non-Farm Sector as one of the involving a financial assistance of thrust areas of development. It is `112.79 lakh. During the year 2013-14, providing refinance support to an amount of `12.95 lakh was released Commercial Banks/RRBs and under the FTTF projects. The projects Cooperative Banks for development of pertains to validation and promotion of Rural Non-Farm sector in the State. fixed bee hives for rearing indigenous NABARD is also supporting Swarojgar honey bee (Apis cerena), exotic Credit Card (SCC) Scheme by way of vegetable cultivation, improved refinance, for the benefit of rural artisans vegetable nursery, integrated orchard and other small entrepreneurs, management of temperate fruits, by keeping provision of timely and improved fodder cultivation, augmenting adequate credit for working capital or productivity of Lead Crop Activities block capital or both to them. In addition through adoption of Sustainable to providing refinance for production and Agriculture practices, etc. covering marketing of Rural Non-Farm products, Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Shimla, Kullu and NABARD is providing financial Mandi districts of the state. assistance for promotion of skill/entrepreneurship development e) Umbrella Programme on Natural amongst the Rural Youth, Training by Resource management (UPNRM) Master Craftsman, Rural Development NABARD has been implementing and Self Employment Training Institutes NRM based projects like watershed and RUDSETIs, RUDSETI type of institutes wadi projects for the past 15 years engaged in training rural youth in under Indo-German collaboration with various activities having potential for support from KFW and GTZ. With a employment and income generation. A view to restructure bilateral cooperation brief detail of the same is given below: in the field of NRM, the Govt. of India • Skill Development Initiatives and Germany have launched an envisage to develop, upgrade or UPNRM. NABARD and German diversify the existing skills of the Development Cooperation have been people in rural areas looking for identified as the two strategic partners in wage employment or livelihood the programme. The objective of the opportunities both in group mode or programme is to reduce poverty by individually. The cumulative number creating livelihood opportunities, of SDPs sanctioned in the State till increasing farm income, strengthening Dec.,2013 was 218 involving the agriculture value chain and grant assistance of `111.18 lakh conserving the natural resources. To benefiting about 4,350 persons. achieve environmental friendly economic growth across all strata of

Ground Level Credit Flow securing greater financial inclusion, 3.32 The credit flow at the particularly among weaker sections, ground level during 2012-13 for Priority low income groups and in backward Sector aggregated `6814.84 crore regions/ hitherto unbanked areas. representing an increase of 4.00 percent NABARD continued to manage FIF for over 2011-12. The target for 2013-14 meeting the cost of developmental has been fixed at `9842.43 crore for and promotional interventions. The various banks based on Potential Linked major interventions taken during st Credit Plans prepared by NABARD. Till 2012-13 and 2013-14 as on 31 30th September 2013, the achievement December 2013 are as under: against this was `3664.41 crore. • Supported Regional Rural Bank for 3.33 NABARD has been conducting workshops on preparing the district level Potential RTGS/NEFT. Linked Credit Plans (PLPs) on an • Extended financial assistance to annual basis for all districts of the State Commercial Banks and which reflect in a realistic way the Cooperative Banks in the State for ground level potentials, as also the organizing Financial Literacy credit and non-credit linkages needed awareness camps under State for achieving the targets envisaged. The Level Campaign on Financial PLPs are prepared based on detailed Literacy. discussions/ interaction with various • Supported Financial Literacy stakeholders viz. State Govt, District campaign through folk art in Mandi Administration, Banks, NGOs, farmers district through NGO. and other related agencies. Broad • Assisted Regional Rural Bank and sector wise PLP projections for 2014-15 Cooperative banks for printing has been assessed at `11,315.86 crore 12.32 lakh copies of financial for Himachal Pradesh. literacy material for use in financial Financial Inclusion literacy campaign. • Sanctioned grant assistance to 3.34 Government of India Regional Rural Bank and constituted two funds viz. Financial Cooperative banks in State for Inclusion Fund (FIF) and Financial organizing 591 financial literacy Inclusion Technology Fund (FITF) to awareness camps in the State. provide impetus to financial inclusion initiates in the country. Following As on 31st December 2013, an intervention under FIF & FITF have amount of 103.30 lakh has been been made by NABARD in Himachal sanctioned to all stake holders in the Pradesh to scale up Financial Inclusion State for various initiatives under FIF. drive. b) Financial Inclusion a) Financial Inclusion Fund Technology Fund (FITF) (FIF) The objective of FITF is to The objective of FIF is to enhance investment in Information support “developmental and Communication Technology (ICT) promotional activities” with a view to aimed at promoting financial inclusion, stimulate the transfer of research and

24 technology in financial inclusion, fund State owned institutions/ increase the technological absorption corporations with sustained income capacity of financial service streams which can repay the loan providers/users and encourage an directly to NABARD, without depending environment of innovation and upon budgetary resources of the State cooperation among stakeholders. Government for creation of rural NABARD continued to manage FITF infrastructure outside the ambit of RIDF for meeting the cost of technology borrowing. adoption for financial inclusion. The following initiatives were undertaken in Financial Assistance to the State:- Producers Organisation (PODF)

3.37 In order to support and Two projects were sanctioned • finance Producers Organisations, under this fund for issue of 72,600 NABARD has set up the “Producers Rupay KCCs to RRB and Organisations Development Fund”. The Cooperative Bank in the State. fund has been set up to Support Any • One project for meeting registered Producers Organization viz., operational cost i.e., Producers Company( as defined under reimbursement of Inter-Change Sec 581 A in part IXA of Company’s Act Fee @ 15.00 and Switching Fee 1956), Producers Cooperatives, @ 2.50 per transaction of RuPay registered Farmer Federations, Mutually KCC Card was sanctioned to Aided Cooperative Societies, Industrial Cooperative Bank. Cooperative Societies, other registered federations, PACS, etc. set up by 3.35 At the end of st producers to meet the needs of the 31 December 2013, an amount of producers (farmers, artisans, handloom 14.06 lakh has been sanctioned to two weavers, etc.) by providing timely credit banks in the state for ICT based (mix of loan & limited grant), capacity initiatives under FITF. In terms of building of producers, strengthening of decision taken by the Technical Group Producers' Organisation. In the year on Financial Inclusion and Financial 2013-14 upto 31.12.2013 financial Literacy, Cooperative Banks have assistance of `273.01 lakh has been prepared FIP for 2013-14 to 2015-16, sanctioned by Himachal Pradesh which are being monitored by NABARD. Regional Office of NABARD.

New Business Initiatives Financial assistance to PACS for taking up Multi Serve NABARD Assistance for Activities Infrastructure Development 3.38 In order to enable PACS to (NIDA) provide more services to their members and generate income for themselves, an 3.36 A new line of credit initiative has been taken to develop NABARD Infrastructure Development PACS as Multi service Centres for Assistance (NIDA) Fund has been set enabling the PACS to provide ancillary up to provide credit support for funding services to their members and for of rural infrastructure projects. NIDA will

25 creating additional business avenues recommendations has enabled CCBs to and diversify its activities. In the year raise financial resources from sources 2013-14 upto 31.12.2013 financial other than the SCB. Accordingly, assistance of `73.30 lakh has been NABARD has designed a Short Term sanctioned by Himachal Pradesh Multipurpose Credit Product for Regional Office of NABARD. financing the CCBs directly for short term multipurpose credit for meeting Financial Assistance to working capital and farm asset Federations maintenance needs of the individual 3.39 In order to strengthen borrowers and affiliated Primary Marketing Federations/ Cooperatives in Agricultural Cooperative Societies the marketing and other agriculture (PACS). In the year 2013-14 upto activities a separate line of credit, viz. 31.12.2013 financial assistance of Credit Facilities to Federations has been `100.00 crore has been sanctioned and made available for the Marketing disbursed by Himachal Pradesh Federations/ Cooperatives to promote Regional Office of NABARD to HP State the marketing of agriculture produce and Cooperative Bank, Shimla. other agriculture activities. Marketing Federations/ Cooperatives having PACS Investment Credit and other producers’ organisations as 3.41 The scheme for members/share holders are eligible to Development/ Strengthening of avail financial assistance under this Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, scheme. Financial assistance will be Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) available in the form of short term loan has been formulated by Govt. of India to for crop procurement under Maximum develop marketing infrastructure in the Support Price Scheme (MSP) and country to cater to the post-harvest supply of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, requirement of production and plant protection, etc to the farmers and marketable surplus of various farm in the form of long term loan for post products. During 2012-13, 15 units harvest handling including sorting & have been established with total subsidy grading, primary processing, marketing released ` 151.078 lakh and in 2013-14 etc. Such Federations/ Cooperatives up to 31.12.2013, 5 units established should also be supported for providing and `91.81 lakh released towards agro advisory services and market subsidy amount. information through e-agriculture marketing. 3.42 A network of rural godowns will enable small farmers to Financial Assistance to enhance their holding capacity in order Cooperative Banks: to sell their produce at remunerative prices and avoid distress sales. 3.40 NABARD has been Accordingly, Grameen Bandera Yojna, a traditionally providing refinance support Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for to District Co-operative Banks (CCB) Construction / Renovation of Rural through State Cooperative Banks. The Godowns was introduced by Govt. of implementation of the revival package India in 2001-02. During 2013-14 up to for Co-operative Banks as per 31.12.2013, 8 unit established and Vaidyanathan Committee

`76.74 lakh released towards subsidy 3.45 Sheep, and goats are amount. reared by the most poor of the rural population and they provide our society 3.43 With a view to provide with meat, wool, milk and manure. sustainable employment opportunities to These animals have wide adaptability to members of SHGs and rural folks, suit many of the agro-climatic increase their income level and also to conditions. The contribution of the increase milk production in the state by sector to rural economy estimated at better cattle and milk management, `2,400.00 crore mostly to sustain DEDS scheme of GoI was launched in landless, marginal and small farmers. It Himachal Pradesh on 25th September, forms 10% of total value of livestock 2009. Under this scheme earlier Interest products. During 2012-13, 108 units Free Loan was provided and now have been financed with total subsidy Capital Subsidy is routed through released `35.75 lakh and during NABARD under the GoI's scheme for 2013-14 up to 31.12.2013 `29.47 lakh purchase of cattle, Milk processing, cold released to 87 beneficiaries. chain system, Transport of milk and milk products and Veterinary facilities. During NABCONS 2012-13 ` 695.48 lakh subsidy was 3.46 NABARD Consultancy disbursed to 1271 beneficiaries and Services (NABCONS) is a wholly owned during 2013-14 up to 31.12.2013 subsidiary promoted by National Bank `868.89 lakh subsidy has been for Agriculture and Rural Development disbursed to 1,649 beneficiaries. (NABARD) and is engaged in providing consultancy in all spheres of agriculture, 3.44 Department of Animal rural development and allied areas. Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Nabcons leverages on the core (DAHD&F) GoI during the year 2005-06 competence of the NABARD in the launched a pilot scheme titled “Venture areas of agricultural and rural Capital Scheme for Dairy and development, especially Poultry”.(DPVCF). Regarding poultry, multidisciplinary projects, banking, the main objective of the scheme was to institutional development, infrastructure, boost the unorganized poultry sector in training, etc. The broad areas of specific States where development is in primitive competence in which the consultancy state and also to give incentive and assignments are taken up by NABARD create infrastructure facilities for export Consultancy Services are feasibility of poultry products by organized sector studies, project formulation, appraisal, from advanced States. During 2012-13, financing arrangement, project 28 units have been established with management and monitoring, total subsidy released `60.68 lakh and concurrent and impact evaluation, during 2013-14 up to 31.12.2013 a total restructuring of agri-business units, subsidy of `99.14 lakh has been vision documentation, development released thereby benefiting 39 administration and reforms, institution beneficiaries. development and turnaround of rural financial institutions, performance rating

of rural agencies, bank supervision, FMC and NIAM in all districts of HP in policy and action research studies, 2013-14 up to 31.12.2013. It has also seminars on rural development themes, taken the consultancy assignments for micro finance related training, exposure different projects under Japan visits and capacity building, training of International Cooperation Agency (JICA) trainers and building up training for survey, investigation and preparation institutions, non-farm enterprise of DPRs of lift and flow irrigation promotion. projects in Mandi & Kangra districts. Besides this, NABCONS has taken up 3.47 NABCONS has completed evaluation study of SCs, OBCs and study assignment on “Macro minority community’s schemes in HP Management in Agriculture” for HP Govt and also appraisal of loan cases for in 2010-11 & 2011-12. Also it has cooperative banks in HP. conducted awareness programmes for

4. EXCISE AND TAXATION

4.1 The Department of Excise • E-filling of Returns: Facility of and Taxation is a major revenue earning e-filing of returns has been department of the Government of started to all registered dealers Himachal Pradesh. During the year since 15th August, 2011 and upto 2012-13 revenue collected under VAT- 31.12.2013, 2,26,240 dealers Act was ` 2,728.21 crore, which was have filed e-returns. 68.69 percent of total revenue collected i.e. ` 3,971.31 crore. During the year • E-Statutory Forms: Facility of 2012-13 revenue of ` 809.86 crore has issue of e-statutory forms has been collected under head 0039- State been started to all registered Excise against the target of ` 800.13 dealers since 4th April, 2012 and crore, which was 20.39 percent of total 3,96,579 e-statutory forms have revenue collection and remaining 10.92 been issued upto 31.12.2013. percent collection was under HP Passenger and Goods Tax Act, HP • E-Declaration: e-Declaration Luxury Tax Act, HP Certain Goods system for inter-state goods Carried by Road Tax Act and HP movement has been started to all Entertainment Tax Act. registered dealers since 15th August, 2011 for exports and 4.2 Name of the different th Services, year of start and achievement from 20 November, 2011 for made therein are as follows: imports. Outgoing e-declaration was reported 19,44,116 whereas • E-Payment facility for traders / Incoming e-declaration was dealers: E-Payment has been 22,80,584. started since 26th November, 2010 (integration completed with 4.3 Beside the above, department four banks i.e. State Bank of has provided different facilities to traders India, Punjab National Bank, which are mentioned below: United Commercial Bank and • Under the Himachal Pradesh State bank of Patiala). As on Passenger and Goods Taxation 31.12.2013 revenue of Act 1955, Govt. has abolished `103.00 crore has been earned the registration fee for new under this head. dealers to facilitate registration

vide notification LLR-D (6)- • E-Registration: Facility of 33/2013 dated 3rd October, 2013. e-registration has been provided

to all registered dealers since 15th • Under Himachal Pradesh August, 2011 and up to Luxuries (Hotels and Lodging 31.12.2013 2,493 dealers have Houses) Act, 1979, registration availed e-registration facility fee for new dealers has under different Acts.

been abolished. Secondly Govt. • During the year the tax on all has given exemption to new Industrial Inputs, raw material hotels set up in backward and packing material has been Panchayats and has commenced levied @ 5 percent. operation after 1st April, 2013 for a period of 10 years to encourage • The department is considering and promote tourism in the area dispensing with the requirement having a vast potential of tourism. of stoppage of vehicles at the barrier in case of goods being • The department has encouraged exported out the State with a the dealers to deposite tax and view to ease traffic congestion at dues through e-payment and these barriers. during this year upto 31.12.2013 an amout of `103.00 crore has • In case the returns are filled been deposited through e- electronically the requirement of payment which is 4.46 percent of filing of hard copy of monthly and the total VAT payment. Total quarterly returns, under H.P. VAT collection under VAT upto Act, 2005 and CST Act, 1956 has 31.12.2013 is `2,306.62 crore. been dispensed with.

• The department is providing good • In order to ensure proper e-service to the dealers and declaration of goods by the during the year 2.85 lakh SMS traders, the department has have been sent by department to made provision for compulsory e- the dealers. declaration of certain evasion prone commodities for those • Interactive sessions with Beopar interstate transactions whose Mandal & Industrial Associations value is in excess of `30,000. have been organized time to time.

GROWTH OF REVENUE RECEIPTS HEADWISE (` in crore) Year State Excise Sales Tax PGT OTD Total 2000-01 209.17 302.05 43.05 52.60 606.87 2001-02 236.28 355.08 34.26 63.74 689.36 2002-03 237.42 383.33 31.45 75.10 727.30 2003-04 280.40 436.75 33.96 85.24 836.16 2004-05 299.90 542.37 38.42 97.83 978.52 2005-06 328.97 726.98 42.61 124.14 1222.70 2006-07 341.86 914.45 50.22 118.64 1425.17 2007-08 389.57 1092.47 55.12 137.16 1674.32 2008-09 431.83 1246.31 62.39 169.00 1909.53 2009-10 500.72 1488.16 88.74 197.13 2274.75 2010-11 562.95 2103.39 93.26 283.35 3042.95 2011-12 707.36 2476.78 94.36 294.96 3573.46 2012-13 809.86 2728.21 101.39 331.88 3971.15 2013-14 652.69 2306.62 80.34 240.86 3280.51 upto 31.12.2013 Target for 1014.81 3693.72 136.82 375.41 5220.77 2014-15

5. PRICE MOVEMENT Price Situation 5.1 Containment of Inflation is during the month of December, 2012 on the priority list of Government. was 168.8 which increased to 179.2 (P) Inflation hurts the common man most as in the month of December, 2013 their income is not indexed to prices. showing an inflation rate of 6.16 percent. Inflationary tendencies are measured by The month-wise average Wholesale Wholesale Price Index (WPI). The Price Index Numbers for the year Wholesale Price Index at National level 2013-14 depicting inflation rate is given in the table 5.1 below:-

Table-5.1 All India Wholesale Price Index No.(Base 2004-05=100) Month 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Inflation rate April 114.5 123.5 125.0 138.6 152.1 163.5 171.3 4.8 May 114.7 124.1 125.9 139.1 152.4 163.9 171.4 4.6 June 114.8 127.3 126.8 139.8 153.1 164.7 173.2 5.2 July 115.7 128.6 128.2 141.0 154.2 165.8 175.5 5.9 August 116.0 128.9 129.6 141.1 154.9 167.3 179.0 7.0 September 116.0 128.5 130.3 142.0 156.2 168.8 180.7 7.1 October 116.3 128.7 131.0 142.9 157.0 168.5 180.7 7.2 November 116.8 126.9 132.9 143.8 157.4 168.8 181.5(P) 7.5 December 116.7 124.5 133.4 146.0 157.3 168.8 179.2(P) 6.2 January 117.5 124.4 135.2 148.0 158.7 170.3 .. .. February 119.0 123.3 135.2 148.1 159.3 170.9 .. .. March 121.5 123.5 136.3 149.5 161.0 170.1 .. .. Average 116.6 126.0 130.8 143.3 156.1 167.6 .. .. P:Provisional of essential commodities remained 5.2 The price situation in under control. Consumer Price Index Himachal Pradesh remained under (CPI) (Base 2001=100) of Himachal constant watch. The Food, Civil Pradesh increased at lower rate as Supplies and Consumer Affairs compared to the National level. The Department of the Pradesh has been C.P.I. for industrial workers in H.P. keeping constant vigil on the price increased by only 11.2 percent in situation and maintained the mechanism November, 2013 against 11.5 percent at of supplying the essential consumer National level. Further, in order to check commodities to the public through a net hoarding and profiteering and other work of 4,762 fair price shops. In order malpractices in the sale and to monitor food insecurity and distribution of essential commodities of vulnerability issues the department of mass consumption, the State Govt. is Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer vigorously enforcing various Orders/ Affairs is also implementing Food Acts. A system of regular weekly Insecurity and Vulnerability Mapping monitoring of prices of essential System (FIVIMS) through G.I.S. commodities continued during the year mapping. As a result of various so that effective measures can be taken measures by the State Govt. the prices in time to check undue price rise.

Table - 5.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers in H.P. (Base 2001=100) Month 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Percentage change over previous year April 133 141 158 167 185 201 8.6 May 132 142 158 169 185 205 10.8 June 134 144 158 169 186 208 11.8 July 136 149 163 174 192 213 10.9 August 137 150 164 174 195 214 9.7 September 140 151 165 176 195 215 10.3 October 141 152 165 179 195 217 11.3 November 141 155 165 179 196 218 11.2 December 139 156 166 177 196 .. .. January 139 156 168 178 198 .. .. February 140 156 166 178 199 .. .. March 140 157 165 180 199 .. .. Average 138 151 163 175 193 .. ..

Table- 5.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers of All India (Base 2001=100) Month 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Percentage change over previous year April 138 150 170 186 205 226 10.2 May 139 151 172 187 206 228 10.7 June 140 153 174 189 208 231 11.1 July 143 160 178 193 212 235 10.9 August 145 162 178 194 214 237 10.8 September 146 163 179 197 215 238 10.7 October 148 165 181 198 217 241 11.1 November 148 168 182 199 218 243 11.5 December 147 169 185 197 219 .. .. January 148 172 188 198 221 .. .. February 148 170 185 199 223 .. .. March 148 170 185 201 224 .. .. Average 145 163 180 195 215 .. ..

6. FOOD SECURITY AND CIVIL SUPPLIES

Targeted Public Distribution System 6.2 In the State, the Targeted 6.1 One of the main Public Distribution System, having total constituents of the Govt. strategy for ration cards 17,38,383, covering cards poverty alleviation is Targeted Public population 76,94,525. These card Distribution System (T.P.D.S.) which holders are provided with essential ensures availability of essential commodities through 4,781 fair price commodities like Wheat, Wheat Atta, shops which constitutes 3,180 Rice, Levy Sugar and Kerosene through Cooperative Societies, 37 Panchayat, a net work of 4,781 Fair Price Shops. 113 HPSCSC, 1,444 Individual and The total families for distribution of 7 Mahila Mandals. essential items have been divided in two categories viz; 6.3 Distribution of essential 1) NFSA commodities during the year 2013-14 i) AAY (upto 11/2013) ii) Priority Households iii) Annapurna 2) Other than NFSA

Table-6.1 Sr. Name of Commodity Unit Distribution of items upto No. November, 2013 1 Wheat/Atta APL M.T. 1,34,052 2 Rice APL M.T. 70,570 3 Wheat BPL M.T. 39,601 4 Rice BPL M.T. 29,850 5 Wheat AAY/NFSA M.T. 35,047 6 Rice AAY/NFSA M.T. 26,623 7 Rice Annapurna M.T. 79 8 Rice M.D.M. M.T. 12,072 9 Levy Sugar/ M.T. 29,772 Sugar NFSA/APL 10 Malka M.T. 2,921 11 Kabli Chana M.T. 5,079 12 Moong Sabut M.T. 5,402 13 I.Salt M.T. 8,635 14 Dal Chana MT` 1,857 15 Urd Whole M.T. 11,206 16 Kala Chana M.T. 77 17 M/Oil K.L. 24,984 18 R/Oil K.L. 43

6.4 Presently, following food items H.P State subsidised schemes which are being distributed under TPDS & is as under :- Table- 6.2 Sr.No. Per Ration Card Distribution (Quantity) 1 Up to two members One Kg. Dal Chana, One Kg. Salt and only one litre M/Oil. 2 Three or four members One Kg. Dal Chana, One Kg. Salt, One Kg. Urd Whole, two litres M/Oil. 3 Five & above members One Kg. Dal Chana, One Kg. Salt, One Kg. Chana Whole, two litre M/Oil and One Kg. Urd Whole. Rate of Dal Chana @ `25.00 per Kg., Chana Whole @ `35.99 per Kg., Urd Whole @ ` 34.99 per Kg., M/Oil @ ` 59.00 per Kg. and I. Salt @ `4.00 per Kg. 4 Other than NFSA i) APL 18 Kg. W/Atta @ ` 8.50 per Kg., 9 Kg. Rice @ ` 10.00 per Kg. ii) BPL The BPL families is being issued additional food-grains to make good the quantity equal to 35 Kg. per family per month at BPL rate i.e. Wheat @` 5.25 per Kg., Rice @` 6.85 per Kg. For BPL families members the quantity of wheat and rice will be distributed according to the members for which detail is as given. For one member family 17 Kg. & 13 Kg., two members family 14 Kg. & 11 Kg., three members family 11 Kg. & 9 Kg., four members family 8 Kg. & 7 Kg., five members family 5 Kg. & 5 Kg., six members family 2 Kg. & 3 Kg. respectively. The remaining quantity of wheat and rice according to per family per ration card as described already will be meet out from NFSA for which the rates of wheat and rice will be `2.00 and `3.00 per Kg. respectively. iii) For Annapurna card 10 Kg. rice free of cost. holder

5 NFSA i) For AAY ration card 35 Kg. per family i.e. 20 Kg. Wheat @ ` 2.00 per Kg. and holder 15 Kg. Rice @ ` 3.00 per Kg. ii) For Priority 5 Kg. per member- 3 Kg. Wheat @ `2.00 per Kg. and Households 2 Kg. Rice @ ` 3.00 per Kg.

6 Sugar For APL ration card holders 600 gms. per member per month @ ` 19.50 per Kg. For Non-APL ration card holders 600 gms. per member per month @` 13.50 per Kg.

Table 6.3 Items Stocked in the Tribal Areas Presently, the Corporation is for Distribution as on providing other essential items like cooking gas, Diesel/Petrol/Kerosene Oil November,2013 and life saving drugs/medicines at Sr. Name of Unit Quantity reasonable rates to the consumers of No. Commodity the State through its 117 Wholesale 1 Wheat/Atta APL M.T. 495 Godowns, 111 Fair Price Shops, 52 Gas 2 Rice APL M.T. 9857 Agencies, 4 Petrol Pumps and 36 3 Wheat BPL M.T. 3857 4 Rice BPL M.T. 1402 Medicine Shops. In addition to this, the 5 Wheat AAY M.T. 3318 procurement and distribution, of non- 6 Rice AAY M.T. 1060 controlled commodities (like sugar, 7 Rice Annapurna M.T. 5 pulses, rice, atta, detergents, tea leaves, 8 Levy Sugar M.T. 1543 Ex.-books, cement, CGI Sheets, 9 Kerosene Oil K.L. 1686 10 L.P.G. 14.2 Kg. No. 204959 medicines items under SNP, MNREGA 11 I.Salt M.T. 536 & petroleum products etc.) through 12 Dal Chana/Malka MT 548 wholesale godowns and Retail shops, of 13 Urd Sabut M.T. 497 the Corporation which certainly has 14 Kala Chana/ M.T. 531 played an important role in stabilizing Moong Sabut 15 Edible Oil K.L. 1124 prices of these commodities prevailing in the open market.

Other Activities During the current financial Year, 2013-14, up to November, 2013 Petrol and Petroleum Products the Corporation procured & distributed 6.5 At present, there are 36 various commodities under the scheme wholesale kerosene oil dealers, 319 to the tune of ` 262.37 crore as Petrol Pumps and 123 Gas Agencies compared to ` 244.88 crore during working in the Pradesh. corresponding period of last year.

Civil Supplies Corporation The Corporation is arranging 6.6 The H.P. State Civil the supplies of rice & other Supplies Corporation as a “CENTRAL supplementary items under the Mid-day- PROCUREMENT AGENCY” for all Meal Scheme to Primary and Upper controlled and non-controlled essential Primary Schools as per the allocation commodities in the state is procuring & made by the concerned Deputy distributing food grains and other Commissioners. During the current essential commodities to the entire financial year 2013-14 up to November, satisfaction of the Government under 2013 the Corporation arranged the the Targeted Public Distribution System distribution of 12,089 MTs rice as (TPDS). During the current financial compared to 13,138 MTs during the year 2013-14, up to November,2013 the corresponding period of last year under Corporation procured & distributed this scheme. The Corporation is also various commodities under TPDS to the arranging the supplies of identified tune of `737.60 crore as compared to Specially Subsidized items (pulses, E./ `714.43 crore during previous year. Oil & I/ Salt) under the State Sponsored

Schemes as per the decisions of the stands in the State, In the first phase, for purchase committee constituted by the the sale of various non- controlled items, Govt. During the current financial year Aam Admi Ki Dukan in the Bustand 2013-14 up to November, 2013 the Nagrota Bagwan and Palampur are Corporation procured & distributed being made functional very shortly. various commodities under this scheme to the tune of `207.26 crore as On the other hand more compared to `172.49 crore during Medicine shops are proposed to be corresponding period of last year. opened in the premises of the Govt. Hospitals. In addition to this procurement / supply of Tyres & Tubes The corporation is likely to to the vehicles of the Govt. achieve a total turnover of `1,391.46 Department/Boards/ Corporation, crore during the year 2013-14 as specially to HRTC and other Govt. compared to ` 1,316.23 crore during institutions are under active 2012-13. consideration of the Corporation.

New Sales Centres Sanctioned/ Government Supplies Opened 6.9 H.P. State Civil Supplies 6.7 The Corporation has Corporation Ltd., is managing the sanctioned/opened the following sale procurement and supplies of Allopathic centres during the year, 2013-14 in & Ayurvedic medicines to Govt. public interest :- hospitals, Cement to Govt. Department/ Board/ Corporation and other Govt. Sr. Name of Sale Name of institutions and GI/DI/CI Pipes to I & PH No. Centre District Department of Govt. of H.P, School 1 Whole Sale Mandi Uniform to Education Department. godown Talyar During the current financial year, 2 Medicine Shop Shimla 2013-14 the position of Govt. supply IGMC-III remain as under:- 3 LPG godown Mandi Joginder Nagar 1 Supply of Cement to ` 69.13 crore Govt. Deptt./ Boards/ Besides above Sale Centres, Corporation LPG Agencies at Kullu and Nadaun is 2 Supply of Medicine to ` 33.19 crore likely to be commissioned during Heath/ Ayurveda 2014-15. Deptt. 3 GI/DI/CI Pipes to I& `85.04 crore Opening of Aam Admi Ki Dukan/ PH Department. Stores 4 School uniform to `35.26 crore 6.8 The Corporation has initiated Education proposal of opening ‘Aam Admi Ki Department Dukan’ in the identified HRTC’s bus Total ` 222.62 crore

MNREGA Cement Supplies Implementation of National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) 6.10 During the financial year 6.12 The task and 2013-14 up to November, 2013 the responsibilities assigned by the Corporation managed the procurement Government of India to States for & distribution of 18,86,000 bags cement implementation of the National Food amounting to ` 41.34 crore to various Security Act, 2013, the Hon’ble Chief Panchayats used for developmental Minister , HP launched most prestigious works of the Panchayats in the whole of Scheme of “Rajiv Gandhi Anna Yojna” the State. on 20-09-2013. The HP State Civil Supplies Corporation is playing major Food Security in Tribal and role in implementing the scheme Inaccessible Areas of the State through timely procurement, storage & supply of allocated food grains through its 117 wholesale centres to Fair Price 6.11 The Corporation is Shops for further distribution among the committed to provide all essential beneficiaries of the State. In addition to commodities, Petroleum products this, in the absence of separate including kerosene oil and LPG by Warehousing Corporation of the State investing ` 20.00 crore in tribal and Government, the HP State Civil inaccessible areas, where private Supplies Corporation is managing traders do not venture to undertake storage capacity itself, through 22,910 these operations due to economic non- MTs owned and 32,766 MTs hired viability of the trade. During the current godowns in the State. In view of financial year, 2013-14 the supplies of successful implementation of the essential commodities and Petroleum NFSA, 2013 additional Storage products to tribal and snow bound areas Capacity is being created by were arranged as per the tribal action Constructing godowns at various places plan of the Government. ranging from 300 MTs to 1,000 MTs Capacity for which identification/ transfer of Govt. land in the name of the Department/ Corporation is in progress.

7. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

AGRICULTURE

7.1 Agriculture is the main Table-7.1 occupation of the people of Himachal Distribution of Land Holdings Pradesh. It has an important place in Size of Category No. of Area Av. Holdings (Farmers)Holdings (lakh Size the economy of the State. The state of (hect.) (lakh) hect.) of Holding Himachal Pradesh is the only state in (hect.) the country whose 89.96 percent as 1 2 3 4 5 Below 1.0 Marginal 6.36 2.58 0.41 per 2011 census of population lives in (68.17%) (26.65%) rural areas. Therefore dependency on 1.0-2.0 Small 1.76 2.45 1.39 Agriculture/ Horticulture is ominent as it (18.86%) (25.31%) 2.0-4.0 Semi 0.88 2.40 2.73 provides direct employment to about Medium (9.43%) (24.79%) 70 percent of total workers of the 4.0-10.0 Medium 0.29 1.65 5.69 State. (3.11%) (17.05%) 10.0-Above Large 0.04 0.60 15.00 7.2 Agriculture happens to (0.43%) (6.20%) Total 9.33 9.68 1.04 be the premier source of State Income (GSDP). About 15 percent of the total 7.3 About 81.5 percent of the GSDP comes from agriculture and its total cultivated area in the State is allied sectors. Out of the total rainfed. Rice, Wheat and Maize are geographical area of 55.67 lakh important cereal crops of the State. hectare the area of operational Groundnut, Soyabeen and Sunflower in holdings is about 9.68 lakh hectares Kharif and Rapeseed/Mustard and Toria and is operated by 9.33 lakh farmers. are important oilseed crops in the Rabi The average holding size comes to season. Urd, Bean, Moong, Rajmash in 1.04 hectare. Distribution of land Kharif season and Gram Lentil in Rabi holdings according to 2005-06 are the important pulse crops of the Agricultural Census shows that 87.03 State. Agro-climatically the state can be percent of the total holdings are of divided into four zones viz.:- small and marginal farmers. 12.54 • Sub Tropical, sub- percent of holdings are owned by semi mountain and low hills. medium/ medium farmers and only • Sub Temperate, Sub 0.43 percent by large farmers. It is Humid mid hills. evident from the Table 7.1 • Wet Temperate high hills. • Dry Temperate high hills and cold deserts.

The agro-climatic conditions shows southwest monsoon performance in the state are congenial for the in various districts. production of cash crops like seed Table 7.2 potato, off-season vegetables and Monsoon Season Rainfall ginger. (June-September,2013 District Actual Normal Excess or 7.4 The State Government is (mm) (mm) Deficient

laying emphasis on production of off- Total %age season vegetables, potato, ginger, (mm) pulses and oilseeds besides increasing Bilaspur 833 877 (-) 4 (-) 5 production of cereal crops, through Chamba 804 1406 (-)602 (-) 3 Hamirpur 1091 1079 12 1 timely and adequate supply of inputs, Kangra 1946 1582 364 23 demonstration and effective Kinnaur 461 264 197 74 dissemination of improved farm Kullu 640 520 120 23 L/Spiti 118 458 (-)340 (-)74 technology, replacement of old variety Mandi 1195 1093 102 9 seed, promoting integrated pest Shimla 576 634 (-) 58 -9 management, bringing more area under Sirmaur 1391 1325 66 5 Solan 812 1000 (-) 188 (-)19 efficient use of water resources and Una 1191 863 328 38 implementation of Wasteland Average 775 844 (-) 69 (-) 8 Development Projects. There are four Table 7.3 distinct seasons with respect to rainfall. Post Monsoon Seasons Rainfall Data Almost half of the rainfall is received for the period from during the Monsoon season and 1.10.2013 to 31.12.2013 remaining precipitation is distributed District Actual Normal Excess or among other seasons. The State (mm) (mm) Deficient received an average rainfall of 1,251 Total %age mm out of which Kangra district gets (mm) Bilaspur 47 70 (-) 23 (-) 33 the highest rainfall followed by Sirmour, Chamba 101 127 (-) 26 (-) 21 Mandi and Chamba. Hamirpur 67 86 (-) 19 (-) 22 Kangra 157 105 52 50 Kinnaur 23 102 (-) 79 (-) 77 Monsoon 2013 Kullu 67 98 -31 (- ) 31 7.5 The performance of L/Spiti 27 144 (-)117 (-) 81 Mandi 55 81 -26 (-) 32 agriculture is closely related to the Shimla 44 75 -31 (-) 41 performance of monsoon. During the Sirmaur 71 87 -16 (-) 19 monsoon season of 2013 (June- Solan 76 89 -13 (-) 14 Una 101 72 29 41 September) in Himachal Pradesh the Average 62 103 (-) 41 (-) 40 rainfall was excess in Kangra, Kinnaur Note: Kullu & Una District, Normal in Bilaspur, Normal = -19% to +19% Hamirpur, Mandi, Shimla, Solan & Excess = 20% and above Sirmour District and deficient in Chamba Deficient = -20% to –59% Scanty = -60% to –99% District and scanty in Lahaul-Spiti Crop Performance 2012-13 District. For Himachal as a whole, the 7.6 The economy of Himachal total rainfall during the entire monsoon Pradesh is largely depend on agriculture season was (-) 8 percent below the which still occupies a significant place in annual normal rainfall. The table 7.2 the state economy as 15 percent of

40 total State Domestic Product in 2012-13 Prospects 2013-14 was generated by agriculture and allied 7.7 The food grain production target sectors and any fluctuations in the for 2013-14 are to be around 15.80 lakh production of food grains affect the MTs. The Kharif production mainly economy significantly. During the depends upon the behaviour of south Eleventh Five Year Plan, 2007-12 west monsoon, as about 81.50 percent emphasis has been laid on production of of the total cultivated area is rainfed. As off-season vegetables, potato, pulses per advance estimates of Area, and oilseeds besides cereal crops Production and Yield of crops during through timely and adequate supply of Kharif 2013 season, against the inputs, bringing more area under production target of 8.97 lakh MT of food irrigation, approach of watershed grains, the expected production would development, demonstration and be 8.33 lakh MT. Rabi Sowing season effective dissemination of improved farm normally starts in October and technology etc. The year 2012-13 November. There was deficient rainfall agriculturally remained a good normal during sowing season due to this rabi year. During the year 2012-13, the food crop sowing has been affected to some grains production was achieved at a extent for want of proper soil moisture. record level 15.68 lakh M.Ts against There were some rains in the 2nd 15.44 lakh M.Ts. during 2011-12. The fortnight of December, 2013, but these production of Potato was 1.83 lakh were neither adequate nor well spread M.Ts in 2012-13 as against 1.52 lakh because of this the target of Rabi M.Ts in 2011-12 The production of 2013-14 production is also likely to fall vegetables during the year 2012-13 was short. The production of food grains and 13.80 lakh M.Ts as against 13.57 lakh commercial crops in the State during M.Ts in 2011-12. 2010-11, 2011-12, tentative final for 2012-13 likely anticipated achievement for 2013-14 and target for 2014-15 is shown in Table 7.4. Table-7.4 Food grains Production (In ’000 tonnes) Crop 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 (tentative) (Production ) (Target) I.Foodgrains Rice 128.92 131.63 125.28 111.11 130.00 Maize 670.90 715.42 657.16 704.95 740.00 Ragi 2.11 2.80 2.50 2.84 3.00 Millets 3.28 3.31 3.55 3.72 5.00 Wheat 614.89 629.09 696.91 639.00 667.00 Barley 32.17 31.46 36.25 36.00 36.00 Gram 0.60 0.66 0.49 2.50 2.50 Pulses 40.99 30.12 45.58 16.21 19.00 Foodgrains 1493.86 1544.49 1567.72 1516.33 1602.50 II.Commercial Crops Potato 205.97 152.98 182.87 187.50 190.50 Vegetables 1268.90 1356.60 1398.05 1380.40 1400.00 Ginger(Dry) 1.56 1.53 1.69 2.60 4.00

Growth in Food grains principal crops viz. Maize, Paddy and Production Wheat during the last five years and 7.8 There is limited scope of proposed for 2014-15 is given in table increasing production through 7.6. expansion of cultivable land. Like whole Table-7.6 country, Himachal too has almost Area Brought Under High Yielding reached a plateau in so far as cultivable Varieties (’000 hect.) land is concerned. Hence, the emphasis has to be on increasing Year Maize Paddy Wheat productivity levels besides diversification 1 2 3 4 towards high value crops. Due to an 2008-09 280.51 74.61 325,22 increasing shift towards commercial 2009-10 286.50 75.00 328.00 2010-11 278.65 75.20 327.00 crops, the area under food grains is 2011-12 279.05 75.08 330.35 gradually declining as the area which in 2012-13 288.15 75.70 335.00 1997-98 was 853.88 thousand hectares 2013-14 272.20 70.15 345.00 is likely to be declined to 798.31 (likely) thousand hectares in 2012-13. Increase 2014-15 288.00 74.00 352.00 (Target) in production thus reflects gain in productivity as is evident from the There are 21 seed Table7.5 multiplication farms where foundation

seed is produced for further Table 7.5 multiplication. In addition, there are 3 Food grains Area and Production vegetable development stations, 13 Area Produc Produc- Year (`000 - tion per potato development stations and hect) tion hectare 1 ginger development station in the (’000 (M.T.) Pradesh. M.T.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 2008-09 797.25 1226.79 1.53 Plant Protection Programme 2009-10 784.02 1111.16 1.41 7.10 In order to increase the 2010-11 795.18 1493.86 1.88 production of crops, adoption of plant 2011-12 790.70 1544.49 1.95 2012-13 798.31 1567.72 1.96 protection measures is of paramount (Tenta- importance. During each season, tive) campaigns are organised to fight the 2013-14 794.47 1516.33 1.91 (Ant.Ach.) menace of crop disease, insects and 2014-15 795.50 1602.50 2.01 pest etc. The Scheduled Castes/ (Target) Scheduled Tribes, IRDP families, farmers of Backward Areas and small High Yielding Varieties and marginal farmers are provided plant Programme (H.Y.V.P.) protection chemicals and equipments at 7.9 In order to increase the 50 percent cost. From October, 1998 production of food grains, emphasis has the Govt. has allowed 30 percent been laid on distribution of seeds of high subsidy on such material to big farmers yielding varieties to the farmers. Area also. Achievements and Targets brought under high yielding varieties of proposed in distribution of chemicals are shown in Table 7.7

Table-7.7 State Govt. has also declared soil Achievement and targets proposed testing as public service under H.P. Year Coverage of Distribution Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011. Area under of chemicals plant (M.T.) Organic farming protection 7.12 The organic farming is measures becoming popular being suitable, ('000 Hect.) environmental friendly and health 2007-08 440.00 135 2008-09 435.00 135 concern to all concerned. Organic 2009-10 442.00 169 farming is being promoted in the state in 2010-11 438.00 141 a systematic manner by providing 2011-12 315.00 120 trainings, laying out demonstrations, 2012-13 320.00 121 organizing fairs/ seminars to the 2013-14 500.00 190 (likely) farmers. It has also been decided to 2014-15 350.00 135 set-up vermi-composting units at every (Target) house by the end of 12th Plan. Under this scheme financial assistance of Soil Testing Programme `5,000 per farmer is being provided (50 7.11 In order to maintain the percent assistance for construction of fertility of the soil during each season, Vermin pit size of 10x6x1.5 ft and 2 Kg. soil samples are collected from the of Vermiculture). 11,000 such vermin farmers field and analysed in the soil composting units are to be set up during testing laboratories. Soil testing the end of this financial year. Beside laboratories have been established in all this, incentive is being provided on the districts(except Lahaul & Spiti), approved organic inputs. For adoption of where as four mobile soil testing vans Organic Farming, incentive @ `10,000 out of which one exclusively for the tribal per hectare (50 percent) and for areas is in operation for testing the soil certification `10,000 per hectare is being samples at site. These laboratories have provided for 3 years. been strengthened with latest equipments. During 2010-11, two static Bio-Gas Development soil testing labs have been strengthened programme and one mobile lab has also been set up 7.13 Keeping in view depleting at Palampur in Kangra District. About sources of conventional fuel i.e. 1.25 lakh numbers of Soil Samples are firewood, biogas plants have assumed collected for soil analysis in a year. great importance in the low and mid hills During 2012-13, 1.23 lakh Soil Samples in the State. Till March,2013 since were analyzed and 1.22 lakh no. of Soil inception, 44,103 biogas plants have Health Cards were issued, about 1.00 been installed in the State. Out of the lakh soil samples are expected to be total biogas produced in the Himalayas, analyzed during 2013-14, which will help about 90.86 percent is being produced the farmers to know the soil status and in Himachal Pradesh alone. During nutrient requirement etc. in their fields. 2012-13, 302 biogas plants were The soil fertility map is being prepared installed in the State against the target by the CSKHPKVV Palampur by using of 300 and it was proposed to install 300 Global Positioning System (GPS). The biogas plants during 2013-14, against

43 which 228 plants have been installed Agriculture Credit upto December, 2013. During 2014-15, 7.15 Traditionally, non- it is proposed to installed 300 numbers institutional sources of finance have of such Bio-Gas Plants. This been the major source of finance for the programme is at saturation stage. rural households due to various socio- economic conditions. Some of them Fertilizer Consumption and have been lending at exorbitant rate of Subsidy interest and since the poor own few 7.14 Fertilizer is a single input, assets, it is unviable for the financial which helps in increasing the production institutions to secure their lending with to a great extent. Starting from collateral. However, the Govt. has taken demonstration level in late fifties and measures to ensure timely and early sixties when fertilizer was adequate supply of institutional credit to introduced in Himachal, the level of the rural households at reasonable rate fertilizer consumption is constantly of interest. In view of the propensity of increasing. The level of fertilizer the farmers to borrow money, most of consumption in 1985-86 was 23,664 whom are marginal and small farmers, tonnes. Now it has increased to 48,129 credit flow for purchase of input is being tonnes in 2012-13. In order to promote made available by the banks. balance use of chemical fertilizers, a Institutional credit is being extensively subsidy of ` 1,000 per M.T. on complex disbursed but there is scope to increase fertilizers have been allowed, use of the same particularly in respect of the water soluble fertilizers is promoted in a crops for which insurance cover is big way for which subsidy has been available. Providing better access to allowed to an extent of 25% of cost institutional credit for small and marginal limited to `2,500 per quintal whichever is farmers and other weaker sections to less. The subsidy is being provided enable them to adopt modern under the Plan schemes. About 48,500 technology and improved agricultural M.T. of fertilizers in terms of nutrients practices has been one of the major are proposed to be distributed during objectives of the Government. The 2014-15. The consumption of fertilizers banking sector prepares crop specific is shown in Table 7.8. credit plans and the credit flow is Table-7.8 monitored urgently in the meetings of Consumption of Fertilizer the State level Bankers Committee. (M.T.) Year Nitro- Phos- Pota- Total Kisan Credit Card (K.C.C) genous phatic ssic (NPK) (N) (P) (K) 7.16 The scheme is under 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. successful operation for the last twelve 2007-08 32338 8908 8708 49954 to thirteen years in the state. More than 2008-09 35462 10703 11198 57363 2009-10 31319 10901 11018 53239 1,706 bank branches are implementing 2010-11 32594 10728 11811 55133 the scheme. As on September, 2013, 2011-12 32802 9701 8922 51425 5,84,568 Kisan Credit Cards were 2012-13 34182 6821 7126 48129 2013-14 31500 9400 9100 50000 issued by the banks. The bank have (likely) disbursed a total credit of ` 2660.31 2014-15 33000 8000 7500 48500 crore since the inception of KCC (Target) Scheme upto September,2013. The

progress under Kisan Credit Cards is National crop Insurance Programme given in Table 7.9 (NCIP) will be implemented. Table-7.9 Besides this the State Progress under Kisan Credit Cards Govt. has also provided insurance cover Sl. Banks KCC Total No. to Tomato crop in Solan District and No. Amount of KCC Sanctioned issued Sadar Block of District Bilaspur. Rabi upto upto Potato crop of Kangra and Una Districts Sept,2013 Sept,2013 on Pilot basis under the Weather Based (in crore) 1. 2. 3. 4. Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) 1. Commercial 1645.97 2,42,121 during Kharif & Rabi season. This Banks scheme is also implemented by the 2. Coop. Banks 721.78 2,41,017 Agriculture Insurance Company of India 3. Regional Rural 173.38 98,944 Banks Ltd.(AIC) and Private Insurance 4. Other private 119.18 2,486 Company, i.e. ICICI Lombard & HDFC Bank Ergo General Insurance Company. Total 2660.31 5,84,568

Crop Insurance Scheme Seed Certification Programme 7.17 The State Govt. has 7.18 Agro-climatic conditions in introduced this scheme from Rabi, the State are quite conducive for seed 1999-2000 seasons. The crops covered production. In order to maintain the are Wheat, Barley, Maize, Paddy and quality of the seeds and also ensure Potato. Subsidy on premium in respect higher prices of seeds to growers, of small and Marginal Farmers was seed certification programme has been being provided on sunset basis as per given due emphasis. Himachal provision of the scheme. From Rabi, Pradesh State Seed Certification 2007-08, the subsidy on the premium Agency registered growers in different has been raised from 10 percent to 50 parts of the State for seed production and certification of their produce. percent to the Small and Marginal Farmers. The scheme is compulsory for Agriculture Marketing loanee farmers and optional for non- 7.19 For the regulation of loanee farmers. The scheme provides agricultural produce in the State, comprehensive risks insurance against Himachal Pradesh Agricultural/ yield losses viz drought, hail storm, Horticulture Produce Marketing Act, floods and pests and disease etc. The 2005 has been enforced (implemented). Agriculture Insurance Company of India Under the Act, Himachal Pradesh Ltd. (AIC) is implementing the scheme. Marketing Board has been established The claims on account of losses to the at the State level. The whole of H.P. has crops and the subsidy on premium are been divided into ten notified market shared equally by the state Govt. and areas. Its main objective is to safeguard the Govt. of India. From Kharif, 2008 the interest of the farming community. season, Ginger crop of district Sirmaur The regulated markets established in has also been included on pilot basis. different parts of the state are providing From Rabi 2013-14, the existing NAIS useful services to the farmers. A has been withdrawn by the Govt. of modernised market complex at Solan is India and in place a new C.S.S. of functional for marketing of agricultural produce. The market fee has been

45 reduced from 2 percent to 1 percent for Seed Village Programme the benefit of the farmers. The revenue (100% CSS): generated under this Act, is utilized for 7.22 Major constraint in increasing raising infrastructure needs for ensuring production and productivity of crops remunerative marketing of the noted is the lack of sufficient quantities agriculture produce. The HP Agriculture of quality seed of improved varieties to Produce Market Act has also been be made available to the farmers in amended on the lines of Model Act time, To overcome this constraint, Govt. circulated by Govt. of India. With this, a of India has started a novel programme provision has been made to set up known as “Seed Village Programme”, by private markets direct marketing and which sufficient seed multiplication can contact farming with a single point levy be achieved in order to meet local seed of entry fee. The markets are also requirement besides facilitating supply being computerized. All the activities of seeds at reasonable cost and have been taken up by the Marketing ensuring quick multiplication of new Board through their own funds and varieties in a shorter time Under this RKVY. programme, areas of better seed production will be identified and a Tea Development compact area approach will be followed. 7.20 Total area under tea is 50 to 150 suitable, responding/willing 2,300 hectares with a production level of farmers for the same crop will be 8-10 lakh Kgs. Small and Marginal tea identified/ selected preferably in planters are provided agriculture inputs compact area/cluster approach. on 50 percent subsidy. In the last few Foundation/certified seed at 50% cost years, there is slump in the market and will be made available to these identified tea industry has been affected badly. It farmers. The seeds for half an acre per is envisaged to give impetus for farmer will be allowed. Training on seed effective and remunerative returns of production and seed technology will be this commodity to the producers. Focus imparted to the identified farmers for the would also be on result and seed crops grown in the seed villages. demonstration. Soil and Water Conservation Agriculture Mechanisation 7.23 Due to topographical 7.21 Under this scheme, new factors the soil is subject to splash, farm implements/ machines are sheet and Gully erosion resulting into popularized among the farmers. Testing degradation of the soil. Besides this of new machines is also done under this there is biotic pressure on the land. To programme. The department proposes curb this menace particularly on the to popularize small power tillers and Agriculture lands, the Department is implements suited to hilly conditions. implementing two soil and water Formers can get any information on conservation schemes under state agriculture by dialling toll free number sector. The schemes are:- 1800-180-1551. The service is available from 6.00 AM to 10.00 PM on all i. Soil Conservation Works. working days. This is 100 percent Centrally sponsored scheme.

ii. Water conservation and submitted a project on production of development. vegetable under Protective Cultivation (Mukyamantri Kisaan Bagwan Samridhi Water conservation and Yojna- Part- II) to NABARD for funding minor irrigation programme has been amounting to ` 111.19 crore in which accorded priority in order to boost financial assistance of ` 93.59 crore agriculture production. The Department shall be provided to the farming has prepared a plan to harvest rain community this project shall be water by constructing tanks, Ponds, implemented in the 3 years time. The check-dams and storage structures. Govt. has made a budget provision of Besides this, low lifting water devices `20.00 crore for the F.Y 2014-15. and efficient irrigation system through Besides this for development of Micro sprinklers are also being popularized. In Irrigation and other related infrastructure these projects, major thrust would be on the NABARD has sanctioned a project soil & water conservation and creation under RIDF-XIV amounting to `198.09 of employment opportunities at farm crore which was implemented in 4 years level. starting from 2009-10 and further extended upto 31st March,2014. 17,312 Micro-Irrigation and Other Sprinkler/drip irrigation system shall be Related Infrastructure In installed during the project period. Apart Himachal Pradesh (RIDF) from this, 16,020 Nos. of water sources 7.24 In order to achieve faster like tanks, shallow wells, shallow tube and more inclusive growth in agriculture wells, deep tube wells, small and sector, the Department of Agriculture medium lift and pumping sets shall also has prepared a project on Production of be constructed on the basis of actual cash crops by Adoption of Precision in needs. Farmers shall be provided 80 Farming Practices through Poly House percent subsidy and 20 percent would Cultivation. The objectives of the be beneficiaries contribution. Up to project are higher productivity and 2013-14, 26,033 no. of sprinkler sets income per unit area, judicious use of have been installed covering an area of natural resources like land and water, 17,552 hac. and sum of ` 87.56 crore year round availability of vegetables, has been spent. A budget provision of assured production of quality produce `20.00 crore has been made for this and increased efficiency of monitory component during 2013-14. inputs. The NABARD has sanctioned this project under RIDF XIV amounting Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna to ` 154.92 crore which shall be implemented in 4 years started from the (RKVY) financial year 2008-09 and the project 7.25 Concerned by the slow period has further been extended Up to growth in Agriculture and allied sectors, 31stMarch,2014. Upto December,2013, the Government of India has launched 13,500 Poly Houses have been Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna. The constructed. An area of 147.00 hectare RKVY aims at achieving 4 percent has been covered under protected annual growth in the agriculture sector cultivation and expenditure of `111.00 by ensuing a holistic development of crore has been incurred. In the 12thFive Agriculture and allied sectors. The main year Plan, the department has objectives of the scheme are as under:-

1. To incentives the states so as to (`36.19), SCSP (`13.86) and TASP increase public investment in (`4.95) for the year 2014-15 to Agriculture and allied sectors. Agriculture Department. 2. To provides flexibility and autonomy to states in the process HORTICULTURE of planning and executing 7.26 The rich diversity of agro- Agriculture and allied sector climatic conditions, topographical schemes, variations and altitudinal differences 3. To ensure the preparation of coupled with fertile, deep and well agriculture plans for the districts drained soils favour the cultivation of and the states based on agro- temperate to sub-tropical fruits in climatic conditions, availability of Himachal. The region is also suitable for technology and natural resources. cultivation of ancillary horticultural 4. To ensure that the local needs/ produce like flowers, mushroom, honey crops/ priorities are better reflected and hops. in the agricultural plans of the states, 7.27 This particular suitability of 5. To achieve the goal of reducing the Himachal has resulted in shifting of land yield gaps in important crops, use pattern from agriculture to fruit through focused interventions, crops in the past few decades. The area 6. To maximize returns to the farmers under fruits, which was 792 hectares in in Agriculture and allied sectors. 1950-51 with total production of 1,200 7. To bring about quantifiable tonnes increased to 2,18,303 hectares changes in the production and during 2012-13. The total fruit productivity of various components production in 2012-13 was 5.56 lakh in Agriculture and allied sectors by tonnes, which during 2013-14 (upto addressing them in a holistic December, 2013) has been reported as manner. 8.28 lakh tones. During 2013-14, it was envisaged to bring 3,000 hectares of additional area under fruit plants against Government of India has which 3,917 hectares of area was allotted funds for agriculture growth brought under plantations and 9.48 lakh which includes horticulture, animal fruit plants of different species were husbandry, fisheries and rural distributed upto 31.12.2013. development. This scheme has been commenced during the Year of 7.28 Apple is so far the most 2007-08. During 2013-14 an important fruit crop of Himachal expenditure of `77.40 crore has been Pradesh, which constitutes about 49 anticipated by the Agriculture and Allied percent of the total area under fruit Departments. Since the release under crops and about 85 percent of the total RKVY are being received from Govt. of fruit production. Area under apple has India in the shape of ACA’s therefore, increased from 400 hectares in 1950-51 this scheme is in state sector to 3,025 hectares in 1960-61 and programmes during 2013-14. The total 1,06,440 hectares in 2012-13. 7.29 The area under temperate allocation amounting to ` 55.00 crore fruits other than apple has increased have been made, under General Plan

48 from 900 hectares in 1960-61 to 27,637 and Citrus fruits have been increased by hectares in 2012-13. Nuts and dry 50 paise per kg. under Market fruits exhibit area increase from 231 Intervention scheme over the previous hectares in 1960-61 to 10,902 hectares year and 34,000 M.T.C grade Apple fruit in 2012-13, Citrus and other sub tropical valued to ` 22.00 crore has been fruits have increased from 1,225 procured under this scheme. hectares and 623 hectares in 1960-61 to 22,809 hectares and 50,515 hectares 7.33 In warmer area of the state in 2012-13, respectively. mango has emerged as an important fruit crop. Litchi is also gaining 7.30 This pace of development importance in certain regions. Mango is further jeopardized due to the erratic and litchi are fetching better market apple production, owing to weather prices. In the mid hill zone, the agro- vagaries and market fluctuations. The climatic conditions are highly suitable for advent of WTO, GATT and liberalisation the successful cultivation of new fruits of economy is further imposing many like kiwi, olive, pomegranate, pecan and challenges on the dominance of apple in strawberry. The production of fruits for fruit industry of Himachal Pradesh. The the last three years and current year fluctuations in the production of apple upto December, 2013 is given in table during last few years have attracted the 7.10. attention of the Government. It is necessary to explore and harness the Table 7.10 vast horticulture potential of the hill Fruit Production State through diversified horticulture (’000 tonnes) production in varied agro-ecological zones. 7.34 To provide quality packing Item 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 7.31 Horticulture Development upto scheme is the major programme aiming 31-12-13 at the creation and maintenance of Apple 892.11 275.04 412.39 738.72 Other 61.38 31.18 55.02 46.34 infrastructural facilities in the rural areas temperate for ensuring equitable access to the fruits Nuts & 3.62 2.49 2.81 1.89 resources and inputs required for the dry fruits promotion of all fruit crops. Under this Citrus 28.68 25.03 24.32 13.11 fruits scheme, the programmes like Other 42.03 39.08 61.16 28.25 development of fruit production, area sub tropical expansion programme, demonstration of fruits new technologies and improved Total 1027.82 372.82 555.70 828.31 package of practices on the orchards of material to the growers, the Indian fruit growers, development of Walnut/ Institute of Packaging, Andheri (East) Hazelnut / Pistachio nut, mango / litchi, Mumbai-400093 has been entrusted strawberry and other Olive are being with the task of manufacturing standard implemented. Universal Cartons for assessing

transport worthiness of the cartons. 7.32 During the year 2013-14 7.35 To bring diversification in the procurement price of Apple, Mango horticulture industry a total area of 342

49 hectares has been brought under flower covered under Weather Based Crop cultivation upto 31-12-2013. To promote Insurance Scheme for apple who have flower cultivation two Tissue Culture insured their 38,69,715 trees for which Laboratories have been established the state government has borne 25 under Model Flower Cultivation Centres percent premium share of `6.16 crore. at Mahogbagh (Chail, District Solan) Under this scheme 17,351 farmers are and Palampur District Kangra. Four expected to be benefitted with a claim of farmers Cooperative Societies are `9.48 crore during the year 2013-14. functioning for the production and marketing of flowers in district Shimla, 7.37 For integrated Kangra, Lahaul & Spiti and Chamba. development of Horticulture, Centrally Ancillary horticultural activities like Sponsored Schemes: Horticulture mushroom and bee keeping are also Technology Mission, Rashtriya Krishi being promoted. During 2013-14 upto Vikas Yojna and National mission on December, 2013, 256.00 M.T. of Micro Irrigation are being implemented pasteurized compost for mushroom was in the state. Under these schemes prepared and distributed in the various activities of development of department units located at production of horticulture crops Chambaghat, Bajoura and Palampur up strengthening of basic infrastructure and to the December,2013. A total of development of irrigation facilities are 2,945.49 MT of mushroom was being implemented. For the produced in the state up to implementation of these Centrally December,2013 Under the bee keeping Sponsored Schemes during the year programme, 530.64 MT of honey has 2013-14 ` 43.08 crore have been been produced upto 31.12.2013 in the sanctioned out of which funds State. amounting to ` 33.50 crore have been received up to December,2013. About 7.36 The Weather based Crop 4,300 numbers of farmers have been Insurance Scheme was initially benefited up to December,2013 under launched in Himachal Pradesh in 6 these schemes. To promote protected blocks for apple crop and in and 4 cultivation in horticulture, the state blocks for mango crops during Rabi Government has enhanced subsidy 2009-10. During Rabi 2010-11 the under Poly Houses from 50 percent to scheme was extended to 15 85 percent and 35,000 sq. metre area Development Blocks for apple and 9 under Green Houses. To protect fruit Blocks for mango crop. Keeping in the crops especially apple from hailstorms, view the success of the scheme the the state Government has enhanced coverage was further extended to 17 subsidy on Anti Hail Nets from 50 Blocks for apple and 10 Blocks for percent to 80 percent by bringing in 4.50 mango during 2011-12. In addition to lakh Sq.Mt. area under Anti Hail Nets. A this, to protect apple fruit crop from project on Apple rejuvenation is being hailstorm and cloudburst four Blocks implemented under Rashtriya Krishi and two Blocks were respectively Vikas Yojna in which old apple orchards brought under Add-on cover scheme are being rejuvenated and replaced with since Rabi season 2011. During the new, improved and regular bearing 2013-14 41,333 farmers have been spur varieties. In addition to this for strengthening Irrigation facilities in the

orchards, Water Storage Tanks, HPMC has sold material worth `423.41 Borewells and Micro Irrigation System lakh to the growers in the state. The are being established in the State. Corporation has generated revenue of `336.49 lakh through its Cold Stores in H.P.M.C Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Parwanoo and 7.38 H.P.M.C. a State public two CA stores at producing area of undertaking was established in the Himachal Pradesh. The Corporation has Pradesh with the objective of marketing been able to got sanctioned total grant fresh fruits and vegetables, processing the in aid of ` 2516.56 lakh to HPMC for up unmarketable surplus and marketing the gradation of Technology from APEDA. processed products. Since its inception, Govt. of India. These have been got for H.P.M.C. has been playing pivotal role in the following projects:- the life of fruit growers of the state by i. Up- gradation of packing houses of providing them remunerative returns of Jarol Tikker (Kotgarh), Gumma their produce. (Kotkhai), Oddi (Kumarsain), Patlikuhal (Kullu) with 100 percent 7.39 During the year 2013-14 financial assistance of `667.60 up to 30th November, 2013 HPMC has lakh. sold about ` 974.45 lakh processed ii. The HPMC has commissioning of products in the domestic market. Under two C.A. Stores at Gumma and Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) Jarol Tikker in District Shimla with HPMC has procured about 18,889.55 100 percent grant in aid of MT of apples and about 831.35 MT of `1038.00 lakh, apple juice concentrate have been iii. Setting up of one modern vegetable produced. The Corporation has not pack house and cold room at procured Mango fruit from the growers Nadaun District Hamirpur with this year due to good return from the 100% grant in aid of ` 353.42 lakh. open Market and procured 15.00 MT of iv. Replacement of Tetra Pack filling citrus fruits from the growers as on 30th machine TBA-9 in to TBA-19 under November, 2013 which is being 100 percent grant in aid of `353.00 processed in the HPMC Plants. HPMC lakh to installed at fruit processing is mainly supplying its products to its plant Parwanoo District Solan to bulk buyers, Railway, Northern improved the efficiency in Command Head quarter Udhampur, production. various religious institutions, M/S Parley and reputed Institutions, retail outlets 7.40 HPMC has submitted proposal to and kiosks in the country. HPMC also the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh for continued supplying fruits and setting up of Apple Juice Concentrated vegetables to ITDC Hotels and plant at Gumma (Kotkhai) under RKVY institutions in Metro cities Delhi, Mumbai scheme of Himachal state funding and and Chandigarh. As on 30.11.2013 also submitted a proposal for financial HPMC has supplied fruits and assistance of ` 318.00 lakh to HPSIDC vegetables worth `323.50 lakh to these Shimla for setting up of packaged institutions. Similarly as on 30.11.2013 drinking water plant at Patlikuhal (Kullu).

8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND 8.3 Animal Husbandry plays DAIRYING an important role to boost the rural economy and as such for livestock development programme attention is 8.1 Rearing of livestock is an paid in the state by way of: integral component of rural economy. In (i) Animal Health & Disease control Himachal there is a dynamic relationship (ii) Cattle Development. between common property resources (iii) Sheep Breeding and (CPRs) such as forests, water and Development of Wool. grazing land, livestock and crops. (iv) Poultry Development. Livestock depend to a certain extent on (v) Feed and Fodder Development. fodder and grass grown on CPRs as (vi) Veterinary Education. well as on crops and residues. At the (vii) Livestock Census. same time the animals return fodder, grass and crop residues to the CPRs 8.4 Under Animal Health and and fields in the form of manure and Disease Control, 1 State level provide much needed draught power. Veterinary Hospital, 7 Polyclinics, 49 Sub-Divisional Veterinary Hospitals, 282 8.2 Livestock thus is an Veterinary Hospitals, 30 Central important integral to the sustainability of Veterinary Dispensaries and 1,762 economy of Himachal Pradesh. The Veterinary Dispensaries are in the state contribution of major livestock products as on 31-12-2013. Besides this 6 during the year 2012-13 was 11.39 lakh Veterinary Check posts are also tonnes of milk, 1,650 tonnes of wool, operating to provide immediate 107.00 million eggs and 3,997 tonnes veterinary aid to the livestock. Under of meat which will likely to be of the Mukhyamantri Arogya Pashudhan Yojna order of 11.63 lakh tonnes of milk, 1,670 1,253 veterinary dispensaries have tonnes of wool, 110.00 million eggs and been opened up to December, 2013. 4,000 tonnes of meat during 2013-14. Milk Production and Per Capita 8.5 For improving the quality availability shown in Table No. 8.1 of sheep and wool, Govt. Sheep Breeding Farms at Jeori (Shimla), Sarol Table 8.1 (Chamba), Tal (Hamirpur), and Milk Production and Per Karachham (Kinnaur) are supplying Capita Availability improved sheep to the breeders of the Year Milk Per Capita State. One Ram centre at Nagwain in Production Availability District Mandi is also functioning where (lakh tonnes) (gram./Day) improved Rams are reared and supplied 2012-13 11.39 455 to breeders for cross breeding. The 2013-14 11.63 465 flock strength of these farms are 2,047 (Esti- during the year 2012-13 and 175 Rams mated) were distributed to the breeders. In view

of the increasing demand for pure to be inseminated during the year Hoggets and the established popularity 2013-14. Cross breed cows are of the Soviet Marino and American preferred because of factors such as Rambouillet in the Pradesh, the state longer lactation period, shorter dry has switched over to pure breeding at period and higher yields. the existing Govt. farms. 9 Sheep and wool Extension Centres continue 8.7 During 2012-13, the 19th functioning. During the year 2013-14, Livestock Census has been conducted the wool production is likely to be of the by the Govt. of India, Ministry of order of 1,670 Tonnes. Angora rabbit Agriculture Department of Animal farms are functioning at Kandwari Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries. (Kangra) and Nagwain (Mandi) for Processing of data has been done by distribution of rabbits to the breeders. National Institute of Electronic and IT Chandigarh. Phase-II of 19th Livestock 8.6 Dairy production is an Census, breed wise survey of 15% integral part of the Animal Husbandry villages was also conducted w.e.f. and forms, part of the earning of small 1st July ,2013 to 31st July ,2013, to and marginal farmers in Himachal estimate the breed wise number of Pradesh. The recent trend towards the livestock. During 2013-14 under the development of a market- oriented Backyard Poultry Scheme 3.00 lakh economy emphasized the importance of dual purpose coloured strains chicks are milk production, especially in areas likely to be distributed and 800 persons falling in the vicinity of urban are targeted to impart training in poultry consumption centres. This has farming. Backyard Poultry Scheme for motivated farmers to replace local non- S.C. families is very popular and 2.11 descript breeds of cows with cross- lakh chicks were distributed among the breed cows. Upgradation of indigenous 3,559 beneficiaries of S.C. families cattle is being carried out by cross under this Scheme in subsidy till breeding with Jersey and Holsten. In November, 2013. 366 units of poultry buffalo upgradation with Murral bull is chicks were established during the year being popularized. Artificial insemination 2012-13 and 300 units are targeted to with the latest technology of Deep establish during the year 2013-14. Till Frozen Semen is being practised. date 45 units have been established and During 2012-13, 7.45 lakh Semen equipments tender are under process. straws for cows and 2.63 lakh Semen One horse breeding farm at Lari in straws for Buffaloes were produced. Lahaul and Spiti district has been During 2013-14, 8.40 lakh semen straws established with the objective to for Cows and 2.30 lakh semen straws preserve Spiti breed of horses. During for Buffaloes are likely to be produced. the year 2012-13, 56 horses are kept in During 2012-13, 0.80 lakh litre LN2 gas this farm. One Yak breeding farm has was produced and 0.80 lakh litre of been also established in the premises of Liquid Nitrogen gas is likely to be horse breeding Lari. During the year produced during 2013-14. Artificial 2012-13, the strength of yaks was 60 in Insemination facility is being provided this farm. Under feed and fodder through 2,092 institutions and 7.00 lakh development scheme 15.00 lakh fodder cows and 2.00 lakh Buffaloes are likely roots, 0.65 lakh fodders plants and 2.70

53 lakh kg. fodder seed are likely to be National Project on Cattle and distributed during 2013-14. Buffalo Development 8.10 National Project on Cattle Doodh Ganga Yojna and Buffaloes Development has been 8.8 Doodh Ganga Scheme sanctioned by Government of India on has been launched in collaboration with 100 percent Central Assistance pattern. NABARD in the State. The benefits of During 1st phase, ` 12.68 crore were this scheme include: released for the state for providing 100 • Bank Loan of ` 5.00 lakh for percent coverage of breedable cattle purchase of 10 cows and and buffalo population with artificial construction of shed for them insemination. Now during 2nd phase an including 10 percent share of amount of ` 24.08 crore has been beneficiary. sanctioned for the State. Project aims • Bank Loan to the tune of `18.00 at strengthening of following activities of lakh for purchase of cold chain milk Animal Husbandry Department. transportation system. 1. Strengthening of Liquid Nitrogen • Bank Loan to the tune of ` 24.00 Storage, transport and distribution. lakh for establishing milk products 2. Strengthening of Sperm Stations, making units. Semen Banks and A.I. Centres. • There is provision of 25 percent 3. Acquisition of high pedigree bulls subsidy on loan for farmers of or Sperm Stations and for Natural general category and subsidy of Service in remote areas. 33.33 percent for farmers of SC/ 4. Strengthening of training facilities. ST category. 5. Computerization & E.T.T. Lab

Livestock Insurance Scheme Backyard Poultry Farming 8.9 8.11 To develop poultry sector • The Livestock Insurance Scheme in Himachal Pradesh, Department is was started in March 2006 in running following poultry development District Mandi and Kangra. Now schemes especially in rural areas of the the scheme is extended to State are as under:- Hamirpur, Shimla and Chamba • Under Backyard Poultry Project with the objective to save 2-3 week old chicks of coloured livestock owners from loss in the Strain variety i.e. Chabro are event of death of high yielding supplied to the farmers of the cattle and buffalo. State. • Cows and Buffaloes giving 5 litre • One unit consists of 50-100 or more milk per day are insured chicks @ `20 per chick. under this scheme. • These chicks are produced at the • Premium of Insurance kept at two hatcheries i.e. Nahan and 5.15 percent for 3 years and 2.91 Sundernagar under the Centrally percent for 1st year which is being Sponsored Scheme “Assistance paid by the Government and to State Poultry Farms”. owner 50 percent equally.

Assistance to State for Control (ii) Under this scheme 500 sheeps of Animal Diseases and 25 goats will be given to 8.12 Due to large scale inter beneficiary for breedings units and state migration from adjoining states an amount of ` 25.00 lakh is the and lack of nutrition grasses and fodder total outlay. 33.33 percent subsidy due to hilly topography most of animals of total outlay and maximum of ` are prone to various livestock diseases. 8.33 lakh will be paid to the Central Government has provided beneficiary. The concerned assistance to State Government for person will have to pay 25 % of the control of contagious diseases under total Project Cost. ASCAD which is on the pattern of 75 (iii) Rabbit rearing units: Under this percent Central share and 25 percent scheme an amount of ` 2.25 lakh State share. will be the total financial outlay and 33.33 % of total amount and Diseases for which free maximum of `75,000 will be given vaccination is being provided to to concerned beneficiary and livestock owners are FMD, HSBQ, minimum 10 percent total cost will Enterotoxaemia, PPR, Raniket Disease, have to be borne by the Marek’s disease and Rabies under this beneficiary. Commercial Banks, project. Regional Rural Banks, State Co- operative Banks are the eligible financial institutions for this Bhed Palak Samridhi Yojna scheme. 8.13 Under this scheme

NABARD has implemented venture capital fund for which District Kullu and Shepherd Insurance Scheme Shimla have been selected for Rabbit 8.14 Centrally Sponsored Development. Under this project scheme started during 2007-08. The landless, marginal farmers, individual premium of ` 330.00 per annum per farmers, self help groups are intended breeder will be born in the ratio of beneficiaries for setting up rearing units `100:150:80 between the Life Insurance and preference is to be given to Corporation, Government of India and traditional shepherds, women and SC/ shepherd. ST farmers. For this purpose commercial banks, regional rural banks Benefits to sheep breeders: and state co-operative banks will • Natural Death ` 60,000 provide the funds for which ceiling is as • On death due to given under:- accident `1,50,000 (i) Under this component the rearing • Permanent total Sheep and Goats (40+2) an Disability due to amount of ` 1.00 Lakh will be accident `1,50,000 given. 33.33 percent of the total • Loss of 2 eyes or outlay, subject to maximum of 2 limbs in an `33,000 will be given as subsidy accident `1,50,000 and beneficiary will have to pay • Loss of 1 eye or minimum of 10 percent of total 1 limb in an cost. accident ` 75,000

Besides this, under this scheme supply to army units in Dagshai, the sheep breeder is provided free Shimla, Palampur and Yol areas. The benefit which is called add on benefit. milk collected to milk chilling centres is Under this scheme a scholarship of transported to milk processing plants `1,200 per year for two children of the where it is processed, packed, and beneficiary studying in Class 9-12th will marketed in sachets as well as in loose be provided. containers.

Chaff Cutter on 75% Subsidy:- H.P. Milkfed provides Under this scheme chaff cutter is technical knowhow, awareness activities provided at 75% subsidy. Amount of in field of Dairy by organizing seminars, `1,050 lakh has been sanctioned for camps in rural areas. Besides this other State out of which ` 525 lakh has been inputs like cattle feed and clean milk released for the year 2013-14 as first production activities are provided to the instalment to provide power driven and farmers at their door steps. hand driven chaff cutter on 75% subsidy. 8.16 H.P. Govt. has increased milk procurement rates by `1/- per litre Milk Based Industries w.e.f. 01.04.2013 thus giving direct 8.15 H.P. Milkfed is financial benefits to 37,400 families implementing dairy development associated with the Milk Federation. activities in the State. The H.P. Milkfed H.P. Milkfed has paid around `43.98 has 822 milk producers Co-operative crore to the producers and during Societies. The total membership of 2012-13, thus contributing substantially these societies is 37,400 out of this 185 for rural development of the State woman Dairy Co-operatives are also functioning. The surplus milk from the Developmental efforts milk producers is collected by village 8.17 In order to utilize surplus milk and dairy co-operative societies, processed increase its revenue and to bring down and marketed by H.P. Milkfed. At its losses H.P. Milkfed has initiated the present the Milkfed is running 22 milk following developmental activities:- chilling centres having a total capacity of • Three more Processing Plants of 86,500 litres milk per day and eight milk capacity 5,000 litres per day shall processing plants having a total capacity be set up at Nalagarh, district of 85,000 litres milk per day. One Solan and Jangal Beri, district Powder plant of 5 MT per day at Hamirpur and Kinnaur district Duttnagar in Shimla District and one under IDDP-III project. cattle feed plant of 16 MT per day • A new Mineral Mixture Plant capacity at Bhor in District Hamirpur has and Urea Molasses Plant shall be been established and functioning. The set up at Bhor, Tehsil Bhoranj, average milk procurement is about district Hamirpur. 63,000 litres per day from the villages • A new milk chilling centres of through village dairy co-operatives. The 10,000 litre/ per day capacity has H.P. Milkfed is marketing approximately been set up at Nether, district 20,000 litres of milk per day which Kullu on 12-11-2013. includes milk supply to Punjab and

• A new Compressed Fodder Plant • Project amounting to `18,000.00 shall be set up at Lalsinghi, managerial grant per village dairy district Una. co-operative society is given to 110 • A new Cattle Feed Plant new societies under project capacity 16 MT per day at a cost IDDP-III in three districts i.e. of `170.00 lakh has been set up Hamirpur, Kinnaur & Solan. near Bhoranj, district Hamirpur. • A 50% cattle subsidy of • A new project amounting to ` `15,000/per animal is proposed for 2.95 crore for Bilaspur district purchasing 300 animals under under IDDP has been approved IDDP-III project for Solan, by Govt. of India. Hamirpur and Kinnaur districts. • A new project proposal • H.P. Milkfed has also diversified its amounting to `342.15 lakh under activities by manufacturing sweets CMP has been approved for during Deepawali festival and sold three districts of Sirmour, Mandi 230 quintals of sweets and 28 and Shimla. quintals Gazaks for Lori in the year • About 2,000 people have been 2013-14. provided direct employment • H.P. Milkfed is providing opportunities through Village refreshment kit to Blood donors at Dairy Co-operatives. IGMC Shimla.

New Innovations Achievement of H.P.Milkfed 8.18 H.P. Milkfed is manufacturing Nutrimix and ‘Nutrimix Sr. Particulars 2012-13 (upto No 30.11.13) manufacturing plant’ is installed at Milk 1 Organized Societies 807 822 Plant, Chakkar to cater to the need of 2 Membership 37098 37400 3 Milk procured(lakh ltrs) 259.54 170.00 the Welfare Department under ICDS 4 Milk Marketing(lakh ltrs) 95.04 45.00 project. During 2012-13, 23,994.84 qtls. 5 Ghee sold(MT) 253.02 130.40 6 Paneer sold (MT) 47.97 38.07 of ‘Nutrimix has been supplied. Besides 7 Butter sold(MT) 24.53 14.50 this H.P. Milkfed has manufactured & 8 Dahi sold(MT) 153.94 111.59 supplied 7,260 Qtls. of SMP to ICDS 9 Cattle Feed(in qtls.) 35837 22450 blocks during the year 2012-13 and upto November,2013 this year, 4,810.32 Qtls. 8.19 The H.P. Milk Federation of SMP and 17,513.30 Qtls. of Nutrimix not only provides a remunerative market have been supplied to ICDS blocks. to the milk producers living in remote • To keep pace with the present and far-flung areas but also makes level of growth the department has available milk and milk products to the prepared and submitted various consumers in urban areas at a projects to Govt. of India under competitive prices. In order to ensure different plan. that milk is instantaneously chilled at • The H.P. Milk Federation organize village level, H.P. Milkfed has installed training programme to milk 88 Bulk Milk Coolers at village level in producers at village level for various parts of the State. Also to bring educating them to produce good transparency and automation in the quality of milk. testing of milk at village level, H.P. Milkfed has installed 138 Automatic Milk

Collection Units in different Village Dairy The details of projected Co-operative societies. activities of the Federation during 2014-15 are as under:

Wool Procurement and Sr. Particulars Quantity Anticipated Marketing Federation No. Expenditure 8.20 The main objective of the ` in lakh Federation is to promote the growth and 1. Sheep wool 1,00,000 Kg. 51.88 development of wool industry in the 2. Angora 500 Kg. 03.00 Wool State of Himachal Pradesh and to free 3. Sheep 85,000 Nos. - wool growers from exploitation by the Shearing middleman/traders. 4. Sheep wool 60,000 Kg. - scouring In pursuance to the above carbonizing objective, the Federation is actively involved in procurement of sheep and FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE angora wool, sheep shearing at pasture 8.21 Himachal Pradesh is one level, sheep wool scouring and of the States amongst a few in the union marketing of wool. Sheep shearing is of India which has been gifted by done with the imported automatic mother nature with rivers emanating machines. from glaciers which traverse through hilly terrains and finally enrich the semi- During the year 2013-14 up plain area of the state with their oxygen to 31.12.2013 the sheep and angora rich water. Its linearly flowing rivers wool procurement is 60,004.750 Kg. and Beas, Satluj and Ravi receive many the value of the same is `32.83 lakh. streams during their downward journey and harbour the precious cold water fish The Federation is also fauna such as Schizothorax, Golden implementing a few centrally sponsored Mahseer and exotic Trouts. Cold water schemes for the benefit and upliftment resources of the state have shown their of sheep and angora breeders in the potential with the successful completion State. During current financial year the of ambitious Indo-Norwegian Trout benefits of these schemes is likely to farming Project and tremendous interest perculate to approximately 15,000 shown by the hill populace for the breeders. The Federation also adoption of evolved technology. The organizes woollen expo for providing commercially important fish species in marketing facilities to the wool Gobind Sagar and Pong Dam reservoirs breeders/local artisans. The Federation have become a tool for the upliftment of is also providing remunerative prices to local population. About 4,900 fishermen the wool growers for their produce by in the Pradesh depend directly on selling the wool in the established reservoir fisheries for their livelihood. markets. During 2013-14 (up to December, 2013), cumulative fish production was of

the level of 5,966 M.T. valued at `4,094 Farming Units lakh. The reservoir of Himachal Pradesh 2.Distribution of Fishing ` 17.10 lakh has the distinction of highest per hectare equipment (Gen.) 3.Distribution of Fishing `. 0.90 lakh fish production in Govind Sagar and equipment(SC/ST) farmer highest sale price value of fish catch in 4.Strengthening of Masheer ` 47.00 lakh Pong Dam in the country. The farm at Machhial Farm production of two major reservoirs was 5.Increasing in Fish production ` 14.00 lakh 1385.00 M.T. valued at ` 917.00 lakh up & Trout seed production 6. Aquaculture Development ` 250.00 lakh to December, 2013. During current year 7.Cage Fish Culture in ` 334.00 lakh upto December, 2013. 10.37 tonnes reserviors table size trout has been sold from the state farms and earning revenue to the Total `741.00 lakh tune of ` 84.64 lakh. Last few years sale of fish is shown in table 8.3. 8.23 The Department of Fisheries has initiated many welfare Table-8.3 schemes for the upliftment of fishermen. Table Size Trout Production During current year, a new scheme named “Backyard Fish Farming” (Kitchen Fish Ponds) has been started Year Production Revenue with the financial assistance of ` 78.00 (in tonnes) (` in lakh) lakh. Fishermen now are covered under 2009-10 15.20 74.67 insurance scheme where ` 1,00,000 is 2010-11 19.07 89.26 given in case of death and ` 50,000 on 2011-12 17.98 83.01 disability and even losses to their gear 2012-13 19.18 98.48 and crafts are being born by the State 2013-14(upto Govt. to the extent of 33 percent under Dec.,13) 10.37 84.64 “Risk Fund Scheme”. A contributory saving scheme has been initiated by the 8.22 The Department of State Govt. and matching state’s share Fisheries has constructed carp as well of deposited saving is provided to them as trout seed production farms in the during this season. The amount so state to cater the requirement of generated is paid to fishermen in two reservoirs rural Ponds and commercial equal monthly instalment. The scheme farms in public as well as private sector. wise achievements are as under:- Carp Farm seed production is `200.19 Sr. Name of Extent of Assistance lakh in 2012-13 and `125.84 lakh in No. Scheme 2013-14 (up to December, 2013). 1. Insurance ` 1.00 lakh(on death) Despite hilly terrain of the State scheme(50-50 aquaculture is being given due state and ` 0.50 lakh(disability) importance. Under “Rastriya Krishi central Govt.) Vikas Yojna” (RKVY) an outlay of 2. Saving-cum- `741.00 lakh has been approved by Relief scheme ` 1,200 (in two (during close Government with following breakup:- instalments season) per fisherman)

1.Const. of Backyard Fish ` 78.00 lakh

Department of Fisheries is union which has given full attention to earnestly contributing in the the amelioration of Economic Status of strengthening of rural economy and its dam oustees organized them in co- generation of employment opportunities operatives and has placed reservoir to the unemployed youth and various exploitation before them. schemes in this direction have been initiated. A total number of 1,995 self 8.24 Department achievement employment opportunities were during the financial year 2013-14, up generated by the department under to December 2013, anticipated up to various schemes. State of Himachal March, 2014 and targets for the year Pradesh is perhaps the only one in the 2014-15 is shown as below:

Items Achieved Targets fixed Anticipated upto for the year Targets Fixed December, 2013-14 for year 2013 2014-15 Fish Production from all sources(in tonnes) 5,966.00 8,080.00 10000.00 Fish Seed Production Carp farms (lakh) 125.84 220.00 240.00 Table Size trout Production (in tonnes) 10.37 18.00 18.00 Govt. sector Table Size trout Production (in tonnes) 104.76 150.00 250.00 Private Sector Employment generated (nos.) 1995 425 500

Total Revenue of the department (lakh) 147.39 143.59 175.00

9. FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT

FOREST achieved. During 2013-14 also 45 lakh 9.1 Forests in Himachal medicinal plants were planted with an Pradesh cover an area of 37,033 square investment of 10.00 crore in this kilo meters and form about 66.52 sector. percent of the total geographical area of the State. The strategy of Himachal Wild Life and Nature Pradesh Government in forestry Conservation management is conservation alongwith 9.3 Himachal Pradesh is rational utilization and side by side known for its diversity of animal and bird expanding its base. The plan habitual and population. The scheme programmes taken up by the Forest aims at improving the habitat and Department aim at fulfilling these policy facilitating provision of areas measures. Some of the important plan (sanctuaries & national parks) so as to programmes are as under:- afford protection to the various species of birds and animals facing extinction. Forest Plantation An Amount of 413.00 lakh was 9.2 Forest plantation is being revised against the approved outlay of carried out under Productive Forestry 412.00 lakh under State Plan (including Tribal Sub Plan) which was spent upto Scheme and Soil Conservation st Schemes. These Schemes include 31 March, 2013. Similarly, during the Improvement of Tree Cover, Raising current financial year 2013-14 an outlay Nurseries for Departmental Plantation of 440.00 lakh was approved against and Public Distribution, Development of which an amount of 186.22 lakh have Pastures and Grazing land been spent upto September,2013 and Improvement, Sanjhi Van Yojna, TFC the remaining will be spent upto and Protective Aforestation, Soil 31.3.2014. For the next financial year Conservation and Demonstration. An 2014-15, an outlay of 440.00 lakh area of 4,932 hectare has been have been proposed out of which achieved with a cost of ` 1,493.12 lakh 40.00 lakh is proposed for Tribal Sub up to 31st March, 2013. During the year Plan. 2013-14, anticipated targets of 4,607 hectares will be achieved with a cost of Forest Protection (Now 1,406.17 lakh out of which an area of Renamed as Intensification of 4,151 hectares have been achieved with Forest Management Scheme) a cost of `1,296.83 lakh upto 9.4 Forests are exposed to September, 2013 and the total dangers of fire, illicit felling and anticipated area of 4,750 hectares has encroachments. It is, therefore, felt been proposed for the next financial necessary that check posts at suitable year 2014-15. places are established to curb illicit timber trade, fire fighting equipments During the year 2012-13, the and techniques are introduced and total target to plant 45 lakh medicinal made available to all the forest divisions plants was fixed which has been

where fire is a major destructive element has been spent upto September,2013 and communication network is also and remaining will be spent upto required for good management and 31-3-2014. For the next financial year protection. Under this scheme, against 2014-15 2,200.00 lakh has been revised outlay of 57.26 lakh in respect proposed. of State Plan Scheme under Tribal & Non-Tribal was totally spent upto World Bank Aided Mid Himalaya 31.3.2013. An amount of 67.50 lakh Watershed Development has been approved for the current year Project: 2013-14 out of which 12.07 lakh has 9.6 Himachal Pradesh Mid been spent upto September,2013 and Himalaya Watershed Development remaining will be spent upto 31-3-2014. Project has been launched in the State For the next financial year 2014-15, w.e.f. 1.10.2005 for a period of 6 years 63.00 lakh has been proposed for with a total cost of 365 crore. under State Plan Scheme. Project cost is to be borne by the World Bank and the State Government at Swan River Integrated 80:20 ratio and 10 percent of the Project Watershed Management Project cost is to be contributed by the 9.5 Swan River Integrated beneficiaries. Now a new project called Watershed Management Project Una is Additional Financing for Mid Himalayan being implemented in the catchment of Watershed Development Project with a Swan River with the assistance of Japan total cost of ` 231.25 crore has been International Cooperation Agency (JICA) approved upto 2015-16 year. The in Una District. 22 Sub-watershed Project is now spread over 704 comprising of an area of 619 Sq. Kms. Panchayats. The overall goal of the covering 96 Panchayats have been project is to reverse the process of selected as the Project area for degradation of the natural resource implementation of various activities of base and improve the productive this project. The sharing cost of the potential of natural resources and project is 85:15 ratio, and duration at the incomes of the rural households in the inception of Project was 160.00 crore project areas in Himachal Pradesh. and 8 years (2006-07 to 2013-14), During the year 2012-13, the budget respectively. Now following the process outlay of `3,500.00 lakh was approved of micro-planning and as per the and spent upto 31st March, 2013 and recommendation of Midterm Review and outlay 7,000.00 lakh has been Evaluation (MTR & E) of the project held approved for the financial year 2013-14 in 2011, the cost and duration has been against which 1,951.18 lakh has been revised to tune of 215.00 crore and 9 spent upto September,2013 and years (2006-07 to 2014-15) respectively. remaining will be spent upto 31.3.2014 96 Gram Panchayats Development for the next financial year 2014-15. An Committees (PDC) formed and outlay 4,000.00 lakh has been registered. An amount of 3,500.00 proposed by the Government lakh was approved for the year 2012-13 against which an amount of 3,500.29 ENVIRONMENT lakh was spent. For the financial year 2013-14, an outlay of 4,500.00 lakh Significant achievements of has been approved and 2,282.44 lakh the Department during the year 2013-14

and Major Policy initiatives proposed to Development Policy Loan (DPL)/ be under taken during financial year Grant from government of India. 2014-15 is as under:- 9.11 The government of Himachal Pradesh had received a Setting up Centre on Science, Development Policy Loan of 100 Million Learning & Creativity US Dollar from the World Bank through 9.7 The Centre on Science, Govt. of India for shift towards green Learning & Creativity shall be set up in growth and sustainable development. the State with the aim to demystify The Government of Himachal Pradesh science and to make common people is making transformational shift towards and farmers aware about science. a model of sustainable economic-green growth. Financial support from financial Revision of Environmental institutions like the World Bank etc. is Policy being sought for upscaling this programme and move towards green 9.8 During the year 2013-14 growth. For the financial year 2014-15 Environmental Policy of the State is the govt. has also proposed a loan of being reoriented and restructured to 100 million US Dollar under this ensure sustainable development of the scheme. State.

Environment Master Plan State Strategy and Action Plan 9.12 The Government has on Climate Change finalized the EMP document during the 9.9 The State Action Plan on year 2013-14 for effectively managing Climate Change has been finalized as a the fragile environment of the State. part of adaptation and mitigation During the year 2014-15, the sectoral strategies and has been approved by guidelines prepared under this Plan National Expert Committee. Under this shall be adopted and implemented in plan the various adaptation actions shall the State. be implemented in the State. School Environment Audit State Centre on Climate Change 9.13 The State council is 9.10 The State centre on training 100 ECO clubs established in climate change has been strengthened the State to audit the school resources so that it can give the required level of like water, energy, land, waste and air inputs to the State for combating the during 2013-14. problem of climate change. Keeping in view the likely impacts of climate SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY change on the livelihood practices of Significant achievements people of State the research on climate of the Department during 2013-14 and change impacts on agriculture, Major Policy initiatives proposed to be horticulture would be carried out under taken during the financial year through State Centre on Climate 2014-15 is as under. Change during 2014-15.

Web Based Monitoring and reoriented and restructured towards Evaluation of Government bringing effective technological Schemes and Programmes. upliftment in skills and farming systems in rural areas of the State. It would also 9.14 In order to facilitate aim to ensure the human resource informed decisions making and greater development in the field of bio- transparency, the State aims to invest technology besides the propagation of resources to promote the use of GIS in bio technological education, research decision making. The monitoring and and training. evaluation of Government Schemes and programmes are being scaled-up. (a) For this, two days Stake Holders During the year 2013-14 all the major Workshop on revision of State departments have been covered for Biotechnology policy was developing Desktop & Web based organised at Shimla and applications in the State in the necessary suggestions were in Aryabhatta Geo Informatics & Space corporated in the draft policy. Application Centre (AGISAC) to facilitate the use of spatial and geo spatial (b) One day seminar workshop is technologies for planning and proposed to hold at Baddi for implementation of developmental feedback from Bio-technology programmes activities in the State more Industries. effectively.

Preparation of H.P. Science & H.P. State Bio-Diversity Board Technology Policy 9.17 The H.P. state Bio diversity Board is implementing 9.15 The Department of the GEE-UNEP- MOEF Project for Environment & technology has prepared strengthening implementation of draft Science & Technology policy for Biological Diversity Act, 2002 with focus the State wherein it would be ensured on access and benefit sharing that implementation of science and provisions on pilot basis in the State. technology Policy will achieve its objectives by: (a) Reducing in equality Snow and Glacier Risk Hazard (b) Recuing dependency Monitoring (c) Using natural resources within 9.18 In view of climate change jurisdictional boundaries. threats and risks, during the year 2014-15, the Department would aim to Revision of Bio-technology undertake studies on snow and glaciers Policy risk hazards, zonation of glacier rivers valleys besides monitoring of glacier, 9.16 The existing bio- lakes etc. in the State. technology policy document is being

10. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

DRINKING WATER

10.1 Water management is an 1,340 habitations under Central sector important issue. Provision of safe and 158 habitations under State sector drinking water has been the priority of have been covered up to November, the state Govt. All the census villages in 2013. An expenditure of `121.47 crore the state have been provided with (`40.98 crore under central sector and drinking water facilities by March, 1994. `80.49 crore under state sector) has With the enforcement of National been incurred up to October, 2013. Drinking Water Supply guidelines w.e.f. 1.4.2009 and subsequent realignment / Hand pump Programme mapping of habitations, there are 53,205 10.2 The Government has an habitations in the state, Out of which ongoing Programme of providing hand- 19,473 habitations (7,632 habitation with pumps with focus on regions facing population coverage >0<100 and 11,841 scarcity of water during summer season. habitations with 0 population coverage) Total 28,894 hand pumps have been are identified having inadequate drinking installed up to March, 2013. During the water. The criteria of coverage of year 2013-14 target for installation 2,000 habitations have been changed to hand pumps has been kept against population based coverage to ensure which 1305 hand pumps have been Water Security at household level. As installed up to November, 2013 and per request of various States, During remaining 695 hand pumps are 2010-11 Govt. of India had directed the expected to be installed upto March, states for data correction of survey 2014. status of 1-4-2009 and as per data updation during 2013 status of Urban Water Supply habitations as on 1-4-2013 was 10.3 Under drinking water finalized as given below:- scheme, the work of operation and maintenance of 51 towns of the state is Total Habita-tions Habita-tions looked after by the IPH Department. No. of with 100% with population Augmentation work of 47 Urban Water Habita- population coverage tions coverage >0and Supply Schemes have been completed <100 upto March, 2013. Water Supply to 53,604 29,911 23,693 Dharamshala, Kangra, Hamirpur, (55.80%) (44.20%) Sarkaghat, Nagrota Bagwan, Kullu, Mandi, Rampur, Manali and Nahan in During the year 2013-14, progress through UIDSSMT and State against the target of covering 2,500 Sector Schemes. During the year habitations (1,250 habitations under 2013-14 a budget provision of `13.53 State sector and 1,250 habitations under crore has been kept for augmentation of central sector) with an out lay of water supply schemes, against which an ` 170.48 crore and ` 161.27 crore expenditure of `1.82 crore has been respectively, 1,498 habitations in which incurred upto October, 2013.

IRRIGATION 4,025 hectares) and the Nadaun area in 10.4 To increase the crop District, Hamirpur (CCA 6,471 hectares) production the importance of irrigation is well established. Adequate and timely The scheme-wise achieve- supply of irrigation water to crops is the ments during the year 2013-14 are as pre-requisite in the agriculture below:- production process, particularly in areas where the rainfall is scanty and irregular. Major and Medium Irrigation The supply of land is fixed, i.e. inelastic; 10.7 During 2013-14, an therefore, the accelerated growth in amount of ` 9,100.00 lakh has been production is possible through multiple provided to bring an area of 1,500 cropping and realization of higher crop hectares under Major and Medium yield per unit area, which in turn irrigation. Up to October,2013, an depends upon irrigation. Creation of expenditure of ` 128.46 crore has been irrigation potential and its optimum incurred under this scheme. utilization continues to receive a high priority in Government Planning. Minor Irrigation 10.8 During the year 2013-14, 10.5 Out of the total there is a budget provision of geographical area of 55.67 lakh ` 13,849.00 lakh in the state sector to hectares of Himachal, only 5.83 lakh provide irrigation facilities to an area of hectares is the net area sown. It is 3,000 hectares against which Upto estimated that ultimate irrigation October, 2013, an area of 1,842 potential of the state is approximately hectares has been covered with an 3.35 lakh hectares. Out of this, 0.50 expenditure of ` 138.18 lakh. lakh hectares can be brought under irrigation through major and medium Command Area Development irrigation projects and balance 2.85 lakh 10.9 During the year 2013-14, a hectares of area can be provided provision of ` 2,000.00 lakh including irrigation through minor irrigation central assistance has been kept for schemes. Till date 2.57 lakh hectares constructing field channels and land has been brought under the warabandi in Shahnehar Project in irrigation facility. 5,000 hectares against which 1,367 hectares of field channel and 300 10.6 The only major irrigation hectares under warabandi has been project in the state is Shahnehar Project covered upto October,2013. in Kangra District. The project has been completed and irrigation facility to 15,287 hectares land is being provided. Flood Control Works At present, work on 4 medium Irrigation 10.10 During the year 2013-14 a Projects has been taken in hand in the sum of ` 4,942.00 lakh has been State. These are Balh Valley Project provided to protect 500 hectares of land. (CCA 2,780 hectares) Sidhatha (CCA An amount of ` 554.05 lakh has been 3,150 hectares) Phinna Singh (CCA spent to protect an area of 455 hectare up to October, 2013.

11. INDUSTRIES AND MINING

INDUSTRIES (` in crore) 11.1 Himachal Pradesh has Heads Kandrori Pandoga made significant achievements in the field (Kangra) (Una) of industrialisation in the past few years. i) Proposed GOI ` 50.00 ` 50.00 The special package of incentive as Grant announced by the government of India ii)SIA/State Govt. ` 26.74 ` 39.20 has ushered a new era in the field of Share iii)Beneficiary industrialization of the state. `30.24 `22.80 industries contribution/loan Status of Industrialization Total: `106.98 `112.00 11.2 As on 31.12.2013 there are 39,819 industrial units registered with the Prime Minister’s Employment Industries Department on permanent Generation Programme (PMEGP) basis having the total investment of 11.4 As on 31.12.2013, against `.17,339.89 crore and providing the revised allocated targets of 649 employment to 2,78,528 persons. Out of Cases , 750 cases have been sponsored these 494 industrial units are Medium to various banks , out of which 266 cases and Large scale units. involving margin money subsidy ` 354.40 lakh, have been sanctioned and in 127 Industrial Areas/Estates cases, an amount of `199.25 lakh of 11.3 As on 31.12.2013, an Margin Money subsidy has been amount of ` 12.80 crore has been disbursed in which 403 persons have sanctioned for acquisition of land for been employed. development of industrial Area/ Estate and various development work of various Assistance to States for existing industrial areas an balance development of export budge of `4.45 crore will be spent before, 31.12.2013. infrastructure for export and allied activities (ASIDE): In addition to above, the Department has to set up three States-of- 11.5 State Component: the-Art Industrial Areas in Kangra, Una Under this Scheme there was and Solan Districts and accordingly the a balance amount of `117.50 crore at the department has submitted two project end of last year and grant of ` 527 crore proposals to Government of India for has been released to the State under development of State-of-the-Art Industrial state component of ASIDE during Kandrori, District Kangra and Pandoga, 2013-14, out of which an amount of District Una under Modified Industrial ` 209.32 crore has been spent on going Infrastructure up-gradation Scheme works. The amount of `435.18 crore will (MIIUS). The detail of means of Finance be spent on the execution of works which of each project is as under:- would be approved by State Level Export Promotion Committee.

Central Component : Under “Marketing Incentive” (MI) During the year 2013-14, three component, the Government of India has projects have been sanctioned under sanctioned matching grant of `143.79 central component of ASIDE, in district lakh out of which an amount of `107.50 Una, Solan & Sirmour. Total project cost lakh has been released by State is `41.91 crore including central grant and Government. About 13,000 handloom state share. Till date total `36.47 crore weavers of 60 handloom agencies have sanctioned as central grant. been benefited.

Sericulture Industry Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima 11.6 Sericulture is an one of the Yojna important agro-based rural cottage 11.8 Up to 31.12.2013, during industries of the Pradesh that provides the current financial year 1,850 weavers gainful employment to about 9,200 rural have been covered under the scheme. families for supplementing their income by producing Silk Cocoons. Nine silk yarn Health Insurance Scheme: reeling units have been set up in private 11.9 During the current financial sector i.e. District Kangra and Bilaspur year upto December, 2013, 4,000 three each and in Hamirpur, Mandi and weavers have been covered under this Una one each with the assistance of scheme. st Government. Upto 31 December, 2013, 191.77 M.T. Silk Cocoons were produced Marketing and Export Promotion that was converted into raw silk of 24.19 Scheme M.T. providing an income of about ` 654 11.10 To promote marketing of lakh by sale of Silk products in the State. handloom products, the Govt. of India The anticipated production of Silk Cocoon has sanctioned 10 exhibitions in favour of is 192 M.T. and converted raw silk H.P. Handicrafts & Handloom production is 24.25 M.T. during the year. Corporation and HIMBUNKAR, Kullu to

organize Exhibition-cum-Sale Events in Handloom and Handicrafts various parts of the State during 2013-14 11.7 Under “Cluster Approach” upto December,2013. component of integrated handloom development scheme, an amount of MINING `28.305 lakh along with State share of 11.11 Minerals constitute a `1.55 lakh has been released for fundamental component of State’s implementation of 3rd phase of handloom economic base. Good quality limestone, clusters scheme in Janjehali (Mandi), which is one of the ingredients in the Jawali (Kangra) and Tissa (Chamba) for manufacture of cement, is available in benefit of 1,394 Weavers. Government of plenty in the State. Presently Six Cement India has also sanctioned one more plants (two units) of ACC at Barmana, handloom cluster for Ghumarwin District Bilaspur, (two units), of Ambuja at (Bilaspur) at a project cost of ` 56.35 lakh Kashlog District Solan (one unit) of M/S and released an amount of `16.15 lakh as J.P. Industry at Baga-Bhalag and (one first instalment for benefit of about 300 unit) of M/S CCI at Rajban District weavers.

Sirmaur are already in operation. The and building stone. A part from carrying establishment of other three major plants out development and regulation of Mines at Sundernagar, District Mandi, (M/s & Minerals, the Geological wing, Harish Cement (Grasim), Gumma- Department of Industries also conduct Rohaha, District Shimla, (The India Geo-technical investigations/ inspections Cement Ltd.) Alsindi, District Mandi (M/s at various road alignments, bridges sites, Lafarge India Ltd.) are underway and buildings and geo-environmental studies accordingly mining leases have been etc. granted in their favour. For establishment of a large Cement Plant at Broh Shind, During 2012-13 about `147.90 District Chamba, MoU has been signed crore and during 2013-14 (upto by the Govt. with J. P. Industries. Nov.,2013) about `72.24 crore of royalty from minerals have been realized and In addition, the Govt. has total revenue earning to the tune of also granted prospecting licenses to the `130.00 crore as estimated during current companies in order to carry out the financial years . detailed study for proving the deposits, quantity and quantity of limestone and (i) New leases granted: other associated minerals. M/s During 2012-13, Three mining Associated Cement Companies Ltd., leases under major minerals and Dhara Badhu, Tehsil Sundernagar, One mining lease under minor District Mandi, M/s Dalmia Cements, minerals have been granted and Village/Mauza Karaili-Kothi-Sal-Bagh, during 2013-14 (upto Teshil Sunni, District Shimla, H.P., M/s November,2013) One prospecting Ambuja Cement Ltd., Village/ Mauza licence under major minerals has Gyana, Chalyan, Basyana, Barsanu, been granted, while Two mining Mangu, Karara etc., Tehsil Arki, District leases under minor mineral have Solan, H.P, M/S Reliance cementation been granted. situated in Mauza sugrathi, Thangar Kura Khera, Pauli Khera Kandal and Dedera, (ii) Geo Technical Investigation: Tehsil Chopal, District Shimla, H.P. During 2012-13, 12 numbers and during 2013-14 (Upto November, Other commercially exploitable 2013) 21 numbers of Geo technical minerals in the State are Shale, Baryte, reports pertaining to foundation Silica sand, Rock salt, Quartzite, building testing of bridge sites, Geological material like sandstone, sand, bajri evolutions of road alignments, landslides etc. were sent to user agencies for further action.

12. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT 12.1 As per 2011 Census, 30.05 31.12.2012 in Public Sector was 2,72,037 percent of the total population of the and in private sector was 1,37,051 and Pradesh is classified as main workers, establishments in Public sector are 4,141 21.81 percent marginal workers and the and in Private sector the number of rest 48.15 percent as non-workers of establishments are 1,630. the total workers (main+marginal) 57.93 percent are cultivators and 4.92 Vocational Guidance percent agricultural labourers, 1.65 per 12.3 There are total four cent are engaged in household industry vocational Guidance centres under and 35.50 per cent in other activities. The Labour and Employment Department out employment assistance/ information of which one vocational guidance centre service to job seekers in the Pradesh is at the 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 employment information and guidance Information and Guidance Bureau at bureau, 55 sub-employment exchanges, Palampur and Shimla. These Vocational one special employment exchange for Guidance Centres impart vocational physically handicapped, one central guidance to needy applicants. During the employment cell, Vocational Guidance period 1.04.2013 to 30.11.2013, 200 and Employment Counselling to the youth camps were organized in the different as well as in the matter of collection of parts of the state. Employment Market Information Centre are working in the State. All 67 Central Employment Cell Employment Exchanges have been 12.4 With a view to provide computerized and 63 Employment technical and highly skilled manpower Exchanges are online. Efforts are on to to all the industrial units, Institutions and bring remaining 04 Employment establishments, the central employment Exchanges on line. Software is being got cell which has been set up in the developed through National Informatics Directorate of Labour and Employment of Centre, H.P. whereby registration, re- the State remained engaged in rendering registration and renewal of registration its services during the year 2013-14. (besides employment exchanges) will be Under this scheme, assistance is enabled to be got done through the 3,366 provided to the employment seekers on Lok Mitra Kendra’s of the State. the one hand in finding suitable jobs in private sector according to their Employment Market Information qualifications on the other hand to recruit Programme suitable workers without wastage of 12.2 At the district level, the money, material and time. During the employment data is being collected under year 2013-14, upto November, 2013 total the Employment Market Information 96 vacancies of various natures were Programme since 1960. The total notified by the Employers of Private employment in the State as on Sector establishments. Total 1,100

candidates of various trades of skilled the specific points, in departmental 200 nature were sponsored in the various points Rosters i.e. 1st ,30th,73rd, 101st, Industrial Units in the Private Sector 130th, 173rd ; (1st and 101st for Visually in the Pradesh upto 30.11.2013. Total 14 disabled and 30th and 130th for Hearing job seekers were placed in various disabled and 73rd and 173rd for locomotor Private Sector Industrial Units in the disabled). During the year 2013-14 from Pradesh. From 01.04.2013 to 1.4.2013 to 30.11.2013, 1,503 physically 30.11.2013, this cell has organized 120 disabled persons were brought on the campus interviews wherein 1,608 Live Register of the Special Employment candidates have been placed. The Exchange bringing the total number to Centre Employment Cell also organizes 17,026. During this period 16 physically Job Fairs in the State. 08 Job Fairs have disabled persons were placed in been organized (From 1-4-2013 to employment. 30-11-2013) by the Department. In these 08 Job fairs, 3,001 candidates were Labour Welfare Measures placed in employment in different 12.6 Under the Bonded Labour Industries in the State. System Abolition Act, 1976 the District Vigilance Committees and Sub Division Special Employment Exchange Vigilance Committees have been for Physically Handicapped. constituted to monitor and ensure the 12.5 The special employment implementation of Bonded Labour exchange for the placement of physically System (Abolition) Act 1976. A State disabled (visually disabled, hearing Level Standing Committee on the report disabled and locomotor disabled) of Expert Group on Bonded Labour persons was set-up in the Directorate of System and other related Acts in the Labour and Employment during the State has been constituted. The year,1976. This special exchange Pradesh Govt. has established two renders assistance to the physically Labour Courts-cum-Industrial Tribunals disabled candidates in the field of one with headquarter at Shimla with its vocational guidance and also provides jurisdiction of District Shimla, Kinnaur, employment assistance in Private Sector. Solan and Sirmaur and the other at The Physically disabled persons who Dharamshala with its jurisdiction of constitute the weaker section of society District Kangra, Chamba, Una, Hamirpur, have been provided number of facilities/ Bilaspur, Mandi, Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti. concession which include free of cost The Presiding Officers of Labour Courts- medical examination of the disabled cum-Industrial Tribunals of the rank of persons through the Medical Boards District and Session Judges have been constituted at the State and District level, appointed for each Labour Courts cum- relaxation of age by 5 Years, exemption Industrial Tribunals. for qualifying type test for those who suffer from disability in the upper limbs Employees Insurance and extremities, 3 percent reservation for Provident Fund Scheme appointment in Class-III & Class-IV posts, 12.7 The Employees State reservation of 5 percent seats in girls Insurance is applicable in the areas of Industrial Training Institute and Tailoring Solan, Parwanoo, Barotiwala, Nalagarh, Centres and providing reservation against Baddi in Solan District, Mehatpur, Bathri

& Gagret in Una District, Poanta Sahib & district under the Chairmanship of Deputy Kala Amb in Sirmour District, Golthai in Commissioner. Further, Workers Biaspur District, Mandi, Ratti, Ner Chowk, Committees having representative of Bhangrotu, Chakkar & Gutkar in Mandi Employers and Employees have been District and Industrial Area Shoghi & constituted in Industries having more than Municipal area of Shimla in District one hundred workers in one Shimla. About 4,510 establishments with Establishment. an estimated 2,12,210 insured persons are covered under ESI Scheme in H.P. Building & Other Construction upto 30.11.2013. Under employees Workers (RE&CS) ACT, 1996 and provident fund scheme about 9,08,525 Cess Act, 1996 workers have been brought in 7,718 12.9 Under this Act, various establishments up to 30.11.2013 There provisions have been made to implement were 1,246 Trade unions registered welfare provisions such as providing under the Trade Union Act, 1926 upto Maternity/ Paternity benefit, Retirement 31.11.2013 As per Industrial Disputes Pension, Disability Pension, Funeral Act, 1947, 715 reports received under Assistance, Financial Assistance for Section 12(4) of the Act were examined education of children, Financial and concluded resulting in notification of Assistance for Marriage of the children 235 Industrial disputes for adjudication to and own marriage of female member and Labour Court-cum-industrial Tribunals, providing bicycle to lady workers. The whereas 620 cases were refused. provision has also been made to obtain Industrial Relations loan for purchasing tools and 12.8 The problem of Industrial purchase/construction of house. The Relations has gained considerable Board may also construct/hire buildings importance on account of expansion of for transit hostels for Building & Other industrial activities in the Pradesh. Construction Workers wherein the Conciliation machinery has been number is more than 300. The Board is functioning in the Pradesh and has also covering Building & Other proved as an important agency for the Construction Workers under Rashtriya settlement of industrial disputes and Swasthya Bima Yojna and Jan Shri Bima maintaining industrial Peace and Yojna. These benefits are available to the harmony. Function of Conciliation Officer Building & Other Construction Workers has been entrusted to the Joint Labour registered with the Board and Commissioner, Deputy Labour beneficiaries as well as continue these Commissioner, Labour Officers & Labour memberships at nominal contribution Inspectors in the field within their @ `10 per month and total cost of welfare respective jurisdiction. Higher authorities schemes is borne by the Board from the from Directorate level intervene in the Building & Other Construction Workers cases/disputes where the conciliation Welfare Fund. 1048 Establishments, fails to bring about any amicable 45,683 beneficiaries are registered with settlement at lower level. For looking into the Board and cess amounting to `184/- the problems of the workers/ labourers crore approx. has been deposited with and management of Hydel Projects, the the H.P. Building & Other Construction Himachal Pradesh Government has Workers Welfare Board, Shimla upto constituted Tripartite Committees in each 30.11.2013.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCE 7. Enrolled in any skill development SCHEME: training anywhere in India 12.10 The Skill Development Allowance scheme is a flagship There will be no requirement programme of the Government. A of minimum education qualification for budgetary provision of `100 crore has admissibility of allowance under the been made for this Scheme for the Scheme when applicant wants to pursue financial year 2013-14. Its purpose is to training in Sectors such as masonry, aid the educated un-employed youth of carpentry, blacksmith or plumbing etc. Himachal Pradesh to enhance their Based on the number of persons employability and income through skill registered in Employment Exchanges, development. The Scheme provides an District wise targets of beneficiaries have allowance @ `1,000/- per month for youth been given to Districts. The Department doing skill training and @ `1,500/- per has been putting continuous efforts for month for 50% permanently physically implementation of the SDA Scheme and disabled for duration of training (subject for bringing more beneficiaries under this to maximum 2 years). The Scheme has Scheme, by way of convening meetings the following eligibility conditions: with Field Functionaries and stakeholders 1. Bona fide Himachali status to the Scheme and by way of giving wide 2. Un-employed (neither employed in publicity to the Scheme through Government or Private Sector nor Newspapers, Flex banners/hoardings, self employed) Radio, Posters, SMS Messages to the 3. Minimum education qualification of applicants and also publicity through 8th pass various Departments/Corporations. 4. Age eligibility of 16 to below 36 Consequently as on 19.12.2013, `361.43 years lakh have been disbursed among 24,585 5. Family income of less than `2 lakh beneficiaries under the Scheme. per annum

6. Registration in any Employment Exchange as on date of application

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 widely investigations, it has been estimated recognized role as a catalyst to that about 23,000 MW of hydel economic activity in different sectors potential can be exploited in the state of economy, the power sector makes by constructing various major, a direct and significant contribution to medium, small and mini/micro hydel economy in terms of revenue projects on these five river basins. generation, employment Out of this hydel potential only opportunities and enhancing the 8,432.47 MW has been harnessed by quality of life. various agencies which also includes 477.50 MW by H.P.S.E.B.Ltd. 13.2 Himachal Pradesh has been blessed with vast hydroelectric The Basin-wise details of the potential in its five river basins, assessed potential and the potential namely Yamuna, Satluj, Beas, Ravi actualized are as under:- and Chenab.

Assessed Potential

Name of Projects Capacity (MW) Yamuna 794 Satluj 10,226 Beas 5,721 Ravi 2,912 Chenab 3,037 Self Identified/New Identified 310 Total 23,000

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

TOTAL IDENTIFIED HYDRO POWER POTENTIAL (MW) State Central/ Private Sector Sector Joint Sr. Above Upto 5 MW Total PARTICULARS HPSEBL/ Sector/HP No 5MW (through (MW) HPPCL Share HIMURJA) (MW) (MW) 1 Projects 478 5,903 1,829 222 8,432 Commissioned 2 Under Execution/ 966 2,532 765 179 4,442 Construction 3 Under Implementation/ 1,285 66 866 365 2,582 Obtaining Clearances 4 Under Investigation 1,034 588 3,340 510 5,472 5 Under Litigation/ - - 1,007 - 1,007 dispute 6 Abandoned schemes in view of environmental 20 - 735 - 755 & social concerns 7 To be allotted - - 310 - 310 TOTAL 3,783 9,089 8,852 1,276 23,000

Hydro Power Policy for Projects respectively in lieu of 40 years above 5 MW concession period. On this analogy 13.4 In order to give a boost the Govt. is in process of allotment to Hydro Power Generation, Himachal of projects of capacity to the tune of Pradesh has formulated Hydro Power about 1500 MW for implementation in Pvt. Sector. Policy. The main features of this iii. The Developer shall make a policy are:- provision of 1.5% of final cost of the Project towards Local Area i. All Projects above 5 MW shall be Development Committee (LADC), allotted to IPPs (Independent the activities of which shall be Power Producers) through financed by the Project itself. International Competitive Bidding. iv. For benefits of local people and ii. Recently the Govt. of HP has taken local areas of the State, affected a decision for inviting Global Bids due to implementation of Hydro- for allotment of various Hydro electric Projects, the State Govt. Electric Projects in Private Sector has introduced a provision in line on BOOT basis. The project shall with the National Hydro Power be allotted through International Policy-2008, vide its notification Competitive Bidding (ICB) Route dated 30.11.2009 for providing an on the basis of quoting highest Additional Free Power @ 1% of the Upfront Premium over & above a generated energy from all Hydel threshold value of Upfront Premium Power Projects which would be with levying Normal Free Power earmarked for Local Area Royalty as per the prevailing rates Development Fund (LADF). This i.e. @ (12+1)%, (18+1)% & fund would be available in the form (30+1)% for the first 12 years, next of Free Power as an annuity over 18 years & balance 10 years of the the entire life of the Project. The agreement period after commercial Govt. of HP vide its notification operation commissioning

dated 5.10.2011, issued including discharge measurement comprehensive Guidelines for the system for the release of laid down management of the LADF wherein minimum flow immediately a cash incentives to the Local downstream of the diversion Population in the Projects Affected structure. Areas(PAAs), out of the funds received on account of sale of viii) Disposal of Power: Additional Free Power @ 1% after The developer shall be free to COD of the Projects which shall dispose of such power as contribute towards the upliftment of remains after meeting the Local Population in Projects commitments of royalty in shape Affected Areas as the same shall of free power and Additional Free be disbursed annually during the Power through Merchant sale. entire life time of the Projects in ix) Rationalization of Milestones: terms of cash Transfer in favour of To make the implementation of beneficiary family declared as PAF. Projects more realistic the State v. The operation period of the Government vide its notification Projects shall be forty years from issued on 07.07.2012, has the Scheduled Commercial incorporated a provision for Operation Date (COD) of the extension at various levels so that Projects, where after, the Project the Projects stucked due to shall revert to the State extraordinary delays can be Government free of cost. regularized and the same may be vi. The Company shall have to provide brought back to the track. employment to Bonafide x) Optimization of Potential: Himachalis, in respect of all the The State Government for unskilled/skilled staff and other achieving optimization of the total non-executives as may be required Hydro Potential of the State has for execution, operation and engaged reputed consultancy firm maintenance of the Project. If it is for digitization of Basin Wise not possible to recruit 100% staff Plans, identification of new from Himachalis for justifiable projects & optimization. This reasons, only then the Company study stands completed by M/s shall maintain not less than 70% of Lahmeyer International (I) Pvt. the total employees/ officers/ Ltd., wherein the consultant has executives from Bonafide explored the possibilities to Himachali persons. enhance the existing potential of vii. Release of Min. Discharge 23,000MW to about 27,000MW, The H.P government make however the same is being provision in policy to the Developer verified on the basis of ‘if, Run-of-the River (ROR) feasibilities of various newly Project’ shall ensure minimum flow identification Projects proposed in of 15% water immediately Report. downstream of the diversion xi) Capacity Enhancement: structure of the project all the For the point of view of times as per the Policy of optimization of the existing Department of Environment, Govt. Projects, the Government has of H.P., as applicable from time to formulated a policy for time. The Developer shall provide enhancement of the existing necessary arrangement/ capacities by imposing mechanism in the civil structure additionalties benefit sharing

applicable on the increase management of LADF vide Capacity Addition Charges shall notification dated 05.10.2011, be levied on capacity increase amplifying the utilization of LADF beyond allotted capacity @ ` 20 funds at various levels. The lakh per MW and Addl. Free Government introduced provision Power @ 3% of the capacity for LADF @ 1.5% of the cost of increases beyond allotted Project December, 2006 and a capacity. considerable expenditure has xii) Domain Change: been incurred on this account. To The State Government access the development/ formulated a policy allowing all achievements under Local Area domain changes resulting to Development Funds (LADF), the optimization of potential by Government has carried out allotting un-utilized domains vide studies to assess the impacts due Government notification dated to Project Implementation, LADF 15.06.2010. activities & R&R plans in sampled xiii) Web Based Monitoring: 10 Hydro Electric Projects (HEPs) The Government of H.P. has through Himachal Pradesh Agro made all its efforts to develop, University which has submitted its adopt and implement a web final report in January, 2013. The based real time monitoring of findings of the report, reveals that milestones in implementation of LADF has considerably hydroelectric Projects in various contributed in the Local Area sectors in Himachal Pradesh. The Development and majoring of the programming of on-line Local Population in PAAs have monitoring mechanism through shown a satisfaction response the official web site of Directorate towards development of Local of Energy has already been put in Areas. Beside the above, the place association with National Government vide its notification Informatics Centre (NIC). The dated 30.11.2009 has introduced monitoring of progress of a cash incentives to the Local implementation of CAT Plans, Population in the PAAs, out of the release of environmental flows funds received on account of sale and social parameters has also of Additional Free Power @ 1% been made possible by providing after COD of the Projects which web linked access to the web shall contribute towards the sites of concerned upliftment of the Local Population department/organization viz: H.P. in PAA as the same shall be Forest Department, H.P. Sate available for the entire life time of Pollution Control Board and the Projects. AGiSAC respectively. All the a) Prior to Commissioning of related policies, guidelines, the Project notifications and updated The Project developer shall information in respect of Hydro contribute a minimum of Power development in Himachal 1.5% of final cost of the Pradesh are placed in Public Project for Projects for more Domain section. than 5 MW capacity and a xv Local Area Development Fund minimum of 1% for Projects (LADF): of capacity upto 5 MW. The State Government While the Project Cost to formulated guidelines for the LADF, they may contribute

more if they so desire. continued till the entire life Initially the LADF will be of the Project. The worked out on the basis of government is in process for the Project Cost as per DPR implementing this policy in for depositing with the other scheme also. concerned Deputy c) Cumulative Impact Commissioner. After Assessment Studies: completion of the Project, Numbers of hydropower the LADF will be worked out projects are planned on the on the final completed cost. various rivers and their b) Post Commissioning major tributaries in the state Project developers of all of Himachal Pradesh. While capacities shall contribute each project is planned to 1% Free Power for LADF be environmentally over and above the rates of compliant and sustainable, royalty agreed to be paid to yet, their cumulative or the State Government in the aggregate impact is Implementation Agreement generally not known and (IA)/Supplementary seldom studied. Following Implementation Agreement an understanding that each (SIA), as the case may be. Hydro-Electric Project This additional 1% (one (HEP) is generally percent) free power, over environment norm and above the royalty compliant yet their component provided to the aggregate or cumulative host State will be a pass impact may not be as through in tariff. The favourable. Hence, revenue collected by the assessment of cumulative Nodal Agency (Directorate impact has been committed of Energy) from sale of such by the State of HP and 1% free power (contribution accordingly it is going from the project Developer) ahead in a phased manner will be transferred to the with Cumulative Local Area Development Environment Impact Fund for each Project. The Assessment Study for all Government after notifying the river basins in the State. the Policy for post The first in the series is commissioning LADF @ 1 Sutlej Basin and its Draft % (AFP)has now been Interim Progress Report has started implementation in been received. The study is respect of a pilot Project likely to take some time and namely Chamera-3 HEP finalization and acceptance 213 MW against which the at various levels of the cash transfer in favour of same for ultimate policy the entitled beneficiaries in changes may take even PAA, has already been more time. started which shall be

The basin wise detail in These schemes are being respect of CEIA Studies is as under:- executed on Turnkey basis as per guidelines of REC. This would facilitate in an early 1 Satluj The studies are in completion. This scheme also progress by ICFRE envisage strengthening of Dehradun and at an Distribution System in rural areas advance stage. of all the 12 Districts by providing 2 Chenab The studies are in 2,092 new Distribution sub- progress by M/s R. S stations of adequate capacity and Envirolink lines. Technologies P. Ltd. 10th plan Project: - Scheme of 3 Ravi TOR is under process. Chamba District. was sanctioned 4 Yamuna Process for preparation by M/S REC for ` 25.02 crore in of TOR is being Dec, 2005 during 10th plan and initiated now the scheme has been 5 Beas Draft TOR has been revised for ` 66.33 crore by M/s prepared and has been REC. Total amount for ` 59.65 submitted for getting crore have been released approval from MoEF. against Ist, IInd & IIIrd installments by REC and payment of ` 42.37 crore has been released, while H.P State Electricity Board bills of approximately ` 6.14 Ltd crore are already in process of payment to the firm. Thus total 13.5 CENTRALLY SPONSERED financial progress is ` 48.51 SCHEMES AND crore upto December,2013. DEPARTMENTAL SCHEMES. (i) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Works executed in Chamba Vidyutikaran Yojna: District upto December, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen 2013:-33kV HT Line 24.480 Vidyutikaran Yojna was launched kms., 11kV HT line 207.407 in April, 2005 with the aim to kms., LT line 404.665 Kms., electrify all un-electrified villages / Distribution Transformers 175 habitations & provide access to Nos., 4 Nos 33/11kV Sub- electricity in every households stations augmented (Koti, having provision of 90% capital Sihunta, Nakrod & Gharola), subsidy & 10% Loan. HPSEB electrification of BPL formulated District-wise Households 977 Nos. and 15 electrification schemes under Nos. un-electrified villages have “Rajiv Gandhi Grameen been electrified upto December, Vidyutikaran Yojna” (RGGVY) as 2013 in Pangi Block of Chamba per guidelines of Rural District. Electrification Corporation (REC). Implementation of these schemes 11th plan projects :- Schemes would ensure reliable and quality for eleven Districts namely power supply in the rural areas. Kangra, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, These schemes have electricity Una, Mandi, Sirmour, Shimla, access to 44,496 rural Solan, Kullu, Kinnaur and households including 12,483 BPL Lahaul & Spiti have been households to be provided sanctioned during 11th plan for access to electricity free of cost. `275.53 crore and ` 231.44 79

crore have been released District could not be completed against Ist, IInd & IIIrd instalment as the working season is quite for these eleven districts. limited due to cold weather, The expenditure to the tune of snow fall and labour not readily `244.43 crore have been available. M/S REC Ltd. incurred, while the bills of authorities have agreed to approximately `4.13 Crore are continue to release of eligible under process for payment upto funds upto 31st December, 2013 December, 2013. Thus total for all 10th and 11th Plan financial progress is ` 248.56 Projects. crore upto December, 2013. Execution of works in Spiti The progress of ongoing Block of Lahaul Spiti District works under RGGVY upto under 11th Plan are in full swing. December,2013 is tabulated as The works in Pangi under:-

Block of District Chamba and Spiti Block of Lahaul Spiti Sr. Description of Items Total Cumulative progress upto No. Provision of December, 2013 the scheme Physical Percentage

10th Plan Projects. 1 33 KV New S/Stn 1 No. Work in Progress 95.00 2 33 KV HT Lines 64.00 Km. 24.480 Km. 38.25 3 11 KV HT Lines 212.520 Km 207.407 Km. 97.59 4 LT Lines 472.180 Km 404.665 Km. 85.70 5 DTRs 175 Nos. 175 Nos. 100.00 6 BPL HHs Connection 647 Nos. 977 Nos. 151.00 7 Electrification of Un- 15 Nos. 15 Nos. 100.00 electrified Villages

11th Plan Projects. 1 Augmentation of 33 4 Nos. 4 Nos. 100.00 KV S/Stns. 2 22/11kV HT Line 1,721.18 Km 1,371.044 Km. 79.66 3 LT Lines 5,433.25 Km 5,461.007 km. 100.51 4 DTRs 1,917 Nos. 2,165 Nos. 112.94 5 BPL HHs Connection 11,836 Nos. 14,370 Nos. 121.41 6 Electrification of Un- 76 Nos. 74 Nos. 97.36 electrified Villages {(93-(7+10)}

For making access to Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna electricity to 100% household in the (RGGVY) for all the 12 District are State, schemes under Rajiv Gandhi approved by M/s REC Ltd. amounting

to ` 341.86 crore and an amount of identified as un-electrified, 11 no. `291.09 crore has so far been released villages are not technically justified for against these schemes. The work for electrification and 7 no. villages have execution of RGGVY schemes stand already been electrified before awarded on turnkey basis in all the 12 launching the RGGVY scheme. Out of District of the State, an expenditure of the balance 91 villages, 89 nos. ` 297.08 crore has been incurred upto villages have been electrified upto December, 2013. December, 2013 and for remaining 2 nos. un-electrified villages in Spiti As per 2001 census, block of Lahaul & Spiti Distt. the work number of census villages are 17,495. is in progress. Out of which 109 villages have been

The District wise detail of un-electrified/electrified village is as under:-

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 34 4 Lahaul & 29 1 28 26 Spiti 5 Mandi 12 - 12 12 6 Shimla 9 8 1 1 7 Sirmour 1 - 1 1 Total 109 18 91 89

(ii) Restructured Accelerated data & IT applications like Meter Data Power Development and Acquisition, Meter Reading, Billing, Reform Program Collections, GIS, MIS, Energy Audit, (R- APDRP) :- New Connection, Disconnection, Projects under the R-APDRP Customer Care Services, Web Self program shall be taken up in two Services etc. to verify AT&C losses. Parts: Part-B will include distribution strengthening projects. Part-‘A’ Ministry of Power, Govt. Ministry of Power has of India (GoI) has launched the sanctioned ` 96.40 crore against Restructured Accelerated Power DPRs of 14 eligible towns for Development Reform Program (R- Himachal during August, 2010. The APDRP) to reduce the Aggregate total project cost for Part-A under Technical & Commercial (AT&C) R-APDRP is ` 128.46 crore. The losses to 15 % in project areas. The balance is to be met through own program is divided into 2 parts namely funding. Power Finance Corporation Part-A & Part-B. Part-A will include Limited (PFCL) has been projects for establishment of baseline

designated as the Nodal Agency for Award for Consultant/ the program by Govt. of India (GoI). Implementation Agency:- The award for IT Under Part- A of Consultant has been placed to M/s Restructured Accelerated Power Telecommunication Consultants Development Reform Program India Limited, New Delhi in (R-APDRP) in Himachal Pradesh, consortium with M/s Vayam 14 towns namely (Shimla, Solan, Technologies India Ltd. as Nahan, Paonta, Baddi, Bilaspur, consortium partner on 31st July, Mandi, Sundernagar, Chamba, 2009 for an amount of ` 39,70,800 /. Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kullu, Una The purpose of IT Consultant is to and Yol) had been found eligible for assist the HPSEB Ltd. in preparing funding. the feasibility report, bid document, assist in bid process and monitor Scope:- implementation. The award for IT The following works Implementation Agency has been were covered under R-APDRP Part- placed to M/s HCL Info-systems A for Himachal Pradesh:- Ltd., Noida on 30th August, 2010 for 1) Providing requisite hardware, an amount of ` 99.14 crore. software and peripherals at Data Centre (DC) at Shimla, Latest Status and Completion Disaster Recovery Centre Schedule:- (DRC) at Paonta Sahib and • Data Centre at Shimla is various offices of 14 towns functional. namely Shimla, Solan, Nahan, • The Disaster Recovery Centre Paonta, Baddi, Bilaspur, Mandi, at Paonta Sahib has been Sundernagar, Chamba, commissioned. Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kullu, • The work of the ring fencing of Una and Yol. the 14-project areas has been 2) Development / Implementation completed. The baseline AT & of following software C Loss data of the 14 towns applications at Data Centre / has been established by M/s Disaster Recovery Centre PFC during March-June, 2012. level:- • Pilot Town (Nahan) along with a. Meter Data Acquisition 10 towns namely Chamba, System (MDAS) Dharamshala, Kullu, Yol, b. Energy Audit (EA) Bilaspur, Sunder Nagar, Una, c. Identity & Access Solan, Paonta Sahib and Management System Hamirpur has been declared (IAMS) Go-live during October, 2013. d. Management Information Remaining 3 towns namely System (MIS) containing Shimla, Mandi and Baddi will Dataware Housing (DW) be go-live by January, 2014. & Business Intelligence (BI) tools The Part-A of the R-APDRP e. Enterprise Management project shall be completed within System (EMS) & Network 2013-14. Management System (NMS), which is a part of hardware.

Expected Benefits from the of electromagnetic energy meters with scheme:- tamperproof electronic meters, The focus of the R-APDRP, installation of capacitor banks, mobile Part-‘A’ Scheme is on actual service centres and strengthening at demonstration of performance. 33 KV or 66 KV system. Initially, the Establishment of reliable and automated R-APDRP (Part-B) schemes systems for sustained collection of amounting to ` 322.18 crore (Loan accurate base line data through adoption amount `289.97 crore) were of information technology in the area of sanctioned by M/s Power Finance energy accounting. Corporation Ltd. (PFC) / Ministry of Power for all the 14 towns covered Part-‘B’ under R-APDRP in Himachal Government of India (GOI) Pradesh. Due to non availability of has introduced the R-APDRP land for construction of 66/11 KV (Restructured APDRP) Programme substations and right of way problem during the 11th Five Year Plan and the for associated 66 KV lines, the towns having population more than schemes for Shimla and Baddi towns 30,000 (10,000 for special category have been revised. The revised states) as per census, 2001 are R-APDRP (Part-B) DPRs for Shimla covered under the programme. For and Baddi towns amounting to special category states like Himachal ` 120.34 crore and `84.10 crore Pradesh, GOI loan for Part-‘B’ shall be respectively have been sanctioned by 90% of the total project cost and 10% M/s Power Finance Corporation Ltd. shall be arranged by the utility through (PFC) on dated 08.02.2012 and loan/own funding. GOI loan for Part-‘B’ accordingly the original sanctions shall be converted into grant of equal amounting to `322.18 crore (Loan tranches every year for five years as amount `289.97 crore ) have been per the R-APDRP guidelines on the revised to `338.97 crore (Loan amount basis of reduction in AT&C losses. ` 305.07 crore). The counterpart funding (10% of the total project cost) In Himachal Pradesh 14 amounting to ` 33.90 crore have also towns namely Baddi, Bilaspur, been sanctioned by M/s PFC during Chamba, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, June, 2012. The M/S PFC has Kullu, Mandi, Nahan, Paonta Sahib, released ` 101.684 crore as upfront Solan, Shimla, Sundernagar, Una and money for these 14 towns. The loan Yol having population more than documents for counterpart funding of 10,000 are covered under R-APDRP. `33.90 crore have been signed on 19th The schemes for these towns under R- December, 2013. Also the sanction of APDRP (Part-B) includes renovation, financial assistance for carrying out modernization & strengthening of distribution works covering civil works 11KV & 22 KV level substations, and other components in R-APDRP Transformers/ Transformer centres, (Part-B) schemes of 14 towns in HP has Re-conductoring of 11KV and LT lines, also been accorded during May,2013 by load bifurcation, feeder separation, M/s PFC Ltd. for `65.53 crore (90% Load Balancing, HVDS (11KV), Arial loan i.e. `58.98 crore and 10% HPSEBL Bunched Conductoring, replacement Share i.e. `6.55 crore).

The town wise sanction status of the R-APDRP (Part-B) schemes are as hereunder:

Sr. No. Name of Town/ Loan GOI Loan PFC Loan Total Project Project Area Number (` in crore) (`in crore) Cost (` in 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 I.T. Initiatives the provision of incentive for utility staff in the towns where ‘Aggregate 13.6 Technical & Commercial loss’ (AT&C loss) levels are brought below 15%. (i) GIS/GPS Based Asset Mapping Accordingly, the Incentive scheme including Consumer Indexing amounting to ` 9.76 crore for all the 14 and Valuation of Assets of towns covered under R-APDRP HPSEB Ltd, preparation of (Part-B) has been sanctioned by M/s FARs of HPSEB Ltd called GIS PFC Ltd. Package. The tenders for all the • HPSEB Ltd. has decided to carry works under 12 towns namely Nahan, out GIS/GPS based asset Solan, Hamirpur, Kullu, Sundernagar, mapping including consumer Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Una, Yol, indexing and valuation of assets Mandi, Paonta Sahib & Chamba and for whole HPSEB Ltd., which will for partial works under 02 no. of towns be used as the base for namely Baddi and Shimla have been computerization of billing, energy awarded during April, 2012 to accounting, electrical network September, 2013. The tenders for the management, CRM and remaining works under Baddi and Management Information System Shimla towns are under process and (MIS) and to create Fixed Assets likely to be awarded by March., 2014. Registers with wings namely The works of Part-B under all the Generation, Transmission and towns have been taken up in hand and Distribution after proper an expenditure of ` 59.80 crore have reconciliation with latest balance been incurred upto November, 2013. sheet of the Board.

• GIS based Assets Mapping a) Financial Management and Consumer Indexing and Accounting Valuation of Fixed Assets of b) Human Resource Management HPSEB Ltd called “GIS (HRM) including payroll Packages” Part-1 within c) Project Management geographical boundaries of d) Materials Management Shimla Operation Circle has been e) Maintenance Management completed. For the remaining 11 f) Availability Based Tariff, and Operation Circle, field survey A Dash Board for Senior work has been completed and Management for MIS purpose shall valuation work is in progress. All also be available. The total cost of the project related activities are project is approximately ` 24.00 crore expected to be completed by Award for Implementation of ERP March, 2014. system has been issued to M/s TCS. (ii) Computerized Billing and 1st Phase covering Head Office and Energy Accounting Package Operation Circle Shimla except Theog (IT Package) and Sunni Electrical Divisions have been made “Go Live” in the month of Latest Status: March, 2013. Second phase covers Computerized Billing and Energy the entire Board and left out modules Accounting Package (IT Package) was is expected to go live in a phased implemented under the ‘Accelerated manner till March, 2014. Power Development and Reform Program (APDRP)’ launched by Ministry of Power (MOP). Under this project, the activities of New IT Initiatives in HPSEB Ltd. the operation sub-divisions are A. Smart Grid Pilot project at computerized through functionalities such Kala Amb in Himachal as Pre-billing Activities, Billing Activities, Pradesh. Post Billing Activities, Legal & Vigilance HPSEB Ltd. has prepared a Activities, Store management at sub- pilot project for `21.70 crore. The Govt. division level, Customer Relationship of India approved DPR for `18.11 crore Management, Electrical Network out of which Ministry of Power shall Management & Energy Accounting/ bear `8.92 crore. Balance funding has Auditing and Management Information to be arranged by HPSEB Ltd. through System (MIS). The award was placed on financial institutions like REC. M/S HCL Info-systems Noida for an amount `3,057.88 lakh. The project has HPSEBL proposes to implement been implemented in 124 Sub Divisions of Smart Grid Pilot in Kala Amb with 3 27 Divisions and 12 Circles covering more years of payback period by than 12 lakh consumers. Computerized deployment of following Smart Grid billing could not be implemented in Technologies to improve the system balance 8 Sub Divisions as BSNL/other performance by reduction in peak agencies could not provide the requisite power by 6 MVA, reduce outages, connectivity at these locations. improve consumer engagement and (iii) Implementation of an satisfaction and improve HPSEBL’s Enterprise Resource Planning overall financial performance by (ERP) package in HPSEB Ltd. implementing Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Demand Side Under the ERP project, the Management (DSM) and GIS based following functions of the HPSEB Ltd. outage management system. would be fully automated:

B. Expansion of Automatic Meter above Substations being setup in the Reading (AMR) State. This is proposed to be setup at It is proposed to cover all the the Disaster Recovery Centre Poanta. consumers above 50 KW covering 32,000 consumers in phased manner F. R-APDRP next phase across the state utilizing the existing The Ministry of Power is infrastructure developed under considering extension of R-APDRP R-APDRP. program to towns with population greater than 5,000 in the next phase of C. Expansion of Computerized this program under this 16 new towns billing: would be covered during 2015-16. It is proposed to start computerized billing in 61 sub- 13.7 Future plans of the divisions using standard platform department. during 2014-15. After stabilization and • Computerization of offices in analyzing the performance it is HPSEBL. proposed to shift the billing of 132 sub- Augmentation & construction of divisions where computerized billing • new Sub-Stations and HT/LT has already implemented to this lines to provide quality & reliable platform in a phased manner. power to the consumers in the D. Geographical Information State of H.P. System(GIS)/Global • Automatic Meter reading of Positioning System(GPS) data consumers above 50 KW. updation in Non R-APDRP • Proposal for replacement of area. 12,97,818 no. single phase and Updation of GIS/GPS data in non 20,319 no. three phase old R-APDRP area of the state is electromechanical meters with proposed to utilize the same in various electronic meters w.e.f 2011-12 electrical network applications. to 2013-14. • To reduce the T&D losses. E. Supervisory Control And Data • Proposal for replacement of Acquisition (SCADA) / rotten wooden poles has been Document Management revised from earlier provision of System (DMS). 1,40,477 No. poles to 1,45,295 A pilot for the control and no. in 1st & 2nd Phase. monitoring of all un-manned 33kV and

H.P Power Corporation Ltd:

1. 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, II, III) 195 3. Sainj HEP 100 4. Shongtong Karcham HEP 450 Sub Total (A) 856 B) Projects (Under Investigation) State Sector 1. Chirgaon Majhgaon HEP 60 2. Kashang HEP (Stage-IV) 48 3. Gyspa HEP (Project of National Importance) 300 4. Surgani Sundla HEP 48 5. Nakthan HEP 520 6. Thana Plaun HEP 191 7. Triveni Mahadev HEP 78 8. Renuka Dam HEP (Project of National Importance) 40 Sub Total (B) 1,285 C) Projects (Under Prefeasibility Stage ) 1. Chhoti Saichu HEP 26 2. Saichu Sach Khas HEP 117 3. Lujai HEP 45 4. Saichu HEP 58 5. Deothal Chanju HEP 33 6. Chanju HEP 48 7. Khab HEP 636 Sub Total (C) 963 Grand Total (A+B+C) 3,104

H.P.POWER TRANSMISSION all new works; both Transmission Lines CORPORATION LIMITED and Sub-Stations of 66 KV and above voltage rating, formulation, up- 13.8 H.P. Power Transmission gradation, execution of Transmission Corporation Limited (HPPTCL) is an Master Plan of HP for strengthening of undertaking of Himachal Pradesh, which th transmission network and evacuation of was established on 27 August,2008 power. HPPTCL is discharging the with a view to strengthen the functions of a State Transmission Utility transmission network in Himachal (STU) and coordinating the transmission Pradesh and to facilitate evacuation of related issues with Central power from upcoming generating plants. Transmission Utility, Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power (GOI), HP The jobs entrusted to Government and HPSEBL. Besides, Corporation by Govt. of Himachal corporation is also responsible for Pradesh inter-alia included execution of

planning and coordination of `62.60 crore and shall be transmission related issues with IPPs, commissioned in July,2014. CPSUs, State PSUs, HPPCL and other • 400/220/66 KV, 2x315 MVA sub- State/ Central Government Agencies. station at Pragati Nagar (Kotkhai) in Distt. Shimla. The The Corporation is estimated cost of project is planning transmission system in such a `166.20 crore and shall be way to ensure principles of reliability, commissioned in June, 2015. security, eco-friendly and economy • 220kV, transmission line from matched with rising and desirable Hatkoti to Pragati Nagar in Distt. expectation of cleaner, safer, healthier Shimla. The estimated cost of environment to people, both affected project is `84.40 crore and shall and benefited by its activities is one of be commissioned in November, the objective of the corporation. 2014. The Government of India has approved ADB loan of $ 350 Million The following Transmission for implementation of Transmission Projects have been awarded and are Projects covered in Power System being funded through domestic Master Plan (PSMP) in Himachal borrowings: Pradesh and loan agreement for Tranche-I for under taking • 33/220 KV, 2x31.5 MVA sub- implementation of Transmission station at Fozal in Distt. Kullu Projects in Distt,. Kinnaur (Satluj with the completion date in Basin) and Shimla (Pabbar basin) March, 2014. estimated at a cost of $ 113 Million has • 33/220 KV, 63 MVA sub-station been signed and made effective from at Karian in Distt. Chamba with Jan, 2012. The Following 4 Nos. the completion date in March, Transmission Projects have been 2014. awarded:- • 400/220/66 KV, 2x315 MVA sub- The Tranche-II of ADB station at Wangtoo in Distt. loan amounting to $ 110 Million has Kinnaur. The estimated cost of been approved and loan agreement project is `356.00 crore and shall shall be signed in February, 2014. This be commissioned in April, 2016. Tranche shall fund construction of 66 • 220/66/22 KV Sub-Station at KV and above sub-stations and lines in Bhoktoo in Distt. Kinnaur. The the districts of Kinnaur, Kullu, Chamba, estimated cost of project is 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 66.00 14. Larji Beas 126.00 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. Sissu Chenab 0.10 21. Thirot Chenab 4.50 22. Bhaba Augmentation Satluj 4.50 23. Himurja (Under State - 2.37 Sector) Sub-Total-I 479.92

ii) Central/Joint Sector/HP Share Sr.No. Name of Projects Basin Capacity(MW) 1. Yamuna Projects Yamuna 131.57 (H.P. Share) 2. Rajneet Sagar Dam Beas 27.60 (H.P Share) 3. Bhakra Satluj 1,478.73 4. Nathpa Jhakri Satluj 1,500.00 5. Baira Siul Ravi 198.00 6. Chamera-I Ravi 540.00 7. Chamera-II Ravi 300.00 8. Uhl-I(Shanan) Beas 110.00 9. Pong Dam Beas 396.00 10. B.S.L Beas 990.00 11. Chamera-III Ravi 231.00 Sub-Total-II 5,902.90

(iii) Private Sector a) (Project above 5 MW) Sr. No. Name of Project Basin Capacity (MW) 1. Baspa-II Satluj 300.00 2. Malana-I Beas 86.00 3. Patikari Beas 16.00 4. Toss Beas 10.00 5. Sarbari-II Beas 5.40 6. Allain Duhangan Beas 192.00 7. Karchham Wangtoo Satluj 1,000.00 8. Upper Joiner Ravi 12.00 9 Sumez Satluj 14.00 10 Beas Kund Beas 9.00 11 Malana-II Beas 100.00 12 Budhil Ravi 70.00 13 Neogal Beas 15.00 Sub Total (a) 1,829.40

b) (Project upto 5 MW)

Sr. No. Name of Project Capacity (MW) 1. Mini/Micro Hydel Projects upto 5 MW 220.25 through Himurja Sub Total (b) 220.25 Total-III(a +b) 1,829.40 +220.25 2,049.65 MW Total Potential Harnessed (upto Dec. 2013):-

(i)+(ii)+(iii) = 479.92+5,902.90+2,049.65 = 8,432.47 MW

A. PRIVATE SECTOR 4. Allain Duhangan HEP PROJECTS COMMISSIONED (192 MW): The estimate cost of this project 1. Baspa-II HEP (300 MW): is ` 922.36 crore. The MOU for The MOU and Implementation execution of the project was signed Agreement for execution of the Baspa- between the HP Govt. and M/s. II HEP were signed by the H.P. Govt. Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills with M/s. Jai Parkash Industries Ltd., Ltd., New Delhi on 28.8.1993 & New Delhi on 23.11.1991 & 1.10.1992 Implementation Agreement signed on respectively. The Unit-I-II and III of the 22.2.2001. The Govt. of H.P. signed project have been generating power Quadripartite Agreement on 5.11.2005 w.e.f. 24.5.2003, 29.5.2003 and between the Govt. of H.P., M/s. 8.06.2003, respectively. Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd., MPCL and the Generating 2. Malana-I HEP (86 MW): Company M/s AD Hydro Power Ltd. The MOU for execution of the The construction work of project is project was signed between the HP under progress. The project has been Govt. and M/s Rajasthan Spinning and commissioned in August, 2010. Weaving Mills (RSWM), New Delhi on 28.8.1993. The Implementation 5. Sarbari-II HEP (5.4 MW): Agreement was signed on 13.3.1997 The MoU was signed by the between Govt. of HP & RSWM H.P. Govt. with M/s Hydro Watt Ltd on followed by a Tripartite Agreement 15.3.2001. The implementation signed on 3.03.1999 between Govt. of agreement was signed by the H.P. H.P., M/s RSWM and M/s Malana Govt. with company on 28.2.2009. Power Company Ltd. (MPCL). The project has been commissioned in Company started the project works on August, 2010. 27.9.1998. The financial package had been approved by the CEA for a total 6. Toss HEP (10MW): amount of `332.71 crore. The project The Govt. of H.P. has signed the started generating electricity w.e.f. MoU and implementation agreement 5.7.2001. with M/s Sai Engineering Foundation, New Shimla. The project has been 3. Patikari HEP (16 MW): commissioned in 2009-10. The Implementation Agreement for the Project has been signed with 7. Karcham - Wangtoo HEP M/s. East India Petroleum Ltd. on (1,000 MW): 9.11.2001 which has further The project has been allotted to incorporated Patikari power Pvt. Ltd. M/s Karcham Hydro Corporation Ltd. for the implementation of the project. New Delhi. The estimated cost of The Techno-economic clearance has project is `6,930.00 crore. Annual been issued by the Board on generation of this project is 4,560 MU. 27.9.2001. The estimated cost of the The MOU for execution of the Project project is ` 126.00 crore. The PPA was has been signed between the HP signed with HPSEB on 14.1.2003. The Govt. and M/s. Jai Parkash Industries Project has been commissioned in Ltd., New Delhi on 28.8.1993. The January,2008. Implementation Agreement was signed

between Govt. of HP and M/s. Jai Malana a tributary of Beas in Kullu Parkash Industries Ltd on 18.11.1999 District of Himachal Pradesh. The followed by a Tripartite Agreement Project has been allotted to M/s between the Govt. of HP, M/s. Jai Everest Power Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. Parkash Industries Ltd and M/S The estimated cost of the Project is Jaypee Karchham Hydro Corporation `633.47 crore. The estimated annual Ltd., on 30-12-2002 and SIA on generation of this project is 428 MU. 20.12.2007. the work on the Project The MOU & IA signed with the was started on 18.11.2005 and got company on 27.5.2002 & 14.1.2003 completed in August,2011. The project respectively. The Project has been has been commissioned in commissioned in July, 2012. August, 2011. 12. Budhil HEP (70MW): 8. Upper Joiner HEP (12 MW): The project has been allotted to The Project has been allotted to M/s Lanco Green power Pvt. Ltd. The M/s Tejas Sarnika Hydro Energies Pvt. estimated cost of the project is `418.80 Ltd. The MOU for execution of the crore. The Memorandum of Project has been signed between the Understanding (MoU) has been signed HP Govt. and M/s Tejas Sarnika Hydro on 23.9.2004. The H.P. Govt. signed Energies Pvt. Ltd. on 12.01.2005. The the Implementation Agreement (I.A) Implementation Agreement was signed with the company on 22.11.2005. The between Govt. of HP and M/s Tejas Project has been commissioned in Sarnika Hydro Energies Pvt. Ltd on August, 2012. 11.07.2008.The project has been commissioned in July, 2011. 13. Neogal HEP (15 MW): Neogal Hydro Electric Project 9. Sumej HEP (14 MW) (HEP) has been contemplated as a The MoU and implementation power generation development on agreement for execution of the Kurmi Neogal a tributary of Beas in District HEP were signed by the H.P. Govt. Kangra of Himachal Pradesh. The with M/s Rangaraju Ware Housing project has been allotted to M/s Om Pvt. Ltd. on 12.01.2005 and Power Corporation Ltd. New Delhi. 11.12.2008 respectively. The project The estimate and cost of this project is has been commissioned in March, ` 61.74 crore. The annual generation 2012. of this project will be 82 MU. The MOU for execution of the project was signed 10. Beaskund HEP (9 MW): between the HP Govt. and M/s. Om The MoU and Implementation Power Corporation, New Delhi on Agreement for execution of the 28.8.1993. The Implementation Beaskund HEP were signed by the Agreement signed with the company H.P. Govt. with Kapil Mohan and on 4.07.1998 stands terminated on Associates Hydro Power Pvt. Limited 27.11.2004 due to failure of the Chandigarh on 23.03.2001 and company to achieve the financial 1.10.2009 respectively. The project closure and start construction work on has been commissioned in June, the project within the time limit 2012. extended by the Govt. in its cabinet meeting held on 31.05.2004. The 11. Malana-II HEP (100 MW): Company has signed Power Purchase Malana-II Hydro Electric Project Agreement on 27.10.2006 with (HEP) has been contemplated a HPSEB. The Project has been Power generation development on commissioned in May, 2013.

B. Projects Under Execution 4. Lambadug HEP (25 MW): The Project has been allotted to (i) Under private sector: M/s Himachal Consortium Power 1. Fozal HEP (9MW): Projects Pvt. Ltd. The estimated cost The project has been allotted of the Project is ` 149.81 crore. The to M/s Fozal Power Pvt. Ltd., New MOU was signed with M/s Himachal Delhi. The estimated cost of the Consortium on 14.06.2002 and IA was project is `49.17 crore. The signed on 28.01.2006. Company is in Memorandum of Understanding process of obtaining various (MOU) and Implementation Agreement clearances of acquisition of land for (IA) have been signed on 21.06.2000 the project. The Project is slated for and 13.04.2006 respectively. The commissioning in 2014-15. project is slated for commissioning 2013-14. 5. Baragaon HEP (24 MW): 2. Tangnu Romai Stage-I HEP The project has been allotted (44MW): to M/s Kanchanjunga Power Pvt. Ltd., Tangnu Romai Hydro Electric F-34, Sector, Noida (UP). The Project (HEP) has been contemplated estimated cost of the project is `168.09 a Power generation development on crore. The Memorandum of Tangnu Romai a tributary of Yamuna Understanding (MOU) and river in District Shimla of Himachal Implementation Agreement (IA) have Pradesh. The Project has been allotted been signed on 6.06.2002 and to M/s Tangnu Romai Power 25.11.2006 respectively. The Generation Private Ltd.. The estimated Supplementary Implementation cost of the Project is ` 239.73 crore. Agreement (SIA) has been signed on The annual generation of this project 12.01.2009. The project is slated for will be 211.05 MU. The MOU was commissioning 2014-15. signed with the company on 5.07.2002. An Implementation 6. Baner-II HEP (6 MW): Agreement for the Project has been The project has been allotted signed with M/s Tangnu Romai Power to M/s Prodigy Hydro Power (P) Ltd. Generation Ltd, on 28.07.2006 as per The estimated cost of the project is the provision of Power Policy. The `30.36 crore. The Memorandum of Project is slated for commissioning for Understanding (MOU) and 44MW in 2014-15. Implementation Agreement (IA) have been signed on 29.05.2000 and 3. Tangnu Romai Stage-II HEP 1.10.2001 respectively. The (6MW): Supplementary Implementation Tangnu Romai Hydro Electric Agreement (SIA) has been signed on Project (HEP-II) has been 9.08.2007. The project is slated for contemplated as a Power generation commissioning 2013-14. development on Tangnu Romai a tributary of Yamuna River in District 7. Raura HEP (8 MW): Shimla of Himachal Pradesh. MOU The project has been allotted to and implementation agreement of M/s. DLI Power (India) Pvt. Ltd., Pune. Government of Himachal Pradesh and The estimated cost of the project is company was signed in 5.07.2002 and `42.03 crore. The Memorandum of 28.7.2006 respectively. Work on major Understanding (MOU) and components of the project has yet not Implementation Agreement (IA) have started. The project is slated for been signed on 4.02.1996 and commissioning for 6 MW in 2013-14. 24.03.2008 respectively. The project is slated for commissioning 2014-15.

8. Sorang HEP (150 MW): 12. Lower Uhl HEP (13 MW) The project has been allotted to The MoU and implementation M/s Himachal Sorang Power Pvt. Ltd. agreement for execution of the Lower The estimated cost of the project is Uhl HEP were signed by the H.P. `586.00 crore. The Memorandum of Govt. with M/s Trident Power System Understanding (MoU) and Ltd. on 05.02.2005 and 29.12.2008 Implementation Agreement (I.A) have respectively. The work on all major been signed on 23.09.2004 and components is in progress. The 28.01.2006 respectively. An additional project is schedule for commissioning unit of 50 MW is being installed by the during 2014-15. Developer so the total capacity of Sorang HEP is proposed to be 150 13. Kurmi HEP (8 MW) MW, however two units of 100 MW are The MoU and implementation likely to be commissioned by 2013-14 agreement for execution of the Kurmi HEP were signed by the H.P. Govt. 9. Tidong-I HEP (100 MW): with M/s Chandigarh Distillers & The project has been allotted to Bottlers Ltd on 19.06.2007 and M/S Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd, 10.01.2009 respectively. The work on Secunderabad. The estimated cost of all major components is in progress. the project is `500.11 crore. The The project is schedule for Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) commissioning during 2013-14. and Implementation Agreement (I.A.) have been signed on 23.09.2004 and 14. Rala HEP (9 MW) 28.07.2006 respectively. The project is The MoU and Implementation slated for commissioning in 2014-15. Agreement for execution of the Rala HEP were signed by the Himachal 10. Chanju-I HEP (36 MW) Pradesh Government with M/s Project has been allotted to M/s Taranda Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., on Indo Arya Central Transports and 18.10.2006 and 07.11.2008 MOU was signed on 20.12.2007 for respectively. The work on all major an installed capacity of 25 MW. The components is in progress. The project DPR submitted for 36 MW was is schedule for commissioning during Techno-economical clearance by 2014-15. HPSEB and IA was signed on 12.06.2009. The project is slated for 15. Upper Nanti HEP (12 MW) commissioning in 2014-15. The MoU and Implementation Agreement for execution of the Upper 11. Kut HEP (24 MW): Nanti HEP were signed by the The MoU and implementation Himachal Pradesh Government with agreement for execution of the Kut M/s Nanti Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., on HEP were signed by the H.P. Govt. 27.10.2006 and 12.11.2008 with M/s Kut Energy (P) Ltd. Noida respectively. The work on all major U.P. on 28.04.2007 and 25.05.2008 components is in progress. The project respectively. The estimated cost of is schedule for commissioning during project is ` 196.50 crore. The work 2014-15. on all major components is in progress. The project is schedule for 16. Jongini HEP (16 MW) commissioning during 2013-14. The MoU and Implementation Agreement for execution of the Jogini HEP were signed by the Himachal

Pradesh Government with M/s 09.12.2000 and with M/s Brua Gangdari Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., on Hydrowatt Pvt. Ltd., on 23.09.2011 27.10.2006 and 19.11.2008 respectively. The work on all major respectively. The work on all major components is in progress. The project components is in progress. The project is schedule for commissioning during is schedule for commissioning during 2013-14. 2014-15. 21. Jeori HEP (9.6 MW) 17. Nanti HEP (14 MW) The MoU and Implementation The MoU and Implementation Agreement for execution of the Jeori Agreement for execution of the Nanti HEP were signed by the Himachal HEP were signed by the Himachal Pradesh Government with M/s Pradesh Government with M/s Surya Technology House Pvt. Ltd. on Kantha Hydro Poulteries (P) Ltd., on 12.01.2005 and 23.02.2011 12.11.2005 and with M/s Surya Kantha respectively. The work on all major Hydro Energies (P) Ltd. on 12.11.2008 components is in progress. The project respectively. The work on all major is schedule for commissioning during components is in progress. The project 2015-16. is schedule for commissioning during 2014-15. 22. Balargha HEP (9 MW) The MoU and Implementation 18. Paudital Lassa HEP (24 MW) Agreement for execution of the The MoU and Implementation Balargha HEP were signed by the Agreement for execution of the Himachal Pradesh Government with Paudital Lassa HEP were signed by M/s Sandhya Hydro Power Projects the Himachal Pradesh Government Balargha Pvt. Ltd., on 03.11.2006 and with M/s Shri Jayalakshmi Power 07.11.2012 respectively. The work on Corporation. Ltd. on 06.06.2002 and all major components is in progress. 26.10.2006 respectively. The work on The project is schedule for all major components is in progress. commissioning during 2015-16. The project is schedule for commissioning during 2015-16. 23. Rajpur HEP (9.9 MW) The MoU and Implementation 19. Roura – II HEP (20 MW) Agreement for execution of the Rajpur The MoU and Implementation HEP were signed by the Himachal Agreement for execution of the Pradesh Government with M/s Rajpur Roura–II HEP were signed by the Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd., on 31.07.2001 Himachal Pradesh Government with and 16.05.2013 respectively. The work M/s Chandigarh Distillers & Bottlers on all major components is in Ltd., on 27.10.2006 and with M/s progress. The project is schedule for Roura Non-Conventional Energy (P) commissioning during 2015-16. Pvt. Ltd., on 01.10.2009 respectively. The work on all major components is 24. Bajoli Holi HEP (180 MW) in progress. The project is schedule for The MoU and Implementation commissioning during 2015-16. Agreement for execution of the Bajoli Holi HEP were signed by the Himachal 20. Brua HEP (9 MW) Pradesh Government with M/s GMR The MoU and Implementation Bajoli Holi Hydropower Pvt. Ltd., on Agreement for execution of the Brua 15.02.2008 and 29.03.2011 HEP were signed by the Himachal respectively. The work on all major Pradesh Government with M/s components is in progress. The project Continental Components (P) Ltd., on

is schedule for commissioning during tributary of Satluj river. This scheme 2016-17. envisages construction of drop type trench weir to divert the Ghanvi PROJECTS UNDER EXECUTION waters. This diverted water will be i) Under HPSEB Ltd.:- conveyed through 1.8m size D-shaped Name of Installed Expected Likely date of 1440m long tunnel and penstock, Projects capacity Generation Commission- (MW) (MU) bifurcating near power house to feed ing two turbines in an underground power Uhl 100.00 391.19 March,2015 house to generate 10 MW of power by Stage-III utilizing a gross head of 165m and Ghanvi 10.00 56.30 March,2014 designed discharge of 7 cumecs. The Stage-II annual energy generation in a 75% Total 110 447.49 dependable year is expected to be 56.30 MU. All major civil & hydro (I) UHL STAGE–III HYDRO mechanical components have been ELECTRIC PROJECT (100MW): completed. Final testing of the The packages for construction of machines is in progress. Site Neri Khad Intake Work and Rana Khad development works at intake and Intake Works have been completed finishing works in the power house are during December,2011 & Surge Shaft in progress. The estimated cost of the during January, 2012. Other packages project is ` 99.80 crore at December, of the Project except for Head Race 2009 Price Level. An expenditure of Tunnel are anticipated to be completed `103.00 crore has been spent on civil up to June, 2014. Project is scattered works of the project ending over a large geographical area having November, 2013.The date for poor communication, weak geological commissioning is expected as formations, tunnelling through sand 31.3.2014. stone, clay stone and conglomerate with heavy ingress of water at Inlet PROJECT UNDER EXECUTION heading of Head Race Tunnel (HRT). ii) Projects under HPPCL:- Contract of HRT have been rescinded twice due to slow progress/ non Name of Projects Capacity (MW) performance of the contractors and State Sector remaining works of HRT were awarded 1.Sawra Kuddu HEP 111 on 15.10.2010 . The excavation of 2.Integrated Kashang HEP 195 HRT has been completed during (Stage-I, II, III) March,2013 and entire package is now 3.Sainj HEP 100 4.Shongtong Karcham HEP 450 anticipated to be completed by Total 856 December, 2014. The estimated cost of the project is ` 940.84 crore (March, 2008 Price Level). 90% works Projects under construction/ pertaining to transmission viz implementation stage through construction of 132 KV Single Circuit HPPCL are as under: Transmission line from Chullah to 1. Sawra Kuddu HEP (111 MW):- Bassi (15.288 KM.) and 132 KV Sawara Kuddu HEP (111 MW) a run of Double Circuit Transmission line from river scheme has been contemplated Chulla to Hamirpur (34.307KM.) have as power generation development on been completed. the Pabbar river in Shimla District (2) GHANVI STAGE-II HEP (H.P.) near Rohru. Underground power (10 MW): house is located on the left bank of the Ghanvi Stage-II HEP is a run of Pabbar river near Snail village. This the river scheme on Ghanvi rivulet, a will develop a gross head of 213.50 m

to generate 385.78 MU per annum utilized to develop power in an @ `4.44 per unit. Likely date of underground powerhouse located commissioning is December-2015. All on the right bank of Kerang the statutory clearances have been stream. accorded by respective agencies. Work has been divided into 4 Nos. 3. Sainj HEP (100 MW):- Sainj packages and construction work has HEP has been contemplated as a run been started. The Head Race Tunnel of the river development on river Sainj, of the Project posed geological a tributary of River Beas in Kullu problems. Technical solution for these District of Himachal Pradesh. The problems has been evolved and project comprises of a diversion project shall be commissioned during barrage on the river Sainj near village 2015. Niharni and underground power house on right bank of river Sainj near village 2. Integrated Kashang HEP Suind with a gross head of 409.60 m (243 MW):- to generate 322.23 MU per annum Integrated Kashang HEP (243 @ ` 3.74/- per unit. The project is MW) envisages development of executed on EPC mode & construction Kashang and Kerang Streams, works are under progress. The likely tributaries of the river Sutlej comprising date of commissioning is December, four distinct stages as under:- 2015. HPPCL, however, is committed • Stage-I (65 MW):- Comprising to pre-pone its commissioning to diversion of Kashang stream to August, 2015. an underground power house located on the right bank of Satluj 4. Shongtong Karcham HEP near Powari village, developing a (450 MW):- head of approximately 830 m to Shongtong Karcham Hydro generate 245.80 MU per annum electric project a run-of – river scheme @ ` 2.85/- per unit. This project on the river Sutlej in District Kinnaur of would be commissioned by Himachal Pradesh with diversion HPPCL by July, 2014. barrage, near village Powari, and • Stage-II & III (130 MW):- underground powerhouse, located on Comprising diversion of the the left bank of the river Satluj near Kerang stream into an village Ralli will generate a gross head underground water conductor of 129 m, to generate 1578.95 MU per system (K-K Link) leading to annum, @ ` 3.98/- per unit of power. upstream end of Stage-I water The project is to be constructed conductor system, augmenting through EPC mode. Likely date of the generating capacity of completion of Civil and Hydro- Stage-I power house, using Mechanical package is August-2017. Kerang waters over the 820m head available in Kashang 5. Renuka Dam HEP (40 MW):- Stage-I power house to generate Renukaji Dam project, conceived as a 790.93 MU per annum @ `1.81/- drinking water supply scheme for the per unit. National Capital Territory of Delhi, • Stage-IV (48 MW):- This stage is envisages construction of 148 m high more or less independent rock fill dam on river Giri at Dadahu in scheme harnessing the power Sirmaur district and a power house at potential of Kerang stream toe of Dam. The project will ensure upstream of the diversion site of 49,800 hectare m of live water storage Stage-II. In this scheme, a head in its reservoir and a firm water supply of approximately 300m could be to the tune of 23 cumecs to Delhi

besides generating 199.99 MU per HIMURJA for development of new annum @ ` 2.38/- per unit exclusively and renewable sources of energy in for use of Himachal Pradesh. Total H.P: cost of the project as finalized by Himurja has made CWC/CEA at March, 2009 price level concerted efforts to popularize is ` 3,498.86 crore i.e. (without renewable energy programmes Escalation & IDC) which shall be borne throughout the State with financial by the Govt.of India/Govt. of Delhi and support of Ministry of New and other beneficiary states. Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India and State Govt.. Efforts are 6. Other areas of Power continued for promotion and development: propagation of renewable energy H.P. Power Corporation apart devices like solar water heating from Hydro Power Development system, solar photovoltaic lights etc. intends to diversify its power HIMURJA is also assisting the Govt. development activities in other areas for exploitation of Small Hydro such as thermal, renewable sources of (upto 5 MW) in the state. The energy such as solar and wind power, achievements of HIMURJA during the to meet the growing energy demands year 2013-2014 (upto December, for the development of the State and 2013), anticipated upto March, 2014 the Indian nation. In joint venture, a and target fixed for 2014-15 are as Pithead Thermal Plant at Raniganj in under: the state of West Bengal is being developed. De-allocation of coal block A. SOLAR THERMAL for the project is under sub-judice in PROGRAMME H.P. High Court. For Solar Power i) Solar Water Heating System: (Berra-Dol 5 MW) has been identified Solar water heating systems of in Naina Devi ji area in Bilaspur 1,68,050 Litre. per day capacity have district. been installed through Market Mode under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar HIMURJA Mission (JNNSM), in the different parts of the State upto Project Under Himurja: December,2013, anticipated figures for (UPTO 5 MW CAPACITY) the physical progress upto March,2014 Projects No. Capacity will be about 2,00,000 Litre. per day . (MW) A target of 2,00,000 litre per day Total allotted Projects 472 1218.46 capacity solar water heating systems (in existence) installation has been proposed for the Implementation 227 737.67 year 2014-15 under JNNSM of Agreement Stage Govt. of India. i) Commissioned 56 221.55 ii) Solar Cooker: During the ii) Under Construction 51 182.60 current financial year 1,658 Box type iii) Clearances being 120 333.52 and 56 Dish type solar cookers under obtained JNNSM have been provided up to Pre Implementation 245 480.79 December,2013. Anticipated figures Agreement Stage of achievement upto March,2014 will i) Clearances being 143 307.42 be about 2,000 Box type and 90 Dish obtained ii) Survey & Investigation 102 173.37 type solar cookers . A target of 2,000 in progress Box type and 200 Dish type solar cookers has been proposed for the year 2014-15 under JNNSM of Govt. of India.

B. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (100 KW), Sach (900 KW) and Billing PROGRAMME (400 KW) which are under generation. During current year i) SPV Street Lighting System: 30,18,205 units electricity has been During current financial year 2013-14, generated from these projects upto 16,012 SPV Street Lighting Systems December,2013. Other projects, have been installed for community use namely Bara Bhangal (40 KW) and up to December,2013 under JNNSM of Sarahan (30 KW) have also been Govt. of India, anticipated figures executed by HIMURJA. From Bara upto March,2014 will be about 27,800. Bhangal project, energy is being A target of 20,000 SPV Street provided to local public. Out of 19 Lighting systems has been proposed HEPs allotted to HIMURJA by the for the year 2014-15 under Jawahar State Govt., only 16 projects Lal Nehru National Solar Mission of (63.05 MW ) were found viable. Out of Govt. of India. the viable projects DPRs have been ii) SPV Power Plant : SPV completed for 15 Nos. and forwarded Power Plant of 150 Kwp are expected to Directorate of Energy (DOE) for to be commissioned by 31.03.2014 TEC. TEC has been accorded by under JNNSM (90:10). A target of 5 DOE for 14 projects. DPRs for MW capacity SPV Power Plant remaining 1 project is under under JNNSM/ Tribal Sub Plan (90:10) preparation. Now Government has has been proposed for the year cancelled allotment of 13 projects and 2014-15. remaining three projects of capacity 14.50 MW are to be executed by Himurja. C. SMALL HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECTS UPTO 5 MW ii) Portable Micro Hydel CAPACITY BEING EXECUTED Generator Sets: THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR Himurja has commissioned PARTICIPATION Portable Gen. Sets in Pangi Sub- Division of Chamba Distt. In Pangi During the period under report, valley, electricity is being provided to Implementation Agreements for 41 Saichu, Sahali and Hillaur. There is no projects with total capacity of metering and the energy is being 110.65 MW have been signed. 4 provided to general public . The O&M projects with an aggregate capacity of charges being paid are very high and 16 MW have been commissioned. 4 the same are paid from the Himurja Projects have been sanctioned for resources. allotment with an aggregate capacity of 6.55 MW. For the year 2014-15 E. STATE LEVEL ENERGY PARK commissioning of 16 projects with an As per Ministry of New and aggregate capacity of 65.10 MW has Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of been targeted. India Scheme, Two State Level Energy Parks would be set up in the Pradesh, D. HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECTS the latest status of which is as under : BEING EXECUTED BY • State level Energy Park at HIMURJA Horticulture and Forestry University, Nauni (Distt. Solan), i) MHEPs has been set up and further Himurja is operating Micro handed over to UHF Nauni for Hydel projects at Lingti (400KW), Kothi further O&M during March,2013. (200 KW), Juthed (100 KW), Purthi • The work for setting up of State (100 KW), Sural (100 KW), Gharola 99

Level Energy Park at National G. SPECIAL AREA Institute of Technology (NIT), DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Hamirpur, H.P. is in progress at SCHEME final stage of completion. Under the scheme, MNRE has sanctioned the proposal in respect of F. DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR 12 Collectorates in H.P. Accordingly, CITIES in these 12 Collectorates, 4 KWp SPV Power Plant and 200 LPD of Solar Shimla and Hamirpur Cities of water heating systems are likely to be the Pradesh would be developed as commissioned up to March,2014. In Solar Cities under Ministry of New and addition to this one number 10Kwp Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of Solar Power Plant at Rancer has also India Programme. The program aims been commissioned and one another at minimum 10% reduction in projected Solar Power Plant of 10 Kwp capacity demand of conventional energy at the at Kibber would be commissioned up end of five years, which can be to 31.3.2014. achieved through a combination of energy efficiency measures and H. BUDGET PROVISION enhancing supply from renewable The expenditure during 2013-14 energy sources. The final master plan under Plan & Non Plan will be for development of Shimla Solar City `247.00 lakh under IREP and NRSE have been approved by MNRE, GOI, schemes on the basis of revised whereas, draft of Final Master Plan in budgeted Annual Plan outlay for the respect of Hamirpur Solar City is with promotion of renewable energy Ministry for according final approval. programmes including implementation of Small Hydro Programme in the State.

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14. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Roads and Bridges (State Table-14.2 Sector) st 14.1 Roads are an essential Villages As on 31 March As on connected 2010 2011 2012 2013 Dec. ingredient of infrastructure of economy. with road 2013 In the absence of any other suitable and viable modes of transportation like 1. 2 3 4 5 6 railways and waterways, roads play a vital role in boosting the economy of the Villages with hilly state like Himachal Pradesh. population Starting almost from a scratch the state more than Government has constructed 34,945 1500 205 208 208 208 208 1000-1499 266 266 268 270 271 Kms. of motorable roads inclusive of 500-999 1208 1216 1 231 1238 1243 jeepable and track till December, 2013. 250-499 3191 3240 3316 3374 3403 Government has been assigning a very Below 250 4671 4700 4765 4827 4862 Total 9541 9630 9788 9917 9987 high priority to road sector. For the year

2013-14, there is an outlay of `812.55 crore. The target fixed for 2013- National Highways (Central Sector) 14 and achievements made upto 14.3 The process of December, 2013 are given as under:- improvement of National Highways in the state having total length of 1,553 Table-14.1 Km, which include urban links and bye- Item Unit Target Achieve- 2013-14 passes, continued during the year also. for ment Antici- Upto the end of December, 2013, 2013- upto pated expenditure of `65.61 crore has been 14 Dec. 2013 incurred. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Railways 1.Motorable Kms 589 360 550 14.4 There are only two narrow 2.Cross- drainage ” 1474 722 1000 gauge railway lines connecting Shimla 3.Metalling with Kalka (96 Km.) and Jogindernagar & Tarring ” 913 551 700 with Pathankot (113 Km.) and one 33 4.Jeepable ” 40 5 25 5.Bridges No. 63 26 50 Km. broad gauge railway line from 6.Villages Nangal Dam to Charuru (District Una). connectivity ” 155 70 155

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paramount importance. The HRTC was (iv) Free Facility to Students of formed under RTC Act, 1950 to provide Government Schools and efficient, adequate and safe transport other categories: The facility to the people of the Pradesh as students of Government schools other mode of transport are negligible in up to +2 classes have been the State. The Revenue of the allowed free travelling facility in Corporation is expected to increase by ` HRTC ordinary buses w.e.f 58 crore (approx) during the year 2013- 01.04.2013. The Gallantry award 14. The passenger transport services to winners have also been allowed the people of Himachal Pradesh within free travel facility in and outside the State are being Deluxe/ordinary within the state provided by Himachal Road Transport in HRTC buses. Women have Corporation, with a fleet strength of been allowed free travel in HRTC 2,020 buses as on October, 2013. buses on the occasion of Raksha HRTC is plying bus services on 2151 Bandhan, Bhaiya Dooj and routes with a coverage of 4.50 lakh Muslim women are allowed for Id Kms. (approx.) daily. and Bakreed. Reservation of seats has also been provided to 14.6 For the benefit of people Special Category passengers in the following schemes remained in ordinary buses being plied on operation during the year:- routes having distances less than 50 km. (i) Yellow & Smart Card Scheme:- To attract (v) Taxi Services in Shimla passengers, marketing schemes Town: To provide transport such as Yellow & Smart card has facility to Senior Citizens, been introduced by the patients, handicapped, children corporation. The validity of these and public on the restricted roads cards have been extended from of Shimla town, taxis are being one to five years. In addition plied under the operation of Group discount is also available HRTC. to the passengers.

(vi) On Line Booking: HRTC has (ii) Volvo Luxury A.C. Buses:- started on line booking of its A fleet of 12 new Volvo and 20 buses. Passengers booking new deluxe AC buses have been tickets online five days before the introduced. journey have been allowed 5% discount in fare. Lok Mitra (iii) Green Card Scheme:- Green Kendras (LMK’s) and post offices Card Scheme has been have also been allowed to issue introduced by the corporation tickets to passengers. w.e.f November, 2013. Under this scheme, the green card holder is allowed 30% discount in fare if (vii) Construction and the return journey undertaken by expansion of bus the passenger is more than 40 stand: HP Bus Stands km and less than 60 km.

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Management and Development parameters. The bus terminals Authority has identified land for will be equipped with passenger construction of bus stands at information display panels to major locations namely Hamirpur, provide information to the Parwanoo, Una, Manali, Baddi, travelling public. Dhalli, Lakkar Bazar Shimla, Kullu, Nurpur, Nalagarh, Chamba (x) A 24X7 Helpline: A 24x7 and Manikaran. These locations helpline service has been will be advertised for Public introduced to resolve the Private Partnership (PPP) in a complaints and problems of phased manner. Where PPP passengers. partners are not available, the facilities at such bus stands will Transport Department be funded by the State 14.7 The Department has been Government. entrusted with a mandate to administer all matters relating to registration of (viii) Purchase of Buses & vehicles, issuance of permits, fitness Development of certificates, and driving licences and Associated Infrastructure adherence of pollution norms are dealt under JNNURM: A detailed under the Central Motor Vehicles Act, Project Report amounting to 1988 and rules made there under. The ` 471.00 crore for providing 1,123 department is committed to transparent buses and associated and public centric control and regulation infrastructure for 13 clusters of transport system in the State through under Jawaharlal Nehru National implementation of various provisions of Urban Renewal Mission these Act/Rules through its (JNNURM) has been submitted administrative machinery and through to the Ministry of Urban the State and Regional Transport Transport, Government of India. Authority created under the Act. While The Ministry of Urban Transport, the State and Regional Authorities grant Government of India has permits for goods carriage, stage sanctioned a sum of ` 298 crore carriage, contract carriage, and private under the scheme for purchase of service vehicles, the department 800 buses and development of handles matters relating to associated infrastructure. issuance/renewal of permits, fitness of vehicles, issuance of driving licences, registration of Drivers Training Schools, (ix) Implementation of IRTS: Pollution Check Centres and HRTC has initiated the process enforcement of Provisions of the Motor for implementation of Intelligent Vehicle Act. Road Transport System (IRTS).

Under this project, buses are In addition to above the being fitted with Vehicle Tracking department is collecting different Devices (VTS) in order to track taxes/fees such as Token Tax, SRT, movement of buses and monitor Composite fee, RPF, SRF and Licence performance on various fee etc. During the current financial year

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2013-14, the department has been transport has been increased provided a sum of ` 8,600.00 lakh out of from 30 days to 60 days. Regular which a sum of ` 6,546.18 lakh has inspection of driving training been released to the HRTCs / Bus schools, identification of accident Stand in Tribal Area upto 31.12.2013. prone zones, rectification of blind The revenue receipt target for the spots and cancellation of permits department for the year 2013-14 has on unsafe operation of buses has been fixed at `24,688.00 lakh. Against been done during the year and this target a sum of `13,734.47 lakh has provision for cancellation of been collected upto 30-11-2013. During permits on unsafe operation of the year 2013-14 up to 31.12.2013 the buses. Additional conditions are department has challaned 32,951 being imposed on Stage Carriage vehicles for different offences and a sum Permits to ensure better and of ` 572.18 lakh have been realized. safer operation of the buses and scheme for indepth study on i) Him Garmeen Parivahan causes and analysis of accidents Swarojgar Yojna: A new has been framed. “Him Grameen Parivahan Swarojgar Yojna” has been iii) Agreement with introduced under which new Uttrakhand State: The Govt. permits are granted primarily on of Himachal Pradesh entered into newly opened roads under agreement with the State of “Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sarak Uttrakhand for interstate Yojna” or “Mukhya Mantri Path operation of the vehicles, Yojna”with a seating capacity of not more than 22 passengers to iv) Installation of Weighing the un-employed youth, co- Bridges:- To check the operative societies of un- overloading in goods carriage the employed drivers/conductors and department has installed 8 widows facilitating in providing weighing bridges at the entry better services in rural areas. Top points/interstate borders. priority is given in allocation of route permits on 100% rural v) Computerization of roads. However to allow connectivity with towns, routes Transport Department: having a maximum distance of Transport department is giving 20% National Highway and State top priority for computerization of Highway are also granted. transport related activities in its offices by providing better services to the operators. The ii) Steps to reduce accidents: Regional Transport offices and The department has initiated Transport barriers have been necessary steps to reduce the computerized. The connectivity incidence of accidents in the of these offices and R&LA’s will state by imposing total ban on the be completed shortly. use of mobile phones by drivers during driving. In the driving vi) High Security Registration schools training period for Plates: In compliance of orders

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of Hon’ble Supreme Court the vii) Driving Training School High Security Registration Plates and Pollution Check has been introduced in Himachal Centre: Presently 11 Govt., Pradesh under which number 11 HRTC and 160 private Driving plates of all type of vehicles Training Schools and 3 HRTC already registered in the State and 68 private Pollution Check are being replaced by high Centres are functioning in various security registration plates. places in the state.

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15. TOURISM AND CIVIL AVIATION

15.1 Tourism in Himachal tourism infrastructure development. The Pradesh has been recognized as one of implementation process of the said the most important sectors of the project under phase-I is going on. The economy as it is being realized as a State government is preparing projects to major engine of growth for future and as be under taken under phase II. Our aim such contribution of the tourism sector is to create quality nature Mega Projects to the state GDP is significant. State is in order to facilitate the tourists in a endowed with all the basic resources bigger way. During the Financial year necessary for thriving tourism activity 2013-14 (MOT), Government of India like geographical and cultural diversity, (GOI) has prioritized following circuit/ clean, peaceful and beautiful streams, Destination:- sacred shrines, historic monuments and the friendly and hospitable people. 1. Integrated development of Buddhist Circuit in H.P 2. Integrated development of Una- 15.2 Tourism Industry in Nadaun as a Tourist Destination in Himachal Pradesh has been given very H.P high priority and the Government has developed appropriate infrastructure for In addition to above MOT, GOI its development which includes has also prioritized following projects for provision of public utility services, roads, next financial year:- communication network, airports, 1. Integrated development of Shimla transport facilities, water supply and suburbs as a tourist circuit. civic amenities etc. For the year 2013- 2. Integrated development of Tourist 14, there is an allotment of `2838.71 Transit Zone in the state. lakh for development of Tourism. At present about 2,769 hotels having bed Besides MOT, GOI has approved capacity of about 61,497 are registered State Level Project Management with the department. In addition, there Agency (SLPMA) for preparation of are about 500 Home Stay units detailed project reports of the project registered in the State having about identified by National level consultants. 1,350 rooms. Till date following nine DPRs have been submitted by consultants, out of which 6 15.3 The Asian Development DPRs have been submitted to GOI, Bank (ADB) is providing a financial MOT for seeking public funding:- assistance worth ` 95 million USD for the

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1 Landscaping of Rain Shelters at selected locations in 18,71,517 Shimla 2 Rain Shed connecting Bus Stand to Mandir at Kasauli 5,07,207

3 Up-gradation of road connecting parking to view point at 24,25,414 Naldehra, Shimla 4 Construction of Public Conveniences at Cantt. General 11,56,333 Market in Kasauli 5 Up-gradation of Public Conveniences at Shimla 21,70,537 6 Information and Directional signages at selected 28,20,809 locations in Shimla 7 Landscaping and Beautification of Mohan Park, Jawar 2,22,53,504 Park and Children’s Park in Solan (to be submitted). 8 Development and up-gradation of Nature Trail at Barog, 2,55,30,919 Distt. Solan (to be submitted). 9 Development and up-gradation of Nature Trail at Karol 5, 84,28,198 Ka Tibba, Distt. Solan (to be submitted).

15.4 The Department has a setting up of Tourism related activities proposal for setting up of seven for following six sites through Public following Ropeways at different location Private Partnership on lease basis. The in H.P. under Public Private Partnership department has prepared draft lease (PPP) mode on Build, Operate & document and same has been sent to Transfer basis. the H.P.I.D.B. for approval.

1. Bhunter to Bijli Mahadev in Sr. No. Name of the Site District Kullu. 1. Baddi in Distt. Solan 2. Jakhoo Ropeway in District 2. 15 Miles Baragaon (Manali) Shimla. Distt. Kullu 3. Neugal (Palampur) in District 3. Jhatingri in Disst. Mandi Kangra. 4. Shoja (Banjar) Distt. Kullu 4. Shahtalai to Deotsidh in District 5. Bilaspur Distt. Bilaspur Bilaspur. 6. Suketi, District Sirmour 5. Khanyara to Triund in District Kangra. 6. Toba to Naina Devi Ji in A sustained marketing of the Bilaspur District. State is being done throughout the year 7. Village Jia to Adi Himani Chamunda. in print and electronic media.

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material like brochures/pamphlets Kangra and Kullu-Manali. The status of posters, blow-ups etc. and participates these airports is as under: in various tourism fairs and festivals in the country and abroad. The a) Shimla Airport: Department of Tourism and HPTDC The original length of the runway along with private hoteliers participated for this airport was 4,100 ft. in more than 30 fairs and festivals, However, the effective length of within and outside the state. this airport is only 3,800 ft. Due to small length of the runway the 15.6 In addition to above, the services of only ATR type of department has released aircrafts are available. For advertisements in the print and exploring measures for the Electronic Media to promote the tourism restotation and widening of the from time to time during the financial basic strip of the runway as well as year. The department has prepared the to prevent soil erosion, AAI as 20 years perspective Tourism Master engaged M/s RITES as Plan for the planned and sustainable consultants for the restoration work development of the tourism sector. of the Shimla Airport. Tourism policy, 2013 and Sustainable Plan for Dharamshala,2013 have also b) Kullu-Manali Airport: been formulated. Kullu Manali airport at present has a runway of 1128 Mtrs. with a 15.7 The Department has width of 30.5 Mtrs. and suitable organized various adventure and only for landing of small 16-18 general training courses for the seaters aircrafts. For making it unemployed youths of the State like suitable for bigger aircrafts, the Trekking Guide, Water Sports, Skiing, length needs to be increased by EDP, Bird Watching and river rafting 1000Mtrs. and width should not be etc. in the State. During the current less than 200 Mtrs. ensuing year the department has

organized, supported and also has c) Kangra Airport participated in following events:- The runway length of this airport 1. Celebration of World Tourism has been expanded from 3900 x Day (27th September, 2013). 100 ft. to 4,500 x 100 feet. On the 2. Organization Himalayan request of the State Govt., AAI has festival,2013. undertaken the site visit at this 3. Participated in India Travel Mart airport so that ATR 72 type of (ITM), Raipur, Luck now and aircraft could be operated from Goa, India International Travel Here. It has been observed that Exhibition (IITE), Indore, India additional land required for runway International Travel Mart (IITM), Pane and Tourism and Travel extension and other works is 418x Mart (ITM),Siliguri. 250m (approx. 26 acres). d) The department has sent the case Civil Aviation of Kandaghat Green Field Airport 15.8 At present there are only to AAI for pre feasibility survey and three Airports in HP namely Shimla, AAI has inspected the site.

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Helipads: Heli-taxi Services:

15.9 Himachal Pradesh at 15.10 The State government present has 63 operational helipads. In has taken initiative to introduce Heli-Taxi addition, proposals for construction of services in the state and at present Heli- new helipads at Kalabag near Taxi service are being operated in the Choordhar in Sirmaur District and Mani-Mahesh sector, Distt. Chamba Sanjauli-Dhalli Bye-Pass road Shimla during the Mani-Mahesh yatra. have also been received and same are being processed.

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16. EDUCATION

EDUCATION At present there are 16.1 Education is the key 10,886 notified Primary Schools and instrument for developing human 10,739 are functional in the State and capability. The State is committed to 2,357 Middle schools were notified and provide education to all. The concerted 2,349 are functioning in the State. To efforts of the Govt. have put Pradesh overcome the shortage of trained as one of the leading State in teachers efforts are being made to educational literacy. According to 2011 make fresh appointments of teachers census Himachal Pradesh has a in the needy schools. An attempt has literacy rate of 82.80 per cent. also been made to cater the Male/female literacy rate differs educational need of disabled children. considerably in the state as against 89.53 per cent literacy rate for males it 16.3 To encourage enrolment, is 75.93 per cent for females. All out reduce the drop out rate and enhance efforts are afoot to bridge this gap. the retention rate of the children in these schools, various scholarships Elementary Education and other incentives namely Poverty 16.2 In consonance with the Stipend Scholarship, Girls Attendance national policy it has been the Scholarship, Scholarship for Children endeavour of the Govt. to make of Army Personnel, Scholarship for the educational facilities available within students belonging to IRDP families, the reach of student. With an objective Pre-matric scholarship for Scheduled to improve access, quality and help in Castes students on Lahaul & Spiti achieving the ultimate goal of Pattern Scholarship and Scholarship universalisation of Elementary for the Children of Army Personnel education, the Directorate of Primary who are serving at the border areas Education was set up in 1984 further are being provided to the students of renamed as ‘Directorate of Elementary Primary Schools in the State. In Education’ w.e.f. 01.11.2005. The addition to above Free Text Books are policies of the Govt. in the field of being provided for OBC/IRDP students Elementary Education are in non Tribal areas. Free Text Books implemented through the Deputy and Uniforms to SCs students under Directors of Elementary Education and SCSP are being provided. Free Text Block Primary Education Officers at Books and Uniforms are also given District and Block Level respectively under TASP. Free Text Books are also with aims:- being provided to all girl students of • To achieve the goal of primary schools belonging to even universalization of Elementary general category under Sarva Shiksha Education. Abhiyan to enhance female literacy in the State. The revised text books • To provide Quality Elementary including English for class I-IV have Education. been developed and introduced in all • To increase access to Govt. Primary Schools. Mid-day meal Elementary Education. scheme is being implemented in all the

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Govt. and Govt. aided Primary and teachers, school mapping, micro- Middle Schools in the State to planning, surveys etc. The objective of compliance of the order of the Hon’ble this movement was to ensure universal Supreme Court of India. Under this access, enrolment, removal of gender scheme each student is being provided gaps, retention and completion of with hot cooked meal on each day of elementary schooling by all 6-14 age the school w.e.f. 1st September, 2004. group children coupled satisfactory Computer Education Programme has quality elementary education with been started in 1,077 upper primary active participation of the community in schools in remotest part of the State. the management of schools. Govt. has decided to introduce Punjabi and Urdu languages in 100 selected 16.6 The main efforts for High and Senior Secondary Schools in improving the quality of elementary the State from class 6th onwards w.e.f. education under SSA are as under: academic year 2008-09. • Out of School Children: Upper Primary Level of Education The Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) 16.4 The following incentives at the elementary stage of are being provided during the year education in Himachal Pradesh is 2013-14:- more than 99 percent which is i) Middle Merit Scholarship @ `400 indicative of the fact that there and ` 800 per annum for boys are negligible children who are and girls respectively. 742 outside the formal range of students were benefitted and education. However they are `4.40 lakh were spent. being attempted to bring into the ii) Scholarship for IRDP families fold of elementary education children @ ` 150 per student for through Non-Residents Bridge class 1st to 5th and @ ` 250 and Courts Centres (NRBCCs). The ` 500per annum per boy and girl first and foremost obligation of student respectively for class 6th Right to Education (RTE) Act is to to 8th. 77,831 students were ensure that all children in the age benefitted and `257.69 lakh group of 6-14 years should be in were spent. the schools. Other independent iii) Pre-Matric Scholarship for the studies conducted by Indian children of SC families @ ` Market Research Bureau (IMRB) 150 (1st to 5th Class) per annum. and Pratham have also confirmed iv) Scholarship for the children of that the number out of school military personnel @ `150 per children in Himachal Pradesh is annum per student (1-5) below one percent. Bilaspur and classes. Lahaul Spiti Districts have no out of school children. It is observed Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan that due to migration from other parts of the country to the 16.5 (SSA) launched in the urban/semi-urban areas of the State with a well defined Pre-Project State, the figure of out of school Phase on improving the infrastructure children keeps on fluctuating. in the District Project Offices, capacity Districts have been asked to building of educational administrators,

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conduct survey in the month of services of the Resource Teacher July and December every year to are being utilized under Home keep track of migratory Based Education Programme for population, enrol them in schools covering Out of School CWSN as per RTE provision by levelling with Special Needs of Moderate, off their learning gaps through severe and profound category some non-residential bridge children. These Trained courses. For identified 2414 Out Resource Teachers are providing of School Children (OOSC) their services five days in a including 105 Children With month after attending their school Special Need (CWSN) age and for two hours under HBP class appropriate education is specially every Saturday being ensured through NRBCCs. (including 2nd Saturday) in a Bridge courses for primary and month they are attending two or upper primary level children have three children with Special Needs been developed to ensure age at Home. The Special focus of appropriate admission of OOSC providing services is on ADL Skill in formal schools. Training such as: (1) Eating, • Inclusive Education: In Toileting, Bathing and Dressing Himachal Pradesh total 18,211 etc. (2) Motor Activities: CWSN were identified suffering Under this skill, CWSN with from one or other disability. Orthopedically Impairment and 15,700 CWSN have been Cerebral Palsy are being covered integrated in formal schools and and trained in Motor activities for 2,511 out of school CWSN, under the guidance of different strategies have been Physiotherapist/ Occupational adopted to bring them into the Therapist. In addition to above fold of education system who are these out of school CWSN are of severe and profound category. being covered by taking the For these children Home-Based services of Special Educators in Programme has been introduced Mental Retardation through and implemented at elementary utilizing Block IE Resource level in the age group of 6-14 Rooms. years in Himachal Pradesh 530 • Therapeutic Services: As children have been adopted by most of the identified children do 24 NGOs in various districts and suffer from cerebral palsy, remaining are being covered by therapeutic services such as in-service trained teachers. physiotherapy, occupational • Academic Support by therapy and speech therapy were Resource Teacher: Capacity provided on priority basis. Due to building of teachers for inclusive shortage of physio-therapist and education is an integral part of speech therapists and their non SSA. Nearly about 1,332 in- willingness to serve in rural areas service teachers have been it was also a challenge faced by trained through Madhya Pradesh the SSA during the first phase. Bhoj Open University (Bhopal) in Physiotherapist was appointed on the field of disability till date. The visiting basis in some districts to

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provide effective therapeutic • Orientation Programme of services to the needy children. Teachers: Orientation of • Preparing of IEP/ITPs: teachers and other supportive Individual Education Programme staff is also an important aspect (IEP) was prepared for every and SSA has ensured regular child and accordingly goals were orientation programme to its fixed for every three months. For teachers so that proper academic mild and moderate categories, support could be ensured to the functional academic curriculum needy special children. The was implemented in the first and trained resource teachers are second phase. Now, for such acting as Resource Persons in children syllabi of open school these programmes and provide are being followed so that special the resource support to general children could be prepared to join teachers in the actual class room mainstream schooling system. situation. • Vocational Training: After • Day Care Centres for continuous intervention of four CWSN: 3 Day Care Centres in years, some special children Primary schools have been having good level of established at Shimla, Mandi & understanding are being trained Kangra. These special wings are for various small vocations such rehabilitating around 46 Mentally as candle making. Making chalk, Retarted children with the help of Disposable paper plates, Duna, trained special educators. Paper Bags, Carry Bags, Book- • Medical Assessment: Binding, File Covers, Envelopes Medical assessment camps for etc. CWSN are organized every year • Counselling of Parents: and aids and appliances like Counselling of parents and other Wheel Chair, Crutches, family members of special Spectacles, C.P.Chairs were children is very important aspect provided to the CWSN as per of rehabilitation process. In SSA requirement. Corrective surgeries we have given emphasis on this were carried out on those CWSN aspect and found encouraging who were to be mainstreamed in results on this account. Parents formal education system. To counselling session with the help expedite the process of of trained RTs and Counsellors organizing more medical camps especially under “Home Based for certification and to assess the Programme” have been initiated degree of disability of CWSN, in all the districts of H.P. health authorities at higher level • Community Involvement: were also approached to chalk The trained resource teachers out the strategies. are providing support in the • To and Fro Local Bus Fare: Community Involvement for which To and fro local bus fare is we have received very allowed to the CWSN along with encouraging response from the one attendant to medical camps community. for formal assessment. Hiring of conveyance at the local transport 113

rate for a group of severely Retaining All Children in the CWSN is also allowed so that Education System they can be brought to the 16.7 Total out of children and medical camp site. dropout rates are negligible and the • Braille Books & Enlarged State has been successful in checking Print Books: Braille Books for the dropout rates. The dropout rates class I-VIII were provided to the calculated on the basis of DISE data special school in Dhalli at Shimla indicate that there is very less wastage and good quality of enlarged Print at the elementary level in Himachal Books were also provided to Pradesh. Keeping in view the goals of concerned districts of H.P. SSA, the State Project Office (SSA) • Barrier Free Access: Barrier also conducted a cohort study in all Free access has been made Government Primary Schools of available in 2,875 schools in Himachal Pradesh. The findings of the Himachal Pradesh where the study reveal that nearly 98 percent of location of building permits. the children enrolled in grade-I in the • Monitoring system of IE year 2001-02 were declared successful primary graduates. Only 2 percent Activities: For proper children could not complete primary monitoring of resource teacher schooling which also confirms that the and NGOs, State Project Office state has been able to check dropout SSA has designed the monitoring rates to the extent possible. The State proforma for all District Project Project Office SSA and the Department Officers which includes: of Elementary Education in (i) No funds may be released to collaboration with “Pratham” are NGOs without inspecting developing a system of tracking the their working as per terms of progress of the children. references fixed by SSA. (ii) The NGOS must have trained Special Educators registered Girl Education from Rehabilitation Council 16.8 National Programme for of India (RCI). Education of Girls at Elementary Level (iii) Regarding monitoring of the (NPEGEL) is being implemented in 8 work done by the Resource educationally backward blocks of four Teachers, SSA has also districts of Chamba, Sirmaur, Mandi developed monthly and Shimla (Mehala, Pangi, Tissa, monitoring Performa. Every Bharmaur and Salooni blocks of Resource Teacher has to Chamba, Seraj block of Mandi, submit their monthly Chhaura block of Shimla and Shillai progress report to the block of Sirmaur district) where the concerned BRC/District IE rural female literacy rates are below Coordinators. After compiling the national average. Model cluster the monthly progress report schools are being developed with one of IE RTs, the District Project extra room, toilets for girls, girl-child Officers send the reports to friendly teaching learning material and the SPO which are reviewed library and sports activities. in the SSA monthly review meetings. 114

Kasturba Gandhi Balika information of students achievements. Vidyalaya(KGBV) In this software a child’s cumulative 16.9 In KGBVs girls are being achievement will be maintained till the imparted skill education along with completion of elementary schooling. normal studies and exposure visits are Every child will be given a unique also organised within and outside the identification number so that in case a districts. Regular training imparted to child migrates from one school to KGBV hostel wardens and each KGBV another within the State he/she could is monitored by State level monitoring be easily traced. team. Monitoring of Schools Learning Level of Children 16.11 To ensure adequate monitoring, supervision and evaluation of SSA 16.10 Class-VIII board examination intervention, Himachal Pradesh State has already been abolished and no Mission Authority is continuously child at the elementary stage will be monitoring various aspects of the subjected to face any formal programme implementation and examination. However, the evaluation monitoring has been made an integral of children is being done through CCE part of the implementation plans. In as per section 29 of the RTE. After order to constantly oversee and control delivery of content their progress is the programme implementation, state recorded on CCE registers and gaps monitoring teams comprising 5 are addressed as and when identified faculties from the Headquarter, one during the learning process. Now the from DIET and concerned functionaries emphasis is on diagnostic teaching from the field have also been instead of promoting rote method and constituted. Every month the main single line paper pencil test. This findings of the monitoring reports are evaluation system is taking care of shared with district authorities in holistic development of all children. monthly state review meetings and The learning gaps identified during pursuant action taken. Till date more continuous evaluation are also being than 700 schools and all KGBVs have taken care of through Learning been monitored in 67 educational Enhancement Programme (LEPs) like; blocks. Adhar, Samvridhi, and other need based inputs. Capacity Building Besides this, the learning 16.12 SIEMAT has started to ensure pace of each elementary school child constant dialogue with all the Block on the education ladder will be Resource Coordinators (BRCs) of the recorded in every grade through a child State in the quarterly review meeting – tracking system. Under this system, cum-workshops to actually see the comprehensive record of students, things happening on the ground in achievements, academic progress, and relation to SSA and RTE other relevant information of each and implementation and other EFA related every child is being maintained in schemes. All the BRCs are being specifically developed software. This regularly trained in a phased manner record will provide child, class, subject, with different activities and school, cluster. block and district-wise

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programmatic related issues at the iii) Publication of monthly block and cluster level respectively. children’s magazine “AKKAR BAKKAR” Efforts to improve the quality containing articles collected of education from teachers and children. 16.13 Efforts to improve the quality of • Quality improvement education and main intervention under programme like Aadhar for SSA are as under: primary level and Samridhi for • Curriculum/ Text Book Upper primary is being implemented. Supplementary Renewal: The text books material was developed and being taught in class 1 & V are made available to all the primary being analyzed in accordance schools of the Pradesh. with NCF-2005. • Need based training modules • Teacher training: Teacher for teachers are developed at Empowerment is one of the State level with the active main focus under SSA. 20 days participation of teachers. annual teacher training is being • Computer Aided Learning (CAL) provided to all the elementary intervention has been teachers for effective introduced in 1,077 Government implementation of Aadhar Middle/ High/ Senior Secondary objectives. Schools for class VI-VIII • TLM Exhibition/Bal Mela: children. Out of this in 282 This event is a big attraction schools the programme has among both teachers and been outsourced to EVERONN students. Participating teachers Education Ltd. For implementing and students get an opportunity CAL and in remaining 795 for useful interaction with the schools the intervention is being resource teachers and guest implemented through existing faculty thereby widening their teachers of schools. intellectual horizon. • In order to make the public • Functional Libraries: The aware about SSA National Curriculum Framework- implementation and disseminate 2005 emphasizes the need to the information on various focus on reading skills during activities and achievements of the primary school years and SSA Himachal Pradesh, two on creating a print-rich pages in Giriraj Saptahik are environment in order to being published on last encourage reading as a life long Wednesday of every month. habit as under:- Since the Saptahik reaches to i) Use of library as an integral all Panchyat, Mahila Mandals, part of training modules. Schools, various departments of ii) Collaboration with Room to the state, it has proved to be an read for establishment of effective means to take libraries in 200 schools and programme to the grass root 10 KGBVs. level.

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• Long term Quality Plan for Yog Shiksha elementary classes has been 16.15 The department has prepared by the SPO under the developed for classes 6th to 8th Chairmanship of Principal special books on Yoga Shiksha, Secretary Education to the History, Culture and War Heroes of Government of Himachal Himachal Pradesh. Pradesh in collaboration with SCERT, DIETS, SMCs, school Construction of Elementary heads, teacher educators, teachers etc. The vision of the Education Buildings plan was further shared and 16.16 The Government has discussed at length with the Dy. made a budget provision of ` 500.00 Directors EE-cum-DPCs(SSA), lakh under head Major Works to DIET Principals-cum-DPOs provide adequate infrastructure (SSA), BPEOS, BRCCs primary facilities viz construction of Elementary and upper primary, School Buildings/Rooms and SMC/Resource Group district/Block offices during the current members, teachers etc. All the financial year 2013-14.There is a District education functionaries budget provision of ` 455.00 lakh for especially school authorities repair and maintenance of school have been directed to building in the State. implement various aspects of the State Quality Plan and High/ Senior Secondary organize education in schools in Education accordance to the provision 16.17 Highest Priority is being made in the plan. given towards education in the State • School system is being owing to with the share of education of revamped in accordance with the total Plan Outlay of the state is the provision of Right to increasing every year along with the Education Act, 2009 so as to educational institutions. Up to improve quality. Implementation December, 2013, there are 827 High of RTE ACT, 2009 stands schools, 1,370 Senior Secondary enforced in the state w.e.f. Schools and 72 Govt. Degree colleges 01-04-2010. RTE rules have including 5 Sanskrit colleges and also been framed and notified SCERT and B.Ed. college running in the by the state Govt. State.

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i) Mukhya Mantri Protsahan situated in H.P. Total 45 students Yojna : This scheme has been have been benefited under this started during the year 2012-13 scheme during the year 2012-13. and one time ` 75,000 will be v) Dr. Ambedkar Medhavi given to all students of State who Chhatarvrity Yojna: Under are selected and take admission this scheme the scholarship is for a degree course in any Indian being given to the top 1000 Institute of Technology or All meritorious students of SC India Institute of Medical category and top 1000 Sciences and post graduate meritorious students of OBC on diploma course in any Indian the basis of Matric examination Institute of Managment. for 10 +1 & 10+2 classes @ ii) Swami Vivekanand Uttkristha ` 10,000 per student per annum. Chhatarvrity Yojna : Under During the year 2012-13, 1,804 this scheme 2,000 top meritorious students of SC category and students of General category 1,856 of OBC category have declared as such in the result of been benefited under this Matric Examination on merit basis scheme. for 10+1 and 10+2 classes. The vi) Protsahan Chhatervriti scholarship is given @ `10,000 Yojna : Under this yojna all per student per annum. During students from class 9th to 12th the year 2012-13, 3,585 students who were studying from the have been benefited under this distance of Five kms. and above scheme. from their parental home. The iii) Thakur Sen Negi amount of scholarship from Five Uttkristha Chhatarvrity to Eight kms. ` 200 and above Eight kms. ` 300 per month is Yojna: Under this scheme, the given. Total 1,961students have scholarship is being given to the been benefited during the year top 100 boys & 100 girl students 2012-13. From the year 2013-14 of ST category on the basis of the this scheme has been Matric result for 10+1 and 10+2 discontinued and replaced by classes @ `11,000 per student free bus travelling to students. per annum. During the year 2012-13 341 students were vii) Sanskrit Scholarship benefited under this scheme. Scheme: A sum of ` 250 per th th iv) Maharishi Balmiki month for 9 and 10 classes and ` 300 per month for +1 and Chhatarvrity Yojna: The girl +2 classes are being given to students belonging to Balmiki those students who secure first families whose parents are position in the subject of Sanskrit engaged in unclean occupation with 60 percent and above are being given scholarship marks. under this scheme @ ` 9,000 per student per annum beyond Matric viii) Indira Gandhi Utkrishtha level to college level and for Chhatervriti Yojna: Under professional courses irrespective this scheme, 150 meritorious of their status (Govt.or Private) students for post plus two

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courses for studying in colleges for all courses and they are studying in or doing professional courses Govt./Govt. Aided Institutions. During shall be awarded @ ` 10,000 per the year 2012-13, total beneficiaries are year per student purely on basis SC-20,163, ST-3,606 and OBC-5,154. of merit and without any income 4. Sainik School Scholarship ceiling. 126 students are Scheme. benefited under this scheme The scheme is applicable to the during the year 2012-13 students in the Sainik School Sujanpur Tihra and bonafide resident of Himachal In addition to above the following Pradesh from class VI to XII. Under Scholarship schemes are also running this scheme 520 students have been in the state: benefited during the year 2012-13. 1. IRDP Scholarship Scheme th 5. Pre-Matric Scholarship to A sum of ` 300 per month for 9 & OBC student . 10th class, ` 800 per month for +1 & +2 This scholarship will be awarded Class, `1,200 Per month for College/Day to those students from class 1st to 10th scholar students and `2,400 Per Month whose parents/ guardians income from for Hostellers is being given to those all sources does not exceed ` 44,500 students who belong to IRDP families per annum. The scholarship will be and studying in Govt./Govt. Aided tenable only in such institution and for Institutions. In the year 2012-13, 93,207 such Pre-Matriculation courses which students have been benefited under this have been duly recognized by the scheme. Government. . 2. Scholarship to the children 6. Incentive to SC/ST girl of Armed Forces Personnel students for secondary Killed/ disabled during education. wars. Under this Centrally Sponsored A sum of ` 300 (boys) and ` 600 th th Scheme SC/ST girl students who take (girls) per month for 9 & 10 class, ` admission in 9th Class after passing 800 per month for +1 & +2 Class, ` Middle Standard Examination from H.P. 1,200 Per month for College/ University/ Board School Examination. The amount Day scholar students and ` 2,400 of incentive under this scheme is ` per month for hostellers is being given 3,000 and will be given in the shape of a to Children of Armed Forces Personnel Time Deposit. During the year 2012- killed/disabled in different operations/ 13, total 5,991 girl students have been war. benefited. 3. Post Matric Scholarship to SC/ST/OBC students Expansion of Sanskrit (Centrally Sponsored Education Scheme) 16.19 Tremendous efforts are The students belongs to SC and made to promote Sanskrit Education by ST whose parents annual income is up the State Govt. as well as Centre Govt. to ` 2,50,000 and OBC students whose The details are as under:- parents annual income is up to a) Award of scholarships to students `1,00,000 are eligible for full scholarship of High/ Senior Secondary Schools (i.e. Maintenance allowance + full fee) studying Sanskrit.

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b) Providing grant for the salary of Vocational Education Sanskrit Lecturers for teaching 16.23 In order to provide Sanskrit in Secondary Schools. employability to students the department c) Modernization of Sanskrit imparted Vocational Education under Pathshalas. NVEQF in 100 Schools with 5 d) Grant to State Govt. for various subjects/trades. Under this scheme 198 schemes for promotion of Sanskrit vocational teachers have been deployed and for research/ research and about 9,055 students have been projects. enrolled in which 4,699 are in general category, 2,520 in SC, 616 in ST and Teachers Training Programmes 1,220 in OBC category. Beside this the 16.20 The Teachers Training department also proposes to start Programmes need to be strengthen to vocational education in 100 GSSS with equip in-service teachers with the latest three new courses i.e. Agriculture, techniques/ teaching methods. Hospitality and Tourism, Electronics & th th Seminars/re-orientation courses are Hardware from class 9 to 12 under being conducted by SCERT Solan, NVEQF. GCTE Dharamshala, HIPA Fairlawns, Shimla, NUPA New Delhi/CCRT/ Free Education to Handicapped NCERT/RIE, Ajmer and RIE Children Chandigarh. Approximately 1,769 16.24 Free education to the teaching and non - teaching staffs have children having more than 40 percent been trained during 2013-14. disability is being provided in the State upto University level since 2001-02. Yashwant Gurukul Awas Yojna 16.21 In order to provide suitable Free Education to Girls residential accommodation to the 16.25 Free education is being teachers posted in High/Senior provided to girl students in the State Secondary Schools of Tribal and hard upto University level including vocational areas this scheme has been launched and professional courses i.e. only tuition since the year 1999. The scheme is fee is exempted. being implemented in 61 identified schools of the state. Information Technology Education 16.26 Information Technology Free Text Books education is being imparted in all Govt. 16.22 The State Government is Senior Secondary Schools on self providing free text books to the students finance basis where students had opted belonging to SC, ST, OBC & IRDP for IT education as an optional subject. th students studying in 6 to 10 classes. The department is charging IT fee An expenditure of ` 8.75 crore have `110 per month per student. The been spent for this purpose and students of SC (BPL) families are 1,24,784 students during the academic getting 50% fee concession of total fee. th session 2013-14 studying in 9th and 10 About 96,000 students are enrolled in IT classes have been benefited. education subject.

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Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha i.e. ` 0.75 crore has been released to Abhiyan district Chamba and Sirmaur. 16.27 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan has been implemented Girls Hostels in Educationally in the State for the secondary level Backward Blocks under H.P. School education Society. 16.29 The Centrally sponsored For the financial year 2013-14 Project Scheme for the construction and approval board, Govt. of India has running of Girls hostel for students of approved an amount of ` 2341.18 lakh Secondary and Sr. Secondary Schools; out of which GOI and State Govt. Have in Educationally Backward block is to released first instalment of ` 851.80 strengthen the Boarding and Hostel lakh and `283.93 lakh respectively for facilities for Girl Students studying in the implementation of various activities classes IX to XII. The girls belonging to of RMSA and the same is being utilized SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and on different activities like Training of in- BPL families shall be benefited under service teacher, Training of Girl on self this scheme. This scheme will pay a defence, special teaching for weak significant role for the promotion of Girl students etc. Education and to eliminate gender disparity in secondary and Higher Model Schools Secondary Schools in Educational 16.28 To improve the quality of blocks in the state. 90 percent central education, the Govt. of India has also share amounting to ` 95.63 lakh as first decided to set up Model Schools at instalment of non recurring grant has Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBS) been conveyed and 10 percent State in areas where rural female literacy is share amounting to ` 9.56 lakh as first below 46.13 percent and the gender gap instalment has also been proposed by is above 21.59 percent in the First the department. State share has been phase. The areas selected are those released by the Deputy Commissioner which have a very low gross enrolment Sirmaur and Chamba in favour of SPO ratio (Educationally Backward Blocks). for Shillai and Sach @ `19.12 lakh and Under these provisions, the Govt. of `6.37 lakh respectively. India has conveyed the selection of Pangi, Tissa, Salooni and Mehla Blocks Information & Communication in Chamba district and Shilali Block in Technology ICT Project Sirmour district as educationally 16.30 The ICT project under backward block. These schools have central-State share of 90:10 has been functional during the year already successfully implemented in 2010-11. 90 percent Central share 628 Senior Secondary schools with amounting to `6.78 crore as first instalment of non-recurring grant for the the tune of `753.60 lakh has been year 2009-10 for setting up of five Model Central share and `83.74 lakh as State Schools in EBB in Himachal Pradesh share in the year 2012-13. Under this has been released by the Government project one IT lab with 9 computers of India to Himachal Pradesh Primary and 2 smart class rooms comprising Education Society-cum Sarva Shiksha of 1 LCD TV and integrated Abhian State Mission Authority. The computer projector has been remaining 10 percent State share i.e. installed in each school. In phase II of

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ICT project 618 GSSS, 848 GHS and 5 level, whereas the Polytechnics are smart schools have been approved and providing professional/technical will be started during next academic education at diploma level courses in 14 session. Engineering and Non-Engineering disciplines. The Industrial Training TECHNICAL EDUCATION Institutes are providing different 16.31 Department of Technical certificate level courses in 25 Education was established in the year engineering and 22 non-engineering 1968 and in July, 1983, the vocational trades. Present intake in the existing and Industrial Training Institutes were institutions are as under:- also brought under the umbrella of this Department. At the moment, the 1. Degree Level = 7,980 Department is providing education in the 2. B. Pharmacy = 1,000 field of Technical Education, Vocational 3. Diploma Level = 10,858 and Industrial Training. Today the 4. ITIs/ITCs = 33,506 department has reached a stage where Total = 53,344 all the interested candidates of the State 16.32 In addition, the department has can get admission in Engineering/ opened five Polytechnics in Districts Pharmacy both diploma and degree as viz. Bilaspur, Kullu, Kinnaur, Sirmaur well as certificate level courses in H.P. and Lahaul & Spiti from the academic through different institutions i.e. One session 2013-14.The Jawahar Lal Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Nehru, Government Engineering Mandi at Kamand, One National College, Sundernagar has been Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, selected in Technical Education Quality National Institute of Fashion Technology Improvement Programme Phase-II with (NIFT) Kangra, 1 Jawaharlal Nehru, project cost of which is ` 12.30 crore Govt. Engineering College on 90:10 pattern. Till date the this Sundernagar, 1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee institution has received a sum of Govt. Institute of Engineering and ` 4.50 crore from GOI and ` 95.00 lakh Technology, Pragatinagar, District as State share. The GOI (MHRD) has Shimla. 17 Privately managed granted its approval to provide engineering colleges, 15 Govt. ` 1.00 crore each for construction of Polytechnics and 18 Polytechnic in Girls Hostel in the existing Nine Private Sector, 82 Industrial Training Polytechnics. Institutes in Govt. sector and 8 Industrial Training Institutes for women and one ITI for Physically Handicapped at 16.33 Modular Employable Skills under Sundernagar in Govt. sector, One Motor the Skill Development Initiative Scheme, Driving school at Una in Govt. sector, vocational training is being provided to 129 ITIs in private sector, One B- those workers seeking certification of Pharmacy college Rohroo District their skills, school dropouts, Shimla, 12 B-Pharmacy colleges in unemployed youths and ITI graduates to private sector and 2 D-Pharmacy improve their employability. At present college in private sector are functioning 104 vocational training providers in the Pradesh. In Engineering and B- (65 Govt. ITIs +39 Private ITIs) have Pharmacy Colleges, the Technical been registered under Skill Education is imparted up to degree Development Initiative Scheme. Total

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HEALTH AND FAMILY Programme in 1994-95 by the WELFARE Govt. of India and with the 17.1 The State Govt. has assistance of World Bank; Leprosy ensured that health services for effective Societies were formulated in the prevention and treatment intervention districts. During 2013-14, (upto are accessible to people and are applied November, 2013), 103 new cases efficiently. In Himachal Pradesh, Health of Leprosy have been detected, and Family Welfare department is 100 cases were deleted and 152 providing services which include cases of leprosy are under curative, preventive, promotive and treatment. They are getting MDT rehabilitative services through a net from different health institutions work of 55 civil hospitals, 77 community free of cost. health centres, 476 primary health (iii) National T.B. Control centres, 11 ESI dispensaries and 2,065 Programme: Under this sub-centres. To provide better health programme, 1 T.B. sanatorium, 12 services to the people, the government district T.B. centres/clinics, 50 T.B. is strengthening the existing units and 180 microscopic centres infrastructure by providing modern having a provision of 310 beds equipments, specialized services, were functioning in the state. increasing the strength of the medical During the year 2013-14 upto and paramedical staff in the medical 30.9.2013 10,935 cases were institutions. detected having symptoms of this disease and sputum tests of 17.2 A brief description of 60,685 persons were carried out. various health and family welfare Himachal Pradesh is one of the activities carried out in the State States where all the districts have during 2013-14 is as under:- been covered under this project. (i) National Vector Borne (iv) National Programme for Disease Control Control of Blindness: Under Programme: During the year this programme during the year 2013-14, (upto November, 2013) 2013-14 (upto November, 2013) 4,27,667 blood slides were 17,781 cataract operations were examined, out of which 136 slides performed against the target of were found positive and no death 23,100 cataract operations. Out of due to malaria was reported. this 17,541 cataract operations (ii) National Leprosy were performed with I.O. lenses. Also 2,20,299 students were : Eradication Programme examined under this programme Under this Programme the against a target of 1, 20,000. prevalence rate, which was 5.14 per ten thousand in 1995, has been (v) National Family Welfare reduced to 0.21 per ten thousand Programme: This programme is as on 30.11.2013. The National being carried out in the State as a Leprosy Control Programme was part of Reproductive and Child converted to Leprosy Eradication Health Programme, on the basis of

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community needs assessment Like previous years, approach. Under this approach, the Pulse Polio campaigns were grass-root level workers like also launched in the State during multipurpose health workers (both the year 2013-14.The first round male & female) give an estimate of of this campaign is on 19.01.2014 the various family welfare activities and second round will be held on required in the area/ population 23.02.2014(Tentative). covered by them. Under this (vii) National AIDS Control programme, 5,077 sterilisations, Programme: During the year 13,425 I.U.D. insertions, 21,518 2013-14 up to November, 2013, OP Users and 85,574 CC Users 1,06,899 persons screened out of were done during 2013-14 (upto which 397 HIV positive cases November, 2013). were detected. Under blood (vi) Universal Immunization safety 18 blood banks are Programme: This programme is functioning in the state. also being implemented in the state • Integrated Counselling as a part of RCH programme with a and Testing Centre aim to reduce the morbidity and Total 49 ICTC centres in mortality among mothers, children Himachal Pradesh are providing and infants. The preventable Counselling and testing vaccine for diseases viz. services. In the year 2013-14, Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Pertusis, out of total tested persons, Neo-natal Tetanus, Poliomyelitis 32,987 were ANC clients, out of and Measles has shown which 23 were diagnosed as remarkable reduction over the last HIV positive. Two Mobile ICTC years. The targets and Vans units are also functional. achievements for the year 2013-14 are given in Table 17.1. • STI/ RTI Clinics Total 17 clinics are providing Table- 17.1 STI/RTI services in various Item 2012-13 districts of Himachal Pradesh. In Sr. Targets Achievement the year 2013-14 total 16,703 No. upto people have availed the November,12 services of these RTI/ STI 1 2 3 4 1 D.P.T. 114000 71614 clinics. 2 Polio 114000 71678 • Blood Safety 3 B.C.G. 114000 79087 4 Hepatitis-B 114000 71559 Total 15 Blood Banks and 3 5 Measles 114000 75240 Blood Component Separation 6 Vit. A 1st dose 114000 69222 7 Polio Booster 117000 68930 Units IGMC, Shimla, ZH Mandi 8 D.P.T. Booster 117000 68900 and RPGMC Tanda are 9 Vit. A 5th dose - 74612 functioning in the state. During 10 D.P.T. (5-6 116000 76852 years) the year 2013-14, 196 VBD 11 T.T. (10 years) 116000 93152 Camps have been organized 12 T.T. (16 years) 129000 111639 and in the State blood donation 13 T.T.(PW) 131000 72773 percentage is 76 percent. One 14 I.F.A. (Mothers) 131000 62443 Mobile Blood Bus with four

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donor couches is also functional 17.4 At present the State has in State. two Medical Colleges i.e. Indira Gandhi • Anti Retroviral Treatment Medical College, Shimla and Dr. Programme Rajendra Prasad Medical College State has 3 ART centre at Tanda and one Govt. Dental College, IGMC, Shimla, RH Hamirpur Shimla are functioning. Besides this, and Dr. RPGMC Tanda and 10 four Dental colleges are in private sector Link ART Centres through these at Sundernagar, Solan, Nalagarh and free ART Drugs are being Paonta Sahib. During the academic provides to people living with session 2013-14 GNM seats in various HIV/AIDS. Govt.and Private Nursing Institutions have been increased from 1,240 to • Targeted Interventions 1,280 and B.Sc. Nursing seats have 34 Targeted Interventions also been increased from 580 to 660. Project are being implemented Under CSS the GOI has included one in the state for High Risk GNM school at Chamba and two more Groups. In the current year, ANM schools at Solan and Kullu. The 13,963 persons have been Institution wise major achievements of provided STI services and the Department are as under:- 27,522 were referred to ICTC’s and 86 awareness camps and (a) IGMC, Shimla: 149 health camps were This College is the premier organized through NGO’s. institute of the State established in the (viii) National Rural Health year 1966, now upgraded as Super Mission: Under this scheme Speciality Institute. During this academic 116 Health Institutions were session 2013-14 the PG seats has been identified to provide 24 hours increased from 90 to 96 in various emergency services. Apart from streams. Govt. of India has approved this 573 Rogi Kalyan Samities ` 150.00 crore (centre share`120.00 are also functioning at District crore and State share ` 30.00 crore) for Hospitals, Civil Hospitals and the up gradation of IGMC, Shimla under CHCs. A sum of ` 10.32 crore phase –II of PMSSY. During the year has been distributed to all the 2013-14 ` 360.00 lakh were spent for RKS till 31.12.2013. the execution of several capital works among which minor O.T. was Medical Education & Research constructed for Urology department in 17.3 The Directorate of Medical IGMC, Shimla. To decongest IGMC Education Training & Research was premises a second campus will be built established during the year 1996-97 at Garog near Ghanahati with a with the objective of providing better tentative cost of ` 150.00 crore for medical education system and training which a land of 60 Bigha has been to Medical and Para Medical & Nursing selected. During the year 2013-14 personnel to monitor and coordinate the various Machinery and equipments activities of Medical & dental services of worth `13.05 lakh were purchased. For State. the convenience of patients, online investigation of lab reports has been

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started using HMIS through internet on foundation stone for construction of 1st IGMC website. Hon’ble Chief Minister year MBBS hostel with an estimated has laid down foundation stone for cost of ` 2,673.45 lakh, Burn unit with an construction of OPD block with an estimated cost of `201.17 lakh and estimated cost of ` 56.20 crore and establishment of Eye Bank at a cost of administrative block with an estimated `20.00 lakh on 29th October, 2013. cost of ` 7.93 crore on 8th August,2013 and also lay down the foundation for Financial Achievements: construction of MCH block at KNH with During the financial year th an estimated cost of `17.00 crore on 7 2013-14 there is a budget provision of ` September, 2013. In order to upgrade 6,835.63 lakh and the expenditure up to the cancer care facilities in the state 31.12.2013 is ` 3,734.33 lakh. HDR brach therapy system and linear accelerator are being provided to (c) Dental College and Hospital Radiotherapy department with an Shimla: estimated cost of `12.14 crore. H.P. Govt. Dental College and

Hospital, Shimla Hospital is the only Financial Achievements dental College in the State which was During the financial year established in the year 1994 with an 2013-14 there is a budget provision of intake capacity of 20 students per year. `12,753.13 lakh and the expenditure up From the year 2007-08 the admission of to 31.12.2013 is ` 7,611.50 lakh. 60 students to BDS course has been started. Besides this the MDS course in (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Govt. six specialities Oral Surgery, Medical College, Kangra Periodontics, orthodontics, at Tanda: Prosthodontics, Operative Dentistry and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical Paedodontics is being run with an College, Kangra at Tanda is the 2nd capacity of 13 PGs students per year. Medical College of the state established Training course for Dental Hygienist and in October, 1996 with an intake capacity Dental Mechanics Diploma has been of 50 MBBS students. The first batch started with the intake capacity of 20 was started in 1999 and recognized by students in each course per year. MCI on 24th February, 2005. The MCI has granted the permission to increase The main object of the the MBBS seats from 50 to 100. For the opening of the Dental College and academic session 2014-15 there is a Hospital was to meet the ever proposal to increase 13 more PG seats increasing demand of Dental Doctors in various specialities. Super Specialty and Para Medical staff with the view to Hospital being constructed at the cost of provide better dental health services to `150.00 crore under PMSSY-II. the people of the State. During the Construction of two lecture theatre, period from 1.1.2013 to 31.12.2013, this Examination Hall and Anatomy block college has treated 201 indoor and with an estimated cost of `856.68 lakh is 48,621 outdoor patients. Dental Mobile in progress. During the year 2013-14 Camps has organized through which various Machinery and equipments nearly 2,500 patients have been treated worth `248.65 lakh were purchased. and free medicines are being distributed Hon’ble Chief Minister has laid down during these dental camps.

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Financial Achievements: Programmes like Malaria, Family During the financial year welfare, Anaemia free, AIDS and 2013-14 there is a budget provision of immunization and pulse polio etc. During the current financial year `1,092.95 lakh and the expenditure up to 2013-14, there is a budget provision of 31.12.2013 is ` 765.20 lakh. `189.24 crore out of which Non Plan is `168.74 crore and Plan is `20.50 crore. AYURVEDA 17.5 Indian System of Development of Herbal Medicines and Homoeopathy plays a vital role in the Health Care System of Resources the State of H.P. The separate 17.6 Four herbal gardens at Department of Ayurveda was Jogindernagar (Mandi), Neri (Hamirpur), established in 1984 and Health Care Dumreda (Shimla) and Jungle Jhalera services are being provided to the (Bilaspur) are functioning in the state. general public through 2 Regional An Annual Action Plan for 2013-14 Ayurvedic Hospitals, 2 Circle Ayurvedic under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme Hospitals, 3 Tribal Hospitals, 9 District of National Mission on Medicinal Plants Ayurvedic hospitals, one Nature care at a project cost of `97.54 lakh has been hospital, 1,108 Ayurvedic health approved by the National Medicinal centres, 14 ten/ twenty bedded Plants Board, Department of AYUSH, Ayurvedic hospitals, 3 Unani health Govt. of India. Under this, 2 model centres, 14 homoeopathic health nurseries of four hectare area each and centres and 4 Amchi clinics (out of 10 small nurseries of one hectare area which one is functional).The department each will be established in the public has inbuilt system of production of sector. Besides this, cultivation of medicines through 3 Ayurvedic medicinal plants will be undertaken by Pharmacies, at Jogindernagar (District the farmers in 72 hectare area in the Mandi), Majra (District Sirmaur) and State. Paprola (District Kangra). These pharmacies catering to the need of the Drug Testing Laboratory Ayurvedic health institutions of the 17.7 During the year 2013-14(up to department and also give boost to the Dec.2013), DTL Jogindernagar has employment to local people. Rajeev analyzed 1,032 samples (from Govt. Gandhi Government P.G. Ayurvedic and Private Pharmacies) and generated College Paprola with an intake capacity a revenue of ` 1.96 lakh. of 50 students for B.A.M.S. degree is functioning at Paprola in Kangra district. 17.8 Development Activities Besides this the PG Classes in (i) To popularized and make Kayachikitsa, Shalakya Tantra, Shalya people aware of AYUSH Tantra, Prasuti Tantra, Samhita and treatment, 48 free medical Sidhant, Dravya Guna, Rog Nidan, camps have been organized Swasth Vritta, Panchkarm and Balrog from time to time at different are also there. The department has places during the year 2013-14 started the B-Pharmacy course (Ay.) at under which 6,894 patients were Jogindernagar with intake capacity of 30 treated. Regional Centre for students. The department of Ayurveda excellence in Geriatric Health is also associated with National Health Care has been established at 128

RGGPG, College Paprola. ailing community of State Sensitization programmes are through departmental also being organized for the institutions. Presently awareness of NGOs and department has been procuring general public. raw herbs through H.P. State (ii) Govt. Ayurvedic Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Pharmacies for manufacturing medicines Presently there are three due to non availability of the Departmental Ayurvedic same locally. Pharmacies in the State (iii) National Rural Health manufacturing Ayurvedic Drugs for free distribution through Mission Ayurvedic Insitututions in the Under this scheme at present, State. The Pharmacies have 135 AMOs are working under co- been located at Majra in location policy against the created 155 Sirmour, Jogindernagar in post of AMOs. Mandi and Paprola, in Kangra. Pharmacy at Paprola is also Proposed Targets for the year attached with Ayurvedic College 2014-15 Paprola for practical purpose for This department has the students of PG Ayurveda proposed the target of opening 05 New College, Paprola. These Ayurvedic Health Centres, upgradation Pharmacies supply drugs to all of one AHCs to 10-bedded Hospital, health institutions of Ayurvedic upgradation of one 10/20 bedded Department. The medicines Hospital to 50 bedded Hospital and being manufactured in these providing of Panchkarma at 2 and pharmacies are of good quality Ksharsutra at 2 centres during the year and provided free of cost to the 2014-15.

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SOCIAL WELFARE & Govt. service/ Board/ WELFARE OF BACK-WARD corporation and should not be in CLASSES possession of any kind of pension. During current 18.1 The Social Justice and financial year 2013-14 there is a Empowerment Department of the target of 1,21,830 pensioners State is engaged in socio-economic under the above schemes. An and educational uplift of scheduled amount of `6,724.59 lakh have castes, scheduled tribes, other been spent upto 30.11.2013 backward classes, infirms, against the budget provision of handicapped, orphans, children, ` 9,190.59 lakh. widows, destitutes, poor children and women etc. The following schemes c) Widow /Deserted/ Ekal are being implemented under social Nari Pension: The Widow/ welfare programme:- Deserted/ Ekal Nari Pension @ ` 500 is being provided to Social Security Pension those Widow /Deserted/ Ekal Scheme Nari ladies (above 45 years of age) whose individual annual 18.2 income does not exceed `9,000 P.A. The income of family other a) Old Age pension: Old age than individual income should pension @ ` 500 PM is being not exceed `15,000 P.A. During provided to those who have current financial year 2013-14 attained the age 60 years or there is a target of 63,752 above having individual annual pensioners. Under the above income below ` 9,000 P.A. The scheme, an amount of income of family other than ` 2,676.31 lakh have been spent individual income should not upto 30.11.2013 against the exceed `15,000 P.A. 80 years & budget provision of ` above pensioners are being 3,862.98 lakh. provided pension @` 1000PM. d) Rehabilitation allowance b) Disability Relief to Lepers:- Rehabilitation Disability Relief Allowance: allowance to leprosy @ `500 Allowance is being given to per month is being provided to those disabled persons who are the patient of leprosy who have having at least 40 percent of been identified by the Health disability and whose individual Department irrespective of their annual income does not exceed annual income. During current `9,000 P.A. and the income of financial year 2013-14 there is a family other than individual target of 1,482 pensioners income should not exceed under the above scheme. An `15,000 P.A. Besides Pensions amount of ` 53.80 lakh have to above 70% disabled persons been spent upto 30.11.2013 is being provided without any against the budget provision of ` income criteria subject to the 99.41 lakh. condition that applicant should not be in Govt. Service/ semi e) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension:

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(IGNOAP): Indira Gandhi per month is being provided National Old Age Pension is under IGNOAPS whereas under being provided to the persons IGNWPS and IGNDPS an who have attained the age 60 amount of ` 300,is being years or above and belong to provided by Government of BPL household. During current India. However, the remaining financial year 2013-14 there is a amount along with MO target of 85,707 pensioners Commission is being borne by under the above scheme. An the State Govt. to disburse amount of ` 2,220.94 lakh have pensions to all the pensioners been spent upto 30.11.2013 at uniform rates i.e. `500 per against the budget provision of ` month and `1000 per month to 3,256.13 lakh. the pensioners above 80 years. f) Indira Gandhi National The budget for this purpose has Widow Pension: been provided under the state scheme for old age, widow and (IGNWP): Indira Gandhi handicapped pension. National Widow Pension is being provided to the widows Self Employment Scheme between the age group of 40 to 18.3 The department is also 79 years and belongs to BPL providing funds to the 4 Corporations household. During current viz; H.P. Minorities Finance and financial year 2013-14 there is a Development Corporation, H.P. target of 19,593 pensioners Backward Classes Finance and under the above scheme. An Development Corporation, H.P. amount of ` 511.22 lakh have Scheduled Castes and Scheduled been spent upto 30.11.2013 Tribe Corporation and H.P. Women against the budget provision of ` Development Corporation under the 794.25 lakh. head investment for the running of g) Indira Gandhi National various self employment schemes. Disability Pension There is a budget provision of (IGNDP): Indira Gandhi `505.00 lakh for the year 2013-14 and National Disability Pension is upto 30.11.2013, an amount of `60.00 being provided to the disabled lakh, have been released. persons between the age group of 18 to 79 years having 80 Welfare of Scheduled Castes/ percent disability and belongs Scheduled Tribes and Other to BPL household. During Backward Classes current financial year 2013-14 18.4 Under this programme, there is a target of 557 the important schemes implemented pensioners under the above during 2013-14 are as under:- scheme. An amount of ` 11.82 lakh have been spent upto i) Award for Inter-caste 30.11.2013 against the budget Marriage: For elimination of provision of ` 19.62 lakh. the practice of untouchability between Scheduled Castes and For all the above non Scheduled Castes , the Central Pension Schemes a State Govt. encourages inter- sum of `200, and to the caste marriages. Under this pensioners above 80 years `500 scheme, an amount of ` 50,000

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per couple is given as incentive provision of ` 4.33 crore is kept money. For inter-caste marriages out of which an amount of during 2013-14, a budget ` 13.54 lakh has been spent upto provision of ` 60.94 lakh is kept 30.11.2013 and 1,923 trainees for the purpose and 188 couples were benefitted. have been benefited with an iv) Follow up Programme: amount of ` 50.50 lakh upto Under this scheme, implements 30.11.2013 against the target of and tools, sewing machine 248 couples. costing `1,500 per beneficiary are ii) Housing Subsidy: Under this given to scheduled castes, scheme the members of scheduled tribes and other scheduled castes, scheduled backward classes whose annual tribes and other backward income does not exceed `11,000 classes are given subsidy of per annum. For the year 2013-14, `75,000 per family for house a budget provision of `102.61 construction purposes to those lakh was made under this whose annual income does not scheme out of which an amount exceed ` 17,000. During the year of `21.34 lakh was spent 2013-14, an amount of `1,740.54 benefiting 1,422 persons upto lakh has been provided in the 30.11.2013 against 7,045 budget and 1,532 persons were beneficiaries. benefited with an amount of v) Compensation to Victims `1,107.45 lakh upto 30.11.2013 of Atrocities on Scheduled against the target of 3,586 Castes/ Scheduled Tribes persons. iii) Training and Proficiency in Families Under SCs/STs Computer Applications (POA) Act-1989: Under the rules of the above Act monetary and Allied Activities: Under relief is granted to those this scheme computer training scheduled castes, scheduled are provided in the recognized tribes families who become computer courses to candidates victims of atrocities committed by belonging to BPL, SC, ST and the member of other communities Minorities or those whose annual due to caste consideration. income is less than `60,000.The During the year 2013-14 against department bears the training the budget provision of ` 25.00 cost not exceeding `1,200 per lakh an amount of `8.59 lakh was month per candidate and balance spent upto 30.11.2013, under this cost if any is borne by the scheme thereby benefiting candidate. During the training a 27 families. stipend of `1,000 per month is being provided. After completion of the training, the candidates Welfare of Disabled are placed for six months in the 18.5 Department is implementing organization / offices so as to Comprehensive Integrated Scheme gain proficiency in computer named “Sahyog” for persons with applications. During the period of disabilities launched during the year placement ` 1,500 per month per 2008-09. The components of the candidate is being provided. scheme along with financial and During the year, 2013-14, budget physical achievement upto 30.11.2013 is as under:-

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i) Disabled Scholarship : This 2013-14 and upto 30.11.2013 Scheme is applicable to all under the scheme `3.10 lakh categories of disabled students has been spent. including hearing impaired iv) Self Employment: Disabled persons having disability of 40 persons having disability of 40 percent or above and whose percent and above are provided parents annual income does not loans by the H.P. Minorities exceed `60,000. The rates of Finance and Development Scholarship varies from `350- Corporation for setting up small 750 per month for day scholars ventures. SCs/OBCs and and ` 1,000-2,000 per month for Minority Affairs Department boarders. Against the budget provides subsidy on projects provision of `77.31 lakh upto sanctioned by H.P.Minorities 30.11.2013 an amount of `53.68 Finance and Development lakh has been spent. Corporation upto ` 10,000 or 20 ii) Marriage Grant to percent of the project cost Individuals Marrying (whichever is less). During 2013-14 upto 30.11.2013, loans Persons with Disabilities: amounting to ` 211.62 lakh has To encourage able bodied been released by the H.P. young men or girls to marry the Minorities Finance and disabled boy or girl having not Development Corporation to the less than 40 percent disability 67 persons with disability. and who have attained the Marriageable age, marriage v) Skill Enrichment: Vocational grant @ `8,000 to 15,000 is rehabilitation training to PWDs provided by the State through selected ITIs is Government. Against the provided in identified trades. budget provision of ` 26.50 lakh Training is free of cost and an amount of ` 13.99 lakh has stipend @ ` 1,000 per month is been spent upto 30.11.2013, paid by the department. During thereby benefitting 161 persons. the current financial year, 40 iii) Awareness Generation disabled children have been sponsored for training. Budget and Orientation: Provision provision of ` 15.00 lakh has has been made to organize been provided under the block and district level scheme during the year. composite camps for vi) Scheme of Awards: representative of NGOs working Provision of incentives to best for persons with disabilities, performing disabled individuals SHGs and representative of and private employers providing PRIs at grass root level. In employment to maximum these camps medical disabled in their organization certificates, aids and has been made. Best applications are provided to performing individuals are to be persons with disabilities. Apart given cash award of `10,000 from this all the schemes being each. Best private employer is run for persons with disabilities to be provided cash incentive of are publicized in these camps. `25,000. Budget provision of There is a budget provision of ` 0.50 lakh has been provided `5.00 lakh for the year under this component.

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subjects relating to Scheduled Castes vii) Institutions of Children Sub-Plan and other socio-economic with Special Needs: Two related schemes of the Scheduled institutions at Dhalli and Castes to the Social Justice & Sundernagar have been set up Empowerment department in the year in the State. In the Home being 2002 and now made a Nodal run at Sundernager the name of department. Prior to this, work was institute has been changed to being looked after by the Tribal H.P. Institution of Children with Development Department. Special Abilities (ICSA). 18 Visually and 88 Hearing 18.7 The Scheduled Castes in Impaired girls have been this Pradesh are not concentrated into enrolled. For running and specific regions but are widely maintenance of this Institution dispersed and would be benefitted against the budget provision of ` equally as rest of the population. 62.34 lakh an expenditure of ` Accordingly, approach to economic 30.19 lakh has been incurred development in the case of Scheduled upto 30.11.2013. For Dhalli Castes Sub-Plan is not area based as school an amount of ` 43.62 the case with the Tribal Sub-Plan. The lakh has been released for district of Bilaspur, Kullu, Mandi, HPCCW. In addition to this, Solan, Shimla and Sirmaur are the state government is providing predominantly Scheduled Castes grant to the Prem Ashram, Una population districts where Scheduled to meet out expenditure on Castes concentration is above the boarding, lodging and education State average. These six districts of 50 mentally retarded children. taken together account for 61.31 The budget provision of `10.00 percent of the Scheduled Castes lakh and `9.10 lakh has been population in the state. spent upto 30.11.2013. 18.8 For making Scheduled viii) Disability Rehabilitation Castes Sub-Plan need based and effective the Single Line System for Centres (DRCs): Two Plan formulation and monitoring has Disability Rehabilitation Centres been introduced whereby funds are have been set up at Hamirpur allocated to each district based on and Dharamshala under fixed parameters which are non- NPRPD. These centres are divertible from one district to another being run through DRDA district and plans are prepared at Hamirpur and Indian Red Cross district level for each district under the Society Dharamshala supervision of the Deputy respectively. During the year Commissioner and in consultation with 2013-14 an amount of ` 15.00 the Heads of the Districts/ Regional lakh has been provided under Offices of the implementing the scheme. department. Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan 18.9 The various programmes 18.6 For bringing economic for the welfare of Scheduled Castes improvement and accelerating the are being implemented effectively. pace of infrastructure development for Although the Scheduled Castes the benefits of the scheduled Castes, communities are deriving benefits the State Govt. has transferred all under the normal Plan as well as Tribal

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Sub-Plan, yet, in order to provide Castes Sub-Plan. The Secretary special coverage under individual (SJ&E) holds quarterly review meeting beneficiary programmes and with the departments at the State level. development of infrastructure in Besides this, a High Powered Scheduled Castes concentrated Coordination and Review Committee villages, 24.72 percent of the total has been constituted under the State Plan allocation is earmarked for Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Chief Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan. The main Minister, which also review the emphasis of the state Govt. is to performance of Scheduled Castes identify more and more realistic Sub-Plan. schemes, which may generate sizeable income and employment for Point No. 10(a) of 20 Point the Scheduled Castes families. Programme 18.12 There are 95,772 SC 18.10 A separate Sub Major families in the state who have been Head “789” has been created for found to be living below poverty line Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and a according to the survey conducted by separate demand (Demand No. 32) the Rural Development department has also been created. The entire during the year 2011-12. During the budget of Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan year, 2012-13, the 79,766 S.C. for 2012-13 is budgeted in the newly families have been benefited against created demand. Such an the target of 58,000 SCs families. arrangement is very helpful in diverting Against the target to assist 27,565 funds from one scheme to another in S.Cs. families in the year 2013-14, the same major head and from one 21,303 S.C. families have been major head to another to ensure 100 benefited upto 30.9.2013. percent expenditure under SCSP. During the year 2012-13 there was an outlay of ` 914.64 crore out of which Child Welfare ` 838.72 crore were spent under (a) Mukhymantri Bal Udhar Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan. During the Yojna current financial year 2013-14 there is outlay of ` 1,013.52 crore out of which 18.13 With a view to look after `389.40 crore were spent upto the orphans, semi-orphans and 30.9.2013. `1,032.79 crore has been destitute children, the department is proposed for the Annual Plan 2014-15. providing grant-in-aid for running and maintenance of Bal /Balika Ashrams at 18.11 The District Level Review Sarahan, Suni, Rockwood (Shimla), & Implementation Committee has been Durgapur (Shimla), Kullu, Tissa, constituted at district level under the Bharmaur, Kalpa(2), Shilli (Solan) Chairmanship of Minister of the district Bharnal, Dehar (Mandi) and Chamba and Deputy Commissioner as its Vice- being run by the voluntary Chairman. The Chairman of the Zila organizations. The department is Parishad and all the Chairpersons of running Bal/ Balika Ashrams at BDCs alongwith other prominent local Pragpur (Kangra) Mashobra, Tuti persons have been nominated as non- Kandi, Masli (Shimla), Sundernagar official members and all district level (Mandi) Sujanpur (Hamirpur) and Killar officers concerned with SCSP as (Chamba). In these ashrams the official members to review, formulation inmates are provided free boarding and implementation of Scheduled and lodging facilities and education

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upto 10+2 standard. Provision for girls, widows, deserted, higher education, professional destitute and women who are in education, career guidance and job moral danger. For the oriented vocational training and rehabilitation of such women rehabilitation have been included in after leaving State Home the scheme. Total capacity of these financial assistance upto Ashrams/Shisu girls to accommodate `10,000 per woman is also is 1,060 children. A budget provision provided. During 2013-14, there of ` 300.00 lakh for the year 2013-14 is a budget provision of ` 32.88 has been kept for this scheme and ` lakh for the running the above 81.50 lakh have been spent upto home and upto November, November, 2013. 2013 an amount of `14.04 lakh has been spent. At present 35 (b) Bal/Balika Surksha Yojna inmates are living in State The State has launched this Home, Mashobra. scheme on 19.07.2012 as per their (b) Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan provision of JJ Act,2000 Rule-2007 Yojna: Under this programme section 34. Those foster family marriage grant `21,000 recommended by the child welfare (enhance to `25,000 w.e.f. committees are given ` 500 per child 1.4.2013) is being given to the per month. 45 eligible children have guardians of the destitute girls been benefited upto 30.12.2013. for their marriages provided their annual income does not (c) Integrated Child Protection exceed `20,000. During Scheme 2013-14, a budget provision of ` 285.86 lakh has been kept for Integrated Child Protection this purpose out of which an Scheme is to contribute for the amount of `137.77 lakh has improvement in the well being of been spent and 630 children in difficult circumstances, as beneficiaries were covered upto well as to the reduction of vulnerability November, 2013. to situations and actions that lead to (c) Self Employment Scheme for abuse neglect exploitation, Women: Under this scheme abandonment and separation children `2,500 are provided to the from parents. During the current women having annual income financial year the total allocation of less than ` 7,500 for carrying budget from centre is ` 350.51 lakh out income generating activities. of which `190.89 lakh has been utilized During the year 2013-14 a upto 30.12.2013. budget provision of ` 7.00 lakh

has been made. 146 women WOMEN WELFARE have been benefitted under the 18.14 Various schemes are scheme and an amount of being implemented for the welfare of ` 3.65 lakh has been spent upto women in the Pradesh. The major November, 2013. schemes are as under:- (d) Widow Re-marriage Scheme: (a) State Home Mashobra: The The main objective of the main purpose of the scheme is scheme is to help in to provide shelter, food, rehabilitation of widow after re- clothing, education and marriage. Under this scheme an vocational training to the young amount of `25,000 (enhanced to

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`50,000 w.e.f. 21.5.2013), as for first two live births in a grant, is provided to the couple. phased manner. In 2010-11, During the year 2013-14, a `64.98 lakh, in 2011-12 `173.24 budget provision of ` 35.00 lakh lakh, in 2012-13 `64.84 lakh and is kept under this scheme in 2013-14 `44.09 lakh have against which ` 17.50 lakh has been released by Govt. of India. been given to 70 such couples Out of this an amount of `329.57 upto November, 2013. lakh has been utilized upto (e) Mother Teressa Asahay Matri November, 2013. Sambal Yojna: The aim of this (g) Mata Shabri Mahila scheme is to provide assistance Sashaktikaran Yojna: This of `3,000 per child per annum to scheme has been started during the destitute women belonging to the financial year 2011-12 for the BPL families or having benefitting women belonging to income less than ` 18,000 for the BPL families of SC category. maintenance of their children till Under the scheme, 50 percent they attain the age of 18 years. subsidy, subject to a maximum The assistance will be provided of `1,300 is given to eligible only for two children. Budgetary women for purchase of gas Provision for this scheme for the connection. As per schematic year 2013-14 is ` 544.00 lakh, norms every year 75 SC BPL out of which ` 395.83 lakh women will be benefited in each has been utilized upto Vidhan Sabha Constituency. December, 2013. 15,315 For the year 2013-14 there is a children have been benefitted. budget provision of `66.00 lakh. (f) Indira Gandhi Matritva An amount of `65.98 lakh have Sahyog Yojna: During the been spent upto November, financial year 2010-11, 2013 for 1,570 gas connection Government of India has released. approved the implementation of (h) Vishesh Mahila Utthan Yojna: 100 percent Centrally State Government has started Sponsored Scheme- “Indira “Vishesh Mahila Utthan Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna” Yojna” as 100% State Plan on pilot basis for Hamirpur Scheme for training and district. Main objective of the rehabilitation of women in moral scheme is to improve the health danger in the State. There is a and nutrition status of pregnant provision to provide stipend and lactating women and infants @ `3,000 per month per trainee by promoting appropriate and test fee of ` 800 per trainee practices, care and service through the department of utilization during pregnancy, Women and Child delivery and lactation period. Development. Further, for those Under the scheme, there is a women who intend to start their provision of providing cash own self employment projects, a incentive of `4,000 existing (and back ended subsidy is provided `6,000 after implementation of @ 20% of the project cost Food Security Act) to pregnant subject to maximum of `10,000 and lactating women (excluding per beneficiary, on loan State/ Central Govt. employees) arranged through HP Mahila of 19 years of age and above Vikas Nigam. In the Current

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year, there is a budget provision check-ups Referral Services and Non of ` 75.00 lakh in which 154 Formal Pre-School Education, from women/girls are undergoing 1.4.2009, I.C.D.S. is being implemented training in different trades in ITI on 90:10 (Centre:State) basis. There is Dharamshala, Gangath (in a budget provision of ` 16,688.00 lakh district Kangra), Solan and for the year 2013-14, out of which State Shamshi (in district Kullu) upto Share is `1,269.00 lakh and Centre December, 2013. While 113 Share is `15,419.00 lakh, an amount of have completed their training. `10,600.74 lakh has been spent upto (i) Financial Assistance and November, 2013. Monthly honorarium Support Services to Victims of `3,000, `1,500 and `2,250 has been of Rape Scheme 2012: This fixed by the Government of India for scheme has been notified on Anganwari Workers, Helpers and Mini 22.09.2012 as 100% State Plan Anganwari Workers respectively. 10 Scheme. The scheme aims to percent of the honorarium is borne by provide financial assistance and the State Government and 90 percent support services such as by the Centre Government. State counselling, medical aid, legal Government is also paying `300, `200 assistance, education and and `250 per month to Anganwari vocational training; depending Worker, Anganwari Helper and Mini upon the needs of rape victims. Anganwari Worker per month in An affected woman shall be addition to its 10 per cent share. entitled to financial assistance and restorative support/ Beti Hai Anmol Yojna services adding upto a 18.16 With a view to change maximum amount of `75,000. negative family and community attitude Additional assistance of `25,000 towards the girl child at birth and to can also be given in special improve enrolment and retention of girl cases. During the current children in schools, Beti Hai Anmol financial year 2013-14, there is scheme is being implemented in the a budget provision of ` 75.00 state w.e.f. 05.07.2010 for girls (2 girls lakh, an expenditure of ` 52.75 only) belonging to the BPL families. lakh upto November,2013 has i) Post Birth Grant: under this been incurred benefiting 145 component, there is a provision to women. give post birth grant of `10,000 (from 2.6.2012) is deposited in the Integrated Child Development Post Office in favour of girl child Services taking birth in the BPL family after 18.15 Integrated Child attaining the age of 18 years, the Development Services” (ICDS) beneficiary can withdraw the programme, is being implemented in all amount from her account. Developmental Blocks of the State ii) Scholarship: Annual scholarships through 78 ICDS projects. Following six ranging between `300 to `1,500 services are being provided to children per annum up to 10 + 2 standard and pregnant/ lactating mothers is provided to these girls when through 18,385 Anganwari Centres and they start going to school. Class- 515 Mini Anganwari Centres in the wise rates of scholarship are as State. The department is providing under:- Supplementary Nutrition, Nutrition and Health Education, Immunization, Health 1. Class 1-3 ` 300 p.a.

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2. Class 4 ` 500 p.a. Nutrition has been provided to 37,553 3. Class 5 ` 600 p.a. adolescent girls, Vocational training to 4. Class 6-7 ` 700 p.a. 341 girls, number of adolescent girls 5. Class 8 ` 800 p.a. given NHED and Non Formal 6. Class 9-10 `1,000 p.a. Education to 34,583 and number of 7. 10+1and 10+2 `1,500 p.a. adolescent girls given IFA/ Deforming supplementation to 36,685. During the current financial year 2013-14, For the year 2013-14 there is a sanction amounting to ` 38.46 lakh budget provision of ` 441.75 lakh, and have been received from GOI under whole amount have been spent upto the Scheme and ` 4.88 lakh have been November, 2013. 18,791 girls have utilized. been benefitted. Supplementary Nutrition Kishori Shakti Yojna Programme (SNP): 18.17 This is 100 percent 18.18 Under this programme, Centrally Sponsored Scheme for supplementary nutrition is provided in improvement of nutritional, health and Anganwari Centres to children, skill development status of adolescent pregnant / lactating mothers and BPL girls. The main objectives of the adolescent girls. Rates (per beneficiary scheme is to improve the nutritional per day) (w.e.f. 01.04.2009) children and health status of girls in the age `4.00 per day pregnant / lactating group of 11-18 years, to provide the mothers and adolescent girls ` 5.00 required literacy and numeracy skills per day and severely mal-nourished through non-formal education to train children ` 6.00 per day. Expenditure and equip the adolescent girls to under this programme is borne by the improve/ upgrade home-based and Central and State Governments on vocational skills and to promote 50:50 basis. During the current awareness of health, hygiene, nutrition financial year 2013-14 there is a and family welfare, home budget provision of `3,240.00 lakh, management/ child care and to take all upto December 2013, `2,957.76 lakh measure as to facilitate their marrying have been utilized under this scheme. only after attaining the age of 18 years `2,292.34 lakh have received as Grant- and if possible, even later; The in-aid from Govt. of India. 4,36,354 scheme was earlier being children, 1,02,609 pregnant/ lactating implemented throughout the State. mothers, 37,553 BPL adolescent girls From the financial year 2011-12, this have been benefitted upto November, scheme is being implemented in 8 2013. Districts (46 Projects).viz. Shimla, Sirmaur, Kinnaur, Mandi, Hamirpur, Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Bilaspur, Una and Lahaul & Spiti. As Empowerment of Adolescent per schematic norms, every year, Girls: Govt. of India has to release funds at the rate of `1.10 lakh per Project to the 18.19 This scheme has been State. Thus maximum, ` 50.60 lakh started in 4 Districts viz. Solan, Kullu, can be spent in the State annually Chamba, and Kangra in place of subject to the release of funds by the Kishori Shakti Yojna. This scheme has Government of India. During the been launched on 19.11.2010 on pilot financial year 2013-14 (upto basis. Under this scheme, an amount September, 2013), supplementary of ` 3.80 lakh per Project will be

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released by the GOI to the State for lakh have been utilized to provide non-nutritional components like, NHED Non-Nutrition Services to Adolescent activities, Iron-Folic Acid tablets, Girls. Under Nutrition Component training-kits, vocational trainings. ` 480.28 lakh for Financial Year Expenditure under Nutrition 2013-14 have been released by GOI component will be shared by the GOI and `128.68 lakh have been utilized. and the State Government on 50:50 Similarly `264.50 lakh have been basis. Under Non-Nutrition component contributed by the State and the whole for the financial year 2010-11, amount has been utilized to provide 2011-12 and 2012-13 a sum of supplementary Nutrition to eligible `121.60, `60.80 lakh and `98.23 lakh Adolescent Girls. has been released by GoI and `188.22

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT Watershed Development 19.1 The main objective of the Programme Rural Development Department is the 19.3 With the objectives to implementation of poverty alleviation, develop wastelands/degraded lands, employment generation and area drought prone and desert area, the development programmes in the rural department is implementing Integrated areas of the State. The following state Waste land Development Programme and centrally sponsored developmental (IWDP), Draught Prone Area schemes and programmes are being Programme (DPAP) and Desert implemented in the state. Development Programme (DDP) and

NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in the State as per MISSION (NRLM) guidelines of government of India. Since 19.2 The Swarnjayanti Gram the inception of the programme, The Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) has been Government of India, Ministry of Rural replaced by the National Rural Development has sanctioned 67 Livelihood Mission (NRLM) w.e.f projects (869 Micro Watersheds) with a 1.4.2013 which is being total cost of ` 254.12 crore for the implemented in a phase manner in 5 treatment of 4,52,311 hectare of land Blocks/ districts of the State. The under IWDP, ` 116.50 crore for the identified Blocks are Kandaghat, treatment of 2,05,833 hectare of land Basantpur, Mandi Sadar, Nurpur and st under DPAP and 552 Micro Watersheds Haroli as pilot blocks in 1 Phase. Apart Projects with a cost of ` 159.20 crore for from above under NRLM for generation the treatment of 2,36,770 hectare of of Self Employment activities like Credit land under DDP. The expenditure under mobilization formation of women SHGs, IWDP is ` 240.28 crore, DPAP is capacity Building and Institution `111.10 crore and under DDP is `97.99 Buildings are proposed for crore upto November, 2013. Under implementation. For the current financial Integrated Watershed Management year annual action plan for ` 12.88 crore Progamme (IWMP) the Government of has been approved by the government India has sanctioned 131 new projects of India for implementation of aforesaid during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and activities. Total 3500 women are 2012-13 with a total cost of `1035.16 proposed for assistance by providing crore for treatment of 6,90,112 hectare credit of ` 100.00 crore. rainfed area in all districts of the state and funds to the tune of ` 196.96 crore Under NRLM (Aajeevika (i.e 90% GOI & 10% state Govt.) has Skills) Total 25 Skill development been released to the concerned districts Projects have been received recently and out of which ` 93.26 crore has been and the finally selected projects will be utilized upto November, 2013. submitted to Government of India for approval.

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Indira Awas Yojna been assisted and financial assistance 19.4 Indira Awas Yojna is a of ` 100.50 lakh has been provided. centrally sponsored scheme. Under this scheme, an assistance of ` 75,000 per Rajiv Awas Yojna beneficiary is given to BPL families for 19.6 The scheme is being the construction of new houses. The implemented on the pattern of Indira selection of beneficiaries is being done Awas Yojna. Under the scheme financial by Gram Sabha. The Central and State assistance of ` 75,000/- is provided to Governments are financing this scheme the eligible poor family approved by the on 75:25 sharing basis. During the year Gram Sabha. Upto November, 2013, 2013-14, upto November, 2013, against against the target of construction of a target of construction of 7,064, all 1,616 new houses, 1,553 houses have houses have been sanctioned which are been sanctioned and remaining 63 under construction. An amount of houses are being sanctioned. During the `25.01 crore has been spent under this year 2013-14, upto November, 2013, an scheme upto November, 2013. amount of ` 578.49 lakh has been spent under this scheme. Matri Shakti Bima Yojna 19.5 This scheme covers all Total Sanitation Campaign (Now women living below the poverty line NBA) within the age group of 10-75 years. 19.7 The Government of India has The policy provides relief to family renamed Total Sanitation Campaign members/insured women in case of (TSC) as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) their death or disablement arising due to during the year 2012-13 to achieve the any kind of accident, surgical operations following objectives and also to be like sterilization, mishap at the time of continued in the 12th Five Year Plan. child birth/ delivery, drowning, washing (a) Bring about an improvement away in floods, landslide, insect bite, in the quality of life in the rural snake bite, earthquake and storms. The areas. scheme also gives benefit to married (b) Accelerate sanitation women in case of accidental death of coverage in rural areas to her husband. The compensation amount achieve the vision of Nirmal under the scheme is as under: Bharat by 2,022 with all Gram i) Death ` 1.00 lakh Panchayats in the country ii) Permanent total disability attaining Nirmal Status. ` 1.00 lakh. (c) Motivate communities and iii) Loss of one limb and one eye or PRIS promoting sustainable both eyes or both limbs sanitation facilities through ` 1.00 lakh. awareness creation and iv) Loss of one limb/one ear health education. ` 0.50 lakh. (d) To cover the remaining v) In case of death of husband schools not covered under ` 1.00 lakh. SSA and Anganwari Centres in the rural areas with proper During the year 2013-14, upto sanitation facilities and November, 2013, 101 families have undertake proactive

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promotion of hygiene facilities and thereafter take education and sanitary habits appropriate actions in this regard. among students. At present the Sanitation Campaign is (e) Encourage cost effective and being implemented in all the 12 appropriate technologies for Districts of the State and presently ecologically safe and Himachal Pradesh is considered a sustainable sanitation. leading State in the field of Sanitation. (f) Develop community managed environmental sanitation The financial and physical systems focusing on Solid progress made as on 30.11.2013 under and Liquid Waste the existing approved projects are given Management for overall below:- cleanliness in the rural areas. Financial (Cumulative):- The main feature of the new (` in lakh) guidelines of the Nirmal Bharat Share Outlay Released Expendi- amount ture Abhiyan is providing of individual Centre 13118.40 11241.52 8719.83 household latrine (IHHL) incentive to State 4997.33 4093.91 3149.25 the tune of ` 5,100 per household to Beneficiary 1516.82 898.83 712.47 all the left out household under the Total 19632.55 16234.26 12581.55

BPL and APL (Identified) categories whereas in the TSC the incentive was only applicable to the BPL Physical (Cumulative):- households. An amount upto Component Approved Achieve- Additional Targets ment Targets ` 4,500/- can also be provided for (No.) Proposed IHHL beneficiaries under the in revised MGNREGS. In addition, the solid and PIP liquid Waste Management will be now submitted implemented in a project mode to GOI’s approval wherein each Gram Panchayat will IHHL 8,50,750 10,37,756 T=2,68,096 get an amount upto ` 7/ 12/ 15/ 20 (APL +BPL) BPL- (100%) BPL- lakh on the basis of household upto 2,18,167 BPL- 45,933 `150/ 300/ 500/ above 500 in the GP APL- 2,51,545 APL- respectively. 6,32,583 (100%) 1,63,074 APL- APL 7,86,211 (Defunct) The Sanitation Campaign in (100%) 59,089 the State has focused more at School 70,738 18,244 2,215 Information Education & Toilets (88%) Communication (IEC) interventions Anganwari 10,308 9,524 131 Toilets (92%) for developing appropriate Community 1,229 882 1,031 mechanism for sustainable delivery Sanitary (72%) through a consensual community Complexes approach, so that the people may themselves demand for sanitation

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Year wise progress under TSC (Now Nirmal Gram Puruskar (NGP) in NBA) October, 2003 and gave away the first awards in 2005. NGP seeks to Financial recognize the efforts made by PRIs and (` in lakh) Institutions who have contributed Year Centre State significantly towards ensuring full Release Expdt. Releases Expdt. sanitation coverage in their areas of 2007-08 1024.50 355.13 113.22 117.14 2008-09 778.76 466.90 469.63 170.78 operation. TSC lays strong emphasis on 2009-10 1116.80 1312.38 400.00 563.66 IEC, capacity building and hygiene 2010-11 2939.78 2130.20 711.51 702.71 education for effective behaviour 2011-12 469.57 1274.65 813.71 591.66 2012-13 1666.96 1643.08 501.63 552.29 change with the involvement of PRIs, 2013-14 2493.33 910.39 826.22 300.84 CBOs, NGOs etc. The main objectives upto of NGP are: 11/2013 1. To promote safe sanitation and Physical (No.) clean environment as a way of life Year IHHL School Angan Sant. (BPL+ Toilet wari Comp. in rural areas. APL) Toilet 2. To incentivize PRIs to make the 2007-08 136043 1858 484 23 village Open Defecation Free 2008-09 313872 1959 994 35 2009-10 239576 4701 2302 63 (ODF) and to adopt Solid & Liquid 2010-11 216571 6429 4400 310 Waste Management. 2011-12 30066 802 132 163 3. To sustain the initiative of clean 2012-13 5183 1215 1066 163 2013-14 7218 206 16 52 environment. upto 4. To encourage organizations to play 11/2013 a catalytic role of Social mobilization in the implementation Mahila Mandal Protsahan Yojna of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. 19.08 In order to encourage the Mahila Mandals in Sanitation activities, The detail of year wise winner of Mahila Mandals Protsahan Yojna of NGP from State Himachal Pradesh is as department has been fully integrated under:- with the sanitation campaign in the Year Number of GPs Prize money State. As per the latest guidelines of the won NGP distributed Schemes those Mahila Mandals shall be 2007 22 GPs ` 26.00 lakh awarded which have substantially 2008 245 GPs and one ` 363.00 lakh Block contributed in achieving the Open 2009 253 GPs ` 364.50 lakh Defecation free (ODF) status in their 2010 168 GPs ` 261.50 lakh village, ward and Gram Panchayat and 2011 323 GPs ` 430.50 lakh its sustainability. For the year 2013-14 2012 The NGP selection process has not there is a provision of ` 131.04 lakh as been done by the GOI during the reward money under the scheme. year 2013 693 GPs of the state have applied for NGP and the selection process Nirmal Gram Puruskar would be completed by the end of 19.09 To give a fillip to the Total December, 2013 Sanitation Campaign (TSC), Government of India launched the State Reward Schemes:-

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Maharishi Valmiki Sampooran and High/Higher Secondary schools are Swachhata Puruskar (MVSSP) included in the scheme. This competition based scheme will take place from February to 15th April every 19.10 To boost the sanitation year. campaign in the State a State Reward

Scheme i.e. Maharishi Valmiki The First Prize for cleanest Primary, Sampooran Swachhata Puruskar was • Middle, High/Higher Secondary launched by the State Government in School at district level would the year 2007-08 under which cleanest comprise of a certificate of Gram Panchayats in each appreciation and a cash prize of ` Block/District/Division and also at State 50,000/-. level are rewarded at State level function scheduled to be held together • First Prize at Block level would be with State level Independence Day ` 20,000/- along with a certificate of function on 15th August each year. The appreciation. award pattern under this scheme is as • Second Prize (only at Block level) under: would comprise of ` 10,000/-. 1. One cleanest GP at Block ` 1.00 lakh The total prize money for the year Level 2013-14 would be ` 88.20 lakh.

2. Cleanest GP shall be ` 3.00 lakh Mahatama Gandhi National awarded at district level Rural Employment Guarantee (a) One award for district with less than 300 GPs Scheme: (b) Two award for district 19.12 The Mahatama Gandhi with more than 300 National Rural Employment Guarantee GPs Act was notified by the Government of 3. One cleanest Panchayat ` 5.00 lakh India on September, 2005 and was at Division Level made effective w.e.f. 2nd February, 4. One cleanest Panchayat at `10.00 lakh 2006. In the 1st Phase, the Mahatama State Level Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) was During the year 2013-14, introduced in District Chamba and provision of `147.00 lakh as a reward Sirmaur on 2nd February,2006. In money has been made. second phase MGNREGA was started in District Kangra and Mandi w.e.f. School Sanitation Reward 1-4-2007. In the third phase all the Scheme. remaining 8 district of the State have 19.11 The Government of been covered under the scheme w.e.f. Himachal Pradesh has launched State 1-4-2008. during the year 2013-14 (upto Reward scheme under School November, 2013) Central share Sanitation during December,2009. amounting to `352.29 crore and State Under which cleanest Government Share amounting to ` 36.70 crore have Primary and Middle Schools were been credited to the State Employment rewarded at District and Block level. But Guarantee Fund account. The total during the year 2011-12 some changes availability of funds with the Districts is in the scheme criteria have been made `437.78 crore (upto November, 2013)

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20.1 Ministry of Housing, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh through 20.5 Construction work of Housing & Urban Development Housing colonies at Theog, Authority (HIMUDA) is constructing Chhabgroti, Flowerdale, Sanjauli, Houses, Flats and developing plots Mandhala, Parwanoo Jurga (Nahan) of various categories so as to meet and Bhatolikhurd (Baddi) are in the housing demand of the people of progress and by the end of March various income groups. The ,2014 the colonies at Chhabgroti, Authority till March, 2013 has constructed 12,538 Houses/Flats Flowerdale, and Parwanoo are likely and developed 4,612 Plots under to be completed. At present HIMUDA various Housing Schemes at has Land bank of 412.00 bighas at different places. various places in H.P. and process for land acquisition in various places 20.2 There is an outlay of `9,911.66 lakh for the current is also in progress. financial year for construction of 240 20.6 New housing Schemes flats and developing 155 plots and will be taken in hand in the next for execution of deposit works of financial year at Solan, Batoli Khurd, different Departments. Trilokpur(Nahan) and Commercial 20.3 During 2012-13 complex near petrol pump Vikas HIMUDA has completed 103 Nagar Shimla. buildings under deposit works till 20.7 Under JNNURM, March,2013 and targeted the HIMUDA is Constructing 176 flats completion of 53 buildings upto (Ashiana-II) Urban BSUP at Dhalli March,2014 under Deposit works. Shimla and under IHSDP 72 flats at Hamirpur and 192 flats at Parwanoo 20.4 HIMUDA is executing and 128 flats at Nalagarh which are deposit works of various department in advance stage of completion. such as Social Justice and Under UIDSSMT, HIMUDA has the Empowerment, Prison, Police, Youth executed the work for the Services and Sports, Animal construction of roads & paths and Husbandry, Education, Fisheries, channelisation of Nallahs in Mandi I.T. Departments, HP Bus stands town. Management & Development Authority, Urban Local Bodies, 20.8 To reduce human Panchayati Raj, and Department of interface in order to bring more Ayurveda. transparency HIMUDA has moved towards the e-governance and has

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digitalised the record in Head office Agency for the mission. Components and installed the tally Enterprise like development of roads, Resource Planning (ERP`) sewerage, parking, tunnels and garbage management etc. will be Urban Development taken in hand. There is a budgetary 20.9 Consequent upon the provision of ` 800.00 lakh in General 74th Constitutional amendment, the Plan and ` 1,730.00 lakh in SCSP rights, powers and activities of the under the scheme during the urban local bodies have increased financial year 2013-14. The following manifold. There are 50 urban local projects have been approved by the bodies including Shimla Municipal Govt. of India. Corporation. The Government is 1. Setting up a solid waste providing grant in-aid every year to management improvement of these local bodies to enable them to Shimla city. provide civic amenities to the general 2. Widening and lowering of public. existing tunnel near Aukland House School on Motor round 20.10 As per the interim road Shimla. report of 4th State Finance 3. Rehabilitation of water supply Commission during the year 2013-14 system in Shimla town. a sum of ` 6,355.32 lakh is being 4. Purchase of 75 buses for provided to the ULBs. This includes urban Transport in Shimla developmental grant and gap filling town. grant between income and 5. Rejuvenation of sewerage Expenditure. network in missing lines and left out areas/worn out Jawaharlal Nehru National sewerage in various zones of Shimla. Urban Renewal Mission 6. Basic services to Urban Poor (JNNURM): Ashiana-I & II a Housing 20.11 The Hon’ble Prime Scheme for Shimla town. Minister of India launched JNNURM rd on 3 December, 2005. The mission Integrated Housing and Slum aims at creating economically productive, efficient, equitable and Development Programme responsive cities in an integrated (IHSDP): frame work with economic and social 20.13 In order to provide infrastructure, basic services to adequate shelter and basic urban poor and strengthening of infrastructure to the slum dwellers various municipal organizations and who do not possess adequate their functioning. Under this mission shelter and reside in dilapidated only Shimla town being State capital conditions in the identified urban has been covered by the Govt. of areas, there is a provision for India. construction of a dwelling unit on 25 sq.metres area (two room 20.12 H.P. Housing & Urban accommodation plus kitchen and Development Authority (HIMUDA) toilet) under IHSDP. The ceiling cost has been nominated as Nodal is ` 1.00 lakh per dwelling unit. This

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scheme is a part of JNNURM. The of self employment ventures or by funding pattern is 90:10 between providing wage employment. For the Centre and State. Eight projects implementation of SJSRY, a sum of ` with a total approved cost of 27.00 lakh has been provided in `7,203.89 lakh (Hamirpur `443.32 2013-14 the Budget for benefiting lakh, Dharamshala `942.31 lakh, the identified urban poor families. Solan `958.30 lakh, Parwanoo Government of India has allocated `1,167.98 lakh, Baddi `1,475.39 lakh, `187.00 lakh during the financial Nalagarh `546.59 lakh, Sundernagar year. `999.00 lakh and Sarkaghat `671.00 lakh, respectively) have been Urban Infrastructure sanctioned. Under this Scheme 328 Development Scheme for dwelling units in Dharmshala town, 336 dwelling units in Solan town, 152 Small and Medium Towns dwelling units in Hamirpur town, 192 (UIDSSMT) units in Parwanoo town, 480 units in 20.16 The Govt. of India has Baddi town and 128 units in restructured IDSMT scheme and Nalagarh town, 208 units in renamed as Urban Infrastructure Sundernagar town and 130 units in Development Scheme for Small and Sarkaghat town will be constructed. Medium Town (UIDSSMT) with HIMUDA is the Executing Agency for effect from the year 2006-07. The these projects. There is a budget Govt. of H.P. has declared HIMUDA provision of ` 500.00 lakh during the as Nodal Agency for plan formulation financial year 2013-14, which will be and execution of the scheme. Five spent before 31.3.2014. towns namely Hamirpur, Sarkaghat, Dharamshala Mandi, and Rewalser Maintenance of Roads in are covered under the scheme. The Municipal Areas: proposal of eight towns is in pipeline with Govt of India. For the 20.14 About 1,416 Kms. implementation of this scheme, a roads/ paths/ streets and 1,139 Kms. sum of ` 3,970.00 lakh has been drains are being maintained by 50 provided in the budget during the urban local bodies and ` 600.00 lakh year 2013-14 out of which a sum of has been provided in the budget for ` 73.92 lakh has been released. the financial year 2013-14 for maintenance of roads which stands released to the Urban local bodies in Sewerage Scheme: proportionate to length of 20.17 There is a budget roads/street/path being maintained provision of ` 28.00 crore in General by the urban local bodies. plan and SCSP for sewerage and its maintenance during the current Swaran Jayanti Shahri financial year 2013-14 which stands released to I& PH. Since this Rozgar Yojna (SJSRY): scheme is being executed by the I& 20.15 Under SJSRY(CSS), PH Department therefore the funds the main objective is to uplift the drawn and placed at the disposal of urban poor by providing employment the I& PH Department. For the to unemployed or under employed implementation of the above poor through encouraging setting up

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schemes training programmes are amenities as the rest of the being conducted to improve the town/city. working efficiency of the employees • Redressing the failures of the and elected representative of the formal system that lie behind Urban Local Bodies. City the creation of slums. Development Plans are being • Tackling the shortages of prepared for the integrated urban land and housing that development of the urban towns of keep shelter out-of-reach of the Pradesh. the urban poor and force them to resort to extra-legal 13th Finance Commission solutions in a bid to retain Grant their sources of livelihood. • Pilot Project for Krishna Nagar 20.18 The 13th Finance Slums amounting to `3,399.65 Commission has recommended two lakh has been approved by type of grants namely General basic the Central Sanctioning & grant and General performance Monitoring committee (CSMC) th th grant. This grant is being released in its 8 Meeting held on 28 to ULB’s, 60 percent on the basis of Feb., 2013. Under the population and 40 percent on the Scheme 300 Dwelling Units basis of area. There is budget (Beneficiary Houses 224+ provision of ` 2,063.00 lakh during Rental Houses 76) will be the financial year 2013-14. Out of constructed in Krishna Nagar which a sum of ` 648.22 lakh stands under the second phase 886 released. Apart from above special families are proposed to be grant in aid amounting to ` 15.00 provided basic amenities and crore under 13th finance commission a sum of `1,067.20 lakh is being released during this year for stands released. 13 tourist towns for parking, sewerage and drainage and TOWN AND COUNTRY construction of solid waste PLANNING: management plant 20.20 To ensure functional, economical sustainable and Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY) aesthetical living environment 20.19 Rajiv Awas Yojna through planned, equitable and (RAY) for the slum dwellers and the regulated development ensuring urban poor envisages a “ Slum-free balanced use of scarce land India’ by encouraging States/Unions resources in view of demographic Territories to tackle the problem of and socio-economic factors. slums in a definitive manner. It calls Preservation of environment, for a multi-pronged approach heritage and rational use of precious focusing on:- land resources by their sustainable • Bringing existing slums within development through community the formal system and participation the Himachal Pradesh enabling them to avail of Town and Country Planning Act, similar level of basic 1977 has been enforced in 21 Planning Areas (which is covered

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0.94% Planning Area to the total Urban Local Bodies namely Arki, geographical Area of State) and 34 Rajgarh , Ghumarwin, Amb-Gagret, special areas (which is covered Daulatpur, Sundernagar,Sarkaghat, 1.27% special area to the total Rewalsar, Karsog Kangra ,Nurpur, geographical Area of state). Nagrota, Dehra, Jwalamukhi and Chowari is under finalisation. 20.21 The proposals for constitution of Narkanda, Chopal, Sri Targets for the year 2014-15 Naina Devi Ji, Nadaun, Sujanpur 20.25 The projects of the Bhota and Jogindernagar. Planning 12th Five Year Plan are proposed to Areas are under consideration of be targeted for the next financial the Government. The Development year 2014-15 which includes Plan of Theog, Rohru, Sarahan constitution of Planning Areas, Chintpurni and Mehatpur have Special area, Regions, preparation been prepared and further of Existing Land use Map, enrichment in progress. The work on Development Plans and Regional regionalisation of the State into Plans are as under: various regions is in progress. The 1. Constitution of Planning areas existing Land use maps of Shimla via; Ark, Rajah, Ghumarwin Planning Areas and Kamand Amb, Gagret, Daultpur, planning Area have been prepared Sundernagar, Sarkaghat, and Notice for inviting public Rewalsar, Karsog, Kangra, objections /suggestions is in Nurpur, Nagrota, Dehra, progress. Jwalamukhi and Chowari . 2. Preparation of Existing Land 20.22 In Order to achieve the use Map of planning areas, targets as stated above, funds to the namely; Ghumarwin, Amb, tune of `97.00 lakh have been Gagret, Bhota, Sundernagar, allocated in favour of this department Chopal, Sri Naina Deviji during the current financial year Nadaun, Sujanpur, Sarkaghat , 2013-14 out of which a sum of Jogindernagar and special `74.00 lakh has been incurred as on areas namely Solang and 31.12.2013. Pangi. 3. Prepared of Development 20.23 The Cabinet in its meeting Plans for Ghumarwin, Amb, held on 25.9.2013 has decided that Gagret Bhota, Sundernagar, all the statutory Towns notified or Chopal, Sri Naina Deviji likely to be notified under the Nadaun, Sujanpur Sarkaghat Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, and Jogindernagar, Kandaghat, 1994 and the Urban growth centres Udaipur, Tabo, Pong-Dam and may be brought under the ambit of Sangla. Himachal Pradesh Town and country act 1977.

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21. PANCHAYATI RAJ

PANCHAYATI RAJ 21.1 At present there are 12 Gram Panchayats have been Zila Parishads, 77 Panchayat Samities empowered to impose various taxes, and 3,243 Gram Panchayats constituted fees and fines and also to borrow in this State. After the enactment of money / raise loans for creation of 73rd amendment in the Constitution the income generation assets. Before, present is the fourth term of the grant of any lease for mining of Panchayats. As per the provision of the minerals, a resolution from the constitution of India the Panchayati Raj concerned Panchayat has been made Institutions have been assigned certain compulsory Panchayats have been powers, functions and responsibilities empowered to prepare plans. Gram from time to time either by making Panchayats have been authorized to provision under the Himachal Pradesh grant permission for erection of mobile Panchayati Raj Act or rules made there communication tower and to levy fee. under or through executive instructions. Gram Panchayats have been Gram Sabhas have been vested with empowered to hear and decide the powers to select beneficiaries under application for maintenance under various programmes. Gram Sabhas section 125 of the Cr.P.C. 1973 and can have been empowered to approve grant a maintenance allowance not plans, programmes and budget exceeding to ` 500 per month. Cess of prepared by Gram Panchayat are also `1/- per bottle of liquor sold in the rural to authorise issuance of utilization area will be collected and transferred to certificate of funds spent on the the Gram Panchayat for utilization in the implementation of plans, projects and development activities. programme of Gram Panchayat. Gram Panchayats have been empowered to 21.3 It has been made appoint, Tailoring Mistress, Panchayat mandatory that village level Chowkidar and Part-time Water Carriers functionaries of Agriculture, Animal in Primary schools. Panchayat Samities Husbandry, Primary Education, Forest, have been empowered to appoint Health and Family Welfare, Horticulture, Accountants, Clerks, Panchayat Irrigation and Public Health, Revenue Sahyaks and Steno Typists and Zila and Welfare Departments shall attend Parishads have been empowered to the meetings of the Gram Sabha in appoint Assistant Engineers, Personal whose jurisdiction they are posted and if Assistant and Junior Engineers. such village level functionaries fail to attend the meetings Gram Sabha shall 21.2 The ownership and report the matter to their controlling maintenance of all primary school officer through the Gram Panchayat who buildings has been transferred to Gram shall take disciplinary action against Panchayats. Gram Panchayats will use such functionaries within one month the collected land revenue at their own from the date of receipt of the report and level. shall intimate the action taken on such report to the Gram Sabha through the Gram Panchayat.

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21.4 The important functions shape of Grant-in-aid under State delegated to Panchayati Raj are as Finance Commission. under:- vi) A provision of `2.00 crore for i) Pradhans of Gram Panchayats construction/repair/up gradation have been appointed as Forest has been made for Panchayat Officers to carry out the purposes Ghars for the year 2013-14 under of rule 11 of the Himachal State Finance Commission. Pradesh Forest Produce Transit vii) The rates of monthly (Land Routs) Rules, 1978 for the remuneration of the Employees issuance of pass for transport of working on contract/ Regular Minor Forest Produce collected basis in the Panchayat as are:- from the Forest in respect of 37 Panchayat Sahayak ` 5,910, items. Panchayat Secretary ii) The State government is (Contractual) ` 7,810, Junior providing honorarium to the Accountant (Contractual) `7,810, elected representatives of (Regular) 5,910-20,200 + 1,900, Panchayati Raj Institutions. The Junior Engineer (Contratual) rate of monthly honorarium to `14,100 (Regular) 10,300- Chairman & Vice-Chairman of the 34,800+3,800. Junior Zila Parishad is ` 5,000 and Stenographer (Contratual) ` `3,500 per month, Chairman & 8,710, (Regular) `5,910-20,200+ vice-Chairman of Panchayat 2,800. Assistant Engineer Samiti is ` 2,500 and ` 2,000 per (Contratual) ` 21,000 (Regular) month and Pradhan and Up- `15,660-39,100+5,400, Tailoring Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Teacher (Contratual) ` 1,600 ` 1,800 & `1,500 respectively. In Block Engineer ` 18,000, addition, to this member, Zila Panchayat Chowkidar ` 1,800 Parishad `2,000 Member, respectively. Panchayat Samiti ` 1,800 and viii) Two District namely, Chamba Members of Gram Panchayat and Sirmaur are covered under ` 175 as sitting fee subject to the the scheme Backward Region maximum for two sittings in a Grant Fund launched by Ministry month. of Panchayati Raj, Government iii) The Government is providing of India. From the current grant-in-aid to PRIs for meeting financial year the Ministry of the expenditure on Travelling and Panchayati Raj Government of Daily Allowances of the elected India has enhanced the representative of PRIs while they development grant annual are on official tour. entitlement from the existing iv) The State Government has `30.22 crore to `37.09 crore i.e. provided facility of staying in `20.43 crore for Chamba District Government rest houses while and `16.66 crore for Sirmaur they are on official tour to the District. The State Government office bearers of Zila Parishad has made an advance provision and Panchayat Samities. of `34.00 crore in the Department v) `840/-per Chowkidar Gram Budget. Out of the above Panchayat is provided to all the provision the Department 3,243 Gram Panchayat in the released the 1st instalment of 153

50% funds i.e. `10.22 crore to c. Exposure visits of elected Chamba District and ` 8.33 crore representatives of the to Sirmaur District in the month of Panchayati Raj institutions July, 2013 whereas the MoPR and officials to other states has released the 1st instalment of and within the state. 75% i.e. `15.51 crore for Chamba d. Capacity Building and training District in the Month of of elected representatives September,2013 and `12.28 and officials. crore for Sirmaur District in the x) Under the award of 13th Finance Month of October,2013 The Commission, an amount of Department released the balance `140.93 crore will be provided to 25% funds i.e. `5.29 crore to the PRIs out of which an amount Chamba District in the month of of `82.46 crore have already October,2013 and `3.95 crore to been released as the first Sirmaur District in the month of instalment. November,2013. Due to late xi) Under Mission Mode Project release of grant by the (e-Panchayat Project) of the Government of India the 100% Government of India, 7 software expenditure could not be applications out of proposed 12 achieved up to 15th core software applications have November,2013. already been rolled out in the ix) The Department has got a project PRIs. The training to the officials approved under the Rajiv Gandhi of the Panchayats/ departments Panchyat Sashkatikaran Abhiyan on these applications has been (RGPSA) from the Government organized in the Panchayati Raj of India for the current financial training institute Mashobra. The year on a sharing pattern of Panchayati Raj institutions have 75:25. Under the project an already started using these amount of `55.00 crore has been software applications. Under this sanctioned and ` 15.83 crore has project out of 13 sanctioned posts been received as first instalment of Assistant Programmer 8 posts during the current financial year. have been filled up. Out of 79 The State Government has also sanctioned posts of computer provided the share of `5.27 crore. operators, 20 posts have been The main activities to be filled up. Process to fill up the undertaken under the project are remaining posts of Assistant as below:- Programmer and computer a. Upgradation of the existing operator is underway. In addition 200 Gram Panchayat to this, 3,243 posts of computer offices. operator are being sanctioned for b. Providing 1,185 laptops to implementation of e-Panchayat the Panchayats. Mission Mode Project.

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Information and Technology extended down to Panchayat level. DIT HP constructed State Data Centre HIMSWAN building for setting up of Data Centre facility. The SDC project would be setup 22.1 The State Wide Area through Public Private Partnership Networks (SWAN) Scheme is one of (PPP) model. The selected agency, three Core Infrastructure Components. named as SDC Operator, would setup The objective of the Scheme is to create SDC and operate & maintain the same a secure close user group (CUG) for a period of five years. Government network for the purpose of delivering Government to Government Status of SDC (G2G) and Government to Citizen (G2C) • Building of State Data Centre services. (SDC) is being constructed at Mehli and the necessary Status of HIMSWAN infrastructure required for setting up of SDC is being constructed by Total 132 Points of Presence HIMUDA and is ready. (PoPs) have been established. Status of • RFP has been floated for selection PoPs is as follows: of SDC operator. • 132 POPs are operational • Bids have been received from 3 • Till date 1350 Government offices bidders and evaluation is in across the State are connected progress. through this network. • Third Party Audit Agency (TPA) is monitoring the Service Levels Setting up of Lok Mitra Kendra being adhered to by the (Common Services Centres) HIMSWAN Operator. 22.3 As per the scheme of Government of India, 3,366 centres are State Data Centre being established under Panchayats of 22.2 Under National the State by the name of Lok Mitra e-Governance plan (NeGP), State Date Kendra (LMK). At present, 3,007 LMK’s Centre (SDC) has been identified as one have been identified and 2,362 LMK’s of the core supporting components to are active. Two types of services are consolidate services, applications and being provided by these centres: G2C infrastructure to provide efficient (Government to citizen) and B2C electronic delivery of Government-to- (Business to citizen). Various G2C Government (G2G), Government to services which are being available Citizen (G2C) and Government to through their Lok Mitra Kendra’s (LMK) Business (G2B) services. These as :- services can be rendered through common delivery platform seamlessly 1. Issuance of Nakal Jamabandi. supported by core connectivity 2. Copies of Shajra Nasab. infrastructure such as State Wide Area 3. E-Samadhan. Network (HIMSWAN) and Common 4. Electricity Bill collection. Service Centre (CSC) connectivity 5. Issuance of HRTC bus tickets .

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6. I&PH water bills collection. workflow for each of the service have 7. B.S.N.L. post-paid bill payment. been finalised and developed system 8. Aadhar letter Printing . has been implemented . 9. Agrisnet Advisories . 10. Four services of Himachal e-Service through SSDG: Pradesh Public Commission. 1. Currently 38 services (Phase I & 11. Eight services of Excise and Phase II) of 11 State Government Taxation Department. Departments have being made 12. 38 services through State Portal available to the citizens on the and State Services Delivery State Portal at Gateway have been started www.eserviceshp.gov.in. These through LMKs. services are also available through LMKs. Upto December,2013 HPSEB bill 2. MOU has been signed with NDML generation through LMK is 50,26,283 (An entity approved by Deit Y) for which has generated revenue Central Payment Gateway and amounting to `201.13 crore. IPH bill accordingly SSDG Portal has been generation is 2,90,827 which has integrated with Payment Gateway. generated revenue of ` 6.32 crore. HRTC generated 9,632 bills at a The services which require revenue of `71.21 lakh. BSNL integrations with the backend generated 1,53,572 bills at a revenue of applications of NIC are planned to be ` 5.96 crore and 9,58,963 Jamabandies rolled out in Phase-III. transactions which generated revenue of ` 2.28 crore. Capacity Building under NeGP 22.5 Under the Capacity Apart from these G2C services, Building scheme of Government of B2C services like Mobile & DTH India, there are different components recharges, Life Insurance, General like training of Government employees, Insurance, IT Training, PAN Card, sourcing of technical and professional Typing, CD Burning etc. are being manpower for assisting the State provided by these LMKs. Government in implementation of various e-Governance Projects.

State Portal and State Service 1. STeP Programme was organized Delivery Gateway by the department in association 22.4 The Service delivery with NISG on 27th to 29th gateway is the core component in December,2012 and 9th to 11th e-Governance infrastructure under the and 16th to 20th Sept,2013 on NeGP, which provides the facility for the e-governance project life cycle citizens to apply online for various change Management & project Government services and route the management to formulate applications to concerned department technical support and specialized offices electronically. 49 services of the skills for e-governance to State 14 departments have been identified to level Policy & decision making be made available through the portal. bodies. The Portal and e-forms with the

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2. Upto December,2013, 2,291 State and operate & maintain the employees have been trained same for a period of five years from under capacity building project. the date of commissioning of project. 3. Under SeMT, 7 employees were • The project has been implemented deployed through NeGD. and operational. 4. SeMT has prepared about 87 • Various departments are making use documents/reports for different of this facility for official purpose. departments under different e-Governance projects. Revenue Court Case Monitoring Computerization of 5 Welfare System (RCMS) Corporations under Department 22.8 Revenue Court Case Monitoring Software has been of Social Justice & developed by the Department of Empowerment Information Technology for the use of Revenue Courts at Division, District, DM 22.6 The project aims at & Tehsil level. The system captures the computerizing the activities of all 5 routine proceedings of revenue courts, Corporations namely SC/ST, Backward interim orders and Judgments. The Classes, Women Development, Minority details of the revenue cases are & Handicap Fin. & Development available online for the general public. Corporations. The project is being The citizens can access the status of implemented in PPP model. their cases online, see cause list and Status of Project: download interim orders/ judgments. About 20 reports, as per the • Contract has been awarded to requirements of Revenue Courts, can be M/s Corpus Software (P) Ltd. generated through this software. RCMS • The application has been is available at http://hp.gov.in/rcms. launched on 17th September, 2012 and is live for all 5 welfare corporations. Status of RCMS: • Go-Live sign off has been • Out of total 272 Revenue Courts provided by SC & ST Corp. Solan registered in RCMS, 238 Nos. of and is pending with other Revenue Courts are using RCMS Corporations. software. • 17,835 judgements by 176 Nos. of Video Conferencing Based Revenue Courts have been uploaded in RCMS. Learning Project for HIPA 22.7 Under this project Video • 48,304 court cases have been conferencing facility has been entered in the RCMS, and out of established for providing training to which 20,181 cases are decided. Panchayat Secretaries and elected members at block level & HIPA. Litigation Monitoring System 22.9 Monitoring of court cases at Status of HIPAVC departmental level is a big challenge. • M/s Airtel is the implementing Departmental of IT has got developed agency to supply & install the VC generic software for monitoring of court equipment in 80 locations across the cases at the departmental level. Using 157

this software, Secretaries/ HoDs can http://hp.gov.in/ed . The advantages of easily monitor the status of the court the e-Despatch s/w are: case with regard to pending cases • Fast delivery and instant receipt of timely reply filling, present status, letters personal presence required etc. A • Reduce Stationery and printer separate module has been developed consumable costs for Advocate General Office. • No postage costs • Archival of data/ letters online on Status of LMS: server • Reduced labour cost • The cases listed in the Hon’ble • Elimination of Human Error High court is being entered in the software. Status of e-Despatch: • Advocate General Office is • The application has been updating the status of cases on implemented successfully in HP daily basis. secretariat with two way • All Government Departments are communication. using LMS for viewing the daily • All Departments/ Boards/ status of their cases. Corporations/ DCs are receiving • Following features have been letters through e-despatch incorporated in LMS software: software. • Sending intimation to the ADs/ • Upto December,2013, 1,11,952 HODs/ Nodal Officers of letters has been dispatched concerned Department Via e- Mail, through e- Despatch software’s. SMS. • Automatic generation of letters Unique ID (Aadhaar) while entering case details of 22.11 Under this scheme, out of concerned department. the total population of 68,64,602 in the • Deletion / Transfer of cases option state, 65,88,931 residents have been has been incorporated in the enrolled till 30-12-2013 and 62,90,434, software. Aadhaar have been generated.

e-Despatch In order to facilitate the 22.10 e-Despatch is an residents and to leverage Aadhaar with electronic mean to dispatch official government service delivery, to facilitate letters. It is a web based software and implement DBT scheme following designed & developed specifically for Software/ utilities have been developed:- the dispatch section of the government departments to send letters Aadhaar portal electronically through Fax/ E-mail/ and www.aadhaar.hp.gov.in which contains store online for future reference. SMS following features: alerts also can be generated through 1. Online Aadhaar Search Portal. this software to intimate field offices in 2. Active Enrolment Station Check. advance to check their email / 3. Enrolment ID online check e-Despatch portal for urgent message / status. order. e-Despatch Portal is available at 4. Self Seeding portal. 5. DBT portal.

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Govt. of India has started Photograph will be available and Direct Cash Transfer scheme in which help in identifying duplicate and benefits will be disbursed to the bogus records. beneficiaries into their bank accounts • New Aadhaar linked Ration Card using Aadhaar based payment system form as per National Food Security implemented from 1st January, 2013. Act, 2013 has been designed and Under DBT programme, an amount of distributed and data collection of `17.46 crore (approx) has already been PDS beneficiaries is in process,. transferred successfully into the • Digitization of Stakeholder records Aadhaar enabled bank accounts of has been completed and 20,253 beneficiaries under various implementation of Supply Chain Government schemes. Automation is in process.

e-Office e-Peshi-Video Conferencing 22.12 e-Office is a product that is Facility in District Courts, Jails aimed at imparting the government and other Governments of functioning through more efficient, effective and transparent inter- Himachal Pradesh government and intra-government 22.14 The facility would eliminate transactions and processes. the need for taking prisoners to court and with facilitate faster delivery of • Initially e-Office will be justice. implemented in DIT, IPH and

Police Department of Himachal Pradesh. Status: • Implementation process is in • Contract has been awarded to M/s progress. Bharti Airtel Services Ltd. • Request from other departments Public Distribution System are also being received for setting Project up of VC facility. • Supply Order has been issued to 22.13 In order to strengthen the Public IA for supply, installation and Distribution System, Government of maintains the same for 5 years at India has formed a National Food various locations across the state. Security Act which will bring efficiency and transparency in the existing PDS • Installation of VC facility in various process. Under this programme, the locations is in progress. oldest women in the family will be the head of the family and accordingly, new e- District Ration Cards are required to be 22.15 e–District Project is a distributed. The new Ration Card will be Mission Mode Project (MMP), that aims Aadhaar linked and after digitizing the to provide integrated citizen centre Ration Card data will be issued to the services. e–District project envisages beneficiaries. integrated and seamless delivery of citizen services by district administration Current Status through automation of workflow, backend computerisation, and data • Aadhaar linking with e-PDS digitisation across participating application is under process where departments. Front-ends under the Aadhaar KYR data along with 159

scheme, in the form of citizen facilitation centres, are envisioned to be setup at District, Tehsil, Sub-division and block levels. Village-level front–ends would be established through Common Service Centre (CSCs) for delivery of services. e- District MMP Status Request for proposal (RFP) for selection of system integrator (SI) for roll out of e-District MMP was released on 9th December 2013. The process of finalisation of vendor for system integrator is under process.

NeGP-A

22.16 The Department of

Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC),

Ministry of Agriculture is implementing

National e-Governance Programme

(NeGP) in the Agriculture sector as a

Mission Mode Project (A-MMP), covering Agriculture Sector, Livestock

Sector and Fisheries sector. 12 Cluster of services identified under this project.

Status: • Site Preparation : Out of 305 locations for which order has been placed, 295 locations work has been completed. • Hardware Supply Status: 99% of the Hardware has been supplied by hardware vendor to all the 193 locations where hardware to be supplied. • Hardware installation status: Hardware has been installed in 186 locations out of 193 locations as per Acceptance Testing procedure (ATP).

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