ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme gave relief to farmers. More than 2 lakh farmer families benefited from the state. 6000 rupees per year being given to farmers under the scheme. More than 5 lakhs amount distributed to the farmers of the state under the scheme. Natural farming strengthened natural farming through Khushal Kisan Yojana. The state government has made a budget provision of 20 crores for the scheme. State farmers are now adopting natural farming. Conservation of agriculture and crops being done under the Chief Minister's Farm Protection Scheme. Farmers are getting subsidy for solar fencing. 50 percent subsidy is being provided for planting barbed wire on the fields. Now monkeys and destitute will not be able to harm animal crops. "Strengthening agriculture with water" project boosts farmers. Plan proving effective for increasing production and irrigation in agriculture sector. Himachal government made provision of 50 crore budget for the scheme. 534 old and new irrigation schemes are being reconstructed under the scheme. 500 farmers of the state benefited from "Chief Minister Nutan Poly House Project". Himachal government made budget provision of 150 crores for the scheme. Under the scheme 5000 poly houses will be set up in different areas of the state. 20,000 beneficiaries of the state will get employment under the scheme. ACHIEVEMENTS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH IN FISHERIES SECTOR During the tenure of the state government, 20484.96 metric tonnes of fish worth Rs 427.35 crore were produced from all the existing water sources in the state. 17.87 metric tons of edible trout worth Rs 97.15 lakh have been produced from government trout farms. A total revenue of Rs 4814.13 lakhs has been received from these farms. 1037.25 MT of trout fish worth Rs 25.20 crores has also been produced in private sectors. As a result of the successful breeding of rainbow trout in the state, trout units have also been set up in private areas in Kullu, Shimla, Mandi, Kangra, Kinnaur, Chamba and Sirmaur districts. In the major reservoirs of the state, full-time self-employment was provided to 10339 women and 1059.90 metric tonnes of fish worth Rs 13.66 crore have been produced by these women. During this period, financial assistance of Rs. 80.73 lakh has been provided to 2691 active reservoir traders during the hunting season. The centrally sponsored scheme - Implementation of Fishermen's Housing Scheme, a component of the national scheme for the welfare of fishermen, is borne in 90: 10 ratio by the Central and State Government. Under the Fishermen Housing Scheme, 200 fishermen belonging to general category, scheduled caste and scheduled tribes benefitted. GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com To promote fisheries in the state and provide self-employment opportunities, 468 new employment opportunities have been provided under the welfare schemes being run by the government. 100 fishermen benefitted from the grant assistance of Rs.2.50 lakhs received from National Fisheries Development Board (NPFDB). In addition, 10 departmental officers were sent to various states of the country for training under the Training of Trainers (TOT) program. Under the centrally sponsored scheme Nil Kranti, fish ponds, retail outlets, trout raceways, feed mills etc. were also established in the state. In order to promote aquaculture in the state and increase productivity, recirculating aquaculture system is being set up at Government Carp Farm Nalagarh. In the Gobindsagar Reservoir, for the first time in 2018-19, experimentally successful production of trout fish was carried out in cages. In the year 2019-20, production of trout fish will be started in cages in Cauldam reservoir. Food processing centers have been set up by the government at Bhakra (Bilaspur), Khatiyad (Kangra), Ratayod (Solan) and Katohar Kalan (Una) in the state. A trout processing center is being set up by the government at the troupe firm Patli Kühl at a cost of Rs 1.09 crore. The proposal for trout insurance sent by the state government has been approved by the central government. In the future, trout producers may insure their fish grains to be protected from natural disasters and other types of damages. A memorandum of understanding for investment of Rs 7 crore in private sectors has also been signed by the government. This unit will be set up in Baddi district Solan. ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH IN HEALTH SECTOR The state government has taken up the task of providing relief to the needy people by launching new schemes in the field of health. At present, through 4320 government medical institutions and 258 private health institutions, better medical facilities are being provided to remote areas in the state. Innovative schemes like Himcare and Sahara are being introduced to provide better medical facilities to every needy person. Himachal has received several awards at the national level as a result of providing better medical services. 'Himcare' scheme was launched for families not covered under Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Under the scheme, a provision of free treatment of Rs 5 lakh per family has been made on the lines of Ayushman Bharat Scheme. 5 lakh 50 thousand families have been registered under Himcare. From January 1, 2020, new ice care cards will be created. 201 hospitals have been registered to avail the snow care scheme, out of which 51 hospitals are in the private sector. By the end of November ,2019, about 43 thousand patients benefitted under the snow care scheme. More than Rs 42.35 crore was spent on treatment. GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com 3 lakh families have also been registered under Ayushman Bharat scheme. 33 crore 16 lakh was spent on treatment of more than 35 thousand patients within a year. Scheme to convert 523 primary health centers and 354 health sub-centers into health and wellness centers. All basic medical facilities will be available in these wellness centers under this scheme. The Chief Minister Medical Fund has been set up to provide financial assistance to persons suffering from serious diseases. Out of this fund, financial assistance of more than four crores was provided to 192 beneficiaries. In order to provide some relief to such families, 'Sahara Yojana' has been started for the care of such patients, in view of the need for continuous care to those suffering from serious diseases like cancer, hemorrhage, muscular dystrophy, thalassemia and Parkinson. Under this scheme, assistance of Rs 2,000 per month was provided to each patient. There is a budget provision of Rs 10 crore for this scheme this year. With a view to increase private investment in the health sector, a participatory scheme in health has been started. For private multi-specialty hospitals to be opened under this scheme, there is a provision of giving 25 percent capital subsidy on an investment of Rs 2 crore, while 5 percent interest subsidy on loan of Rs 1.5 crore is provided for 3 years. is. 80 crore rupees were spent on providing free medicines to the people at the rural level in all government hospitals in the state. IGMC, major hospitals like Shimla, Tanda Medical College and Nerchak Medical College, 330 medicines are being provided 24 hours free. Atal Aashirwad Yojana has been launched to provide "New Visitor Kit" to hospital-born newborns and their mothers. Under this scheme, useful material is being made available for infants worth about 1500 rupees. Within a year, more than 77,000 kits have been made available for distribution to all the Chief Medical Officers of the state under this scheme. For the personal hygiene of adolescent girls, sanitary napkins are being made available at the rate of Re 1 per packet to all girl students from class VI to XII, for which a budget provision of Rs 4 crore has been made. 8,79,634 sanitary napkin packets have been distributed so far. 108 bike ambulance service started in the state. Himachal Pradesh is the first state in northern India to start this service. Five new health centers were opened in the state and five health centers were upgraded and one health sub-center was upgraded to Primary Health Center, four Primary Health Centers were upgraded to Community Health Center and seven Community Health Centers were upgraded to Civil Hospital. The capacity of Civil Hospital Anni has been increased from 50 to 100 beds, Civil Hospital Nurpur has been increased from 135 to 200 beds, the capacity of Civil Hospital Thural has been increased to 100 beds and the capacity of Civil Hospital Paonta Sahib has been increased from 100 to 150 beds. AIIMS is under construction in Bilaspur. PGI is becoming a satellite center in Una, Chandigarh. In the last two years, the posts of more than 900 doctors were filled. Himachal Pradesh received the Best State Award for outstanding performance under the National Tuberculosis Prevention Program. GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com The percentage of institutional deliveries in the state increased from 87 to 90 percent. 20.30 crores were spent on institutional deliveries and free treatment for children up to one year of age. Dialysis centers were opened in district hospitals and civil hospitals of Palampur, Nurpur and Paonta Sahib of Kullu, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur, Chamba and Shimla. Dialysis facility in these centers is being provided free of cost to families below the poverty line. Apart from this, these services are also available in Dharamshala, Mandi and Solan. Telemedicine facility has been started in Pangi and various other 50 centers of district Chamba for the purpose of providing health related counseling to the people of remote and geographically difficult areas of the state.