Himachal budget session starts on Feb 16, RDG halt likely to dominate discussion

Shimla, Feb. 16 -- Discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) and its effect on the economy of the state is likely to dominate the budget session of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly start... Read More

HP to continue OPS, social welfare scheme despite fiscal strain

Shimla, Feb. 13 -- Amid dwindling fiscal health and recommendations from the finance department, the state government has decided that the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) will not be stopped. In a high-leve... Read More

Pesticide suspected in village water tank in Rohru; FIR registered

Shimla, Feb. 13 -- A case of suspected pesticide poisoning in a drinking water tank has surfaced in Bareshtu village of Tikkar tehsil in Rohru subdivision of Shimla district triggering panic among res... Read More

Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri rail line: Non-availability of land adversely affecting project, says rail minister

Shimla, Feb. 12 -- Non-availability of land is adversely affecting the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri (63km) New Rail Line project, informed Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday. Vaishnaw w... Read More

Centre trying to financially strangulate state: Himachal speaker

Shimla, Feb. 11 -- Reacting on the discontinuation of RDG, Himachal Pradesh speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Tuesday accused the Centre of financially strangulating the state. "The fact remains that... Read More

Rise above party lines on issues vital to the state: Himachal speaker on RDG issue

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- Amid sparring between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over discontinuation of RDG, Himachal speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that all political parties and legislators ... Read More

HP finance dept terms Cong govt's poll guarantee OPS unviable, advises shift to UPS

Shimla, Feb. 9 -- The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government's flagship poll promise, the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), has hit a fiscal wall. Following the discontinuation of the revenue deficit ... Read More

Will challenge decision at all levels: Himachal CM on RDG halt

Shimla, Feb. 9 -- Himachal chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said that they will challenge the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) discontinuation by the Centre, both politically and legally, ad... Read More

Himachal govt prepones budget session to discuss RDG halt implications

Shimla, Feb. 7 -- The Himachal government has decided to convene the assembly session early -February 16-this year, to discuss the implications of the Centre's decision to the discontinue the revenue ... Read More

False guarantees have destroyed Himachal's economy, claims Jai Ram; CM Sukhu hits back

Shimla, Feb. 6 -- Intensifying verbal attack on the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government in the state, the BJP accused the state government of pushing the state into a severe financial crisi... Read More

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