Shimla, July 28 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has congratulated the Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Scheduled Castes on qualifying for the semi-finals of the prestigious SKOCH Award-2026.

The Commission has been recognised as a semi-finalist and has received the SKOCH Order of Merit for its initiative, "Welfare of Scheduled Castes."

The Chairman of the HP State Commission for Scheduled Castes, Kuldeep Kumar Dhiman, along with members Digvijay Malhotra, Dr Vijay Dogra, and Kumari Shalini Jamwal, met the Chief Minister here today and apprised him of this achievement.

The Chief Minister said that this national-level recognition reflects the Commission's dedicated efforts towards safeguarding the rights an...