Shimla, Nov. 5 -- The state government will generate revenue of Rs.400 crore over the next four months by selling electricity to Rajasthan, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday. The government has entered into an agreement to sell electricity to Rajasthan at a rate of Rs.15.50 per unit, he said while addressing a gathering at Bhanjraru Kala Manch in the Churah assembly constituency of Chamba district.

He also said that the state government has strongly taken up the matter with the central government to increase Himachal Pradesh's free power share in the 180 MW Baira-Siul Hydroelectric Project to 50%, following the completion of 44 years of its operation.

He announced that four senior secondary schools at Himgiri, Thal...