Shimla, Sept. 2 -- A total of 2,035 government institutions were denotified up to July 31, 2025, while 362 institutions have been opened since the Congress government came to power in Himachal Pradesh, said chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the Himachal Pradesh assembly in response to questions raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, including former CM and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jai Ram Thakur, during Question Hour.

Sukhu said that of the institutions that were denotified, 123 have subsequently been reopened at the same locations. "The decision was taken to denotify the institutes that lacked adequate staff or necessary infrastructure. Even in the future rationalisation and merger will continue," the CM said.

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