The state's economy is expected to achieve a growth rate of 7.3 percent in the current financial year 2018-19. A comprehensive campaign against drug addiction has been launched and anti-drug treatment has started in the state.
STATE INCOME AND PUBLIC FINANCE
Per Capita Income
Sectoral Contribution
Its contribution increased from 26.50 per cent in 1990-91 to 43.01 per cent in 2017-18, reflecting healthy signs of industrialization and modernization in the state. The share of the electricity, gas and water supply sector which is a component of the secondary sector has also increased from 4.70 per cent during 1990-91 to 7.08 per cent during 2017-18.
Sectoral Growth
11 last year's performance in these sectors, the manufacturing sector has shown a decline in growth in 2017-18.
Communication & Trade
Finance and Real Estate
Community and Personal Services
Contribution of Local Bodies in the State Gross Domestic
Prospects- 2018-19
A brief analysis of the economic growth in Himachal Pradesh, however,
Public Finance
INSTITUTIONAL AND BANK FINANCES
The first state co-operative bank with all its branches on CBS mode. The first state cooperative on the national financial switch through which the customers of the bank can get ATM facilities nationwide and provide money transfer facilities through RTGS/ NEFT everywhere. Bank has applied to Reserve Bank of India for obtaining licenses for 9 new branches and upgrading 11 Extension Counters into full-fledged branches. The Bank does treasury business at Dodrakwar and Kamrau on Agency basis and strives for full-fledged treasury business.
PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY)
- MICRO INSURANCE SCHEMES
- PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA (PMMY)
- STAND-UP INDIA SCHEME (SUIS)
- FINANCIAL AWARENESS AND LITERACY CAMPAIGNS
17 cum special ability cover of `2.00 lakh (`1.00 lakh for partial permanent special ability) to all savings account holders in the age group of 18 to 70 years for a premium of `12.00 per annum per subscriber and can be extended from 1 June each year. In Atal Pension Yojana (APY), banks have enrolled more than 81,236 subscribers under the scheme till September 2018.
Comparative Data of Banks in Himachal Pradesh
Position as on September, 2018 at a glance
Implementation of Government Sponsored Schemes
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is the lead agency at the national level for the implementation of the scheme. The implementing agencies have intended to ensure .. disbursement of money to the tune of 27.11 crore under the scheme.
NABARD
734.45 crore during 2018-19 in December 2018 to banks operating in the state by extending refinance disbursement for various activities viz. In March 2018, approximately 3338 joint liability groups were provided by banks in the state.
Financial Inclusion
New Business Initiatives
With a view to provide sustainable employment opportunities to
Nabcons utilizes the core competence of NABARD in the fields of agricultural and rural development, especially multi-disciplinary projects, banking, institutional development, infrastructure, training, etc. 30 districts. ii) Evaluation of interventions by third parties under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY). iii) Assessment of multi-house scheme under Pt. Deen Dayal Kisan Bagwan Samridhi Yojna. iv) Preparation of DPRs, study and investigations of Japan International Cooperative Agency projects in Mandi and Kangra districts. v) Management consultancy for CA/CS and Mandi Automation stores for Himachal Pradesh Marketing Board. vi) Preparation of State Irrigation Plan (SIP) District Irrigation Plan (DIP) under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKYS) for 12 districts in the state .. vii) Evaluation of special central assistance for scheduled caste sub-plan schemes in the state. viii) Feasibility study for setting up 12 Controlled Atmosphere (CA) cold stores/warehouses in the state. ix) Design, Development, Implementation and Maintenance.
Institutional Development
EXCISE AND TAXATION
- The Department of Excise and Taxation is a major revenue earning
The revenue target for the financial year 2018-19 under the major head -0039 state excise has been fixed at `1,425.76 crore which is `74.27 crore more than the previous financial year 2017-18. The department is making every effort to achieve the target set for this financial year. The additional Goods Tax (AGT) under the HP Passengers and Goods Taxation Act, 1955 is fixed as per the criteria given below:- . i) “All types of yarn (excluding wool yarn) have been reduced.
Provisional
- FOOD SECURITY AND CIVIL SUPPLIES Targeted Public Distribution
System(TPDS)
One of the main constituents of the Govt. strategy for poverty
Presently, following food items are being distributed under TPDS and
September, 2014. . ii) BPL The BPL families are issued additional food grains to make up the amount equivalent to 35 Kg. per family per month at BPL rate ie. 3 per kg. The PHH beneficiaries (up to 3 members) are also provided food grains (wheat and rice) from non-NFSA allocation from the state at APL rates around their entitlement 10,15 and 20 kg.
Other Activities
At present, there are 26 wholesale Kerosene oil dealers, 415
Refining) and I. Salt) under the Government Sponsored Schemes as per the decisions of the purchase committee constituted by the Government. During the current financial year, 2018-19, the supplies of essential items and Petroleum products to tribal and snow bound areas were arranged according to the tribal action plan of the government.
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
Distribution of Land Holdings
42 The state's agro-climatic conditions favor the production of cash crops such as seed potatoes, out-of-season vegetables and ginger.
Monsoon Season 2018
Crop Performance 2017-18
Agro-climatic conditions in the State are quite conducive for seed
To maintain seed quality and ensure higher seed prices to growers, seed certification program has been given due emphasis. Water conservation and minor irrigation program has been prioritized to boost agricultural production.
In order to achieve faster and more inclusive growth in agriculture
Under this scheme, 90 percent assistance will be provided to small/marginal farmers for installation of solar pump machines on individual basis. 80 percent assistance will be provided to medium / large farmers for installation of solar pump machinery.
HORTICULTURE
For providing employment to the skilled and unskilled
Since its inception, HPMC has played a vital role in the lives of fruit growers of the state by providing them with a rewarding yield from their produce. The company mainly supplies its products to its bulk buyers, Railway, Northern Command Head quarter Udhampur, various religious institutions, M/S Parley and other reputed institutions, shops and kiosks in the country.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES
- under this scheme it has been proposed to distribute units of 11
- Livestock census is being conducted quinquennilly by the
Chabro is supplied to the farmers of the state and a unit consists of 50-100 chicks. In Bilaspur and Kangra District for high quality seafood production in the state.
FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT Forest
- Forest plantation is being carried out under various State plan
- The World Bank has also agreed to support this project at a cost
Development of forests through planting, improving the quality of forests and increasing the forest area. The scheme will be implemented through existing JFMCs/VFDSs. 800.00 crore has been started with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The financing pattern of the project is 80 percent loan and 20 percent state share.
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A State Knowledge Cell on Climate Change has been set up in the
The project would be implemented in 900 Gram Panchayats in Shiwalik and Mid Hills agro-climatic zones, spread across various watersheds in the state. There are 11 villages identified across the state where this scheme is being implemented.
The State Government has decided to prepare State Environment
Through this initiative, the State Government intends to outline the various components of environmental sustainability, which will go into a design and illustration such as implemented examples. To facilitate the common public to file complaints against noise pollution in the state, a mobile application "Shor Nahi" has been developed.
Biotechnology policy
As per the state Biotechnology policy, the government
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- During the year 2018- 19, a provision of `130.00 crore has
Command area development work is in progress and out of 15,287 hectares, 9,933.50 hectares of land has been brought under command area development activities till November 2018. Work on CAD Sidhatha is in progress and 2,635.10 hectares of land has been brought under CAD activities till November , 2018.
INDUSTRIES AND MINING
Status of Industrialization
Till December 27.48 MT of silk cocoons were produced which were converted into raw silk of 27.48 MT providing revenue of about `6.12 crore from the sale of silk products in the state.
MINING
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
- At the district level, the employment data is being collected
- During this Financial Year 2018-19, budgetary provision of
In the fiscal year up to December 2018, 145 camps were organized in different parts of the country. During the financial year 2018-19 till December 2018, the department organized six job fairs where 1974 candidates were employed in various industries in the country.
Power
- Himachal being a hilly State has natural strength in
- Directorate of Energy’s Physical and Financial
The Energy Accounting software has been implemented in the Directorate of Energy which will help distribute the LADF fund to the families affected by the project and reduce the. A capacity expansion of 10 MW has been achieved from solar projects during the current financial year 2018-19 to November 2018, from the commissioning of 3 solar projects, namely, Jahu (4 MW), Bhogpur Simbalwala (1 MW), Nand Solar project (5 MW) in the state.
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd
- Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Departmental Schemes
- I.T. Initiatives
- FUTURE PLANS OF THE DEPARTMENT
- New Projects:-
- SAI KOTHI STAGE-I HEP(15 MW)
- SAI KOTHI STAGE-II HEP (16.50 MW)
- HAIL HEP(18 MW)
The detailed design report of the project was completed and the technical economic permit was also obtained from DOE in April 2018. The detailed design report of the project was completed and the technical economic permit was forwarded to the Directorate of Energy on 19/03/2014.
Projects under Operation/
The process of obtaining the additional land revenue documents required due to the shifting of the extension to the right bank has started and is in progress. The land that can be acquired for the project has been handed over to DFO Salooni for further action on the FCA case.
Execution stage through HPPCL are as under
- Integrated Kashang HEP (243 MW):-
- Sawra Kuddu HEP(111 MW):- Sawara Kuddu HEP (111 MW)
- Chanju HEP-III (48MW) and Deothal Chanju HEP
- Renuka ji Dam HEP (40 MW)
- Surgani Sundla HEP (48 MW)
- Dhamwari Sunda HEP (70 MW)
- Thana Plaun HEP (191 MW)
- Nakthan HEP (460 MW)
- Kishau Multipurpose Project (660 MW)
- Triveni Mahadev HEP (78 MW) in Distt. Mandi
- HPPCL has set up a 5 MW Berra Dol solar power plant, near Shri
The project is being built through EPC mode and civil and HM works have been awarded to M/s Patel Engineering Ltd. Case for financing the project through external aid has been prepared and is being actively considered by the planning department of the government.
HIMURJA
SOLAR THERMAL PROGRAMME i) Solar Cooker: During the current
Per day capacity installed until December 2018, expected performance until March 2019 will be around 10,000 Ltr. A target of 2,40,000 liters per day capacity installation of solar water heating systems has been proposed for the year 2019-20.
- Off-grid Solar Power Plants
- Grid-connected Solar Roof Top Power Plants: During current
- Ground Mounted Grid- connected Solar Power
under MNRE programme, Government of India. ii) CST Solar Steam Cooking System: During the current financial year till December 2018, installation of Solar Steam Cooking System is in progress.
- TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
- Construction of new Bus Stands
- TOURISM AND CIVIL AVIATION
- To give boost to the Tourism in the State, the Asian
National Highways (Central Sector) 14.3 The process of improvement of National Highways in the State with a total length of 2,017 Km. Proposal for the construction of the International Standard Airport in Mandi district is being considered by the state government.
- EDUCATION
- Pre Primary education in H.P:-
- Learning Outcomes
- Teacher App
- Shiksa Saathi App
- Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
- Smart Shalamath’s kits (Sampark Foundation)
- Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
- Computer Aided Learning Programme (CALP)
The state government launched the new scheme Akhand Shiksha Jyoti Mere School Se Nikle Moti on 10 October 2018. The features of the scheme as under:-. At the moment, the Review and Monitoring module has been launched in the app. v) The app enables real-time data collection by asking block officials to take a picture of the problem in the school during school visits. vi).
Senior Secondary Education
11 In Himachal Pradesh there are negligible children who are outside the formal scope of education. Other independent studies conducted by IMRB and Pratham have also confirmed that the number of out-of-school children in Himachal Pradesh is less than one percent.
Scholarship Schemes
From the year 2018-19 onwards, Integrated RMSA (RMSA, ICT,
Girls Hostels, Vocational Education, IEDSS) was merged into the Integrated Scheme of School Education (ISSE).
Communication Technology (ICT) Project
123 this scheme, the names of all old students who have achieved something exemplary in their lives are recorded on the school's roll of honor to inspire and instill the sense of determination and confidence in the current school students to inspire them to excel in life . The students will be given ` 1.00 lakh for coaching and lodging in coaching institutions outside the state.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Six Government Politechnics namely Sundernagar, Hamirpur,
Three state colleges namely JNGEC, RGGEC, ABVGIE and Him TU have been selected under the project which is the Phase III technical education quality improvement program with project cost of `20.00 crore sanctioned for Him TU and `10.00 crore for each of the selected institutions. Three new Government ITIs have been opened during the year 2018-19 namely Model ITI Sansarpur Terrace in District Kangra, Government ITI Nihri and State of the Art ITI Chhatri in District Mandi. Three new transactions in Government ITI Chachiot and two new transactions in Government ITI Bagsaid in District Mandi has been initiated and a dual training system to improve skills education among the trainees with the help of industry has been initiated in Government ITI Solan.
127 training system is proposed to start in the next academic year 2019-20 in ITI Mandi and Nalagarh. The State Government has decided to start a new Diploma Course in Automotive Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Government Polytechnic Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur with an intake capacity of 60 students each from the academic session 2019-20. In addition to the new diploma courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at ABVGIE&T Pragtinagar in Shimla district, the state government is expected to start implementation from the next academic session 2019-20.
HEALTH
- At present the State has Six Government Medical Colleges Indira
Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College Mandi and a Government Dental College in Shimla are functioning. Besides this, a Medical College and four dental colleges in the private sector are also functional in the state.
132 of the new OPD block including the lift block from the car to the new OPD block at.
Hospital for Mother & Child at a cost of `21.00 crore will be completed a lot. shortly. The approval for establishment of Tertiary Cancer Care Center in Medical College has been obtained at the total cost of `45.00 crore under central sponsorship scheme. g) Dental College and Hospital Shimla:.
AYURVEDA
134 medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission amounting to `63.75 lakh has been approved by the Government of India, Ministry of Ayush. Under the national AYUSH mission, groups of farmers are being formed for the subsidized cultivation of selected medicinal plants and 216 DBTs worth `65.18 lakh have been provided to farmers for the cultivation of medicinal plants.
Drug Testing Laboratory
Development Activities
SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME
In the year 2016-2017, the program started in Kangra and Hamirpur districts of Himachal Pradesh. An amount of `1.24 crore has been released and `36.32 lakh has been revalidated for the financial year.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Deen Dyal Upadhaya-Gramin Kaushalya Yojana is the skill and
The cost of a unit (house) must be shared between the central and state government in the ratio of 90:10 for hill states. There is a budget provision in the current year 2018-19 of `12.19 crore in plan component which will build 937 houses of all categories in the state.
Saansad Adrash Gram Yojana (SAGY)
The state government announced this scheme for the first time in the budget of 2016-17 for the general categories of BPL in the country in the non-plan component. Even in the non-planned component, there is a budgetary provision of 30.00 crores through which 2077 houses of general BPL category are being constructed. ii) Mukhya Mantri Awaas Repair Yojana (MMARY).
State Reward Schemes:-
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Housing
- M.C Mandi has conducted a demand survey under the PMAY-HFA
- HIMUDA has approved following policies/ schemes:-
155 flats are to be constructed under PMAY and the remaining 10,177 Sqm area is to be transferred to HIMUDA on which HIMUDA will construct 68 nos. This transfer of land will be made to HIMUDA in lieu of 64 Nos EWS flats provided by HIMUDA for M.C. Mandi.
Urban Development
PANCHAYATI RAJ
- The other major provisions relating to Panchayati Raj are as under:-
Under the Mission Mode Project (e-Panchayat Project) of the Government of India, 12 core software applications have been introduced in PRI. Training for officials of Panchayats/Departments for these applications has been organized at Panchayati Raj Training Institute, Mashobra.
INFORMATION AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
Information and Technology
LMKs act as entry delivery points for the delivery of G2C services to the citizens of the country at the Gram Panchayat level. M/s Bharti Airtel is the executing agency for supply and installation of VC equipment in the country and maintenance of the same for a period of 5 years from the date of commencement of the project.
