Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday said that the State Government was emphasising on girl education with 94 colleges in the State besides 15,534 schools. The Government had opened more colleges in the remote interiors of the State to benefit girls, he said
Addressing a public meeting at Nehru ground, Theog in Shimla district, he said “It was a matter of great contentment, that today Himachal Pradesh was second in the country in terms of literacy percentage after Kerala and time is not far when our State would be the most literate in the country”.
He said that the Theog region was known for cultivation of potatoes and now the people were earning handsome income from producing both seasonal and off season vegetables.
Horticulture plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the State adding that Rs 1000 crore had been approved for the Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project of the state. Subsidy on anti-hail nets has been increased from 50 per cent to 80 per cent, he said.
The Chief Minister also inspected the Theog by-pass road, the under construction four floor SC/ST hostel of Government Degree College at Theog being constructed by HIMUDA and to be completed with an outlay of Rs 2.71 crore.
It will have a capacity to house 105 students and will have 27 dormitories besides other facilities as well.He also inspected the site of Theog bus stand.