The Himachal Government has constituted district welfare committees for each district of the State for effective implementation of various welfare schemes.
The members of the State Cabinet have been nominated as chairpersons of these committees, said an official spokesman.
HP Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rajiv Bindal has been appointed chairman of Sirmour district welfare committee and Deputy Speaker Hans Raj of Chamba district.
The spokesman said that Irrigation and Public Health Minister Mahender Singh Thakur is appointed chairman of Mandi district, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Kishan Kapoor of Kangra district, Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj of Shimla, Power Minister Anil Sharma of Kinnaur, Agriculture Minister Ram lal Markanda of lahaul Spiti district, Health Minister Vipin Singh Parmar of Bilaspur district, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Virender Kanwar of Una, Industries Minister Bikram Singh of Hamirpur, Forest Minister Gobind Singh Thakur of Kullu district and Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Rajiv Saijal of Solan district.
The members of Parliaments, MlAs and Mayor/Pradhans of concerned district have been nominated as un-official members of the committees while concerned Deputy Commissioner, SDMs, General Manager of district Industry Centre, Deputy Director Higher Education and Elementary Education, Project Officer of DRDA, District Panchayat Officer, Tehsil Welfare Officers, Programme Officers, CDPO’s and District Welfare Officers as official members, he added.