Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday launched 'One Nation One Ration' card scheme under the Interstate Portability Scheme of Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs for all migrant labourers here.
He said this would help the consumers to take ration from any fair price shop in the country, adding that this would be done through National Portability Scheme of Ration Card.
He said that it would benefit about 67 crore people of the country and lakhs of people of the State.
Thakur said that Central Government has decided to provide free food grain for two months to about eight crore migrant labourers of the country and those labourers who do not have ration card would also be provided free five kilogram wheat or rice per person and one kilogram pulse per month.
The CM said 2864.46 tonne food grains have been allocated to Himachal Pradesh under this scheme which would go a long way in facilitating the State Government to provide this ration to the targeted groups at the earliest.
THAKUR MEETS INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that under Mukhya Mantri Swavlamban Yojna investment subsidy at 25 percent was being provided for projects having investment upto Rs 60 lakh for youth and 30 percent for projects having investments upto Rs 60 lakh for women entrepreneurs.
He said that five percent interest subsidy would also be provided for a period of three years.
Presiding over a meeting with various Industrial Associations regarding roadmap for recovery of industrial sector in the wake of corona pandemic here, Thakur said the State Government has also deferred demand charges of power by three months and power bill payment has been deferred without late fee by HPSEB.
The CM said that MSME sector has been badly affected due to Covid-19 pandemic and about 95 percent of the industries in the State fall under MSME categories.
He said that steps should be taken to derive maximum benefits of this package to revive these units. He assured that all the issues raised by the industrialists would be considered sympathetically.
CM URGES CENTRE FOR ALLOTTING BULK DRUG PARK
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday urged the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda for allotting one Bulk Drug Park for the State.
In a letter to the Union Minister, Chief Minister said that Himachal Pradesh has emerged as an important hub for manufacturing of bulk drugs and generic medicines and captured a major portion of market within the country and outside.
He said that units located in the State have shown great interest in establishing a Bulk Drug Park in the State preferably in Baddi-Barotiwala area of Solan district which was already a pharma hub.
Thakur said if such Bulk Drug Park was allotted for Himachal Pradesh, the State would surely emerge as the most prominent hub of production of APIs and Drug Intermediates in the country catering to the needs of drug industry both nationally and internationally.