The employees of Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) would be provided revised pay scales from 1st January, 2016 as being given to the other employees of the State Government. This was decided in the 158th meeting of the Board of Directors of Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation held here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. This decision of the Board would benefit over 1300 employees of the Corporation who would be provided annual benefits of Rs. 12.40 crore. Thakur said HPTDC during the month of April to July this year has registered an income of Rs. 45.91 crore and net profit about Rs. 11.79 crore. He said that the Corporation would be authorized to hire the need based manpower in the categories of house man, utility workers, security guards/chowkidar, specialized cook, electricians, plumber, carpenter, mason, mali and beldar etc. to streamline the functioning of the hotel units. He said that this would ensure better services to the customers in the tourism units.