Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met the Union minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mining, Narendra Singh Tomar at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Saturday. During the meeting, the Union minister is learnt to have given a positive nod to the State Government’s request for central grant for the of building, hostel, payment of salary and faculty for the State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) and its Extension Training Centre.
CM requested the Union minister to see to it that outlets open for the self- help groups (SHGs) in the rural areas of Haridwar and Rishikesh so as to enable them to get the right price and market for their products.