Dharamsala, Dec 11: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, while addressing a public meeting here on completion of government’s one year, tenure, on Monday announced to give Rs 1,500 from January 2024 to all women of Lahaul-Spiti district who are over 18 years of age.
However, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who arrived in Shimla on Sunday, gave the government’s first anniversary celebrations in Dharamsala a miss.
Earlier, she and her brother Rahul Gandhi were to attend the programme.
At the rally, Sukhu said the promise made to all women of the state would also be met in a phased manner.
He announced the women who currently get Rs 1,100 as pension will also be provided Rs 1,500.
He announced the state would bear the expenses for higher education of children of widows from the next fiscal.
The Chief Minister also announced the increase in the purchase price of milk by Rs 6 and said the government would start the cow dung purchase scheme from January, 2024.
He said these decisions would prove to be a milestone in the direction of prosperity of the farmers. (PTI)
