HimachalThisWeek
From the Editor’s Desk
Empowering Urban Local Bodies It is difficult to gauge whether empowering twenty urban local bodies would render Town and Country Planning Department as redundant or is a step towards evolving new system for urbanisation. Executive officers in municipal councils and nagar panchayat secretary would approve building plans for construction. Ostensibly this simplification would benefit people
Animal Husbandry Should Be A Lucrative Business
The number of abandoned cows is on a continuous rise in India and their attack on crop of farmers has become a cause of worry. In Himachal too, the figure of abandoned animals has touched nearly 30,000 mark. Farming is already proving to be a non-profitable avocation due to many factors. Burdened under debt liability, they are committing suicides.
Initiate Exercise To Fill Vacant Posts
The question of providing employment takes test of almost every government but no government succeeded to cross this hurdle. People will now analyse the performance of Jai Ram Thakur's government in this context. Finding answer to the question of generating employment opportunities becomes of paramount importance at a stage when a bigger strength of youth is coming out from education institutes with degrees in hand. We need to utilise this work force in some positive work to take advantage of the young force. In case of failure this asset could prove to be a threat too. However understanding employment generation is not a cake walk.
Readers’ Response
Chief Minister’s Janjehli Dilemma This is regarding Himachal This Week’s cover story of February 24, 2018, “Chief Minister’s Janjehli Dilemma”. Residents of Janjehli are restive over the issue of opening of SDM office in the area. They have been continuously agitating to press for the acceptance of their demand. As Janjehli falls in Seraj constituency
Nadda Likely To Be Elected Unanimously for RS From Himachal
Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh. Flanked by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, BJP state president Satpal Singh Sati, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rajiv Bindal and others, Nadda handed over five sets of paper to presiding officer ADM GC Negi at the state assembly secretariat in Shimla.
Seven Himachalis In National Kabaddi Camp
Kabaddi Federation of India has started preparations for the Asian Games. It will hold national camp from March 15 to April 14 after which Indian Kabaddi teams (men and women) will selected for the games.In this national camp, seven players of Himachal have been selected. Vishal Bhardwaj will attend men's national camp along with star kabaddi player Ajay Thakur.
Handball Girls Go For National Training
Girls from Himachal will play for the Indian handball team in the South Asian Senior Women Handball Championship. Six girls have been selected from the region to attend the National Training Camp in Lucknow that will held from March 12 to 30 of this month. Handball Federation of India will final women team for the South Asian Handball Championship in the camp.
Girl Defying Disability
Being a person with disabilities in India can be tough challenge as the country is yet to evolve as a disabled friendly country. However, there are many who time and again rise to this challenge through their pure determination and grit, and in the process become an inspiration to not only people who suffer from disabilities, but also the youth of the nation. One such person is Uma, who fought her disability and for the past four years has been working at the Government Zonal Hospital, Solan, as a computer operator.
Noose Tightening Around Pharma Companies
The Centre has started tightening noose around companies that are increasing drug prices on their own will. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has decided that license of a company will be repealed if it is found that it has increased the price of a drug or medical equipment more than 10% in a year. Besides this, legal action will also be taken against the company. NPPA has given these orders after revelation in a report that private hospitals are making rich dividends by printing more MRP on drug packets.
