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Himachal Governor meets Dalai Lama at Dharamshala

November 18, 2019 by qqoi0 Leave a Comment

Dharamshala: Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya met the spiritual leader of Tibetans, Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala, today.  In the meeting, the Dalai Lama discussed India’s ancient culture, tradition, glorious history, especially the affection and contribution towards their comfort from the Himachal people.

He said that during his nearly 60 years of exile in India, he has visited many countries of the world.  But, he was deeply influenced by India’s ancient tradition and the message of non-violence and compassion, which the world needs most today.

Dalai Lama said that any person, irrespective of religious belief, could be happier in life by following the message of non-violence and compassion. He said that ancient Indian knowledge was helpful in providing mental peace.  Therefore, it is important to combine ancient Indian culture with modern knowledge so that better results could be achieved, he added.

Dalai Lama said that he was making efforts in this direction and has started a six-month certificate course in the Government College Dharamshala, which was based on ancient Indian knowledge, spirituality and Indian philosophy.  He said that a program of training for teachers would also be started in future so that this thinking could be extended to future generations.

He said that Indian tradition is based on scientific approach.  He described India as the Guru and referred Tibet as a good ‘Disciple’.

Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that the Tibetan in exile living in Himachal have had cordial relations and they have also contributed significantly to the development of Himachal.  He hoped that this relationship would remain strong in future as well.

The Governor spoke about the enriching conversations he had with His Holiness the Dalai Lama earlier in the morning.

The Governor also made keen enquiries on the welfare and development of Tibetan communities across India, particularly on the major institutions of Tibetan Buddhist study in North and South India.

He expressed his best wishes to Tibetans all over India and assured them full support in “improvement of lives, education, and all other necessary support”.

He also visited the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat and met the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

Earlier, The Kashag (Eng: Cabinet) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) led by officiating President Kalon Ven Karma Gelek Yuthok, received the Governor at the Kashag Secretariat earlier this morning.

Officiating President Kalon Ven Karma Gelek Yuthok, Kalon Sonam Topgyal Khorlatsang, Department of Home, Kalon Karma Yeshi, Department of Finance, Kalon Phagpa Tsering Labrang, Department of Security, Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk, Department of Health, Kashag, Secretary Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi, Chief Representative of Tibetans in Shimla Tenzin Norbu and Dharamshala Settlement Officer greeted the Governor as he arrived at the CTA headquarters.

At the occasion, Kalon Ven Karma Gelek Yuthok, Department of Religion and Culture honoured and felicitated the Governor.

The council of Kalons thoroughly apprised the Governor about the CTA’s robust administration and governance of more than a lakh Tibetans across India, Nepal and Bhutan, and the unparalleled support extended by the Government of India and the Himachal Pradesh Government towards the Central Tibetan Administration and Tibetan people.

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Narendra Modi inaugurates the Rising Himachal: Global Investor’s Meet 2019

November 7, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

Dharamshala: Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Rising Himachal, the Global Investors Meet 2019 at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Prime Minister of India Mr. Modi congratulated the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for organizing this event.
Addressing the gathering, Modi said, he is happy to welcome all the Wealth Creators to this meet. He said earlier states were offering various discounts to attract investment and that the investors were waiting to see which State offered more concessions or discounts.
He said it is essential that there is an enabling ecosystem for investors to invest in the states, where it is free of the Inspector Raj and the need for permits at every stage.
Rising HimachalHe said nowadays the States are competing to provide such an enabling ecosystem to the investors.
He added, over the past few years, several reforms such as ease of doing business, scrapping of obsolete laws were undertaken in this direction. He said healthy competition among states would enhance the competitiveness of our industries on the global platform.
Prime Minister said this would benefit the states, the local population and the country at large and India would progress at a very rapid pace.
He said Industry also likes a clean and transparent system and governments.
Prime Minister said that between 2014 and 2019 India improved 79 places in Ease of Doing Business Rankings. He said “Every year we are improving in each parameter. Improvement in these rankings means that our Government is making decisions after a thorough understanding of the needs at the grassroots level for the industry.”
“This is not just an improvement in rankings but a major revolution in the way of doing business in India. In today’s global scenario, India is standing strong as we did not allow our economic fundamentals to become weak”, he said.
He said Government has decided to restart the stalled housing projects across the country so that 4.58 Lakh families can now get their houses in which they have invested.
The central government has also slashed Corporate Tax to 15% for new domestic companies.
He requested Industry and Global representatives to view India as one of the most favorable destinations for investment.
Prime Minister said that the decision to invest over Rs 100 Lakh Crores for infrastructure development would benefit the state of Himachal Pradesh too.
Prime Minister also visited the exhibition showcasing the investment potential and opportunities of Himachal Pradesh.
Prime Minister also released a coffee table book in this context.
UAE is the Partner Country for the Global Investor’s Meet. Over 1700 Business Delegates including 200 International delegates participated in the event.

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Naturopathy needs to be promoted: Himachal Governor

November 6, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

Palampur: Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya today arrived at Palampur during his three days visit to Kangra district. This is his first visit to Kangra district as Governor.

During his visit today he visited the Vivekananda Medical Institute at Holta. Former Union Minister and Chairman of the Trust Shanta Kumar welcomed the Governor.

Naturopathy The Governor was apprised of the activities of Naturopathy such as Nirmay Center of Trust, Physiotherapy Section, Combination Therapy, Continuous Passive Motion (CPM), etc. being undertaken by the trust. He also visited the Sadhana complex and Old Age home being built under the name Vishranti. Shanta Kumar gave the detailed information of the institute to the Governor.

He appreciated the Management of the Trust for providing various facilities to the people and health projects being run by the Institute. He said that naturopathy was the need of the hour and needs to be promoted.

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Himachal: Met department issue red alert on 7th November

November 5, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

Shimla: The meteorological department, Shimla, has issued a red alert for Shimla, Mandi, Kullu, Chamba, Solan, and Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh on 7th November. Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by thundershowers and lightning in various parts of districts in Himachal Pradesh.

Manmohan Singh, The director of the Meteorological Center Shimla, told HillsPost that the weather will remain clear until 5th November. The western disturbance will change the weather on 6th, 7th and 8th November.
Mr. Singh said that some districts of Himachal Pradesh may witness moderate rains with thunderstorms and lighting. The weather will be clear on 9th November.

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Himachal Pradesh campaign No Horn please

November 3, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh department of Environment, Science and Technology in Shimla and Manali towns will organize a campaign for No Horn please series of event under “Horn Not Ok” campaign from 4th November to 20th November, 2019. This campaign was launched by Himachal CM Jai Ram in the month of August last year with a view to create awareness among common citizens and tourists about ill effects of noise pollution in Shimla and Manali towns.

Director, Environment, Science and Technology D.C Rana said that the awareness campaigns would also be organized among the school children by delivering lectures during the morning assembly and by way of assigning duty to them to affix stickers of “Horn Not Ok” in their parent’s cars. Debate, declaration, painting, essay writing on noise pollution theme would also be part of this campaign.

He said that the school children will be requested once in a week to stand outside the school with placard showing the messages like “No Horn Please”, “This is silence zone”, “School area No Horn please”, “Honking is prohibited in silence zone” etc. Special lectures would be organized in colleges of Shimla town like and the painting, debate, declamation, essay writing competitions would also be organized in a series on “Horn Not Ok” in schools and colleges of Shimla town.

D.C Rana said the Traffic Police, Shimla would start challans in and around Shimla town on noise due to pressure horns during this period. It would also be considered to declare a particular day for challaning w.r.t. “Horn Not Ok Campaign” in the town.

He said that special derive to create awareness among all stakeholder departments like drivers of GAD, HP PWD, I&PH department, H.P. Pollution Control Board, Regional Transport Office etc. and  taxi, truck operator unions of Shimla area will also be organized in the town. The awareness material and stickers will be distributed on 4, 5 13, 14, 18 and 19 November in Shimla and around.

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Himachal CM pays tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

October 31, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, while paying floral tributes to first Union Home Minister of the country, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Secretariat Complex here today on his 144th birth anniversary celebrated throughout the country as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ (National Unity Day), said that this day provides an opportunity to re-affirm the inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand the actual and potential threats to the unity, integrity and security of our country.

Jai Ram Thakur said that it was because of Sardar Patel that today India stands united as he did the almost impossible task of merging about 562 princely states after India attained freedom. He said that Sardar Patel also did the task of forging a united India by successfully integrating the newly independent nation. His commitment to national integration in the newly independent country was total and uncompromising, earning him the sobriquet “Iron Man of India”, he added.

He said that as the first Union Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Patel also organised relief efforts for refugees fleeing to Punjab and Delhi from Pakistan and worked relentlessly to restore peace.

Jai Ram Thakur said that as a mark of respect to the immense contributions made by the Sardar Patel towards the Nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got built the highest statue of the world of Sardar Patel known as ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat, which is 182 meter in height and has emerged as a biggest attraction for the tourists.

Chief Minister also administered ‘National Unity Pledge’ to the officers and employees of the State Secretariat on the occasion.

 

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Aviation Ministry approves international airport in Mandi, Himachal

October 24, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Ministry today gave in-principle approval for construction of international standard airport in district Mandi with support of Airport Authority of India (AAI). Apart from this, the Ministry also gave approval for expansion of Shimla, Kangra and Kullu airports in Himachal Pradesh.

This decision was taken in a meeting held today under the chairmanship of Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent charge), Government of India Hardeep Singh Puri, which was also attended by Chief Secretary Dr. Shrikant Baldi through video conferencing.

Dr. Baldi said that the construction cost of expansion of Shimla and Kangra Airports would be borne by Union Civil Aviation Ministry. A team of Airport Authority of India would soon visit Kullu-Manali airport to conduct survey for its expansion.

He said that under UDAN-2, in-principle approval has also been given for bearing construction and operational cost of six proposed Heliports in the State by Ministry of Civil Aviation. Apart from this, present services under UDAN-1 will be continued as per schedule.

Secretary, Joint Secretary and Director General of Civil Aviation, GoI, Chairman AAI, Director Tourism and Civil Aviation Himachal Pradesh and other senior officers attended the meeting.

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Himachal to allocated funds to mitigate Disasters

October 22, 2019 by HillsPost Reporter Leave a Comment

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh is considering allocation of Mitigation Fund for disaster management.  Himachal Pradesh government is committed to build safer and disaster resilient state by developing a holistic, pro-active, multi-disaster, technology for disaster management through collective efforts of all government agencies and non-governmental organisations.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that while presiding over the two days regional workshop on “Challenges of Disaster Risk Reduction in Hill Towns” for the stakeholders of Uttrakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, union territory of  Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, here today. The workshop has being organized by the State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) and HP Council for Science Technology and Environment (HIMCOSTE) in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home, Government of India.

Jai Ram Thakur said that Himachal Pradesh was  prone to various hazards both natural hazards such as  earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, snow storms and avalanches, draughts etc. and manmade hazards like dam failures, fires, accidents, besides biological, industrial and hazardous chemicals etc. Moreover, the State falls in seismic zone five and was prone to earthquakes and thus houses should be constructed by adopting scientific technologies to make them earthquake resistance. He said that effective steps must be taken to mitigate the same by ensuring effective early warning system. He also expressed concern that people were still occupying the houses which were in bad condition.

Jai Ram Thakur said that a target had been fixed to train as many as 16,130 carpenters to promote construction of safe houses. Besides, a plan had been formulated under the Hospital Safety Scheme to strengthen health services up to community health centre (CHC) level so that effective services could be provided in case of any disaster. A special scheme had been formulated to strengthen lifeline building, he added.

He said that efforts were being made to train the youth for mitigation of disaster. At least ten to fifteen youth would be trained in every gram panchayat and in the first phase 48,390 youth would be trained in rescuing and providing first aid to the victims. He said the SDMA did a commendable service last year by rescuing over 4000 people struck in Chamba, Kullu and Lahaul Spiti districts due to untimely snow by executing operation ‘White Himalaya’.

Jai Ram Thakur said that the State Government had also approved school safety project under which disaster management plan would be prepared and mock drills would be conducted by the educational institutions. The Government of India has sanctioned one National Disaster Response Battalion for the State and the State Government was also working on setting up  its own State Disaster Response Force.

The Chief Minister said that efforts should be made to build a disaster resilient Himachal by capacity building at all levels for preparedness to mitigate and stop occurrence of disasters. The active participation of stakeholders besides political and legal commitment, scientific knowledge, warning system and optimum use of technology was required for mitigation of disaster risks. He said that better coordination between the Centre and State Governments was also vital to lessen the risks of disasters. The State would consider setting up Disaster Mitigation Fund, so that funds could be released for providing immediate  relief to the affected community.

 

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