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Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming to Shimla after two days on 31 May. The people of the state have high hopes from this visit in the election year. There is a lot of hope especially for the bulk drug pharma park of Rs 1000 crore, four lane, national highway, continuation of GST reimbursement amount, package for industries and increase in import duty on apple.
Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited Himachal many times before, but he did not make any big announcement. This time there are assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. The BJP high command is understanding that it is not easy to win the elections in the state, as the party got a four-nil defeat in the by-elections last year. That is why a big announcement is being expected from Prime Minister Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
What can PM Modi announce?
Bulk Drug Park: The Himachal government has been making efforts for a long time for a bulk drug park of 1000 crores. The officials of the Industries Department have put a lot of emphasis on this. Famous companies of the country and abroad will invest in this park and medicines will be produced.
For this, the state government has identified 1000 acres of land in Podiyan of Haroli area of Una and named it in the name of Industries Department. The 12 states that claim the park include Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
National Highway: The Modi government had announced the construction of 69 NHs worth 60 thousand crores, not one or two, in the small hill state of Himachal between 2014 and 2018. These announcements came to complete 5 to 8 years, but the Modi government has not been able to give NH status to a single road. Because of this the BJP government of the state is also on the back foot.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur raised this demand several times before Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and urged to make 25 roads of the state as NH on priority basis instead of 69, but to no avail. Similarly, the pace of four lane projects under construction in the state has slowed down, while roads are the most important mode of transport in the state and roads are called life lines of the people.
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Import Duty on Apples: Apple is being cultivated in 10 districts except two districts in Himachal and apple contributes more than Rs 4500 crore to the state’s GDP, but for the past few years, the apple industry of the state is in danger due to imported apples. .
Sensing this danger, Narendra Modi had announced a big gift to the gardeners of the state by promising to increase the import duty on apples during the Lok Sabha elections in Sujanpur, Himachal in 2014, but this promise was not fulfilled even after 8 years. has gone. Due to this the gardeners of the state are disappointed.
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Expected to continue with GST reimbursement amount: Since the implementation of GST in the country, the center is giving GST reimbursement amount to Himachal from 3000 crores to 3500 rupees every year, but after 4 days from the month of June it will stop. Himachal is already facing financial crunch.
The state has got a debt of Rs 64000 crore. In such a situation, the problems of Himachal are sure to increase due to the closure of GST reimbursement amount. Therefore, the people of Himachal are anticipating that in the special category state Himachal, the Prime Minister will announce the continuation of the GST reimbursement amount.