Agriculture
Budgetary allocation: Rs 1,024 crore
Major schemes
* Rs20 crore for creation of ‘krishi kosh’ for seed money, interest subvention and credit guarantee cover
* One lakh farmers to be covered under Subhash Palekar natural farming system
* Possibility of giving fallow land to bonafide Himachali for farming to be studied
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Education
Budgetary allocation: Rs 8,016 crore
Major schemes:
* Rs15 crore to be spent on providing modern facilities in 100 cluster schools
* 100 top students to be provided Rs 1 lakh for preparation of entrance exams
* Government approves filling of 10,700 posts in educational institutions
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Health
Budgetary allocation: Rs 2,702 crore
Major schemes:
*Mammography facility in all district hospitals
* Rs 100 crore for providing free medicines
* Free ayurvedic medicines for aged 60 years and above
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Roads
Budgetary allocation: Rs 3,986 crore
Major schemes:
* Wayside amenities policy for commuters along state and national highways
* Rs 44 crore to be spent on erection of crash barriers and widening of roads in accident-prone areas.
* Construction of 925-km motorable roads, cross drainage, metalising and tarring of 1,800-km roads, construction of 75 bridges and providing connectivity to 90 villages.
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Home/Law and order
Budgetary allocation: Rs 1,729 crore
Major schemes
*1,000 posts of constable to be filled
* Vigilance police station to be set up at Baddi to check corruption
* 10 dedicated mining check-posts to be set up to check illegal mining
* A total of 176 vehicles will be equipped with mounted cameras. Nearly 500 body worn cameras to be purchased
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Alternate modes of transport
Budgetary allocation: Rs 1,013 crore
Major schemes:
* Expansion of airports at Gaggal in Kagra and Jubbarhatti in Shimla
* Construction of a new airport under the Green Field project in Mandi
Five new heliports for helli taxi service and Chamba to be included under Udaan –II.
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