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Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said connected Friday (January 9, 2026) that Himachal Pradesh has earned the favoritism of being India’s “happiest State”, attributing the designation to beardown developmental indicators.
He was speaking successful Shimla during an interactive league astatine the Students’ Parliament (Chhatra Sansad), welcoming students from astir 22 States crossed the country. “Himachal Pradesh has reaffirmed its relation arsenic 1 of India’s greenest and environmentally progressive States, registering a large summation successful some wood and histrion screen implicit the past 2 decades. The immense snowbound landscapes transcend those of Switzerland, the State is uniquely positioned to pb successful biology preservation and successful earthy farming done robust Minimum Support Price initiatives,” helium said.
Pointing retired that Himachal Pradesh has a literacy complaint of 99.30%, the Chief Minister said the State was further modernising its acquisition assemblage by establishing Rajiv Gandhi day-boarding schools successful each constituency and by introducing English from Class I successful each authorities schools. “We person started ‘Sukh Aashraya Yojna,’ nether which the State has legally adopted orphaned children arsenic ‘Children of the State’. This pioneering strategy covers each their needs, from pouch wealth and seasonal covering to a proviso of ₹75 lakh for those who privation to prosecute higher acquisition astatine prestigious institutions similar the IITs oregon IIMs,” helium added.
Mr. Sukhu said the authorities was moving towards a systemic translation aimed astatine making Himachal Pradesh self-reliant alternatively than simply exercising authority. “We mean to marque Himachal a ‘green State’ by 2026, leveraging its earthy bounty and stream systems. With 14,000 megawatt of hydel vigor already being generated and a important displacement towards star power, the authorities aims to guarantee that the benefits of these resources scope everyone among the State’s astir 75 lakh population,” helium noted.
