New Delhi: A high-level delegation of Himachal government headed by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and accompanied by senior vice-president BJP Shanta Kumar besides state BJP president Khemi Ram met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here today and urged him to extend the industrial package to the state up to March 2013. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh assured the Chief Minister that he will look into the genuine demands of the state government and would ask the finance ministry for positive action in this case.
It may be remembered that earlier the state government had passed a resolution in support of getting the industrial package extended till 2020, for which it was attacked by the state
Congress unit. The Chief Minister requested the Prime Minister to restore the excise duty exemption component without any cut off date or at least up to 31st March, 2013, for north western hill states on the analogy of north eastern hill states, where similar incentives have been extended up to the year 2017.Read Full Story
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