CM announces SDM office at Dadasiba, 24-hour CHC at Kasba Kotla

SHIMLA 29 August, 2026

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Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today announced the opening of a new Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) office at Dadasiba in Jaswan-Pragpur Assembly constituency of Kangra district. He said that the notification for the new office would be issued shortly. To strengthen healthcare services in the area, he also announced that necessary provisions would be made to ensure round-the-clock functioning of the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Kasba Kotla.

The Chief Minister made these announcements while addressing a large public gathering at Dadasiba after releasing financial assistance under the Mukhyamantri Matsya Samman Nidhi Yojana to 1,012 fisher families. An amount of Rs. 3,500 per family was transferred directly into their bank accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism.

He said the state government was providing annual financial assistance of Rs. 3,500 each to fisher families during the annual fishing ban period. He said the scheme had been launched after understanding the difficulties faced by the fishing community. “Earlier, no government thought about the welfare of fisher families. This is what real change in governance means- ensuring that every section of society gets an equal right over the resources of the state”, he said.

The Chief Minister said the scheme would enable fisher families to live with dignity and self-respect. He added that the state government had also provided minimum support price (MSP) for fish. He said Himachal Pradesh could have become self-reliant by 2027 had the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) not been discontinued. He said the state government was nevertheless making concerted efforts to move Himachal Pradesh rapidly towards self-reliance. He said Himachal Pradesh had been receiving RDG since 1952, but its discontinuation by the Centre had caused an annual financial loss of approximately Rs. 8,000 crore to Rs. 10,000 crore to the State.

Sh. Sukhu said that the state government would launch the Mukhyamantri Ka Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana from Solan district on 2 October this year. He said around 90,000 families that had never benefited from any government welfare scheme had been identified for inclusion under the initiative. The government would take care of around two lakh families under the scheme, and women belonging to these families would also be provided a monthly pension of Rs. 1,500 each along- with 300 units of free electricity.