The Ministry of Finance, Authorities of India, has prolonged vital monetary help to the state of Uttarakhand. For the monetary yr 2025-26, a particular help of Rs 200 crore (mortgage) has been permitted for Uttarakhand below the “Scheme for Particular Help to States for Capital Funding (SASCI)” to assist reforms within the mining sector, the Chief Minister’s Workplace mentioned in a press launch. This help has been supplied to implement reforms associated to minor minerals and initiatives linked to the State Mining Readiness Index. The funds have been launched in accordance with the rules laid down by the Authorities of India, based mostly on the proposal submitted by the Uttarakhand authorities and the suggestions of the Ministry of Mines.
Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Authorities of India for this assist, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned that the help would give recent momentum to transparency, technological development, and sustainable improvement in Uttarakhand’s mining sector. He added that the state authorities would make the most of the funds to make the mining system extra organized, environmentally delicate, and employment-oriented, thereby strengthening the state’s financial system and creating new alternatives for native youth. Earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan on Monday reviewed numerous schemes below PM Pragati on the Secretariat. He directed that State Pragati be launched within the state on the strains of PM Pragati. He mentioned that someday each month needs to be earmarked to carry evaluation conferences of the flagship and most vital schemes of each the State and Central governments. He additionally directed that the primary assembly of State Pragati be organized in January 2026.The Chief Secretary instructed that amenities resembling pc/Data and Communication Know-how (ICT) laboratories, sensible school rooms, libraries, and many others., be organized on the colleges recognized below the PM SHRI scheme on the earliest. He directed that each one associated processes, together with EFC/DFC and different formalities, be accomplished by March. He emphasised that departmental officers needs to be given clear targets and that common monitoring needs to be carried out to make sure the well timed completion of works.