gift to farmers milk prices increased by rs 6 chief minister sukhwinder sukhu

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu presented the annual budget for the year 2025-26 on Monday. While presenting the budget, the Chief Minister announced an increase of Rs 6 in the minimum support price of cow’s milk. With this, the minimum support price of the cow will be Rs 51 per liter and buffalo milk will be Rs 61 per liter. Emphasizing the target of bringing one lakh farmers under natural farming in 2025-26, Sukhu said that so far about 1.58 lakh farmers have adopted natural farming.

He said that farmers who grow raw turmeric naturally will get a minimum support price of Rs 90 per kg. He said that the state government is planning to set up a Spice Park in Hamirpur. The Chief Minister said that the daily wages of workers engaged in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act have been increased by Rs 20 to Rs 320 to Rs 320 per day. The government also said that it would focus on promoting religious and eco-penetration besides the discovery of less famous tourist destinations. Presenting his third annual budget for FY 2026, Sukhu said that the year 2025-26 is full of financial challenges as the revenue deficit has been reduced and GST compensation has been stopped.

He said that the focus is being focused on promoting religious tourism and the discovery of less famous tourist destinations. He said that tea gardens will be developed as eco-tourism destination. He said that the debt liability of the state has increased to Rs 1,04,729 crore, out of which Rs 29,046 lakh has been taken by the present government. He said that 70 percent of the loan taken in the last two years was spent on the loan taken by the previous government and the repayment of its interest component. Only Rs 8,093 was spent on development activities. In order to deal with misuse of drugs in Himachal Pradesh, CM announced the formation of a special work force (STF).