The Himachal Pradesh government Saturday presented the state budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 in the assembly. In his budget speech, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said his state government will implement 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) of general category. Earlier this year, the Centre had notified EWS reservation in government jobs.
In a bid to woo the farming community ahead of the general elections, CM Thakur said his government will reduce power tariff from 75 paise per unit to 50 paise per unit for irrigation. Also, a 50 per cent subsidy will be given to farmers for installing solar fencing in order to save their crops from monkeys.