Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at New Delhi today.Chief Minister thanked the Union Minister for his support for opening of wheat procurement centres and added that wheat will be procured from these 11 wheat procurement centres.Chief Minister urged the Union Minister for providing support for Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Park in Una and added that it will help in generating employment to local people besides boosting industrial development.
Chief Minister also apprised him that state government has worked on speedy operationalisation of Weaver Centre sanctioned for Kullu and urged the Minister to provide expert support for the same.He also requested for setting up Baddi Node in the Amritsar-Kolkota industrial corridor and urged that support of Ministry would be helpful.The Union Minister asked the Ministry officials to extend full support and take speedy action in the matter.Chief Secretary Ram Subhag Singh gave valuable inputs during the discussionPower Minister Sukhram Chaudhry, State BJP President Suresh Kashyap, Vice Chairman HP State Civil Supplies Corporation Baldev Tomar, MLA Reena Kashyap were also present on the occasion.