Overview
- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced the rollback Wednesday during Himachal Day events in Reckong Peo.
- Deeper temporary pay cuts for the chief minister, ministers, MLAs, the chief secretary, the police chief and senior officers will continue.
- The government will clear by May about Rs 50 crore in pending gratuity and leave encashment for Class IV staff who retired from 2016 to 2021.
- The CM said border trade with China through Shipki-La is set to resume on June 1, which he said would lift local incomes and tourism.
- Sukhu tied the measures to the end of the Revenue Deficit Grant, a federal support payment he says will cost the state Rs 8,000–10,000 crore a year, and he announced a 125 km Pooh–Kaza power line costing Rs 415 crore to serve Kinnaur and Spiti.