Himachal Pradesh Departments Schemes Update 2026

Policy Update
Dolly Kaushik

History

Himachal Pradesh attained full statehood on 25 January 1971. Its administrative system has evolved over time to encompass a wide range of functions, from long-established welfare, revenue and development responsibilities to newer areas such as digital governance, environmental management and climate change. While several departments have roots in the state’s early administrative structure, others have evolved through subsequent institutional reorganisation in response to emerging policy priorities. Since the current state government, led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, assumed office in December 2022, it has pursued an active welfare, livelihood and development agenda, introducing new flagship initiatives alongside programmes that predate the present administration and, in some cases, the state’s later departmental restructuring.

The 2026-27 Budget, presented by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on 21 March 2026, provides the most recent basis for mapping the state’s current scheme architecture. The Budget Speech initially presented a total expenditure outlay of Rs 54,928 crore, while the subsequently passed budget reflected a revised total expenditure of Rs 58,830.67 crore – the Assembly-passed/revised outlay, rather than simply the Budget’s initial outlay.

Mandate

This update compiles the principal flagship schemes, initiatives and policies administered by the 39 departments covered in this review, current through the 2026-27 budget cycle. It is not confined to schemes announced in the latest Budget Speech: long-running programmes and projects continue to be included where they remain operational or receive current budgetary support. These include the Integrated Tribal Development Projects, MGNREGA and its successor framework, VB-GRAM G, and the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana, among others.

The objective is to provide a single, department-wise reference document mapping scheme names, launch years and the latest available budget figures, allowing continuity and change across administrations to be tracked at a glance. Each entry records the launch year or implementation period and the latest available financial figure. Where a scheme-specific allocation could not be independently verified, this is stated explicitly rather than estimated.

Departmental Structure

Departments are grouped below broadly by functional sector – agriculture and allied activities; health, women and social welfare; rural and tribal development; infrastructure, water, energy and transport; tourism, industries and employment; environment and allied sectors; and governance and administration – while each department is numbered and listed individually to preserve the full 39-department roster. A small number of departments, including Personnel, Planning, Economics & Statistics, HP State Audit, Printing & Stationery and Electrical Inspectorate, are primarily concerned with technical, regulatory or internal-administration functions rather than direct scheme delivery. These are identified as such rather than being assigned schemes they do not administer.

Policies and Schemes

1. Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare

Gobar Kharid Yojana (ongoing). State purchases cow dung from farmers at Rs 2/kg, to boost farmer income and support organic input supply chains.
Natural Farming Mission / Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana (Launched: 2018). MSP support for naturally grown crops; rates revised for 2026-27 to wheat Rs 80/kg, maize Rs 50/kg, turmeric Rs 150/kg and a new ginger MSP of Rs 30/kg.
HP-SHIVA Project (Launched: circa 2021-22). Horticulture value-chain infrastructure project; allocated Rs 325 crore for 2026-27.
Mukhyamantri Khet Badbandi Yojana (originated 2016-17, as Mukhyamantri Crop Protection Scheme). Crop-protection fencing against wildlife; merged into Mukhyamantri Krishi Utpadan Sanrakshan Yojana (Solar Fencing) from 2022-23. The 2026-27 reference is a new budget allocation of Rs 10 crore, not a new scheme.
State Farmers’ Commission / Kisan Aayog (Launched: 2026). Newly constituted as an institutional mechanism for agricultural policy.
Milk Procurement Price Support (ongoing state mechanism). Procurement rates revised for 2026-27 to Rs 61/litre (cow) and Rs 71/litre (buffalo).
HP MILKFED Support. Rs 60 crore cash-credit facility sanctioned for 2025-26/2026-27, alongside new milk-processing plants at Nahan, Nalagarh, Mohal and Rohru.
Him Krishi Yojana (Launched: 2023-24). Cluster-based agricultural development initiative; Rs 15 crore budget provision in 2024-25 (Rs 1.35 crore spent), rising to Rs 20 crore for 2025-26, with clusters identified across all districts.
Himachal Pradesh Crop Diversification Promotion Project (Phase I launched June 2011 with JICA assistance, Rs 321 crore, 5 districts; Phase II from 26 March 2021, Rs 1,010.60 crore over 9 years, expanded to all 12 districts). Recent year-wise allocations: Rs 40 crore (2022-23), Rs 30 crore (2023-24), Rs 105 crore (2024-25, of which Rs 99.05 crore spent), and Rs 50 crore (2025-26, the current figure).
Support for Technology Transfer (Launched: FY2024-25). Rs 49.90 crore budget provision for 2025-26, of which Rs 18.71 crore had been spent; aimed at transferring agricultural knowledge and technology to farmers.
Seed Villages (Launched: 2026-27). New initiative to promote local production and conservation of traditional seeds through village-level farmer groups; Rs 5,000 per bigha subsidy to seed producers and a Rs 2 lakh one-time infrastructure grant per village.
Mukhyamantri Krishi Samvardhan Yojana (Launched: 2022-23). Consolidated eight agriculture schemes with overlapping objectives into integrated support for agricultural production and farmer welfare; Rs 25.01 crore approved for FY2025-26.

2. Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Pastoral Welfare

Pashu Mitra Recruitment (Launched: 2025). Policy to recruit 500-1,000 multi-task workers across veterinary institutions on a monthly honorarium of Rs 5,000 (4-hour daily duty); funded under the Animal Husbandry Department’s operational extension budget head.
PEHEL – Pastoralists Empowerment in Himalayan Ecosystems for Livelihood (Launched: 2026). New flagship for pastoral welfare; Rs 300 crore, covering over 40,000 Gaddi, Gujjar and Kinnaura families with digital ID and livestock cards.
Poultry Farming Promotion Scheme (Launched: 2026-27). Promotes commercial poultry farming and expansion of poultry-based livelihoods; Rs 62 crore allocated for FY2026-27.
Uttam Pashu Puraskar Yojana (ongoing). Incentivises high-yielding dairy animals, with awards for owners of cows and buffaloes producing at least 15 litres of milk per day; Rs 1 crore budget provision.
Fishermen Insurance & Risk Fund Scheme (ongoing). Provides Rs 5 lakh assistance for death or permanent total disability, and compensation for losses to fishing equipment and craft, under the Risk Fund mechanism.

3. Forests & Environment

Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana (Launched: 2 June 2025). Community-led afforestation on degraded forest land, involving Mahila Mandals, Yuvak Mandals and self-help groups; Rs 100 crore allocation, independently confirmed across two separate sources.
Mission 32% (ongoing target). Target to raise forest cover from 29.5% to 32% by 2030.
Green Livelihood Initiative (Launched: 2026-27). Promotes livelihood generation through medicinal-plant cultivation, biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration. No separate scheme-specific allocation stated; part of the broader 2026-27 green/forestry push, which includes a Rs 55 crore provision for plantation over 8,000 hectares.
Mukhya Mantri Van Vistar Yojna (Launched: 2023; ongoing). Afforestation initiative targeting barren and degraded hill areas through site-specific plantation and community participation; no separate 2026-27 allocation identified.
Rajiv Gandhi Green Adoption Scheme (Launched: 2 June 2025; ongoing). CSR-based afforestation initiative encouraging private companies and organisations to adopt identified forest areas for plantation, ecological restoration and maintenance; no separate state-budget allocation identified, as implementation relies substantially on CSR contributions.
HP Forest Ecosystems & Livelihood Partnership – ISB-BIPP (Launched: 2026). Five-year MoU targeting a Rs 22,600 crore forest and pastoral economy (a 5-year economic output target, not a single-year state budget outlay).

4. Tourism & Civil Aviation

HP Women Tourism Fund (Launched: 2026). Annual corpus of Rs 50 crore proposed. Provides grants up to Rs 3 lakh to women for homestays, food stalls, handicrafts and guide services; matching grants up to Rs 10 lakh for women-led tourism startups; and low-interest loans for SHGs.
Chief Minister Tourism Start-Up Scheme in Hospitality Industry (Launched: September 2025). Interest subvention of 3-5% on loans up to Rs 2 crore for homestay and hotel construction, restricted to bonafide Himachalis.
Eco-Tourism Programme / Eco-Tourism Policy (Launched: 2025). Policy framework revised in 2024; 77-site development programme rolled out in 2025. Targets development of 77 eco-tourism sites and is projected to generate approximately Rs 200 crore in revenue over five years.
Kangra Aerocity / Airport Expansion (ongoing project; 2026-27 land-acquisition phase). Rs 2,000 crore sanctioned for land acquisition in 2023-24, while the rehabilitation and resettlement plan approved by 2026 amounted to Rs 3,349 crore including land-acquisition costs. In 2026, the government also announced plans for a Kangra Aerocity around the expanded airport.

5. Education

Mukhyamantri Shodh Protsahan Yojana (Launched: 5 September 2022). Research fellowship of Rs 3,000 per month for three years to support research and innovation among eligible HP students; Rs 1.08 crore initially allocated for implementation in 2022-23.
Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (Launched: 2018, national scheme). Integrated school-education programme covering pre-school to Class XII, including infrastructure, teacher development, inclusion and vocational education; Rs 1,296 crore allocated to HP for 2026-27.
Rajiv Gandhi Government Model Day-Boarding Schools (Launched: 2023-24). One model day-boarding school envisaged in each Assembly constituency, with smart classrooms, sports facilities and modern infrastructure. Rs 25 crore initially provided in 2023-24; approximately Rs 99 crore allocated for 2026-27 for 49 schools. Rs 94.46 crore released state-wide for construction (one reporting instance); individual school costs vary by site – e.g. Rs 16.34 crore (Mamligh, Solan), Rs 5.85 crore (Sataun, Shillai, phase 1). 42 locations identified as of the most recent count; 156 additional schools are separately being CBSE-affiliated (a related but distinct initiative from the CBSE Affiliation Expansion entry below).
CBSE Affiliation Expansion (Launched: 2026). 150 additional Government Senior Secondary Schools targeted for CBSE affiliation in 2026-27, alongside upgrading of 150 Himachal Pradesh Board schools and creation of a dedicated cadre. No standalone scheme-specific budget identified.
Regulation of Mobile-Phone Use in Government Schools (Departmental instructions: 2025; ongoing). Guidelines regulating the use of mobile phones and other personal electronic devices in government schools, minimising distraction while permitting appropriate educational use. No standalone budget allocation identified.
Mukhyamantri Vidyarthi Protsahan Yojana (Launched: 10 April 2023). Education loans at 1% interest, up to Rs 20 lakh, for students from families earning under Rs 4 lakh/year; Rs 200 crore proposed at launch.

6. Health & Family Welfare

Mukhyamantri Aashirwad Yojna (ongoing since 2018). Free baby kits (worth Rs 1,500, containing 15 essential items) for every newborn delivered in government hospitals, plus Rs 700 financial support to pregnant mothers.
HimCare (Launched: 1 January 2019). Cashless health-insurance coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for eligible families outside Ayushman Bharat. Expenditure increased from Rs 97 crore in 2021-22 to Rs 464 crore in 2023-24, while cumulative expenditure reached approximately Rs 1,100 crore over six years by August 2024. In 2025, Rs 356 crore in claims were reported pending, prompting the state to release Rs 100 crore toward clearing outstanding claims.
Mukhya Mantri Sahara Yojana (Launched: 2019-2020). Rs 3,000/month support for BPL patients with chronic illness such as cancer, kidney failure and thalassemia.
Acharya Charak Yojana (Launched: 2025-26). Free diagnostics and AYUSH medicines.

7. Social Justice & Empowerment

Mukhyamantri Sambal Yojana (Launched: 4 September 2023). Supports education, rehabilitation and assistive devices for specially-abled children across 400 schools, including an increased Rs 1,000/month education stipend; funded jointly through the Social Justice & Empowerment Department and Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.
Mukhyamantri Sukh-Ashray Yojana (Launched: 16 February 2023). Initial corpus of Rs 101 crore; provides comprehensive financial, educational, residential and welfare support to orphaned, destitute and other vulnerable children and young adults, with the state acting as their guardian.
HP Old Age Pension Scheme (ongoing; major revision effective 1 July 2019). State social-security pension; current structure dates to earlier state rules, with major enhancement effective from 1 July 2019. Pension rates subsequently increased to Rs 1,500-1,700 for relevant age/categories. The 2024-25 Economic Survey reports a Rs 824.79 crore budget provision for the general old-age pension category, with Rs 613.33 crore spent up to December 2024.
Mukhya Mantri Shagun Yojana (Launched: 2021). Rs 31,000 one-time marriage assistance to daughters of eligible BPL families. By July 2022, 6,626 beneficiaries had received over Rs 17 crore, while Rs 27.30 crore was provided in the budget for the then-current financial year.
Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana (Launched: 2006). Marriage grant for destitute girls/women and other qualifying vulnerable families. Amount varies by category: Rs 40,000 for destitute girls/women generally, Rs 51,000 for residents of Nari Seva Sadan/Nari Niketan. Eligibility includes BPL families, widows/divorced women (income under Rs 15,000/year), and girls with incapacitated fathers (family income under Rs 35,000/year). Rs 28.15 crore was spent on 6,224 beneficiaries by 2021-22; an earlier budget provision was Rs 1.23 crore in 2018-19

8. Women & Child Development

Sashakt Mahila Rin Yojana (Launched: 6 August 2023). Collateral-free loans of Rs 21,000, Rs 51,000 or Rs 1,01,000 to eligible women for self-employment and business start-up.
Mukhya Mantri Vidhwa/Ekal/Besahara/Divyang Mahila Awas Yojana (Launched: 2023). Initially provided Rs 1.5 lakh for house construction; assistance subsequently increased to Rs 3 lakh, with an additional Rs 1 lakh for kitchen/toilet construction. Rs 30 crore earmarked for the scheme in 2024-25, with a further Rs 5 crore provided in 2025-26.
Mukhyamantri Sukh Shiksha Yojana (ongoing, cross-referenced under Social Justice & Empowerment). Educational, health and nutritional support to children of widows, destitute/divorced women and disabled parents, including Rs 1,000 monthly assistance for children below 18 and financial assistance for higher education; Rs 53.21 crore annual allocation, with Rs 1.38 crore initially disbursed to 5,145 beneficiaries at rollout.
Mukhya Mantri Apna Sukhi Parivar Yojna (Launched: 2026). Targets one lakh of Himachal Pradesh’s poorest families with 300 units of free electricity, housing assistance for homeless families, and access for eligible women to Rs 1,500 monthly support under the third phase of the Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana.
Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana (Launched: February 2024). Rs 1,500 per month to eligible women, following the 2023 pilot Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi in Lahaul-Spiti. A Rs 27.64 crore allocation was made for 2024-25, with Rs 20.99 crore spent and 30,929 women benefited, as reported in the Economic Survey.
Indira Gandhi Sukh Suraksha Yojana (Launched: 2025-26). Replaces/strengthens Beti Hai Anmol Yojana. Provides a Rs 25,000 insurance deposit for each eligible girl child born into a BPL family (maximum two girls per family) and Rs 2 lakh life-insurance cover for each parent/legal guardian.
Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojana (Launched: 26 May 2018, under the previous BJP/Jai Ram Thakur government). Provides free LPG connections to eligible families not covered by Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. Rs 65 crore provided in 2022-23; Rs 119.90 crore spent cumulatively by 2021-22.

9. Rural Development & Panchayati Raj

VB-GRAM G, formerly MGNREGA (MGNREGA enacted 2005, implemented from 2006; replaced by the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025). The new framework provides a statutory guarantee of 125 days of rural wage employment. Himachal Pradesh allocated Rs 560 crore for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 2026-27.
16th Finance Commission Grants to Rural Local Bodies (2026-31 award period). Rs 3,744 crore over five years.
Mukhyamantri Swavalamban Yojana (first announced 25 May 2018; formally launched 9 February 2019, merging Mukhyamantri Yuva Aajeevika Yojana and the original Mukhyamantri Swavalamban Yojana). Flagship self-employment scheme for Himachali youth, initially targeting ages 18-45 (upper age limit later extended for women). Investment subsidy of 25% for general applicants, 30% for SC/ST, 35% for women and Divyangjan-led enterprises, subject to a maximum subsidy of Rs 60 lakh, plus 5% interest subsidy for three years on eligible loans up to Rs 60 lakh. Rs 80 crore was allocated for the scheme; cumulative subsidy released reached Rs 262.88 crore from 2018-19 onward by 2023-24.

10. Public Works / Roads & Bridges

PMGSY-4 (Union Cabinet approval: 11 September 2024, national scheme, Phase IV, FY 2024-25 to 2028-29). In Himachal Pradesh, 294 projects covering 1,538 km were approved at an estimated Rs 2,244.23 crore, while a further 800 km worth approximately Rs 1,200 crore was proposed under Batch-II.
Vidhayak Kshetra Vikas Nidhi Yojana – MLA Area Development Fund (Launched: 1999-2000; discontinued 2001-02, restarted 2003-04). Provides MLAs with funds to recommend small capital-development works in their constituencies. The per-constituency allocation was Rs 2.20 crore before being reduced to Rs 1.10 crore for 2026-27. (An earlier reported figure of a Rs 200 crore aggregate limit likely refers to the total state-wide fund pool rather than the per-constituency rate – the two figures describe different things and are not in conflict.)

11. Jal Shakti (Water Supply, Sanitation & Irrigation)

Rural Water-Supply Programmes (annual budget head). Rs 888 crore for 2026-27; department budget explicitly protected from cuts.
Irrigation & Flood Control (annual budget head). Rs 748 crore capital outlay for 2026-27.
Jal Se Krishi Ko Bal Yojana (Launched: 2023-24). Promotes irrigation through community-based water-conservation structures such as check dams and ponds; Rs 8 crore allocated for 2024-25.
Pravah Sinchai Yojana (Launched: 2023-24). Restoration and strengthening of traditional kuhls; 50% subsidy for individual borewells/shallow wells for irrigation; Rs 8 crore allocated for 2024-25.
Himachal Pradesh Command Area Development – HIMCAD (Launched: 2018-19). Improves utilisation of irrigation potential created under minor irrigation projects and develops command areas; Rs 60.06 crore allocated for 2024-25.
Jal Jeevan Mission (Launched: 15 August 2019, Central Scheme). Functional household tap-water connections and rural drinking-water infrastructure; Rs 6,395.09 crore approved for 1,747 rural water-supply schemes in HP.
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – PMKSY (Launched: 2015, Central Scheme). Expansion of irrigation, water-use efficiency and water conservation under Har Khet Ko Pani and related components; Rs 22.22 crore allocated for HP in 2024-25.
WDC-PMKSY 2.0 (Programme period: 2021-26, Central Scheme). Watershed development, soil and water conservation, and sustainable management of rain-fed areas; Rs 304.52 crore total project outlay for HP.

12. Energy / MPP&Power

Tariff Rollback Subsidy (Launched: 2026-27). Rs 300 crore for 2026-27.
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme – RDSS (Launched: 2021). Strengthens HP’s electricity-distribution infrastructure through smart metering, feeder improvement and reduction of distribution losses; Rs 4,115.74 crore project outlay, including a Rs 2,501.68 crore central grant.

13. Industries, MSME & Start-ups

Mukhyamantri Laghu Dukandar Kalyan Yojana (Launched: 2023). 50% interest subsidy on loans up to Rs 50,000 to small shopkeepers, traders and skilled workers; initially allocated Rs 40 crore, expanded in 2025 with a One-Time Settlement facility up to Rs 1 lakh and a Rs 100 crore annual provision for the expanded initiative.
New Industrial Policy (proposed/announced in the 2026-27 budget; still being finalised as of mid-2026). Aims to attract investment, boost youth employment, and promote green industries; specific budget allocation not independently confirmed.
Him Startup Scheme (Launched: 2026). New flagship for youth self-employment; specific budget allocation not independently confirmed.
Him Silk Mission (Launched: 2026). Strengthens HP’s sericulture sector through improved rearing infrastructure, post-cocoon value addition and market integration, with a focus on inclusive employment including SC beneficiaries; Rs 2 crore annual budget provision.
One District Three Products Programme (Launched: 2026). Each district to identify three products for focused policy support; specific budget allocation not independently confirmed.
Rajiv Gandhi Swarozgaar Start-Up Yojana (Launched: 2023). Youth self-employment scheme offering 25-35% machinery/investment subsidy; expanded in a 2024 Phase II to cover solar power projects (100 kW-500 kW), and further extended in 2026 to a 50% subsidy on taxis/autos/tourist vehicles. Budget figures vary by phase – Rs 10 crore cited for the original 2023-24 launch, Rs 680 crore cited for 2024-25, and a Rs 270 crore provision reflected in the 2025-26 plan outlay.
State Mission on Food Processing – SMFP (Launched: August 2015). Supports technology upgradation, food-processing infrastructure, cold-chain facilities and rural primary processing through capital grants of up to Rs 5 crore, depending on the component.

14. Police / Home

District Police (annual budget head). Rs 894 crore for 2026-27.
Cyber Mitra Scheme (Launched: 2026). New anti-drug-trafficking measure with informant-anonymity provisions; specific budget allocation not independently confirmed – likely funded within the Police Department’s overall Rs 894 crore allocation rather than as a separately reported line item.
NDRF Battalion Infrastructure, Behna, Mandi (Launched: 2025-26). Rs 192 crore, from the 2025-26 supplementary budget.

15. Finance / Cross-cutting Governance

Salary Deferment (Launched: 2026-27). Salaries of elected representatives and senior officials deferred by six months as a fiscal measure.
Pending-Works Completion Drive (Launched: 2026-27). Rs 500 crore earmarked to complete roughly 300 pending works across departments.
Vyavastha Parivartan (Launched: 2023). The government’s overarching fiscal-reform and governance framing since taking office.
Himachal Pradesh Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme – GIS (Launched: 1 August 1984). Compulsory contributory social-security scheme for state government employees, providing insurance cover and a savings-fund/lump-sum benefit. Self-financing through employee contributions; no conventional annual budget allocation.

16. Horticulture

Apple/Temperate-Fruit Marketing & Storage Infrastructure (ongoing, multi-year). Development of controlled-atmosphere stores and grading-packing houses.
Horticulture Development Scheme – HDS (ongoing since at least 2016-17). Promotes mechanisation among orchardists through subsidised horticultural machinery, including power sprayers and power tillers; Rs 10.69 crore utilised in 2025-26.
Installation of Anti-Hail Nets Scheme (ongoing since at least 2016). Assistance for installation of anti-hail nets to protect fruit crops from hailstorms; Rs 19.42 crore utilised in 2024-25, benefiting 2,737 farmers.
Himachal Pushp Kranti Yojana (Launched: 2019-20). Promotes protected cultivation and commercial floriculture, including carnation, rose, lilium and gerbera; Rs 42.61 lakh provided to farmers in 2025-26 up to 31 December 2025.
Mukhya Mantri Kiwi Protsahan Yojana (ongoing since at least 2023-24). Promotes kiwi cultivation and horticultural diversification; Rs 71.19 lakh allocated in 2025-26, of which Rs 43.79 lakh utilised by 31 December 2025, benefiting 39 farmers.
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture – MIDH (Launched nationally: 2014, Centrally Sponsored). Integrated development of fruits, flowers, vegetables, mushrooms, protected cultivation, mechanisation and post-harvest management; Rs 61.88 crore Annual Action Plan approved for HP in 2025-26, with Rs 24.72 crore released as the first instalment.

17. Revenue

Revenue Housing Scheme (Launched: 1979). Provides accommodation for Patwaris and Field Kanungos, helping protect and maintain revenue records; Rs 11.49 crore total funds allotted according to the Revenue Department.
HimBhoomi / e-Himbhoomi (Launched: early 2000s). Integrated land-records computerisation initiative providing digital access to Record of Rights, cadastral maps and related land services; no separate budget allocation identified.

18. Urban Development

Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (Launched: 2 October 2014, national). Urban sanitation, elimination of open defecation, solid-waste management and creation of clean, liveable towns; Rs 6.60 crore provided in the HP state budget for 2024-25.
Smart City Mission (Launched: 25 June 2015, national; Shimla selected 28 June 2017, Dharamshala also covered). Rs 978 crore released for development of Shimla and Dharamshala in HP; Rs 465 crore of this specifically released by the Centre for Shimla.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation – AMRUT (Launched: June 2015, national). Rs 51.74 crore allocated to HP in the FY2024-25 supplementary budget. In HP, 75 projects worth Rs 304.52 crore were taken up, of which 71 worth Rs 283.66 crore had been completed by early 2025.
AMRUT 2.0 (Launched: 1 October 2021, Central Mission). Expands focus to water-secure, self-sustainable cities. Rs 284.44 crore approved for HP (Rs 256 crore Central, Rs 28.44 crore State share); Rs 60.34 crore released during 2025-26.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban – PMAY-U (Launched: June 2015, Central Scheme). In HP, 479 houses completed with Rs 9.64 crore financial assistance under the original PMAY-HFA(U) programme by 2024-25.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (Launched: 2014, national). Urban livelihood mission supporting skill development, self-employment, urban SHGs, street vendors and urban homeless. No separate 2026-27 HP allocation independently verified; Rs 56.06 crore released cumulatively since inception, with Rs 55.58 crore utilised up to September 2024.
Atal Shreshtha Shahar Yojana (Launched: 2018). Encourages competition among Urban Local Bodies to improve cleanliness, civic amenities and urban governance, with annual awards for better-performing ULBs.
Mukhya Mantri Shahri Aajeevika Guarantee Yojana – MMSAGY (Launched: 2020). Provides 120 days of guaranteed wage employment to eligible urban households through Urban Local Bodies, introduced during the COVID-19 period. By December 2024, 18,012 beneficiaries had received 6,76,846 person-days of employment, with Rs 19.20 crore distributed.

19. Transport

E-Taxi Self Driving Yojana (Launched: 2023). 50% subsidy on E-taxi purchase for unemployed youth, under the e-taxi component of the Rajiv Gandhi Swarozgaar Start-Up Yojana. By October 2025, Rs 5.64 crore had been disbursed to 79 youth; in 2025, Rs 1.28 crore subsidy was provided for 18 e-taxis. (The Rs 680 crore figure elsewhere is the overall RGSSY outlay, not an e-taxi-only allocation.)

20. Tribal Development

Integrated Tribal Development Projects – ITDPs (Launched: 1976, national framework). Five projects at Kinnaur, Lahaul, Spiti, Pangi and Bharmour – the oldest continuously running scheme in this review. The Tribal Sub-Plan funding these projects is allocated by a fixed formula (30% Kinnaur, 19% Bharmour, 18% Lahaul, 16% Spiti, 17% Pangi) and has grown from Rs 16 crore at its 1974-79 launch to Rs 2,052 crore for the 2012-17 plan period.

21. Labour & Employment

Building & Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board Schemes (Board established under the central 1996 Act). Pension top-ups, education concessions and housing assistance for registered construction workers; board expected to spend Rs 143.16 crore on welfare schemes in FY2024-25, out of Rs 191 crore projected revenue.

22. Youth Services & Sports

Mukhya Mantri Yuva Khel Protsahan Yojana (Launched: 2018-19). Promotes sports participation among youth by providing two multipurpose sports grounds, as far as possible up to football-ground level, in each Assembly constituency in phases. The department provides Rs 15 lakh per ground, with additional funding through convergence with MGNREGA, VKVNY and Finance Commission grants.
Sports Hostels / Centres of Excellence (ongoing, strengthened 2026-27). Strengthening of 12 state sports hostels with a Rs 5 crore dedicated upgradation fund, addition of three new hostels (boys’ volleyball in Chopal, girls’ kabaddi in Shillai, girls’ handball in Ghumarwin), and upgrading Jubbal Girls Sports Hostel into the state’s first dedicated School of Sports.

23. Environment, Science, Technology & Climate Change

Himachal Pradesh Environment Leadership Awards Scheme (Launched: 2017). Recognises individuals, institutions and organisations for exemplary work in environmental conservation and sustainable development; Rs 9.50 lakh utilised for the awards in 2017, Rs 20 lakh earmarked for 2020-21.
Model Eco Village Scheme (Launched: 2017). Promotes environmentally sustainable village development through community participation, covering solid and liquid waste management, renewable energy, water conservation, sanitation and other eco-friendly infrastructure; financial assistance of up to Rs 50 lakh per village over five years.

24. Digital Technologies and Governance (IT)

Himachal Pradesh State Wide Area Network – HIMSWAN (Launched: 5 February 2008). Provides secure connectivity between government offices up to the block level, supporting G2G, G2C and G2B electronic service delivery.

25. Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs

Public Distribution System (Launched: 1997, as the national Targeted PDS). Continued strengthening of subsidised ration supply through fair-price shops.
Himachal Pradesh State Specially Subsidised Scheme (ongoing). Provides subsidised pulses, fortified mustard/refined oil and iodised salt to ration-card holders through the state’s PDS network; Rs 197.54 crore provided as State subsidy in FY2024-25, with Rs 454.10 crore worth of commodities distributed up to December 2024.

26. Excise & Taxation

Himachal Pradesh Excise Policy (2026-27). Annual policy framework regulating excise licensing, duties, retail-vend allotment and excise administration; no separate budget allocation.

27. Home Guards

Home Guards Volunteers Management System (Launched: 22 March 2026). Digital governance initiative for centralised management of Home Guard volunteers, including enrolment, deployment, attendance and honorarium management; budget not separately reported.

28. Sainik Welfare

Ex-Servicemen and War-Widow Welfare Schemes (ongoing, multi-year). Pensions, gallantry-award honorariums, assistance to dependents of martyred/disabled defence personnel, War Jagir benefits and other welfare support; Rs 17 crore disbursed to 2,263 beneficiaries during FY2025-26.

29. Co-operative

PACS Strengthening (central computerisation drive launched 2022-23). Centrally Sponsored Scheme computerising Primary Agricultural Credit Societies onto a common ERP platform, running 2022-23 to 2026-27; HP has received Rs 26.74 crore cumulatively through FY2025-26.

30. Ayurveda

AYUSH Medicine Distribution under Acharya Charak Yojana (Launched: 2025-26). Free medicines and laboratory diagnostic tests at government AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, covering 20 types of diagnostic tests and more than 150 essential AYUSH medicines.

31. Panchayati Raj

Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan – RGSA (Launched: 2022-23, current phase). Strengthens Panchayati Raj Institutions through capacity building, training and digital infrastructure; Rs 100.42 crore sanctioned for HP in FY2024-25.

32. Vigilance & Anti-Corruption

State Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau (ongoing statutory institution). Investigates complaints and allegations of corruption involving public servants and undertakes preventive vigilance and enforcement activities; does not administer a public-facing scheme.

33. Administrative Reforms

Jan Manch (Launched: 26 May 2018). Monthly grievance-redressal camps at the block level.
e-Samadhan, Lokmitra Kendras and the Sevottam Model (ongoing, multi-year). Grievance-monitoring and citizen service-quality framework, supplemented by DigiLocker rollout across 11 departments.

34. Language, Art & Culture

State-Notified Fairs & Festivals (ongoing). 107 fairs/festivals officially notified, including four at international level; Rs 1.10 crore assistance provided in FY2024-25.
District-Level Cultural Festivals (Launched: 2026). New programme reserving 33% of festival expenditure for local-artist honoraria.
Temple Beautification Master Plan (Launched: 2025). Covers Baba Balak Nath, Chintpurni, Naina Devi and Jwalaji temples; Rs 25 crore provision recorded for the Naina Devi and Jwalaji temples.

35. Information & Public Relations

Policy-Communication Function (ongoing departmental mandate). Serves as the government’s public-outreach arm rather than a scheme-delivery department.

36-39. Personnel, Planning, Economics & Statistics, and HP State Audit / Printing & Stationery / Electrical Inspectorate / General Administration

Technical and Administrative Functions (ongoing, long-standing departmental mandates). Internal-administration, regulatory and statistical functions – including the annual Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh – without a named public-facing scheme.

Conclusion

Taken together, the schemes catalogued above point to a few broader patterns worth noting for policy researchers tracking Himachal Pradesh’s development trajectory. First, the state’s welfare architecture shows considerable continuity across changes in government – schemes such as the Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojana (2018) and Jan Manch (2018), launched under the previous BJP administration, remain active and budgeted under the current Congress government, suggesting that flagship social-sector programmes in Himachal Pradesh tend to outlast the administrations that create them.

Second, the 2026-27 budget cycle shows a marked concentration of new scheme activity in pastoral and forest-linked livelihoods – PEHEL, the Grazing Policy 2026, and the Green Livelihood Initiative together represent a coordinated push to formally recognise and support communities, such as Gaddi, Gujjar and Kinnaura pastoralists, that have historically received limited targeted policy attention.

Third, and methodologically significant: a substantial number of schemes across smaller and more technical departments – Youth Services & Sports, Co-operative, Home Guards, and several others – do not have a standalone, publicly reported budget figure, with funding instead folded into broader departmental heads. This is a structural feature of how Himachal Pradesh’s budget documents are published rather than a gap in this review’s research effort, and it points to the Detailed Demand for Grants by department as the necessary next primary source for any future, more granular fiscal analysis of these programmes.

Additional Resources

1. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Finance Department. Budget in Brief, 2026-27. ebudget.hp.nic.in

2. PRS Legislative Research (2026). Himachal Pradesh Budget Analysis 2026-27. prsindia.org/budgets/states/himachal-pradesh-budget-analysis-2026-27

3. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Information and Public Relations. Press Releases. himachalpr.gov.in

4. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Tribal Development Department. himachalservices.nic.in/tribal

5. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Environment, Science, Technology & Climate Change. Model Eco Village Scheme. dest.hp.gov.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh. (2024). Economic survey of Himachal Pradesh 2023-24. Department of Economics & Statistics. himachalservices.nic.in/economics/en-IN/eco-survey-2023-24.html

Government of Himachal Pradesh. (2025). Economic survey of Himachal Pradesh 2024-25. Department of Economics & Statistics. himachalservices.nic.in/economics/en-IN/eco-survey-2024-25.html

Government of Himachal Pradesh. (2026). Economic survey of Himachal Pradesh 2025-26. Department of Economics & Statistics. himachalservices.nic.in/economics/pdf/en-economic_survey_2025-26.pdf

Government of Himachal Pradesh. (2026). Himachal Pradesh budget 2026-27: Budget speech. Finance Department. ebudget.hp.nic.in/Aspx/Anonymous/pdf/FS_Eng_2026.pdf

Government of Himachal Pradesh. (2026). Himachal Pradesh budget 2026-27: Annual financial statement. Finance Department. ebudget.hp.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Agriculture. Schemes. agriculture.hp.gov.in/en/our-scheme/

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Horticulture. Schemes and programmes. hphorticulture.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Animal Husbandry. Schemes and programmes. hpagrisnet.gov.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Fisheries. Schemes and programmes. fisheries.hp.gov.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Rural Development. Schemes and programmes. hprural.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Panchayati Raj. Schemes and programmes. hppanchayat.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. Schemes. himachal.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Women & Child Development. Schemes and programmes. himachal.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Urban Development. Schemes and programmes. ud.hp.gov.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Industries. Schemes and programmes. emerginghimachal.hp.gov.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Labour & Employment. Schemes and programmes. himachal.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Transport. Schemes and programmes. himachal.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Jal Shakti. Schemes and programmes. jalsaksham.hp.gov.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Power. Schemes and programmes. himachal.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Information Technology. Digital initiatives and e-governance services. himachal.nic.in

Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Language, Art & Culture. Cultural schemes and programmes. himachal.nic.in

Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. nrega.nic.in

Government of India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban. pmay-urban.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). mohua.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Smart Cities Mission. smartcities.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of Jal Shakti. Jal Jeevan Mission. jaljeevanmission.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. pmfby.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. PM-KUSUM. pmkusum.mnre.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. panchayat.gov.in

Government of India, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Skill India. skillindiadigital.gov.in

About the Contributor: Dolly Kaushik is a Research and Editorial Intern at IMPRI, New Delhi.

Acknowledgements: The author expresses her gratitude to Dr. Arjun Kumar for his guidance and review of this Policy Update.

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