Clean Fuel Policy soon to reduce air pollution, says Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
The Hindu
Jai Ram Thakur calls for collective efforts to tackle problem of climate change
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said a “State Clean Fuel Policy” would soon be brought to reduce air pollution even as he asserted that there was a need to make collective efforts to tackle the problem of climate change.
He was presiding over the climate change conference-2021 organised by the Department of Environment, Science and Technology in Shimla.
He said the State Government was focusing on strengthening irrigation facilities, increasing agricultural production, improving socio-economic conditions of the people, ensuring economic security and rural infrastructure. He said glaciers were important part of our ecosystem and concrete measures at the ground level are required to be taken to reduce the impact of climate change.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.