The Indian Himalayas with about 53 million people living within and another 750 million in its watershed areas is of great significance for the country, region and the world. The Himalayan Institute for Transformative Actions (HITA) is working for enhancing synergetic impacts within and throughout the Himalayan states by forging and maintaining rich collaborations, solution focussed discussions, outcome focussed actions, through cross-disciplinary teamwork for holistic solutions, leaving no one behind.
On behalf of the concerned citizens and residents of Himachal Pradesh, HITA organised a discussion of experts from environmental, cultural, social and economic aspects to analyse the Union Budget 2026-27 and weigh in with what they see as the opportunities for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Based on the discussion, the following petition to align the budget’s national initiatives with the specific ecological and socio-economic needs of HP was sent by HITA to the Indian and HP governments.
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