He thanked the Prime Minister for dedicating development projects worth Rs 3,653 crore to the state on Wednesday.
Thakur said that the Prime Minister always remains concerned about the developmental needs and aspirations of the State and its people.
He said that providing AIIMS to a small state like Himachal Pradesh with only 70 lakh population shows the concern of the Prime Minister towards the development of the state and the welfare of the people.
Jai Ram Thakur said that the present state government was about to complete its five years tenure and during this period, the state government ensured that state progress in all spheres of development.
He said that the Central government provided all possible support and cooperation to the state government during this developmental journey.
“Developmental projects worth Rs 10,000 crore were sanctioned for the state during this period by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These projects would go a long way in giving a boost to the development of the state,” he added.
He also thanked the Prime Minister for providing Bulk Drug Park for the State. He said this Park would be spread over 1,405 acres in Haroli and would prove a game changer for the people of the region.
He said the expected investment in this park was about Rs 50,000 crore and would provide direct employment to over 30,000 people.
He added that 90 per cent of the project cost with the maximum limit of Rs 1,000 crore would be provided by the Government of India.
BJP national president and Rajya Sabha MP Jagat Prakash Nadda said that setting up AIIMS outside Delhi was a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the first AIIMS was established in Delhi way back in 1960.
He said the foundation stone of this institution was laid about four years back by the Prime Minister and despite the pandemic, this ambitious project was completed in a record time.
He said that Hydro Engineering College at Bandla in Bilaspur was also a big gift of the Prime Minister to the state.
He said that the 90:10 ratio for Centre-state share for centrally sponsored projects was also restored during the tenure of the BJP.
He said that Hattee community of Sirmaur district was also accorded tribal status by the Prime Minister and with this their long pending demand was fulfilled.
Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Singh Thakur said it was due to the strong leadership provided by the Prime Minister that India was today emerging as a world power.
He said that administering over 200 crore vaccine dosages free of cost to the people of the country against corona vaccine and free ration to 80 crore people for 28 months during the pandemic and providing PM Kissan Samman Niddhi of Rs 6,000 per annum to the farmers of the country was only possible due to dynamic leadership of Narendra Modi.