In the field of agriculture, productivity of food grains is low. Triple cropping has not yet become the rule, the average crop being only 1.2 per cent. The index of power production is relatively and the rate of rural electrification is miserable. Only ten per cent of the total villages enjoy the benefits of electricity. […]

 Himachal Pradesh combines the awesome and the beautiful  It brings to mind all the poetic imagery of Kalidasa. Here roamed, once upon a time, Siva and Parvati with their entourage of goblins and elves. It was the abode of Yakshas, Kinnaras, Gandhavas and other demigods. It lofty mountains and valleys, as picturesque as a Kangra […]

 Power and irrigation- Himachal Pradesh Power and irrigation are the major problems facing the state. Although there is a tremendous potential for hydroelectric power, the state has been unable to exploit it fully because of lack of resources.    One of its schemes envisages construction of a dam, the highest in the world at an […]

 Beyond Sheshnag, one faces the uphill bare route bare route to the 4419 meters high Mahagnas (meaning the Great Viper). From here a downhill march along grassy slopes, interspersed with flowers of variegated hues, takes the pilgrim to Panchtarni (3840 meters) where, it is said, Shiva performed the Tandava Nritya (the cosmic and out came […]

 The Maharaja was doubtless assisted by able and imaginative Dewans of whom there was a long line. They had autocratic power at their disposal but, by and large, they used it wisely and strived to put Mysore on the map of India. The names of Dr M Visvesvarayya, the village boy who came to be […]

 Half –way between Ajmer and Udaipur, a road branches off from the national highway of the Bhim Sub –Division headquarters towards Todgarh, which is named after Colonel Tod who lived and roamed in this dacoit –infested region for eight years. It was here that a major portion of his famous Annals and Antiquites of Rajasthan […]