Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo NEW DELHI, Jan 15 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday took up the issue of apple growers with the central government and urged for its immediate intervention against the dumping of foreign apples, which is hurting the state’s economy. In a meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Sukhu also raised the issue of state’s finances and pleaded for creating a separate ‘Green Fund’ with annual allocation of Rs 50,000 crore for hill states. The chief minister, who called on Sitharaman here, said this allocation is being sought keeping in view the ecological services being provided by hill states which are green frontiers and “lungs” of North India, a statement said.
