HP CM Sukhu announces ST status push for Bara Bhangal’s rajmah

Himachal Pradesh CM Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday announced that the state government would make efforts to secure Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the remote Bara Bhangal region and declare it a Natural Farming Panchayat. He announced branding initiative for naturally grown rajmah (kidney beans) and a series of measures aimed at improving livelihoods of its residents.