The Himachal Pradesh government opposes felling apple trees on encroached forest lands, following a high court eviction order ...

Out of this, the department will directly undertake plantation on 1,000 hectares of land, while an additional 600 hectares will be covered under the Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana. The state-level ...

Historically, the Himachal economy has heavily relied on agriculture and horticulture. Many individuals and communities have expanded their agricultural land or planted orchards on forest lands, often ...