Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

PRESS RELEASE The Largest Participative Agenda Setting Exercise in Sikkim’s History Through this comprehensive campaign, Sikkim Democratic Front aims to directly connect with 4 Lakh people to take their suggestions to prepare its manifesto for the upcoming Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha Polls Gangtok , 23 rd March, 2019: Sikkim Democratic Front ( SDF ) today launched “ Ma Pani Chamling ” – the party’s campaign to build an inclusive manifesto capturing people’s aspirations for the upcoming Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha Polls. The campaign was jointly launched by party’s Publicity Head Shri Bhim Dahal and Social Media Head and Lok Sabha MP Shri Prem Das Rai at the party headquarters in Gangtok.   A dedicated website – www.mapanichamling.com – was launched to solicit people’s suggestions for shaping Sikkim’s future As part of the campaign, the SDF will attempt to engage 4 Lakh people across Sikkim to seek their suggestions which will be reflected...

PRESS RELEASE A delegation comprising the Sikkim Organic Mission, Department of Agriculture, and SIMFED, led by Lok Sabha MP PD Rai, represented Sikkim at a trade fair and international conference on organic agriculture in Kerala. The three-day event - Biofach India 2014 together with India Organic - was organized by the Government of Kerala in association with Nuremberg Messe Germany and the Indian International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA) at Karukutty near Kochi from the 6th to 8th of November. Held at the Adlux International Convention Centre, Kochi, the event served as a common platform for organic producers, marketing agencies, government departments, and other stakeholders to discuss various issues related to organic farming produce, marketing, standards maintenance, and the way forward for India. Sikkim and Nagaland represented the northeastern region. I was keen on the organic produce displayed in the Sikkim stall. National and International buy...

PRESS RELEASE Press Secretary Office of PD Rai, Lok Sabha MP for Sikkim Sikkim Lok Sabha MP PD Rai has urged the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to prepare a white paper to address specific concerns arising out of climate change in the North-Eastern region. Speaking at the Parliamentary Debate on Demand for Grants relating to the Ministry in the Lok Sabha, Rai highlighted the political and economic impacts of climate change in the region. He also mentioned the steps taken by the Sikkim Government to address the issue. Rai informed the House about the potential impact of climate change on agricultural yield in the North-Eastern region, particularly Sikkim’s North District, where impact is expected to be the highest in the region according to scientific studies. He also raised concerns over the reduction in budgetary allocation for North-Eastern region from Rs. 191 crore in the Interim Budget to about Rs. 181 crore in the current Budget....

  PRESS RELEASE Press Secretary Office of PD Rai, Lok Sabha MP for Sikkim Sikkim Lok Sabha MP and Sikkim’s Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs and Human Resource Development RB Subba called on the Union Minister for Sports, Youth, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Sarbananda Sonowal, in New Delhi on Friday, July 4. Rai and Subba’s discussion with Sonowal focussed primarily on skill development for the youth. They shared Sikkim’s experience in skill development and explained the work done by the State Institute of Capacity Building, the first such initiative in the country. Sonowal lauded the progress made by Sikkim, especially in the field of Organic Farming. Subba also apprised the Union Minister about some of the initiatives of the Government of Sikkim in the field of Capacity Building, Youth and Sports Affairs. Sonowal, who hails from Assam, said that he will do everything to kindle entrepreneurship in the North-East Region. Speaking on Sikkim, h...

  PRESS RELEASE Press Secretary Office of PD Rai, Lok Sabha MP for Sikkim   Following a high-level meeting of the Officials of DoNER and Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, where both Sikkim MPs were also present, the Ministry has began taking action on development projects for Sikkim. As a first step, funding for retrofitting and beautification of the cremation area in Jalipool (near Ranipool), in East Sikkim has been sanctioned. Earlier the MPs had met the Minister of State (IC) DoNER, General (Retd) VK Singh. “This multi-crore project will give the area a facelift, including environmental upkeep, and will restore dignity for the final journey of departed souls. The project will be implemented in a transparent manner with multifaceted consultations by the Govt. of Sikkim,” said PD Rai, Lok Sabha MP. “I am sure that all sections of our Society will be happy by this approval which has come about due to the intervention of the Hon'ble Chief Mi...

PRESS RELEASE Press Secretary Office of PD Rai, Lok Sabha MP for Sikkim Senior leaders of the BJP’s Delhi state unit Shri Sanjeev Sharma, Shri KM Gupta and Councilor Archana Gupta called on Sikkim Lok Sabha MP PD Rai here today (June 20, 2014) at his residence at Tadong. They exchanged views on several important issues and appreciated the governance of the State under the leadership of Shri Pawan Chamling. Earlier the BJP leaders had visited Nathula and in their meeting with Rai, they expressed that there is great potential for the State in the tourism sector. They assured Rai that they will speak to MoS (IC) Tourism Shri Shripad Yasso Naik in this regard. They also commented on how Prime Minister Narendra Modi had praised Sikkim in his maiden speech in Parliament. Rai explained to them that Sikkim is a strategic border State and therefore maintaining peace within the state is of utmost importance. Stressing that any form of disturbance from across...