shimla golden jubilee of statehood day of himachal pradesh was celebrated at the ridge in shimla on mondayaddressing the event chief minister jai ram thakur said that a plan will be prepared for the next 50 years of development of the state he said that suggestions would be invited from the people for making himachal pradesh most developed state of the country he said that increasing air connectivity in the state is priority of his government for which international level airports will be builtwhile congratulating people of state jai ram thaiur lauded the efforts of the former chief ministers who despite geographical and other constraints steered this hilly state that today it had emerged as front runners in india not in one but in many indices laid down by the government of india and other world agencies he said that whatever the state had achieved today was due to hardworking and honest peoplehe said that himachal pradesh started its development journey from a scratch and the development achieved during the last 50 years was inspiring for not only hilly states but also for other big states as well he paid his tributes to the former prime minister late indira gandhi for declaring himachal pradesh as the 18th state of country he said that the state has witnessed allround development by making revolutionary transformation in socioeconomic sectorhe also paid tributes to first chief minister of the state dr y s parmar for laying a sound foundation for the future development he also appreciated the efforts of the former chief ministers of the state for their significant contributions who worked with great vision and commitment to make himachal as one of the most developed state of the countryjai ram thakur said that the state was also fortunate to have benevolence of former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee who gave industrial package to ensure that the himachal could become industrial hub of the country he said that pmgsy was also the vision of vajpayee which ensured road connectivity to rural himachal he said that today the state was fortunate to have blessings of the prime minister narendra modi who was always considerate towards the developmental needs of the statehe said that state government would be celebrating the golden jubilee year of the statehood in a befitting manner by organising 51 programmes throughout the year he said this would also ensure participation of people in the 50 years of developmental journey of the state he said that government would honour the person of state who had made contribution towards the development and also those who made the state proud in fields such as sports culture art and social services etcjai ram thakur said that the coronavirus pandemic had adversely affected the world economy and the country and state were not an exception he said that today per capita income of state had reached over rs 1 90 500 and 4118 health institutions were functioning against 587 in 197071 the present state government had started