Shimla, Feb. 9 -- The State government's initiatives to strengthen the rural economy and empower women are showing promising results. Since the launch of the official e-commerce platform Himira by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on January 3, 2025, the response has been overwhelmingly positive, as per a release.

Over 1,050 online orders have already been successfully delivered to customers across Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan which reflected the growing popularity of the products and the platform among the people nationwide, the release stated.

With integration into e-commerce, products crafted by women of the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are now automatically listed on platforms like Pay...