Dharamshala, Dec. 6 -- Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday told the legislative assembly on the eighth and concluding day of the winter session that the state government is conducting a detailed investigation into the Himcare scheme, which he termed a "scam".

Sukhu was responding to a question by BJP MLAs Vinod Kumar and Trilok Jamwal. "The objective for which the Himcare scheme was launched has not been fulfilled. It is a big scam. The government is conducting a detailed investigation into it," he said, adding that Rs.211 crore has been paid to private hospitals in the state under the scheme and Rs.110 crore is pending.

"The amount spent under the scheme so far is being audited by the state's principal acco...