Shimla, Aug. 7 -- Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday announced reservation of one seat per course for orphaned students across all government, government-aided and private technical education institutions in the state.

This applies to Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), polytechnics, engineering colleges and pharmacy institutes of the state.

A government spokesperson stated that admissions under this new category would be based strictly on merit, with eligibility determined through verification by competent authorities. Importantly, this move does not involve increasing the total number of sanctioned seats or imposing any additional infrastructural or financial burden on institutions. Instead, it focus...