Dharamshala, Dec. 22 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said the state government has expanded the Mukhya Mantri Laghu Dukandar Kalyan Yojana to urban areas of Himachal with the objective of providing financial relief and economic support to small shopkeepers. The scheme, notified as 'Mukhya Mantri Laghu Dukandar Kalyan Yojana-Shahri', would be implemented in all Urban Local Bodies of the state and the notification in this regard had already been issued. Under the scheme, small shopkeepers with an annual turnover of less than Rs 10 lakh, who have availed business loans from banks and have been declared NPAs, would be provided one time settlement assistance of up to Rs one lakh through banks. The OTS amount would be borne entirely by the state government. htc...