Friday 6 November '09
It prided itself for being the land of orchards. This year, however, many in Karnikhera village in the border district of Ferozepur in Punjab...Wednesday 4 November '09
Managing finances in Punjab has become an art of jugglery. The cash-starved finance department has been diverting funds from central schemes and holding back payments of government departments to ensure that it does not default on salaries.Thursday
29 October '09Its predicament of keeping afloat amid poor fiscal health has only worsened after the power tariff hike announced in September.Saturday
24 October '09The efforts of state governments of Punjab and Haryana to meet the targeted production of paddy in a drought year will not go unrewarded.Friday
23 October '09While other states are giving out distress signals of foodgrain scarcity, triggered by drought and flood fury, Punjab is not only looking at a good harvest but also hoping to gain from this adversity....Thursday
22 October '09“No geological investigation could be taken up in 2008-09. No such investigation can be taken up in 2009-10. Owing to lack of funds and technical staff, the department cannot support any project that the Geological Survey of India (GSI)...Thursday
15 October '09Delayed by a debate over offering fiscal sops to attract industry and the economic compulsion of no funds, Punjab’s new industrial policy unveiled this month finally decided to steer clear of any additional financial burden.Saturday
10 October '09The genesis of the present crisis is in the past. Under fire for a low 1.57 per cent procurement share out of the total 120 lakh metric tonnes...Saturday
10 October '09After derailing paddy procurement for nearly two weeks, rice millers called off their strike on Friday “in view of law and order situation and harassment of farmers”.Friday
2 October '09The worst seems to be over for power-starved Punjab. Beginning of paddy harvesting has brought down the demand of power for the farm sector and hence supply to farmers...Monday
21 September '09Neither wheat, nor pulses; the new blue cards issued under Punjab’s atta-dal scheme before the polls have more hues of ruling politicians...Thursday
10 September '09A day after Punjab’s farmers, backed by employees’ unions of the Punjab State Power Board (PSEB), went on a rampage in Chandigarh....Friday
31 July '09After slipping into the league of least-growing states in agriculture, Punjab has made a turnaround in the last two years....Thursday
18 June '09Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal this month sought yet another extension from the Centre for unbundling the Punjab State Electricity Board.Thursday
4 June '09Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called on Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday....Saturday
16 May '09The Centre has finally cleared the decks for resumption of rice milling in the state.Friday
1 May '09In IPL season, cricket is the talk in a constituency far away from South Africa. The district Youth Congress here has bowled a five-question googly....Friday
24 April '09Call it the paradox of timing — clear skies when the farmers looked up for rains and it poured when they wanted the sun....Friday
3 April '09Though Punjab has put elaborate arrangements in place for wheat procurement, it is weather which has been the random factor in both paddy and wheat seasons since the past one year.Friday
20 March '09Though the Chandigarh Administration has finally raised serious objections to the Nayagaon masterplan in a letter to the Punjab government, the latter seems to be in no mood to make amends to the plan notified in January this year.Thursday
19 March '09Not convinced with Punjab's reply on the issue of subsidy on agriculture machinery, the Election Commission has asked the state to explain the criteria for allowing it.Wednesday
18 March '09In a state where every penny counts, there has been a slip of nearly Rs 40 crore this year in the revenue of the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board...Friday
13 March '09A warm winter, overflowing stocks and a rather bleak possibility of private purchase amid falling global prices, all’s not well with Punjab’s wheat crop this year.Wednesday
11 March '09Just before the parliamentary elections, Punjab has sought to appease the powerful arhtiya (commission agents) lobby through amendment to the Punjab Agriculture Markets Act, 1961.Friday
6 March '09Though the heat of economic slowdown has seen its value-added tax (VAT) growth rate plunge to 26.8 per cent in February 2009 from nearly 39 per cent till October last year, the agrarian economy of Punjab is still doing better than the others.
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