In poll season, Punjab readies to prevent wheat glut

Friday 13 March '09

A 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.

State amends Act to appease arhtiyas

Wednesday 11 March '09

Just before the parliamentary elections, Punjab has sought to appease the powerful arhtiya (commission agents) lobby through amendment to the Punjab Agriculture Markets Act, 1961.

Money-spinner: Auctions add Rs 2,600 cr to state coffers

Friday 6 March '09

Though 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.

Techies take TO farming

Friday 27 February '09

They slogged to make it to prestigious engineering colleges of the country. Only to return to the farms in their villages and try their hand at something.....

Summer of 2009: Will the crisis intensify?

Thursday 26 February '09

Even as the State Cabinet had approved the grant of Rs 6,000 crore to the Punjab State Electricity Board for purchasing power last week, it looks like another summer of powercuts for Punjab.

Max Healthcare lone bidder for Punjab’s two cancer hospitals

Friday 13 February '09

Punjab government’s attempt to fight the scourge of cancer by setting up of two super-specialty cancer hospitals, one each in Mohali and cancer-belt of Malwa in Bathinda...

In poll year, Haryana budget to clear total pay panel liability of Rs 6,400 crore

Saturday 7 February '09

Though its revenue collections have been hit by the economic slowdown, cash-rich Haryana is all set to come up with a poll bonanza for its employees.

Major allocations for power, PIDB, pay panel

Friday 6 February '09

Clearing the air on whether there will be presentation of budget or vote on account in the Assembly session starting February 27...

Punjab dept chews over Speaker’s dental implant

Wednesday 4 February '09

Once bitten over his Commonwealth trip, the Punjab Finance Department is chewing over a recent dental implant by Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon.

Agricultural growth may help Punjab defy meltdown impact

Saturday 20 December '08

At a time when other states are feeling the heat of the economic slowdown, Punjab...

Punjab farmers reap windfall from kinnow

Friday 19 December '08

Come December and a rich hue of orange lights up the Punjab villages from Hoshiarpur in the north to the Abohar-Ferozepur belt in the south.

Bear power subsidy burden: State to Centre

Friday 5 December '08

While the 13th Finance Commission today pointed out "unsustainable power subsidies" as a major source of fiscal stress on the state and requested the Chief Minister to address the issue...

Girl child, irrigation on state’s agenda

Thursday 4 December '08

Punjab is likely to bargain hard with the 13th Finance Commission, visiting the state from today, to help it tide over its piling revenue deficit...

Kairon to seek relaxation in norms

Thursday 4 December '08

Amid protests by rice millers against the high rejection rate of milled rice by the Food Corporation of India, Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon will meet Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi...

Good crop year: Punjab’s coffers to swell by 2,800 cr

Thursday 27 November '08

Punjab’s coffers will swell by a whopping Rs 2,800 crore, a growth of 40 per cent from last year, owing to a good crop.

Bumper paddy arrival in mandis

Saturday 22 November '08

Despite a woeful beginning, the paddy season seems to be heading towards a perfect finish.

Realty bitten by slowdown bug

Friday 21 November '08

How has the meltdown impacted one of the country’s hottest realty destinations?Going by the steep downturn in the applications for residential and commercial projects in 2008, the countdown seems to have begun.

Shipping firms come calling for Punjabis

Saturday 15 November '08

With dollar dreams not looking as promising as before to Punjabi youth, shipping companies are now embarking on their doorstep to lure them to foreign shores.

Withdraw free power: industrial policy

Thursday 13 November '08

While a lot has been reported about the new industrial policy drafted by the UNIDO...

Meltdown hits state, Rs 800-cr citrus FDI in limbo

Wednesday 5 November '08

While India is still debating the impact of global economic crisis on its economy, Punjab is already feeling the heat.

‘Debt waiver a gimmick, has hit recoveries’

Friday 24 October '08

Punjab’s loan recoveries have been hit by almost 40 to 50 per cent post the announcement of the Debt Waiver and Relief Package 2008.

Winds of change

Friday 10 October '08

Punjab not only banned early sowing and reined in errant millers this paddy season but also relied on large-scale mechanisation.

CBI to investigate poaching case against shooting champ Manavjit Sandhu

Tuesday 7 October '08

After his unsuccessful run at the Beijing Olympics, world trap shooting champion and 2007 Khel Ratna awardee Manavjit Singh Sandhu now faces another setback.

Punjab comes to rescue of millers blacklisted by CBI

Friday 3 October '08

Even as successive state governments have failed to rein in Punjab’s defaulters, about 232 millers blacklisted by the Central Bureau of Investigation

Unruffled, Manpreet says he’s for ending subsidies

Wednesday 1 October '08

His call for reforms and ending sops has not been heeded, but Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal says he has not given up hope and sooner or later others too would realise the need for fiscal reforms.