Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress has demanded Rs. 11000 per acre as compensation to the farmers to neutralise the additional cost they had to incur to save their crops from drought and Rs. 25,000 per acre to the farmers whose crops have been damaged due to recent heavy rains.   TheRead More

External agency to conduct survey and independent audit of STPs Asks DCs to submit status report of land acquisition within 2 days Chandigarh,  Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed the local bodies department to ensure coverage of all towns of Punjab with ultra modern sewerage systemRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Government would spend Rs. 20 crore to construct 17391 toilets free of cost in rural areas for the families living under below poverty line. Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka said that he has already given his nod to a proposal to provide sanitationRead More

Badal for Zero discharge treatment technology for industrial effluents   Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal would take up the serious matter of flowing heavy discharge of industrial effluents and domestic waste into the drains with the Punjab Governor Mr. Shivraj V Patil, who is also the AdministratorRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Government of India (GoI) to review the procedure for fixing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) to make it far more remunerative in order to improve the viability of farming thereby adopting the formula of determining the rental value ofRead More

Total estimated cost 149.33 crore, releases 125.52 crore for this project Chandigarh, The Punjab Government is constructing new 26 Community health Centres with the cost of 149.33 crore in the state out of which 125.52 crore have been released for this purpose. The Punjab Government is strengthening the Health CareRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today demanded that special girdwari should be ordered in the villages which had been affected by heavy rains during the last couple of days leading to severe crop  damage to paddy in Majha, Doaba and parts of Mawa. In a statement,Read More

Chandigarh,It was Punjab prerogative to give free electricity to the agriculture sector but it should also factor its sustainability, union minister of state for power Piyush Goel remarked on Sunday during videoconferencing with journalists from across the country. he minister hinted that Punjab might go for rationalising the power subsidy.Read More

Chandigarh,With a view to increasing the acceptability of Punjabi as the language of the industry, the Punjab government has decided to make it the medium of instruction in vocational courses.  Punjab education minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said here on Sunday that the decision was taken in view of theRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab is among nine states that would take part in a conference being organised by the Indian government at Abu Dhabi aimed at improving the delivery of services for welfare of Indians living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The day-long meet on September 13 is being jointly organisedRead More