TopicPunjab government

Topic: Punjab government

Neither ‘udta’ nor ‘padhta’ Punjab. Question is how India’s no. 1 state in 2003 fell to 13

Shekhar Gupta - 16 January, 2021

Punjab, once India’s richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. MSP and subsidies should continue, but it needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse.

We burn stubble ‘out of desperation’ because govt hasn’t found solutions, Punjab farmers say

Sravasti Dasgupta - 12 November, 2020

Farmers say they are bearing the brunt of Punjab govt’s failures. But government says they are looking at several sustainable solutions to curb stubble burning.

Punjab becomes 6th state to withdraw general consent to CBI to probe cases in state

PTI - 10 November, 2020

West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have recently withdrawn their general consent to the CBI.

Why farmers’ protest against farm laws has led to a power crisis in power-surplus Punjab

Sravasti Dasgupta - 8 November, 2020

The protest by farmers in Punjab began as a fight against the farm laws but has since galvanised as a campaign against corporates that extends to toll plazas, petrol pumps and malls.

Punjab MPs urge Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to restart rail services

PTI - 5 November, 2020

Two Congress MPs said the suspension of freight trains will further harm farmers as the sowing season for rabi crops normally begins in November.

Punjab MLA Khaira questions clean chit to minister in scholarship ‘scam’, seeks judicial probe

Chitleen K Sethi - 18 October, 2020

Citing details from ThePrint article analysing two reports related to the Dalit scholarship 'scam', Sukhpal Singh Khaira said probe should be conducted by a sitting HC judge.

Punjab approves 33% quota for women for direct recruitment in state civil services

ThePrint Team - 14 October, 2020

The cabinet Wednesday approved the Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020, to provide for the reservation for women.

Organ smuggling, ‘false’ results — rumours are stopping rural Punjab from taking Covid tests

Aneesha Bedi - 26 September, 2020

Rumours spread through social media have taken a firm hold in rural Punjab. Although govt has taken action, they seem to have stymied its efforts to control the virus.

Punjab will burn, warns Amarinder after Modi govt suggests starting SYL canal construction

Chitleen K Sethi - 18 August, 2020

Talks held between the Punjab and Haryana chief ministers with Modi govt to resolve the SYL canal issue remained inconclusive Tuesday, and another round is expected soon.

How Covid changed Punjab CM from an ‘inaccessible Maharaja’ to people’s problem-solver

Chitleen K Sethi - 30 July, 2020

From fixing CT scan machines to helping a TB patient get treatment, Captain Amarinder Singh has been reaching out to people since May via the weekly ‘AskCaptain’ session.

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