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Farmers, green activists slam AAP over land pooling policy: ‘Is Punjab govt now property dealer’

May 24, 2025 11:17 am

On Thursday, the state government announced the implementation of the land pooling policy, with “100% voluntary participation” as its core principle, while claiming farmers stand to gain up to a 400% return on their land investment.

Punjab unearths Rs 1,549-cr billing scam, Ludhiana leads with Rs 900 cr fake invoices

May 13, 2025 9:40 am

Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan here, Cheema provided details on the enforcement actions undertaken by the state Taxation Department

Punjab unearths fake billing scam: Rs 4,537 crore; 373 firms

July 28, 2024 11:53 am

A Ludhiana-based company too did similar manipulation and showed fake gold sale-purchase worth Rs 424 crore from two firms.

Congress unwilling and wary, but a confident AAP says Lok Sabha poll tie-up on cards

September 06, 2023 4:49 pm

No truck with AAP say Cong leaders; authorise Warring, Bajwa to convey ‘collective sentiment’ to high command

885 crore for cooperatives, but this will not ease loan burden of farmers: Unions

March 12, 2023 7:48 am

Jagmohan Singh Patiala of Bharti Kisan Union (Dakuanda) said that Rs 885 crore has been allocated for PSCADB, under which 89 banks come.

Cheema thanks GST council for reducing tax on sharpeners

February 19, 2023 5:30 am

The Punjab Finance Minister also thanked the GST Council for deciding to clear the entire pending balance GST compensation of for June 2022. He said that this has become possible due to concrete and persistent efforts made by the CM Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government.

Cheema holds meet with truck operators, discusses problems

December 24, 2022 8:05 am

During the meeting which was attended by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, Cheema gave assurance to the truck operators that Mann government was committed to the welfare of every section of the society; hence their demands would be considered sympathetically

Punjab records 23% growth in GST collection: Cheema

September 02, 2022 5:54 am

In his tweet, the minister stated that the measures taken by the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, have been fruitful in plugging leakages and the increase in revenue has been clearly reflecting in the results.

After Cheema’s invitation to discuss demands, ‘chakka jam’ postponed

May 26, 2022 6:51 am

Cheema meets with industrialists, traders to take suggestions

May 12, 2022 4:13 am

The minister said that previous governments did not formulate any concrete policy for the development of Punjab due to their narrow political and personal interests due to which Punjab was constantly ruined and millions of crores of debt fell on Punjabis.