PCA Stadium may not hold Test

According to the PCA secretary, M P Pandove, if the government is quot;unrelenting, the association will have no option than to forgo the match or shift it neighbouring Chandigarh. The association alleges that the state government is yet to renew the policy on entertainment tax which lapsed in 1995. There was a provision for exemption of entertainment tax on such events under that. quot;No other state levies such duty on sports events organised by national and international federations,quot; according to Pandove.

Meanwhile, the committee approved the implementation of integerated coaching scheme in the state. Accordingly, the district associations will run their own coaching centres at their level in the district headquarters. PCA will help the district associations in the form of equipment and other assistance.

The committee also the annual report and balance sheet. Punjab8217;s performance at various age group levels came in for special mention and praise. Punjab had won the national under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy, national under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy, the Madhav Rao Scindia trophy between Punjab under-16 team and Rest of India and the All India Inter-University Rohinton Baria Trophy, which the Amritsar-based Guru Nanak Dev University had won.