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Haryana treads cautiously on land acquisitionSubscriber Only
August 30, 2010 00:58 IST
To scuttle large-scale litigation,the states land acquisition policy promises adequate compensation,a 33-year-old annuity,plots,livelihood skills and infrastructure facilities for land owners....
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
Stemming the rotSubscriber Only
August 27, 2010 00:50 IST
Always straddled with overflowing stocks,the Granary of India is now all set to have huge grainhouses. Of the total capacity of 127 lakh MT storage space to be created in the country,71.25 lakh MT will come up in Punjab alone....
Fri, Aug 27, 2010Punjab offers lesson in land acquisitionSubscriber Only
August 12, 2010 22:29 IST
As many parts of the country see protests over land acquisition for projects,Punjab is sticking to its theory that what counts is the size of the compensation....
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Citrus gone sour: Councils to be disbanded,mergedSubscriber Only
August 05, 2010 00:52 IST
Five years after Punjab embarked on its most ambitious diversification programme,the government finally plans to disband three of the four councils formed in 2006 for ushering in a horticulture revolution in the state.
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
Punjab sets high price for its landSubscriber Only
August 04, 2010 00:30 IST
As farm incomes dwindle,it is Punjabs generous land compensation policy that is making millionaires out of farmers.
Wed, Aug 04, 2010Theres a Stink in the GodownSubscriber Only
August 03, 2010 03:06 IST
The bountiful harvest of Punjab is now raising a stink. At a time when the Opposition has held up Parliament over high foodgrain prices,over 12 lakh metric tonnes of rice....
Tue, Aug 03, 2010Cabinet for relaxed norms to bail out illegal coloniesSubscriber Only
July 15, 2010 00:23 IST
It is a one-time settlement policy,which comes every election. With unauthorised housing colonies having mushroomed across the state and in every ministers constituency...
Thu, Jul 15, 2010Floods a boon in disguise,water table recovers as paddy hitSubscriber Only
July 13, 2010 01:04 IST
Government efforts to regenerate the groundwater table by reducing the cultivation of water-guzzling paddy might just be answered by the fury of the recent floods in Punjab and Haryana.
Tue, Jul 13, 2010VATs right in Punjab? State earning Rs 1000 cr a monthSubscriber Only
July 03, 2010 00:45 IST
Before it enters the new tax regime of goods and services tax from April 2011,Punjab is finally getting the outgoing system of value added tax right.
Sat, Jul 03, 2010For a population of 25 million,21 million mobile phone usersSubscriber Only
July 01, 2010 01:55 IST
Punjabis known for their urge to splurge may soon have more mobile phones than their states population! According to latest figures released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in May...
Thu, Jul 01, 2010After last years paddy high,Punjabs target area down by 1 lakh hectaresSubscriber Only
June 29, 2010 05:49 IST
As Punjab awaits the arrival of monsoon for the ongoing paddy transplantation,the state aims to bring down the area under the water-guzzling crop this kharif season.
Tue, Jun 29, 2010That sinking feelingSubscriber Only
June 16, 2010 10:47 IST
With the runaway success of the green revolution in the 70s,Punjab formed an important part of the countrys food bowl.
Wed, Jun 16, 2010Punjab,Haryana to give 10 lakh MT less wheat to Central poolSubscriber Only
May 05, 2010 22:55 IST
They reaped a bumper paddy crop despite deficient rains last year.
Wed, May 05, 2010
Punjab wakes up to its rotting foodgrainsSubscriber Only
May 04, 2010 22:48 IST
It is a problem that revisits Punjab every year but the solutions are coming only now.
Tue, May 04, 2010Cabinet clears PSEB restructuring,strike onSubscriber Only
April 16, 2010 00:30 IST
After seven years and 17 deadlines,the Punjab Cabinet on Thursday approved the unbundling of the Punjab State Electricity Board....
Fri, Apr 16, 2010Walmart may shop directly from farmersSubscriber Only
April 14, 2010 01:49 IST
The worlds largest retailer Walmart today announced that it plans to take international quality farm produce from the country to its shelves across the globe.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010Revalued PSEB may be worth over Rs 28,000 crSubscriber Only
April 10, 2010 01:33 IST
Whatever the Punjab State Electricity Board may or may not achieve for the state,at least the fortunes of the beleaguered board are set to change in the books of account.
Sat, Apr 10, 2010
Diversification dream turns sourSubscriber Only
April 09, 2010 23:36 IST
Farmers want to return to wheat-paddy cycle as Punjabs ambitious bid to usher in a citrus revolution has come a cropper....
Fri, Apr 09, 2010No order issued to roll back power tariff hike,says CMSubscriber Only
March 27, 2010 04:15 IST
After several rounds of hectic parleys between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party...
Sat, Mar 27, 2010Over 4 lakh youth registered with employment exchanges: SurveySubscriber Only
March 18, 2010 02:12 IST
The Economic Survey report of the government tabled in the state Assembly on Tuesday,while expressing concern over mounting debt,high revenue deficit and negligible growth in the secondary sector in the last decade,also highlights the declining trend in employment in 2009.
Thu, Mar 18, 2010CAG pointed towards faults,govt looked the other waySubscriber Only
March 16, 2010 23:37 IST
As it digs out instances of unfruitful,avoidable,idle expenditure by government departments and public sector undertakings in the year 2008-09...
Tue, Mar 16, 2010In Sangrur,wives and daughters get left behindSubscriber Only
March 09, 2010 01:56 IST
Chotian,a village in Sangrur district of Punjab,has seen 65 suicides by farmers since 1990. The numbers in Balra another village of the district is a higher 87.
Tue, Mar 09, 2010Woman in Punjab food scheme ad says yet to get full benefitsSubscriber Only
March 02, 2010 23:00 IST
As per the Punjab governments much-touted blue card scheme,Hukum Kaur,62,is entitled to 2.5 kilograms of dal and 25 kilograms of atta at subsidised prices every month....
Tue, Mar 02, 2010Consensus yet to emerge on model for unbundling of state electricity boardSubscriber Only
February 13, 2010 04:34 IST
It took Punjab seven years to commit itself to unbundling its monolith power board after it was mandated by the Electricity Act,2003.
Sat, Feb 13, 2010Farmers to pay for power from coming rabi seasonSubscriber Only
February 05, 2010 23:28 IST
The free power regime in Punjab is set to end in the coming rabi season. Almost 13 years after it was first introduced by the then Akali government annulled by the Congress regime on coming to power in 2002 only to be restored in 2005 the Badal government has written to the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB)...
Fri, Feb 05, 2010Journalism of Courage
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