Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema hosted a high-level delegation from Canada’s Alberta here, with discussions focused on strengthening international cooperation and deepening economic engagement between the state and the province, a state government statement said on Thursday.The Canadian delegation was led by Alberta’s Minister of Indigenous Relations, Rajan Sawhney, and he was accompanied by Jatinder Singh Tatla, Stakeholders Administrator from the office of …
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New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers and Finance Ministers from several states on Saturday described the pre-budget consultation meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a constructive platform to present their states’ financial needs and development priorities ahead of the Union Budget.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said his government raised state-specific issues during the meeting and requested the continuation of Central Sector Schemes that ha…
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is misleading the people by making a false claim that Rs 23,446 crore is pending under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from the Centre, state BJP General Secretary Anil Sarin said here on Thursday.Launching a sharp attack on Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Sarin alleged that figures from the Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (2024–2025) are being misrepres…
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) The AAP-ruled Punjab government has been providing free 600 units of electricity to every household per billing cycle since 2022, enabling 90 per cent of them to avail the facility, besides releasing Rs 968 crore for crop loss in monsoon floods, reducing the cost of doorsteps delivery of services from Rs 120 to just Rs 50, clearing dues of six lakh employees and geared up to start an insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh for 65 lakh families.In his year-end report, Punjab’s Fin…