Punjab Government
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Amarinder Singh rejects IPS officer's resignation over 'court order’
India | Apr 13, 2021, 06:54 PM ISTInspector General Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh headed the Special Investigation Team of the Punjab police, probing the 2015 police action in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in Faridkot district
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Punjab govt to waive off Rs 1186 crore loan of 1.13 lakh farmers
News | Mar 08, 2021, 12:40 PM ISTThe Punjab government has announced to waive farm loans worth Rs 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs 526 crore of landless farmers in 2021-22. The announcement was made by state's Finance Minister Manpreet Singh in the Assembly.
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Punjab: Amarinder Singh govt to waive farm loans worth Rs 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers
India | Mar 08, 2021, 12:41 PM ISTPunjab government to waive farm loans worth Rs 1,186 cr of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs 526 cr of landless farmers in 2021-22.
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Punjab's agriculture laws have provision to send farmers to jail: Tomar
India | Feb 05, 2021, 03:02 PM ISTThousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of three farm laws.
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Punjab Government to provide free legel help to farmers falsely nemed in 26th jan violence: PS Bajwa
News | Feb 02, 2021, 08:10 PM ISTIn an Exclusive Interaction with India TV Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa discussed about Punjab Government's plan to provide free legel help to farmers falsely nemed in 26th jan violence.
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After Punjab, Rajasthan to follow suit by bringing bill to bypass Centre's farm laws
India | Oct 21, 2020, 10:34 AM ISTThe Punjab Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed four bills and adopted a resolution against the farm laws enacted by the Parliament last month.
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Opportunity for Centre to rectify 'historic blunder': Congress welcomes Punjab's new farm laws
India | Oct 21, 2020, 07:58 AM ISTCongress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi alleged the BJP government at the Centre did not listen to the voice of farmers and got the bills passed in Parliament "unconstitutionally".
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Punjab: Aam Aadmi Party MLAs denied draft of Amarinder govt's farm law, spend night in Assembly
India | Oct 20, 2020, 10:07 AM ISTThe AAP MLAs in Punjab are demanding from the Amarinder Singh government to share the draft copy of the proposed law with them.
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Punjab govt distributes free smartphones to class 12 students
India | Aug 12, 2020, 06:27 PM ISTThe Congress-led dispensation in Punjab rolled out the much-awaited smartphone scheme in the state on Wednesday, with distributing free mobile handsets to some class 12 students of government schools.
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Home delivery of liquor to start in Punjab from May 7
India | May 06, 2020, 07:13 PM ISTHome delivery of liquor will start from May 7 in Punjab with the state excise and taxation department issuing an order for opening of liquor vends on Wednesday.
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Retirement age of government employees in Punjab reduced to 58 years
Business | Feb 28, 2020, 12:52 PM ISTThis is the fourth budget of the Amarinder Singh-led government in the state. Badal said a rural development fund fee and market committee fee would be reduced to just one per cent from four per cent.
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Punjab govt not to extend bail granted to Nawaz Sharif to treatment abroad
World | Feb 25, 2020, 04:01 PM ISTPakistan's Punjab government on Tuesday decided not to extend the bail granted on medical grounds to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently in London for treatment, according to media reports.
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Punjab govt hikes share in national pension scheme to 14%
India | Dec 02, 2019, 05:43 PM ISTThe Punjab cabinet on Monday decided to hike its share in the national pension scheme from 10 per cent of basic pay and dearness allowance to 14 per cent, in line with a move by the Centre some months back.
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Diwali Bonanza! These government employees to get DA hike
Business | Oct 12, 2019, 08:42 PM IST7th Pay Commission news: Despite financial constraints, the Amarinder Singh led Punjab government on Saturday announced a Diwali bonanza for its employees and pensioners.
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Majority of government's promises fulfilled says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
National | Sep 14, 2019, 07:03 AM ISTThe Chief Minister said that he also informed the party President of the key programmes implemented successfully by his government, including employment generation, drug eradication, farm debt waiver and the extension of PMJAY health insurance cover to 42 lakh families in the state, among others.
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Punjab govt makes National Cadet Corps compulsory in schools, colleges bordering Pakistan
India | Jul 09, 2019, 08:55 AM ISTPunjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced a pilot project, which aimed at providing compulsory NCC training to all students of Class IX and XI at government schools and first and second-year students at all colleges in the border districts of Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and Amritsar. Gradually, NCC training would be made compulsory at all the schools in the state.
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Punjab government increases security cover of Sidhu, bullet-proof vehicle provided: Sources
India | Jan 10, 2019, 10:25 AM ISTThe Congress party had sought the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security cover for Sidhu in November last year.
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Punjab govt to set up water regulation and development authority
India | Dec 01, 2018, 07:16 PM ISTThe proposed authority will be empowered to issue tariff orders for charges to be levied by all entities supplying water for any purpose except agriculture, the release said.
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Amritsar train accident: NHRC issues notice to Punjab govt, Railway Board
India | Oct 22, 2018, 08:59 PM ISTThe NHRC has also sought details on disbursement of relief and rehabilitation to the aggrieved families.
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Punjab cabinet approves regularisation of over 8,000 teachers
India | Oct 03, 2018, 04:22 PM ISTThe decision was taken following the recommendations of the cabinet sub-committee constituted on the directives of the chief minister in this regard, the spokesman said.