RBI authorises credit of Rs 17,523 crore for wheat procurementPunjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his prompt personal intervention in the matter.
21 Apr, 2016, 02.06 AM IST
Centre set to clear Rs 20,000 crore cash credit limit to PunjabNow with the Centre playing hardball on the diversion of funds and the Reserve Bank of India seeking explanation on the stocks, Akalis find...
18 Apr, 2016, 05.44 AM IST
RBI allows cash credit of Rs 18,972 crore for paddy procurement in PunjabReserve Bank today sanctioned cash credit up to Rs 18,972 crore for the ensuing paddy procurement season in Punjab for Kharif marketing sea...
01 Oct, 2015, 09.58 PM IST
Centre to send team to Punjab to assess damage to wheat cropWith wheat crop starting to arrive in the mandis of Punjab, a team from the Centre is expected to visit the state to evaluate the grain and...
17 Apr, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
RBI sanctions Rs 14,640 crore for wheat procurement in PunjabThe Centre has released the first instalment of cash credit limit after the matter was taken up by Punjab Food and Supplies Minister Adaish...
01 Apr, 2015, 07.01 PM IST
Punjab ready to sell grains directly to KeralaPunjab contributes more than 210 lakh metric tonnes of food grains to the central kitty, feeding a population of 35 crore people.
29 Jan, 2015, 08.25 PM IST
Paddy harvesting begins in Punjab; government to procure 120 lakh tonnesAgriculture Minister Kairon demanded that the Centre direct state-run FCI to accept rice that has moisture level of up to 14& with 1% value...
07 Oct, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
1700 acres earmarked for knowledge park: Adaish Partap Singh KaironThe Punjab government has reserved 1,700 acres of land for development of knowledge park at Mohali to boost IT sector, Information Technolo...
19 Nov, 2013, 07.39 PM IST
Send Sarabjit Singh to India on humanitarian grounds: Adaish Partap, Punjab ministerKairon asked Pakistan to release all Indian prisoners, who had completed their tenure, as a goodwill gesture.
29 Apr, 2013, 06.40 PM IST
Punjab invites Infosys to set up campus in MohaliGopalakrishnan said: "...We will look at it (the offer)..I cannot comment on it (now but) all I can say is that we will continue to expand ...
22 Nov, 2012, 07.43 PM IST
- HDFC Bank joins hands with PUNGRAIN
HDFC bank today joined hands with Punjab Grains Procurement Corporation to facilitate payment to its commission agents spread over 350 mand...
29 Sep, 2012, 05.07 PM IST
- Average age of Punjab Cabinet is 60 years
With 85-yr-old Badal at the helm, it's mostly the old faces that stand out in the newly sworn Punjab Cabinet, whose average age comes to 60...
14 Mar, 2012, 02.25 PM IST
- Parkash Singh Badal creates two records in one go
Badal created 2 records in one go by becoming the Punjab CM for the 5th time and the 1st in the state's history to return to power for the ...
14 Mar, 2012, 12.47 PM IST
- Punjab cabinet is a club of billionaires
Only 3 minister, Balbir Singh Bath (SAD), Arunesh Shakar and Laxmi Kanta Chawla (both from BJP) owned assets worth less than Rs 1 cr.
06 Oct, 2011, 03.11 AM IST
- Punjab urges Centre to lift ban on export of non-basmati rice
Punjab Govt on Monday urged the Union Govt to immediately lift the ban imposed on the export of all non basmati variety of rice and categor...
13 Oct, 2008, 06.21 PM IST
- Revenue from wheat lifting to Punjab reaches Rs 1,250 crore
Higher procurement of wheat during the ongoing rabi marketing season has also fattened the Punjab exchequer, with the revenue from the purc...
09 May, 2008, 08.37 PM IST
- Punjab signs agreement with HCL for Wide Area Network
The Punjab government on Wednesday signed an agreement with HCL Infosystems to establish Punjab State Wide Area Network (PAWAN) at a total ...
30 Jan, 2008, 07.23 PM IST