Punjab Politics News
Punjab not keen to set up water regulatory body
Tuesday, 25/09/2012
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CHANDIGARH: With the Punjab government apparently refusing to constitute a state-level Water Regulatory Authority (WRA), the state is set to be deprived of about Rs 390 crore of central aid for the upkeep of its canal network, a major source of irrigation and drinking water.
State should make the most of this opportunity
Tuesday, 25/09/2012
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Economic Relations) and Price Waterhouse Coopers, have reaffirmed that karyanas enjoy a special place with Indian consumers. Their inherent advantages — location, low cost, home delivery, free credit, and convenient timings — will ensure that they remain a significant retail force. Their low operating cost, 8% of sales, against 18-22% in the organised sector, would ensure their continuance.
Houses to riot-hit: Clear stand on profit, HC tells Punjab
Tuesday, 25/09/2012
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Chandigarh : The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set a three-month deadline for Punjab Principal Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, to decide whether the price determined by GMADA for allocation of MIG/LIG flats to the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims has in it an element of profit.
State farmers may not get drought relief
Tuesday, 25/09/2012
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Chandigarh : Punjab farmers may not get any relief on account of a partial monsoon failure this season. Speaking at the Rabi 2012 conference in Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar indicated that Punjab would not be eligible for drought relief. He said the state did not ask the Centre to send a team to assess the damage caused by drought-like conditions, if any. He said his ministry was only pleading the case of states who had declared drought.
SAD in dilemma as constituents back FDI
Tuesday, 25/09/2012
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Chandigarh, : The refusal of the political leadership to allow FDI in retail in Punjab is based more on political compulsions than on giving the much- needed push to growth in agriculture. Even as the Punjab Mandi Board, farmers' organisations and the Punjab Farmers' Commission have endorsed the Union government’s decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, the ruling SAD- BJP alliance has decided not to allow FDI in the state.
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