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Minister directs clean-up drive: removal of garbage, unclaimed vehicles from city roads, reviews NHAI, Health, Education, Sports, Power, and MC Projects in Ludhiana

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Chandigarh/ Ludhiana, October 3 – Sanjeev Arora, Cabinet Minister for Power, Industry & Commerce, Investment Promotion, and NRI Affairs, Government of Punjab, chaired a high-level review meeting in Ludhiana to assess the progress of various infrastructure and civic development projects. During the meeting, Arora directed PD NHAI to commence immediate repairs of service lanes along national highways in Ludhiana. In response, PD confirmed an allocation of ₹150 crore for the repair and maintenance work. Updates were also provided on the progress of Vehicle Underpasses (VUPs) near the Jalandhar bypass. In a bid to enhance urban aesthetics and enforce civic discipline, the Minister instructed the Municipal Corporation and Commissionerate Police to file FIRs against individual...

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PUNJAB GOVERNMENT NOTIFIES MATERNITY LEAVE BENEFITS FOR ASHA WORKERS AND FACILITATORS

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Chandigarh, October 3 During a series of meetings held today with representatives from five employee organizations to discuss their demands, Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, who also chairs the Cabinet Sub-Committee on employee issues, announced that the Punjab Government has issued a notification today to grant maternity leave benefits to ASHA and ASHA Facilitators in accordance with the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961. Congratulating the ‘ASHA Workers Te Facilitators Nirol Union’, the Finance Minister said that under this new notification, ASHA and ASHA Facilitators will be eligible to receive fixed monthly honorarium while on maternity leave. Furthermore, all future amendments to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, will also apply to them. The union expressed their...

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Punjab Government Allocates ₹1170 Crore for Widows and Destitute Women in FY 2025-26: Dr. Baljit Kaur

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Chandigarh, 3 October: Punjab’s Minister for Social Security, Women & Child Development, Dr. Baljit Kaur, stated that the State Government has allocated a budget of ₹1170 crore for the financial assistance scheme for widows and destitute women for the financial year 2025-26. She informed that till August 2025, ₹593.14 crore has already been disbursed directly to 6.66 lakh women beneficiaries. Dr. Baljit Kaur said, “The Mann Government’s aim is not just financial support, but to empower women to become confident and self-reliant.” Dr. Baljit Kaur added that the government’s efforts go beyond mere disbursement of funds. The scheme aims to instill hope among women who face life’s challenges with courage. Each beneficiary, through this assistance, not only supports her family but ...

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Harjot Bains lays foundation stone of ₹35.48-CR high-level bridge over Swan Nadi

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Chandigarh/ Nangal, October 2: Punjab Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains todays laid a foundation stone for a Rs 35.48-crore high-level bridge over the Swan river near Bhallari village in Sri Anandpur Sahib constituency. The 511-metre long bridge will connect Bhallari to Mahindpur-Khera Kalmot, enhancing connectivity for border areas like Khera Kalmot, Bhangla and Majari. While addressing the gathering, S. Harjot Singh Bains announced the upcoming foundation stone laying for two more bridges. A foundation stone for 333-metre-long bridge from Kalitran to Palasi, costing Rs 20 crore, will be laid on October 4, and a foundation stone for 180-metre-long bridge from Bela Dhiani to Palasi, costing Rs 12 crore, will be laid on October 7 on the occasion of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti. Th...

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47 CADETS OF MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH PREPARATORY INSTITUTE CLEAR NDA WRITTEN EXAM

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Chandigarh, October 2: Bringing laurels to the state, as many as 47 cadets from the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI) in SAS Nagar (Mohali) have achieved a remarkable feat by clearing the National Defence Academy (NDA) (II) Written Examination for the NDA-156 Course. The UPSC declared the results on Wednesday late evening. The course is set to begin in June 2026. Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr. Aman Arora said that out of the 57 cadets from the Institute who appeared for the NDA (II) written Examination, a stellar 47 cadets successfully cleared the exam, achieving a stupendous success rate of 82.45 percent. This is the highest success rate ever attained by the Institute for either the NDA(I) or NDA(II) examina...

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NOW, CRM MACHINES JUST A CLICK AWAY IN PUNJAB; OVER 85K MACHINES MAPPED ON “UNNAT KISAN” APP

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Chandigarh, October 2:– Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian today informed that the Punjab Government has mapped over 85000 in-situ and ex-situ Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines on the "Unnat Kisan" Mobile App, a one-stop platform designed to make these machines more easily accessible to small and marginal farmers for promoting sustainable agriculture practices and reducing air pollution. Divulging the details about a flagship digital initiative, S. Khudian said that this initiative enables farmers to easily book CRM machines through their mobile phones from comfort of their homes. He said each machine is geo-tagged according to the cultivated land area, facilitating monitoring and documentation of residue management activities. The Agricu...

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Development works being carried out by the Public Works Department under various schemes: Harbhajan Singh E.T.O.

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Chandigarh, October 2: The Public Works Department of Punjab is playing a vital role in strengthening the state’s road network and accelerating the pace of development. Providing details about ongoing development works under various schemes, Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. stated that under the NABARD scheme, the construction of 279.64 km of roads and 8 bridges was completed during the financial year 2024-25, with an expenditure of Rs. 104.28 crore. For the financial year 2025-26, a budget of Rs. 192 crore has been allocated for the construction of 125 km of roads. So far, 14.50 km of roads have been completed at a cost of Rs. 18.13 crore. He further informed that during 2024-25, the construction of 781 km of roads was completed under item 5054 RB-10, with a total expendit...

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On the occasion of Dussehra, Aman Arora presents a major gift to the residents of Sunam

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Sunam/Chandigarh, October 2: On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra, symbolizing the victory of good over evil, Cabinet Minister and Punjab President of the Aam Aadmi Party, Shri Aman Arora, extended festival greetings and presented a significant gift to the people of martyr Udham Singh’s hometown, Sunam Udham Singh Wala, in the form of a new water supply project. To provide a permanent solution to the city’s drinking water problem, the Minister laid the foundation stone for a water supply project worth approximately ₹15.22 crore at Seetasar Road, Sunam. The project includes the construction of a tube-well, a 2 lakh liter storage tank, a 33,635-meter-long pipeline, and the provision of 1,472 new household connections for families without access to piped water. The project will be com...

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PUNJAB SETS A NEW RECORD OF 22.35% GST GROWTH IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS

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Chandigarh, October 2 Highlighting the remarkable success of the state's Taxation department, Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister, Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, on Thursday announced that the state registered gross GST collections of Rs 13,971 crore during the first half of the financial year (April–September 2025), a substantial increase compared to Rs 11,418 crore collected in the same period last year, reflecting a significant growth rate of 22.35 percent. Revealing this in a press communique issued here, the Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that over the first six months of this financial year, state has recorded a Gross GST revenue growth of Rs 2,553 crore as compared to the corresponding period last year. He said that state’s year-on-year GST growth ...

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Speaker hands over ex-gratia amount of Rs. 4 lakh to deceased Labourer Panna Lal’s Family, Kotkapura

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Chandigarh 2 October 2025: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan said that Labourer Sh. Panna Lal was a r/o Kotkapura who died due to an accident while doing construction work and he was a registered beneficiary of the Labour department Punjab. Speaker handed over an assistance amount of rupees four lakh to the deceased family. Of course, no one can pay the price of human life, but masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, brick kiln workers, marble-tile fitters, plumbers, electricians, painters, POP workers, small and landless farmers and other labourers who do construction-related work can become beneficiaries after the registration in labour department and take the benefit of this scheme which is being run by the Labour Department, Punjab. Speaker said that any pers...