Recommending drastic steps for long-term sustainability of agriculture and allied sectors, the committee for formulation of agriculture policy, headed by chairman of the State Farmers’ Commission D

Punjab will this month start giving farmers a 70 per cent subsidy on solar-powered submersible pumps for drip irrigation, which would help save 40 to 60 per cent water, besides electricity when dem

Punjab has notified the minor mineral rules, which seek to streamline the process of supply in the State, with a thrust on adherence to environmental norms.

The Punjab government on Tuesday invited bids for setting up 300 MW solar power projects at various locations in the state.

One of Asia's biggest wetlands, Keshopur Chamb, which was on the verge of extinction owing to an assortment of reasons, has got a fresh lease of life with a booster dose of Rs 8.10 crore.

The Punjab Government today told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it had initiated steps to reduce the prices of cancer drugs.

Punjab is passing through a phase of ‘fiscal stress’ and is borrowing heavily to pay interest on loans, leaving little money for development.

Punjab is no land for guzzlers, both of soft and hard drinks.

Soft drinks and cigarettes will cost more in Punjab effective April 1, with the state government hiking the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Rs 460.21 crore deficit budget presented in the state assembly here today.

Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa presented the budget for 2013-14 even as the opposition Congress members abstained from the House for the sixth successive day, holding a "mock session" outside the Assembly complex to protest suspension of their nine members last week.

Industries Minister Anil Joshi today announced that the state government had now allowed some relaxation under the Mining Rules for better access to sand and gravel.