Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today said the new sand mining policy of the state government lacked transparency and was aimed at continuing the monopoly of the sand mafia.
Asserting that the current policy will lead to huge losses to state exchequer, he said while previously the sand quarries in Mohali district were auctioned for over Rs 10 crore, this time th
Despite many policy measures taken by the central and state governments, the indebtedness of farmers, especially marginal and small cultivators, keeps increasing. Some recent studies on agrarian distress show the significant role of healthcare expenditure in increasing indebtedness. This article presents the result of a study conducted in selected villages of Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts of Punjab in 2008-09 to estimate the level of credit taken for healthcare purposes by marginal and small farmers. It also analyses the present scenario of public health services in rural Punjab.
Despite many policy measures taken by the central and state governments, the indebtedness of farmers, especially marginal and small cultivators, keeps increasing. Some recent studies on agrarian distress show the significant role of healthcare expenditure in increasing indebtedness.
When zoos, aviaries, individuals and conservation organizations around the world were observing the first International Vulture Awareness Day through events and educational programmes on the ground and on the Net, conservationists in Punjab had an added reason to celebrate.
Gandhian (Gurdaspur): Gastroenteritis has claimed the lives of as many as seven persons, including two children, at Gandhian village here in the past one week while more than 20 are still suffering from dehydration. The village is situated a few distance away from Gurdaspur.
Jangveer Singh
The Punjab Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act has led to rise in water table in north Punjab but also saved on electricity and resulted in reduction in power subsidy figures.
The Act, which prohibits sowing of paddy nursery before May 10 and its transplantation before June 10, was implemented last year.
The water-harvesting structures constructed in six villages to provide irrigation and agriculture sustainability in the area have proved to be a bane for villagers as the dams have not been desilted since their inception.
