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Chandigarh, March 8 – Opposition parties on Sunday strongly criticized the AAP government over the Punjab budget, stating that it "completely ignored" the urgent need to revive the "struggling economy." The Congress called the announcement of a monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 for women...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema presented the fifth budget of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for 2026-27 on Sunday, proposing a total outlay of Rs 260,437 crore and projecting the state's GSDP at Rs 980,635 crore with an estimated growth rate of 10 per...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Nearly four years after coming to power on a promise of financial assistance to women, the AAP government in Punjab announced a new scheme on Sunday under which women would receive ₹1,000 or ₹1,500 per month directly into their accounts.Around 97 per cent of all adult...

Chandigarh, March 8 The AAP government in Punjab announced a new scheme on Sunday under which women will receive Rs 1,000 per month, except for women belonging to Scheduled Castes, who will receive Rs 1,500 per month.Providing monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 per woman was a key poll promise of...

Chandigarh, March 8 Every promise made to the people of Punjab has been fulfilled, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Sunday as he presented the state's budget for 2026-27 with an allocation of Rs 2,60,437 crore.This is the last budget of the AAP government in Punjab before it goes...

Chandigarh, March 7 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday criticised Congress MLAs for staging a walkout from the Punjab Assembly during the governor's address on Friday, claiming they did so because they couldn't hear the achievements of the AAP government.“The Congress MLAs don't...

Chandigarh, March 6 Congress MLAs raised slogans against the AAP government and staged a walkout from the Punjab Assembly during Governor Gulab Chand Kataria's address on Friday.Despite Kataria requesting the opposition party's MLAs to raise their issues at the right time, the Congress...

Chandigarh, March 6 – Punjab Cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora, and Harbhajan Singh ETO launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Friday, condemning the party's decision to boycott the Governor's Address. They said this was "an insult to the House and to the 75-year-old...

Chandigarh, March 6 Congress MLAs raised slogans against the AAP government and staged a walkout from the Punjab Assembly during the governor's address here on Friday.Despite Governor Gulab Chand Kataria requesting the opposition party's MLAs to raise their issues at the right time, the...

Chandigarh, March 5 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday demanded that Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema allocate funds to fulfill promises made to women, farmers, government employees, and the common people, or face the "gherao" (surrounding) of its legislators when they visit...

Chandigarh, March 5 The budget session of the Punjab Assembly, scheduled to begin on March 6, is likely to see heated debates as opposition parties – the Congress, BJP, and the Shiromani Akali Dal – will try to put pressure on the Bhagwant Mann government over key issues, including...

Chandigarh, March 3 – Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated on Tuesday that the AAP government has reduced the debt-to-GSDP ratio to 44.47 percent, a decrease of four percentage points. He also claimed that the government is spending 85 percent of its borrowings on servicing...

Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema criticized the BJP government in Haryana on Tuesday over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal issue, saying that its recently presented budget did not allocate any funds for the project, considering the 2027 elections in the border state...

Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Tuesday that the AAP government has reduced the debt-to-GSDP ratio to 44.47 per cent, a decrease of four percentage points, and also claimed that it was spending 85 per cent of its borrowings on servicing old debt raised by...

Chandigarh, March 2 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday targeted the BJP government in Haryana over the Rs 590-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case, claiming that it has "completely failed" in adopting new technology, which is why people's money is being "looted" in the neighboring...

New Delhi, February 27 – The Aam Aadmi Party welcomed the Delhi court's decision to acquit former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the alleged corruption case related to the scrapped excise policy. The party stated that the verdict exposes the...

Chandigarh, February 24 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated on Tuesday that the AAP government's anti-narcotic campaign, "Yudh Nashean Virudh," has forced drug traffickers to relocate their operations to neighboring Haryana.He questioned the repeated visits of Haryana Chief...

Chandigarh, February 23 The Punjab government projected on Monday that it would collect Rs 12,800 crore in excise revenue for 2026-27, with Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema saying that liquor rates would not increase.Cheema further stated that Punjab's excise reforms have not only...

Chandigarh, February 23 The Punjab Cabinet on Monday gave its approval for the state assembly to hold its budget session from March 6 to 16. The budget will be presented on March 8.The Bhagwant Mann government is also likely to announce a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 for every woman, one of...

Chandigarh, February 23 Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced the launch of the 'Meri Rasoi' scheme on Monday, under which the Punjab government will provide free food kits to 40 lakh families registered under the National Food Security Act, starting in April.This will be in addition to the...