CM CONGRATULATES CHEEMA FOR PRESENTING PEOPLE’S BUDGET

DESCRIBES IT AS A ROADMAP FOR NEW PUNJAB

ANNOUNCES TO FULFILL ALL THE GUARANTEES SOON

Chandigarh, June 27:Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today hailed the Tax free budget of the state government for the year 2022-23 presented by the Finance Minister Harpal Cheema in Vidhan Sabha and described it as a roadmap for New Punjab.

“I congratulate Finance Minister Harpal Cheema for presenting the historic budget made in consultation with the common man” said the Chief Minister.

Terming the Budget as a balanced, development oriented and reflective of pro-people policies of the state government, the Chief Minister, in a statement issued today, said that this people’s budget has been made to bring revolution in sectors of education, health, agriculture and commerce. He said that the government will soon fulfil all the guarantees promised with the people. Bhagwant Mann said that drastic reforms will be visible soon in the fiscal sector.

The Chief Minister said that budget aims at serving the weakest of the weak and poorest of the poor sections of society in the right earnest. He said that the budget was the outcome of the pragmatic approach of the state government to achieve the objective of overall development and progress of the state and prosperity of its people in a holistic manner. Bhagwant Mann further said that the budget will certainly boost the tempo of all-round development of the state be it in the sector of Agriculture, Industry, Infra structure, Power, Education, Health besides empowering the women and weaker sections of the society.

The Chief Minister said that budget for technical education has been enhanced by 48% to impart technical education to youth for opening new vistas of self employment for them and Rs 9449 crore has been kept for strengthening law and order of state. Likewise he said that enhancing budget of Medical Education and Research by 57%, that of Youth and youth services department by 52%, health department by 24%, employment generation by 32%, Industry and commerce by 48% will give impetus to growth and progress of state. Bhagwant Mann said that budget for construction of 16 Medical colleges, transformation of government schools into schools of eminence, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Haryawal Lehar, construction of 45 ultra modren bus stands will go a long way in development of state.

The Chief Minister envisioned the current budget as a milestone which will go a long way in setting new parameters of growth and development to take the state to the new zenith thereby cherishing aspirations of people of Punjab to realize the goal of New Punjab in near future. Bhagwant Mann expressed hope that the new budget will also bring in far more financial discipline with economic prudence in narrowing down the fiscal deficit with a focus on the enhancement of revenue through resource mobilization. Highly appreciating the budget proposals for 2022-23, he said that special allocation of funds to combat the problem of drug abuse besides making budgetary provisions for health, education, eradication of unemployment amongst youth and path breaking steps to be taken to keep the fiscal stress in check had been incorporated in the budget, which speak volumes of state government's commitment to take on these issues on war footing.

The Chief Minister said that with the new budget our state will now reach the zenith of glory in terms of development and prosperity. He envisioned the current budget as a roadmap for the revival of industrial sector and imparting fresh impetus to the stagnated agrarian economy of the state.

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Dairy farming has potential to strengthen cooperative movement: Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

Dairy Development Minister emphasizes adoption of Domestic Dairy Farming

Meets representatives of Amul Dairy from Gujarat

Chandigarh, June 27:With a view to give boost to the dairy development sector in Punjab as per the directions of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today met the Board of Directors of Anand Milk Union Limited (Gujarat) better known as Amul. The Minister expressed keen desire to learn from the best practices of the 'Amul Dairy' so as to benefit over 3 lakh dairy farmers in the State.

The main rationale behind the meeting was to encourage the Punjab dairy farmers, associated with 7300 Milk Societies run by VERKA, to adopt the innovative marketing strategies of Amul to ensure value addition to their products besides introducing some new ones.

Emphasizing the concept of Domestic Milk Farming, the Minister said that this sphere has futuristic dimensions and its potential needs to be harnessed to boost dairy farming consequently strengthening the Cooperative movement. "Women especially must be encouraged to go for this novel concept as it would go a long way in augumenting the income of the family apart from empowering them", said the Minister adding that milk farming Sector has the capability to do better than the present.

Recounting the humble beginnings of Amul since the days of Verghese Kurien, the MD Amul Dairy Amit Vyas further said that the digitization in the day to Day functioning of the institution is the need of the hour in keeping with the present times. "The focus would however be on the rural areas as a large number of population lives in such areas", added the MD.

Among others present in the meeting included MLA (Borsad) and Member Board of Directors Amul Dairy Rajendrasinh Dhirsinh Parmar, MLA (Anand) Member Board of Directors Amul Dairy Kantibhai Manibhai Sodha Parmar, MD Amul Dairy Amit Vyas, Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development Vikas Partap, Director Animal Husbandry Dr. Subhash Chander, Director Dairy Development Kuldeep Singh and Dean, College of Dairy Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) Ludhiana Dr. Ramneek.

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IN LINE WITH CM DIRECTIVES TO ENSURE REGULAR SUPPLY PSPCL MEETS HIGHEST-EVER DEMAND, SAYS POWER MINISTER HARBHAJAN SINGH ETO

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 27: On the directions of the Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann to ensure unhindered supply to all consumers, the Punjan State Power Corporatiom Limited (PSPCL) has successfully met highest ever peak demand of 14054 MW on 27-06-2022 at 12:15 PM and is 4.64% more in comparison to last year peak demand met.

Disclosing this Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO said that last year it was recorded 13431 MW on 01-07-2021 at 1.15 PM.

Notably, PSPCL had also supplied 3103 LUs on 26-06-2022 which is also the highest ever record of power supplied in a single day and is 1.21% more in comparison to 3066 LUs supplied on 01-07-2021 last year.

The Minister also added that the power demand has been persistently high during this summer and during the month of June, PSPCL has supplied 6254 MUs upto 26-06-2022 which are 7% more in comparison to 5828 MUs supplied during the same period in 2021.

He further said that for the Paddy Season, PSPCL is providing daily 8-hour power supply to its agriculture consumers and also providing 24-hour power supply to all other categories of consumers in the State without imposing any power cuts on any category of consumers.

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Department of Health & Family Welfare, Punjab

Media Bulletin COVID-19

27^th June 2022 (05:00 PM)

On 27^th June 2022

Patients reported Positive on 27^th June 2022 - 131

Cumulative Cases: -

*After reconciliation of data, 2 old cases excluded from districts (Moga-1, Pathankot-1).