Punjab polls: What freebies offered by political parties will cost state
3 years ago

Punjab polls: What freebies offered by political parties will cost state

India Today  

Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state, political parties in Punjab are relying heavily on freebies and doles to attract voters. While the Aam Aadmi Party has announced that it will transfer Rs 1000 per month to every woman aged 18 or above, Shiromani Akali Dal has also promised Rs 2,000 to each blue card holder woman. When the Congress government took over in 2017, the outstanding debt stood at Rs 1.82 lakh crore. These parties don't even talk about these reforms.” Reportedly, political parties like the Aam Aadmi Party were also asking people to sign promissory notes.

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Punjab to borrow more as debt burden mounts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Punjab to borrow more as debt burden mounts

Hindustan Times  

Amid concerns over rising state debt, the Punjab government has planned to borrow ₹5,000 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The state government has been on a borrowing spree, raising ₹21,119 crore in the first half of the 2024-25 financial year, which amounts to approximately 70% of the net borrowing of ₹30,464.92 crore projected in the …

Punjab: AAP eyes image boost with course correction
3 months ago

Punjab: AAP eyes image boost with course correction

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh : The latest reshuffle, fourth in 30 months, in the Punjab cabinet is seen as Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party’s strategic effort to give party an image makeover and inject fresh blood into governance that has come under increasing Opposition scrutiny. The latest reshuffle, fourth in 30 months, in the Punjab cabinet is seen as Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi …

Debt rising, AAP using funds for personal gains, alleges Cong
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Debt rising, AAP using funds for personal gains, alleges Cong

Hindustan Times  

Formally launching its campaign for the Jalandhar West by-election, the Congress on Saturday lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party government in the state for the rising debt, accusing its leaders of using money for their personal gains and funding their poll campaigns elsewhere. Congress leaders Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Partap Singh Bajwa and Charanjit Singh Channi at an event …

BJP and AAP trade charges on the latter’s two-year-old rule in Punjab
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP and AAP trade charges on the latter’s two-year-old rule in Punjab

The Hindu  

In a verbal attack on the BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday urged the people of the State to reject “anti-Punjab forces”, while the BJP took a dig at the AAP government, asserting that rampant drug menace, crumbling economy, misgovernance and unkept promises had marked its two-year “misrule” of the State. Hitting out at the AAP, BJP national …

No mention of AAP’s pre-poll promises in Punjab budget: Bajwa
9 months, 2 weeks ago

No mention of AAP’s pre-poll promises in Punjab budget: Bajwa

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Vidhan Sabha leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party’s guarantees given before of the state polls were missing in the state budget presented by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday. Congress member and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa slammed the Bhagwant Mann government over the issues of “rising” debt and said …

No mention of AAP’s pre-poll promises in Punjab budget: Bajwa
9 months, 2 weeks ago

No mention of AAP’s pre-poll promises in Punjab budget: Bajwa

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Vidhan Sabha leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party’s guarantees given before of the state polls were missing in the state budget presented by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday. Congress member and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa slammed the Bhagwant Mann government over the issues of “rising” debt and said …

Partap Bajwa hits out at AAP govt in Punjab for 0.25% stamp duty on vehicle, property loans
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Partap Bajwa hits out at AAP govt in Punjab for 0.25% stamp duty on vehicle, property loans

Hindustan Times  

Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab for levying 0.25% stamp duty on loans for vehicles and property, stating that it would burn a hole in people’s pockets. “Chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government, in its two-year rule, has hiked petrol and diesel prices twice. The senior Congress leader said, “In …

AAP in Punjab, Congress in Himachal Pradesh term Interim Budget as biased
10 months, 3 weeks ago

AAP in Punjab, Congress in Himachal Pradesh term Interim Budget as biased

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party Government in Punjab and the Congress Government in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday expressed disappointment and termed the Centre’s Interim Budget for 2024-25 as biased. “The Union Budget of the last 10 years of the BJP Government shows that the BJP always discriminated against Punjab and tried to deprive Punjabis any economic benefits,” he alleged in a …

AAP-Congress cracks widen as Punjab CM questioned over ₹50,000 crore loan row
1 year, 2 months ago

AAP-Congress cracks widen as Punjab CM questioned over ₹50,000 crore loan row

Hindustan Times  

The cracks between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, partners in the newly formed Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance, seem to have further widened as the Congress questioned the Bhagwant Mann government after governor Banwarilal Purohit sought from the state government details of utilisation of “this huge amount” of ₹50,000 crore loan. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Reacting to …

Can Punjab pull itself out of this mess? | OPINION
2 years, 1 month ago

Can Punjab pull itself out of this mess? | OPINION

India Today  

If you have ever heard the phrase, “nasty, brutish and short”, you probably know about the rather pessimistic thinker who came up with it, Thomas Hobbes. When the famous Punjabi singer Siddhu Moose Wala was brutally murdered in broad daylight, many people thought that the two-month-old AAP government is a new government and may take some more time to control …

'AAP pushing Punjab towards bankruptcy': Congress slams state govt for heavy borrowing
2 years, 1 month ago

'AAP pushing Punjab towards bankruptcy': Congress slams state govt for heavy borrowing

India Today  

Punjab's Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring warned the Aam Aadmi Party against fiscal profligacy, which can push the state into bankruptcy. Pointing out that the AAP-led government in Punjab has already taken a debt of Rs 11,464 crores in the last six months, Warring said the total borrowing will cross Rs 1 lakh crore in five years. Warring said …

Punjab FM presents AAP govt's first budget for FY 2022-23; health, agri, education key focus areas
2 years, 5 months ago

Punjab FM presents AAP govt's first budget for FY 2022-23; health, agri, education key focus areas

India TV News  

Highlights Cheema said the government has proposed to start the Punjab Young Entrepreneur programme Under this programme, the state government will provide seed money of Rs 2,000 per student Cheema also announced that the government will set up 16 new medical colleges over five years Punjab: AAP government's first budget for FY23 was presented in the state assembly by Punjab …

Bhagwant Mann Orders Probe into Punjab’s Rs 3 Lakh Crore Debt; Oppn Says Enquire AAP’s Ad Spending
2 years, 8 months ago

Bhagwant Mann Orders Probe into Punjab’s Rs 3 Lakh Crore Debt; Oppn Says Enquire AAP’s Ad Spending

News 18  

After announcing free power scheme in Punjab, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday ordered probe into state’s debt worth Rs 3 lakh crore piled up allegedly by successive governments. If added to the previous years’ debt of Rs 2.48 lakh crore, the total debt would be Rs 2.67 lakh crore. While welcoming the CM’s decision, the Shiromani Akali Dal has …

AAP fulfills poll promise, Punjab govt announces 300 units of free electricity
2 years, 8 months ago

AAP fulfills poll promise, Punjab govt announces 300 units of free electricity

Live Mint  

Fulfilling one of the pre-election promises, the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party has announced 300 units of free electricity for Punjab residents from July 1. According to Information and Public Relations Department, Punjab, "Government of Punjab announces 300 units of free electricity for households from July 1st, 2022". A few days ago, AAP spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang had indicated that …

Challenges before AAP's government in Punjab: How to create jobs while reducing debt burden
2 years, 9 months ago

Challenges before AAP's government in Punjab: How to create jobs while reducing debt burden

India Today  

A change of guard in Punjab, five years ago, came with an assurance to bring down the state’s debt burden. As per the latest data, Punjab’s total liability is more than 50 per cent of the state’s GDP. 2.5 lakh crores, revenue grew 31 per cent from Rs. Punjab and India both clocked a GDP growth of four per cent …

Why governing Punjab will be a daunting challenge for Bhagwant Mann
2 years, 9 months ago

Why governing Punjab will be a daunting challenge for Bhagwant Mann

India Today  

The victorious Aam Aadmi Party has started formalities for formation of its government in Punjab and the anointment of Bhagwant Mann as the state’s new chief minister. Mann, in his interaction with AAP’s newly elected Punjab legislators on March 11, urged them to spend time in their respective constituencies to address public grievances. To add to Mann’s worries, the mechanism …

AAP will give Rs 1,000 a month to women in Punjab if voted to power: Arvind Kejriwal
3 years, 1 month ago

AAP will give Rs 1,000 a month to women in Punjab if voted to power: Arvind Kejriwal

India Today  

The Aam Aadmi Party will give Rs 1,000 per month to each woman in Punjab if voted to power in the 2022 Assembly polls, Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. READ: Ahead of 2022 Punjab polls, Bathinda Rural MLA Rupinder Ruby resigns from AAP The announcement by Arvind Kejriwal came on the first day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Punjab. …

Punjab most indebted state, borrowing is not the way forward: Navjot Singh Sidhu
3 years, 1 month ago

Punjab most indebted state, borrowing is not the way forward: Navjot Singh Sidhu

India TV News  

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday called Punjab as the most indebted state in the country, stressing that taxes should not settle debt but should go back to the people in the shape of development. The Punjab Congress chief further said borrowing was not the way forward adding that the half of the state's expenditure was funded by expensive …

Punjab 'power' play: Will empty coffers permit free electricity dole?
3 years, 5 months ago

Punjab 'power' play: Will empty coffers permit free electricity dole?

India Today  

With assembly elections slated for next year, political parties in Punjab have now upped their ante to woo voters, and this time, the biggest poll promise that has set the ball rolling is free power supply. Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that if voted to power, his party's government will provide free electricity upto 300 …

Punjab Government Borrowing Out of Problems... Or into a Mess?
3 years, 9 months ago

Punjab Government Borrowing Out of Problems... Or into a Mess?

News 18  

The Punjab government appears to be in full campaign mode with the announcement of a populist budget for 2021-22. For instance, the state is over projecting its revenue receipts for 2021-22 at Rs 95,257 crore, a jump of almost 32 per cent over its revenue receipts of Rs 72,042 crore in 2020-21. Admittedly, revenue receipts in 2020-21 were down due …

Opposition to Corner Punjab Govt on 'Failure' to Honour Poll Promises in Budget Session
3 years, 9 months ago

Opposition to Corner Punjab Govt on 'Failure' to Honour Poll Promises in Budget Session

News 18  

The Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly, starting from Monday, is likely to witness fireworks, with the opposition deciding to corner the Amarinder Singh-led government over its "failure" to honour its poll promises despite completing four years of its term. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Sunday said his party will "force" the Congress-led government to explain why …

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