Sharing details, an official spokesperson informed that Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema today participated in packaging daily essentials for the needy flood-hit families at his Dirba office. He reiterated that no flood-affected family should be deprived of relief supplies.
As of Saturday, 46 people have lost their lives due to floods in Punjab, according to the officials. Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that nearly 2,000 villages and over four lakh people have been affected.He said that 24 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) a
Earlier on Saturday, Harpal Singh Cheema met CM Bhagwant Mann, who has been admitted to a private hospital in Mohali after his health condition worsened a day earlier.
Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan, he said that incessant rains in Punjab and neighbouring hill states have triggered large-scale devastation, affecting nearly 2,000 villages and over four lakh citizens, while 46 lives have been lost across the state.
Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema met Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday, who has been admitted to a private hospital in Mohali after his health condition worsened a day earlier. The Minister said that the CM is doing better and is advised to stay in the hospital for two to th
In a press communique issued here, the Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema emphasised that Punjab, had consistently contributed to the nation's food security and economic strength and deserved timely and adequate assistance in its hour of need.
In a major reform aimed at providing relief to households, farmers, businesses and the healthcare sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a sweeping reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a wide range of essential items, automobiles, agriculture inputs,
In a determined bid to strengthen fiscal discipline and boost state revenue, the Punjab Government has launched an aggressive drive to recover long-pending excise arrears inherited from previous SAD-BJP and Congress regimes. Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Har
Punjab Finance Minister and senior AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema said the state has suffered a loss of over Rs 1.11 lakh crore since the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), with the Centre releasing only Rs 60,000 crore so far, while more than Rs 50,000 crore remains pending