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Punjab FM Manpreet Singh Badal tests positive for Covid-19
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Manpreet Singh Badal tests positive for Covid-19
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Punjab finance minister rejects charge of fudging figures in budget
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The state will incur an additional debt of Rs 20,823 crore in the 2021-22 fiscal on account of the populist schemes, including Rs 9,000 crore for implementing the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, filling 48,989 vacancies and free transportation for women and college students in government buses. There is a provision for assured buy-back of potato and kinnow, doubling of social security pensions and Rs 11,000 crore for free power to various sections. Manpreet dedicated the Budget to the farmers and set aside Rs 17,051 crore for agriculture-related schemes. The state’s outstanding debt is estimated to reach Rs 2,73,703 crore by next March, an increase of over Rs 91,000 crore since the Congress government took over in March 2017.
Updated: Mar 9, 2021, 01:15 PM IST
In a good news for lakhs of government employees in Punjab, the Congress-led government in the state has announced that 6th Pay Commission will be implemented in Punjab for state government employees from July 1, 2021. The announcement was made by Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal during the presentation of Punjab Budget 2021 in the state Assembly on Monday (March 8).
In his budget speech, Badal said that a provision of Rs 9,000 crore has been made in the budget for the 6th Pay Commission in Punjab. I also announce to pay the arrears, if any, in a staggered manner of which the first installment shall be paid in October 2021 and the second installment in January 2022, said Badal in his speech.