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Chandigarh: A budget of one lakh 68 thousand 15 crore was presented for the financial year 2021-22 in the Punjab Legislative Assembly today, in which a provision has been made to waive loans of Rs. Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has also announced to increase the pension of the elderly from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 a month while presenting the budget of 2021-22 in the Vidhan Sabha. Along with this, he has also proposed to increase the amount given under the Shagun scheme from Rs 21 thousand to Rs 51,000. Badal said that in the next phase of crop loan waiver scheme, the state government will waive crop loans of 1.13 lakh farmers for Rs. 1,186 crore and landless farmers for Rs. 526 crore. This is the last budget of the current tenure of the Amarinder Singh government of the state. Assembly elections are proposed in the state in the early months of next year. ....
13712 1 PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar with other party leaders during a protest against rising fuel prices near Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh. Photo: Nitin Mittal Chandigarh, March 1 The first day of the Punjab Assembly’s Budget session saw political drama unfolding outside and inside the House during the Governor’s Address. While the ruling Congress protested against the Modi-led BJP government over the rising fuel and LPG prices, the opposition parties targeted the state over its “unfulfilled” poll promises and the Centre for not repealing the farm laws. Kishor is Principal Adviser to Captain Chandigarh: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said poll strategist Prashant Kishor had joined him as his principal adviser. Kishor had handled the Congress poll campaign in 2017 when the party bagged 77 of the 117 seats in the Assembly. ....