Budget 2021-22 Speech of Manpreet Singh Badal Finance Minister

Speaker Sir,
1. I rise today to present the Budget (2021-22) of the Government of Punjab,
led by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh Ji, for the fifth consecutive
time. I am humbled by the efforts and achievements of your Government. The
opportunity to serve as a minister in Congress Government, afforded to me by the
people of this great State, has been an unparalleled honour and privilege.
2. Speaker Sir, when our government assumed office in 2017, I was under
no illusion regarding the dire conditions of Punjab’s fiscal health. I was well
aware that our financial circumstances were far from ideal, but despite having
presented four budgets previously, I was astonished by the extent to which the
preceding government had bankrupted our State and essentially mortgaged our
people’s future.

अच्छी सेहत, क्या और कैसे खाएं ? || Dr. Khadar Vali ||

3. In the previous centuries, our nation was colonized and its people
enslaved. We must be acutely aware that the new and far more insidious form of
bondage in this modern world, is achieved not by military force but by financial
debt that creates compulsions amounting to subjugation. I haven’t the slightest
hesitation in making the assertion, that the actions of the previous Akali-BJP
regime, were for all practical purposes an attempt to reduce this State to a form of
slave-hood. Basic budgetary principles were ignored, deficits multiplied, and they
blatantly and brazenly lied about it.

4. Speaker Sir, as a Minister and as a representative of this august House, I
am concerned about the present, but I am also cognizant of what we leave for
posterity, and of the impact our actions have on future generations. It is a matter
of immense pride for me to report that Punjab’s economy is today stronger and
more stable because this government had the courage to confront the problems
and take difficult decisions. Punjab’s economy is growing, despite the upheaval
caused by the global pandemic that severely impacted revenue generation. This
has been possible because our government took responsible decisions, shunned
short-term fixes and pursued a long-term economic plan.

चाहे जो खाएं पीएं लीवर रहेगा तगड़ा… || Dr. Joginder Tyger ||
5. In these four years, I have ensured that the budgetary principles are
adhered to by all departments. I have tried to inculcate good habits in relation to
earnings and expenditure, and if in this process, I have earned the moniker of
being a miser and a strict Finance Minister, then I do apologize. But it is the
hard-earned money of the Punjabi taxpayer that I have been miserly with, and the
fruits of our labour are before us. Also good finances is 80% about good
behaviour and 20% good knowledge. We can never create good news from bad
behaviour. Sir, I am reminded of the hauntingly beautiful words of a Poet I quote
in original:
“Jo Yakeen ke Rah par Chal Padey
Unhey Manjilon Ne Panah De,
Jinhey Basbason Ne Dra Diya
Boh Kadam-Kadam Pe Behak Gaye”

क्या आपका पार्टनर हर छोटी बात पर उलझता है || Dr. HK Kharbanda ||

6. Elders tell us that there are three types of people in this world – the haves,
the have nots, and those who are indebted to the haves. Whether we are in the
first or the second category often depends on circumstances beyond our control.
But to be in the third category is a personal choice. We decided that Punjab
cannot and should not fall in that category7. Let me unequivocally state the Congress’ commitment for a concerted
effort to restore Punjab’s lost glory. This sacred soil deserves better. Our noble
ancestors deserve better. We will redeem our people’s pride or die in the attempt.
I quote the famous scene of the defense of the river Tiber from Lord Macaulay’s
‘Lays of Ancient Rome’, “Then out spake brave Horatius; The captain of the gate
“To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late, and how can man die
better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his father, and the temples of his
gods.”
8. Speaker Sir, Budgets are not just a collection of numbers, but an
expression of our values and aspirations. This budget is a reflection of the values
of our Government, and the aspirations of all Punjabi’s, whether they continue to
live in this historic land or are a part of our large diaspora.

ना बढ़ेगा शुगर ना बड़े B.P. सटीक फार्मूला || Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury ||

9. I can invite attention here only to the leading facts of our State finances,
details have been set forth with elaborate care in the lucid Explanatory
Memorandum circulated separately. I must attempt a survey un-encumbered by
details to assist the Hon’ble Members to form a clear and definite picture of our
finances.
10. Mr. Speaker Sir, before I present my budgetary proposals, I, on behalf of
every Member of this august House, would like to extend my sincere gratitude to
all the Corona warriors who have been working with utmost devotion, dedication,
sincerity, placing us before their own self in the collective fight against the
hitherto unknown, unpredictable COVID virus. I will also be elaborating, in the
later part of my speech, the steps taken by the State in its fight against the
COVID-19.7. Let me unequivocally state the Congress’ commitment for a concerted
effort to restore Punjab’s lost glory. This sacred soil deserves better. Our noble
ancestors deserve better. We will redeem our people’s pride or die in the attempt.
I quote the famous scene of the defense of the river Tiber from Lord Macaulay’s
‘Lays of Ancient Rome’, “Then out spake brave Horatius; The captain of the gate
“To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late, and how can man die
better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his father, and the temples of his
gods.”
8. Speaker Sir, Budgets are not just a collection of numbers, but an
expression of our values and aspirations. This budget is a reflection of the values
of our Government, and the aspirations of all Punjabi’s, whether they continue to
live in this historic land or are a part of our large diaspora.
9. I can invite attention here only to the leading facts of our State finances,
details have been set forth with elaborate care in the lucid Explanatory
Memorandum circulated separately. I must attempt a survey un-encumbered by
details to assist the Hon’ble Members to form a clear and definite picture of our
finances.
10. Mr. Speaker Sir, before I present my budgetary proposals, I, on behalf of
every Member of this august House, would like to extend my sincere gratitude to
all the Corona warriors who have been working with utmost devotion, dedication,
sincerity, placing us before their own self in the collective fight against the
hitherto unknown, unpredictable COVID virus. I will also be elaborating, in the
later part of my speech, the steps taken by the State in its fight against the
COVID-19.7.FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
11. Sir, I have been drawing the attention of this august House to the state of
affairs that the predecessor Government had pushed the prosperous State of
Punjab to. What more can be a true testimony to how the previous Government
mismanaged the affairs than the fact that the RBI imposed an embargo, through
written instructions, to the agency banks to stop the payments of Government of
Punjab and that too, at the most crucial part of the Financial Year i.e. from 29
March 2017 to 31 March 2017. The bills amounting to Rs. 7,791 crore lapsed
while an additional debt burden of Rs. 30,584.11 crore, on account of
mismanagement in foodgrains procurement leading to CCL gap, was taken over
by the State. In the midst of this crisis, the new Government, led by Capt.
Amarinder Singh Ji was taking over the reins of the Government.
12. Mr. Speaker Sir, the challenge before me was immense- making Punjab
rise like a Phoenix from the ashes it had been reduced to. The true Punjabi pride,
who is always ready to lay his life than to lay his honour, needed to be redeemed.
Speaker Sir, the vision laid by your Government was thus clear- Empower the
State to meet not only the daily challenges of Governance but to deal with any
unexpected, unforeseen eventuality without compromising its pride. Sir, with all
humbleness, I submit that the State not only met all its committed expenditures,
including social security pension and current power subsidy, on monthly basis
timely but successfully implemented the decision of withdrawal of optional
extensions in service announced on the floor of this House with an objective to
give employment opportunity to our youth, even when the receipts had drastically
fallen in the face of a lockdown.
13. I would take this opportunity to share with this august House, the
determined steps taken by the present government to bring a turnaround in the
fiscal situation and to bring the State economy back on its track. The macro-
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economic parameter of an economy’s growth, reflective of impact of
Government’s policies, GSDP, has grown, on an average, at the rate of 10.43%
over the past 3 years (2017-18 to 2019-2020) against an average growth rate of
8.87% during the last 3 years (2014-15 to 2016-2017) of the previous
Government. The State GSDP, in absolute numbers, has increased from Rs.
4,26,988 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 6,07,594 crore in 2021-22 BE, i.e. an increase of
42.30% over 2016-17. Further, the Per Capita Income of the State has increased
from Rs. 1,28,780 in 2016-17 to Rs. 1,66,830 in 2019-20 which is 24.29% higher
than the national average of Rs. 1,34,226.
14. The State notified a Cabinet Subcommittee on Fiscal Management under
the Chairmanship of our visionary Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh Ji to
draw a road map for boosting the States revenues and rationalizing its
expenditures. Resultantly, the Total Revenue Receipts (TRR) of the State are
expected to grow by 98.52% i.e. from Rs. 47,985 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 95,258
crore in 2021-22 BE; an exponential growth of over 59% is expected in the
collection of Excise Duty on liquor, i.e. from Rs. 4,406 crore in 2016-17 to Rs.
7,002 crore in 2021-22 BE while the Electricity Duty collection will increase
from Rs. 1,993 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 3,026 crore in 2021-22 BE. Further,
rationalisation of stamp duty on registration of property in urban areas by
reducing it from the existing 9% to 6% led to an increase in stamps revenue by
12.43% i.e. from Rs. 2,044 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 2,298 crore in 2018-19 itself
and is further expected to fetch Rs. 2,890 crore during 2021-22 BE.
15. Speaker Sir, the policy decision of routing the receipts of State Agencies
into the Consolidated Fund of the State, thus, bringing such receipts within the
scrutiny of Vidhan Sabha has yielded a positive impact as seen in 32% rise in the
Non-Tax Revenue (NTR) expected in 2021-22 BE over 2016-17.
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16. Sir, while presenting the first Budget in 2017-18, we had informed the
august House of a funding gap of Rs. 10,273 crore. It is my privilege to share the
happy news that this resource gap was reduced to Rs. 4,175 crore in 2018-19; to
Rs. 2,323 crore in 2019-20 and this Government has now been successful in
achieving a Zero Funding gap for two consecutive years i.e. 2020-21 and
2021-22.
17. The legacy of fiscal mismanagement of previous government is also seen
in its Treasury management. The State treasury remained in period of overdraft
for 148 days in 2014-15, 57 days in 2015-16 and 179 days in 2016-17. I am
gratified to inform the House that due to our prudent fiscal management; the State
has not seen Double Overdraft in these four years and moving a step forward,
during the current fiscal year i.e. 2020-21, despite the drastic impacts of
lockdown on account of COVID-19 pandemic, the State met all its commitments
without witnessing the Overdraft for even a single day. Supplementing this, the
State has started investing in the Consolidated Sinking Fund to pre-emptively
mitigate the rollover risk or reinvestment risk and Rs. 1,168 crore has been
invested in Consolidated Sinking Fund upto February 2021. The measure shall
also be useful for the State to retire its high-cost debts or retire its loss
making/high liabilities enterprises in the medium term.
18. Sir, under the able leadership and concerted efforts of the Hon’ble Chief
Minister Captain Amarinder Singh Ji, the 15th Finance Commission, in its final
report for 2021-26, has acknowledged the view-points put forth by the State and
has recommended an increased share of 1.807% in the devolution of net proceeds
of taxes for the State of Punjab which was earlier 1.577% for 14th FC period
2015-20. This increased share of 0.23% shall fetch an additional amount of
Rs. 1,531 crore in 2021-22 BE into the State kitty. I, on behalf of my Government
and my State would again like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Chairman
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and the Members of the 15th Finance Commission for giving due consideration to
the State’s submissions while making their recommendations. The Government
of India has accepted these recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission for
the period 2021-26.
19. Mr. Speaker Sir, the efforts of the present Government in bringing the
fiscal consolidation has been duly recognised and brought on record by the
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its Report for the year ended
2019 laid before this august House in the present session. I would like to take this
opportunity to verbatim re-produce the comments of CAG made in the executive
summary- “The State is on a fiscal correction path….”.
FISCAL ROADMAP
20. Mr. Speaker Sir, we fervently hope to overcome quickly from the
adverse impact on the economies witnessed in this darkest year of the century and
be back again on the path of growth trajectory during the coming fiscal year
2021-22. I am, therefore, proposing 1st July 2021 as the effective date of
implementation for the various welfare measures that I will be announcing during
my Speech.
21. Sir, I have estimated the State’s Total Revenue Receipts (TRR) at Rs.
95,258 crore in 2021-22 BE i.e. an increase of 32% over Rs. 72,042 crore in
2020-21 RE comprising of the State’s Own Tax Revenue (OTR) of Rs. 37,434
crore and Rs. 7,758 crore of State’s Non-Tax Revenue in 2021-22 (BE).
22. The State’s Total Expenditure is projected to be at Rs. 1,68,015 crore in
2021-22 BE which is an increase of 9% and 20% over 2020-21 BE and 2020-21
RE respectively.
23. The budgetary estimates for State’s Revenue Expenditure are Rs.
1,03,880 crore in 2021-22 BE i.e. an increase of 12% over 2020-21 RE. The total
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Committed Expenditure of the State is expected to grow by Rs. 59,796 in 2021-
22 BE, which includes Expenditure on Salaries, Wages and Grant-in-Aid (salary)
of Rs. 27,714 crore; Pensions of Rs. 11,767 crore and Interest Payments of
Rs. 20,316 crore.
24. Sir, your Government will be in the forefront of re-energising the State
economy through its focus on creation of Capital assets during the next financial
year 2021-22 and a budget estimate of Rs. 14,134 crore for CAPEX has been
provided, which is, 8.41% of Total Expenditure.
25. The poor fiscal management of the previous Government is also borne in
the fact that the Revenue Deficit (RD) of the State increased from Rs. 5,289 crore
in 2010-11 to Rs. 7,311 crore in 2016-17, which is much worse if we take into
account the lapsed bills of Rs. 7,791 crore. Had the said bills been paid, the
Revenue Deficit would have been Rs. 15,102 crore. The Revenue Deficit of the
State as a percentage of GSDP stood at 1.7% for 2016-17 as against 2.3% in
2010-11. However, taking into consideration the lapsed bills amounting to Rs.
7,791 crore, the Revenue Deficit as a percentage of GSDP would had been 3.5%
in 2016-17.
26. During the reign of the present government, the Revenue Deficit as a
percentage of GSDP stood at 2.01% in 2017-18; 2.50% in 2018-19 and 2.49% in
2019-20. Though it seems to be on higher side, the primary reason for increase
has been on account of CCL Interest liability of Rs. 2,439 crore, Rs. 2,370 crore
and Rs. 2,295 crore, respectively. The State till March 2021 have paid a
whopping Rs. 13,774 crore on account of servicing of the CCL gap taken over by
the previous government. If the same is excluded, the Revenue Deficit as a
percentage of GSDP would had been 1.49%, 2.05% and 2.09% respectively.
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27. After taking into consideration the estimated receipts and expenditure for
the coming financial year, the Revenue Deficit has been pegged at 1.42% of
GSDP for 2021-22 BE as against 3.42% in 2020-21 RE.
28. The present Government, as a part of fiscal consolidation, has been able
to maintain the Fiscal Deficit at 2.65% in 2017-18; 3.06% in 2018-19 and at
2.93% in 2019-20 as against 12.37% recorded in 2016-17. In accordance with the
relaxations permitted by the Government of India in the 3% prescribed limit
under the Punjab Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act,
2003, the Fiscal Deficit for the year 2020-21 RE has been pegged at 4.69% of
GSDP and at 3.99% for the year 2021-22 BE.
29. During the COVID times though we have had challenging task of
managing finances, I complement the efforts made by the Department of Food
and Civil Supplies, Department of Industries and Department of Local bodies
which have helped the Government in getting extra fiscal space to the extent of
0.75% of GSDP with the desired reforms in their respective sectors.
DEBT POSITION
Mr. Speaker Sir,
30. The Government, being cognizant of the State being in worse than a
Debt Trap scenario, has laid a special emphasis on better debt and cash
management through the formation of a dedicated Debt Management Unit
(DMU). The State Government has successfully notified the rules for
implementation of Punjab Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
(FRBM) Act, 2003 and has resolved to borrow funds to the extent of its net
borrowing limit permissible under the FRBM norms. As a result, we have been
able to continuously reduce the Debt/GSDP ratio from what we inherited i.e.
from 42.75% in 2016-17 to 41.45% in 2017-18 to 40.34% in 2018-19 and further
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reduced to 39.90% in 2019-20. However, the outstanding debt as a percentage of
GSDP will increase in 2021-22, primarily for the reason that the Government
needs to increase its spending to bring a turn-around in the sluggish economy
which has been further marred by the lockdown imposed on account of
curtailment of COVID-19 pandemic. But I have attempted to limit my borrowing
only to the extent of 4% permissible and required for this spinning effect.
31. The total outstanding debt of the state as on 31.03.2021 is projected
at Rs. 2,52,880 crore which is 42% of GSDP for 2020-21 RE and the Outstanding
Debt is likely to be Rs. 2,73,703 crore in 2021-22 BE which is 45% of GSDP.
Mr. Speaker Sir,
32. Before I present the proposals of my Government for the welfare of the
residents of Punjab, I would like to present the steps taken by the government to
contain COVID-19 pandemic. My government, led by the vision of Capt.
Amarinder Singh Ji imposed a curfew/lockdown w.e.f. 23rd March, 2020 in an
attempt to minimize the harm that the dreaded virus may cause. However, the
government took all steps to ensure that the harassment of the public is
minimized. The District administration distributed 29 lakh food packets to the
general public, plied special buses to bring back the people of the State stuck in
other parts of the country including 4,000 pilgrims from Hazur Sahib (Nanded)
and more than 2,000 students from Kota, Rajasthan. We spent Rs. 35 crore, i.e.
100% of the cost, to transport over 5 lakh migrant workers to their homes by
requisitioning 375 trains. 725 special buses were pressed into service to transport
more than 21,000 migrant workers back to their home. To provide succour to the
vulnerable sections of our society, we ensured the release of Rs. 668 crore of
monthly pension to more than 25 lakh beneficiaries and also issued the necessary
instructions for release of provisional pensions through the treasuries till the
regular pension of the employees retiring after 31.01.2020 are authorised by AG,
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Punjab. A relief amounting to Rs. 174 crore @ Rs. 6,000 per worker was
provided to about 2.9 lakh construction workers by my government while 3 lakh
MGNREGS workers earned Rs. 115 crore through the employment created under
the scheme. My Government also authorised all the Sarpanches and Presidents of
Urban Local Bodies to provide emergency relief to the poor and needy persons
including food and medicines upto Rs. 50,000 out of Gram Panchayat or ULB
funds. PSPCL, through various interventions including deferment of payment of
electricity bills/payment in instalments, 1% rebate on current energy bills,
deferment of fixed charges, waiver of extension charges and non-revision of
security, meter reading on trust and no disconnection due to non-payment of bills
during the period of lockdown, provided a relief of around Rs. 500 crore to its
consumers.
33. May, I, now place an overall synopsis of the allocation proposed in
various sectors in the present budget before the august House. An allocation of
Rs. 7,856 crore has been proposed to expand, strengthen and upgrade our Health
Infrastructure while an allocation of Rs. 17,051 crore is proposed for the welfare
of the backbone of our society- the Farmers. Rs. 6,827 crore will be spent for the
welfare of weaker and vulnerable sections of our society. I also propose an outlay
of Rs. 16,302 crore for educational sector and for generating opportunities for our
youth. Sir, the government needs to enhance its spending to revive and
re-invigorate the economy and therefore, I propose an enhanced allocation of
Rs. 16,557 crore to strengthen our Rural, Urban and other infrastructure.
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HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Mr. Speaker Sir,
34. I would like to place on record my sincere gratitude to our Healthcare
workers including Doctors, Nursing staff, Lab technicians, Ward attendants,
Drivers etc who have done a yeoman’s job in providing various healthcare
services during COVID-19 pandemic and whose contribution to the community
has been beyond measure and can neither be described in words fully nor justified
in words appropriately. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has only
underscored the importance of health infrastructure and related services. To
strengthen our health infrastructure and make it ready to handle any eventuality, I
propose to allocate Rs. 3,822 crore for Health & Family Welfare for the year
2021.
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC- MISSION FATEH
35. A special Mission, “Mission Fateh” was launched by Hon’ble Chief
Minister to create awareness amongst people regarding prevention of spread of
pandemic. The Mission envisaged a large number of IEC/BCC activities through
print media, video spots on TV channels, social media, outdoor media like
hoardings, banners etc. and dissemination of subject specific State Advisories
including use of face mask, social distancing, and opening of schools, colleges
and Universities, operations in Mandis etc.
36. The Government constituted various committees and expert groups
including State Steering Committee; State Task Force; District Task Force; Block
Task Force to monitor & support the different aspects of COVID-19
management. The Committees have been convening their meetings regularly and
strategizing our fight against COVID-19. Furthermore, specialists from medical
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colleges have also made valuable contributions to the tertiary care treatment in
the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
37. All investigations, treatment and other facilities are being provided free
of cost to COVID-19 patients in all the Government hospitals. Even in case of an
emergency when a patient is referred to private hospitals, the cost is borne by the
Government. Further, 7 State Government Laboratories with a capacity of
conducting 25,000 tests per day have been set up.
38. I am pleased to inform that we have made available 8,000 hospital beds
at all Level II hospitals, 1,500 ICU beds & 855 ventilators at Level III facilities in
Government Medical Colleges of Patiala, Amritsar, Faridkot & District Hospitals
of Ludhiana & Jalandhar. Also, isolation wards with 1,494 beds were set up in
three government medical colleges. These wards have 272 ICU beds, 225
ventilators, 50 HFNO and PPP kits/medicines and oxygens gas, food
arrangements, ambulances etc. are provided on requirement basis.
39. The Government has set up 3 plasma banks at the 3 Government
Medical Colleges to provide plasma, free of cost, to all the Government and
private hospitals.
40. The Government has, so far, spent around Rs. 1,000 crore on
curtailment and management of COVID-19 pandemic on the above-mentioned
interventions and on the procurement of essential material like 108.80 lakh Triple
Layer Mask, 3.54 lakh PPE kits, 12.05 lakh Rapid Antigen Kits, 1.60 lakh ltr
Hand Sanitizer, 70,000 ltr sodium hypochlorite 10%, 60,000 Corona Fateh kits,
17 ALS Ambulance, 110 BLS Ambulances for Front Line Workers, patients etc.
COVID-19 VACCINATION
41. As a major step towards combating the novel virus, we have pledged to
provide free vaccination to every eligible beneficiary. Currently, the vaccine is
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scheduled to cover priority groups including Health Care Workers (HCW); Front
Line Workers (FLW); Elderly (above 50-year age) and Population below the age
of 50 years with co-morbidities. There are about 2 Lakh beneficiaries each in the
categories of HCW and FLW. About 63 lakh people over 50 years and 3 Lakh
people below 50 years with co-morbidities would be covered. Data of 2.05 lakh
HCW and 1.76 Lakh FLW, has been collected and uploaded on the COWIN
portal.
42. 729 Cold chain points have been identified in the State to ensure the
efficacy of vaccine is duly maintained.
43. The Vaccination drive was launched on January 16th across country
starting with HCW and from February 2nd, FLW are also being vaccinated.
Around 74,286 HCW and 23,085 FLW have been vaccinated.
MISSION TANDRUST PUNJAB
44. Our Government has envisaged Mission Tandrust Punjab with the aim
of making Punjab a healthy State by ensuring a good living environment,
improving the air & water quality and promoting healthy practices. The Mission
is being revamped to focus specifically on all the key 10 areas, designated as
separate Sub-Missions, affecting human life and well-being which are: Health
Soils, Safe Food, Preventive Health Care, Green Punjab, Road Safety, Khedo
Punjab, Clean Water, Clean Air, Waste Management, and Paddy Straw
Management. A budgetary outlay of Rs. 12 crore is proposed for this purpose.
FOOD SAFETY
45. I would specifically elaborate on two hitherto neglected Sub-Missions:
Food Safety and Health and Wellness Centres. We plan to conduct extensive
drives and campaigns in 2021-22 that would cover at least 50% food business
operators for registration/licensing and improving hygienic rating especially in
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case of halwai’s and milk producing plants. More emphasis will be given on
training food business operators by undertaking various Information Education
Communication (IEC) activities. We are also setting up a new microbiology lab
at FDA Kharar for testing both food and drug/medicines for bio-safety measures
and sterility.
46. We are also planning to implement Social Media campaigns through
Twitter handle, Facebook page etc. covering new initiatives like Eat Right India,
Trans Fat free food, “say no to fat” at schools, consumption of used oil for
production of biodiesel etc.
HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTRES (HWCs)
47. In our bid to provide quality healthcare services to the patients at their
doorstep, especially in rural areas, our Government had launched the Health and
wellness Programme in the year 2019 whereby all the Sub-Centres of the State
are being converted into Health & Wellness Centres in a phased manner. I am
proud to share that the State of Punjab was ranked number 1 in operationalization
of Health & Wellness Centres in August 2020. In aggregate, 2,046 Health &
Wellness Centres have been operationalized in the State so far at an expenditure
of Rs. 58 crore. The Rural Dispensaries shall be progressively converted into
Health and Wellness Centres and the same shall be managed by the Health
Department. About 70 Lakh patients have availed OPD services through these
HWCs and 800 more such centres will be operationalized during 2021. 1.76 lakhs
wellness sessions like yoga, health awareness sessions have been conducted by
HWCs till date.
48. In March 2020, in wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic,
our Government started telemedicine services in 400 HWCs to provide medical
services to the people in rural areas and the centres were opened on all days from
8am to 6pm, including holidays. Till date, about 26,224 tele-consultations have
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been done though e-sanjeevni/video calling.
49. 27 medicines and 6 diagnostic tests are provided free of cost in all the
HWCs.
HEALTH MISSION
50. Sir, expenditure on diseases has been identified as one of the major
reasons for pushing the families into poverty. My Government is committed to
reduce out-of-pocket expenditure of the common man on treatment of diseases.
Medicines worth Rs. 85 crore have been supplied free of cost through the
Government hospitals while an expenditure of Rs. 23.60 crore has been incurred
by the government on providing free diagnostic test to the people during
2020-21.
51. I propose to allocate Rs. 65 crore for the construction of 8 New
Maternal and Child Health wings at Sub-Divisional hospitals of Talwandi Sabo,
Nabha, Patti and Derabassi, District Hospitals of Muktsar and Gurdaspur and
CHCs of Bhawanigarh & Raikot and Rs. 57 crore towards the completion of the
construction work of the 9 Maternal and Child Health Wings proposed in our last
year’s budget.
52. In addition to above, Rs. 55 crore is being provisioned to provide for
additional beds at the existing MCH wings at District Hospitals of Ludhiana,
Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Bathinda and Barnala with a target of completing atleast
50% by March 2022. Also, Rs. 11 crore has been provisioned for construction of
3 new Drug warehouses of 1,500 sqm each at the MCH Wings in Hoshiarpur,
Ferozepur & Sangrur.
53. Out of the 2,046 HWCs, upgradation of 409 HWCs has successfully
been completed and for the upgrading the infrastructure of remaining HWCs, an
allocation of Rs. 134 crore is proposed for 2021-22.
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54. Sir, a total allocation of Rs. 1,060 crore is proposed under the Health
Mission for the year 2021-22.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT – SARBAT SEHAT BIMA YOJANA (AB-SSBY)
55. Our Government had launched the Ayushman Bharat – Sarbat Sehat
Bima Yojana (AB-SSBY) on 20th August 2019 and it is successfully running in
its second year. The Scheme provides Cashless Health Insurance cover of Rs. 5
lakh per family per year to 39.57 lakh families of Punjab, that include families of
smart ration card holders, SECC families, J-form holder farmers, construction
workers, small traders and accredited and yellow card holder journalists. More
than 55 lakh individual e-cards have been generated to extend the benefits of this
scheme to the entitled families. An allocation of Rs. 324 crore has been provided
for this purpose during 2021-22.
56. Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 induced lockdowns,
5.87 lakh cashless treatments worth Rs. 657 crore have been provided to the
entitled beneficiaries, against the premium amount of Rs. 418.74 crore paid to the
Insurance Company. On an average, 1,500 patients are getting treated every day
under the Scheme. Dedicated Arogya Mitras have been deployed in all 851
empanelled hospitals for assistance and facilitation of cashless treatment to the
patients.
57. A beneficiary feedback portal has been launched in 2020-21 to seek the
feedback and increase the participation of the beneficiaries of the scheme. District
Performance scorecards is under development for fortnightly assessment of the
district on various service parameters with an overall objective to enhance the
satisfaction level of the beneficiaries.
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UPGRADATION OF HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
58. Our Government strongly feels that while it is important to develop and
set up new infrastructure, it is equally important to upgrade the existing
infrastructure to ensure effective delivery of best quality and latest services to the
people of Punjab. Accordingly, I propose to allocate Rs. 100 crore towards the
repair and renovation of the District Hospitals, Sub-Divisional Hospitals and
CHCs including Barnala, Dharamkot, Chamkaur Sahib etc. and aim to complete
40% by March 2022.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES (108 AMBULANCE)
59. Our Government proposes to increase the number of vehicles from 240
to 400 for better reach in the State and this will help in reducing the waiting time
for emergency patients. The average response time would be 15 minutes in Urban
Area and 20 minutes in the Rural Area. Also, 24×7 real time live monitoring of
all the ambulances with visual map of ambulance location and movement with
advanced central IT Dashboard and MIS System will help in supervising for
smooth and efficient functioning. One Advanced Life Support Ambulance
equipped with ventilator, Multi-Para Patient Monitor, Defibrillator and Suction
Machine has been provided in each district for better management of
emergencies.
MUKH MANTRI PUNJAB CANCER RAHHAT KOSH SCHEME
60. Under this scheme, every resident of Punjab suffering from cancer is
assisted in the form of cashless treatment upto Rs. 1.50 lakh per patient in 19
empanelled hospitals. A financial assistance of Rs. 374.43 crore has been released
to 26,878 cancer patients from January, 2017 to December, 2020 under the
scheme. A budget provision of Rs. 150 crore has been provisioned during
2021-22 for this purpose.
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MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
MEDICAL COLLEGES
61. Medical Education and Tertiary Health Care are amongst the most
important elements of our government’s plan for the well-being and development
of Punjab. I propose an allocation of Rs. 1,008 crore for promoting Medical
Education and Research which is 85% more than the allocation to the sector
during 2020-21 RE.
62. Institute Building at Government Medical College, Patiala is being
furnished to take care of the increased MBBS seats. Renovation of all the wards,
construction of multi-level parking and water supply and sewerage work at
Rajindra Hospital, Patiala are nearing completion and renovation of wards,
lecture theatre hall, examination hall and TB Hospital at Medical College,
Amritsar is also being done. A new hospital for Mother & Child Care, costing Rs.
15 crore has been set up at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot.
63. An allocation of Rs. 92 crore has been proposed in budget 2021-22 for
upgradation of the infrastructure of Government Medical College Patiala
including modification and air-conditioning of Emergency-cum-Trauma Centre
and Modular OT Complex; air-conditioning of Emergency Block; replacement of
2 elevators and well-equipped modern Centre Lab in Rajendra Hospital, Patiala;
Multi-storey houses for staff nurses, Class III and Class IV and Special Repair of
Doctor’s hostel.
64. To further solidify our Government’s plans with regards to medical
education and research, a Government Medical College at Mohali is being set up
at total cost of Rs. 189 crore. The renovation work of the building and hospital of
Medical College Mohali- upgradation of the existing District Hospital, SAS
Nagar, amounting to Rs. 16 crore and increase in the bed capacity of the hospital
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from 180 to 300 beds along with necessary amendments in the hospital building
has been completed. The State Institute of Health & Family Welfare (SIHFW)
Building has also been renovated and remodelled for the administrative block of
the new Medical College and thus the infrastructure has been made available to
start MBBS classes during 2021-22. Medical College Mohali, named as Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, will be started during the year
2021. The staff for the college is being recruited.
65. Similarly, new medical college in Gurdaspur and Malerkotla will be setup post approval of Government of India.
66. I also propose to set up new medical college and Hospital namely Sri
Guru Nanak Dev State Institute of Medical Sciences at Kapurthala and Shaheed
Udham Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences at Hoshiarpur with a total
expenditure of Rs. 650 crore and an initial allocation of Rs. 80 crore has been
provided for this purpose in the Budget 2021-22. Furthermore, appropriate
processes for the recruitment of faculty and staff for the new medical colleges
have been initiated and appointments as per the norms of National Medical
Commission will be made soon.
67. A unit of Tata Memorial Hospital, named Homi Bhabha Cancer
Hospital and Research Centre (HBCHRC) at Mullanpur, Mohali is going to be
completed with a cost of Rs. 450 crore and is likely to be operational from July,
2021 and the work for construction of State Cancer Institute, Amritsar at a cost of
Rs. 39 crore and Tertiary Cancer Care Centre (TCCC) Fazilka at a cost of Rs. 16
crore are in progress. The construction of Tertiary Cancer Care Centre at
Hoshiarpur will be taken up during 2021-22 and funds as required will be
provided during course of the year.
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68. Further, the 300-bedded PGIMER Satellite Centre at Ghabdan, Sangrur
has already started the OPD Services and the construction for indoor services is in
full swing, which will be completed during 2021-22.
69. Trauma Centre is being established at Government Medical College
(GMC) Patiala, GMC Amritsar and GGSMC Faridkot at total cost of Rs. 42
crore, Rs. 93 crore and Rs. 12 crore, respectively.
VIROLOGY CENTRE
70. Our Government is planning to set up a separate Virology Department at
GMC Amritsar and shall enhance the facilities of viral testing, teaching &
research related to Virology. Further, we also propose to establish Regional
centre of National Institute of Virology at Mohali in collaboration with
ICMR/Government of India.
INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
71. I am pleased to allocate Rs. 825 crore during 2021-22 for “Integrated
Child Development Scheme” aimed at providing supplementary nutrition to
almost 12 lakh children and pregnant women & lactating mothers. An additional
amount of Rs. 53 crore has been earmarked under POSHAN Abhiyan to improve
the nutritional status of newborn babies, children up to 0-6 years, adolescent girls,
pregnant women & lactating mothers and reduce malnourishment in a time-bound
manner.
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION
HAR GHAR PAANI, HAR GHAR SAFAI
72. The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, has under the Jal
Jeevan Mission, fixed a target to provide piped water connections to all rural
households by the year 2024. However, I am pleased to share that under the
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able guidance of our respectable Chief Minister, who is the Chairperson of the
State Water and Sanitation Mission, 99.5% of the rural habitations of Punjab
have already been covered with piped water supply. Till date, we have been
able to provide potable piped water supply connections to 24.86 lakh rural
households, with over 7 lakh connections being added this year itself despite the
Covid-19 induced lockdowns. The total coverage of rural households with piped
water supply today stands at 71% and now the focus of my Government is to
ensure that potable piped water reaches each and every rural household by
March, 2022.
73. Also, I am pleased to inform that the Government has ensured clean
drinking water and toilets in all the schools and anganwadis of the State, thus,
making Punjab the first State in the country to provide piped water supply to all
its rural schools.
74. An allocation of Rs. 2,148 crore has been provided during 2021-22 to
achieve the targets of piped water supply and potable water for all which is an
increase of 25% over 2020-21 RE of Rs. 1,721 crore.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
75. While our government is focussed on long term potable source
sustainability for all quality affected 1,634 habitations in the State, it is also
committed to providing immediate mitigation measures for drinking water in
the quality affected habitations.
76. During 2020-21 till date, 6.17 lacs households have already been
provided individual piped water connections. Further, 100% saturation has been
ensured in 6,394 habitations (4,884 villages), 14 blocks and 3 districts. Further,
we propose to undertake 1,430 habitations including 216 quality habitations to
be covered during 2021-22 for augmentation of existing water supply schemes
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with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 1,072 crore.
77. The Government has made a policy shift from providing ground
water-based to surface water-based scheme, especially in water quality affected
and water scarce areas of the State. Accordingly, a scheme covering 39 villages
affected by iron in their ground water in Nurpur Bedi Block of district Rupnagar
has been commissioned in 2019 at a cost of Rs. 25 crore. Further, another multivillage surface water supply project covering 85 villages in the uranium affected
blocks of Bagha Purana and Nihal Singh Wala of district Moga has recently
been commissioned at a cost of Rs. 218.56 crore. The 50 MLD Water
Treatment Plant would provide 24×7 potable water to 68,839 households having
a population of 3.64 lakhs.
78. As announced in the Budget of 2020-21, the work has started on 3 new
large multi-village surface water supply schemes in the fluoride affected areas
of districts Patiala and Fatehgarh Sahib at a cost of Rs. 383 crore covering 408
villages, 87,564 households with a population of 4.95 lacs and these projects are
likely to be completed by December, 2022.
79. Further, to provide sufficient quantity and good quality water, surface
water supply projects would be undertaken in the rural villages of the districts
Ferozepur, Fazilka, Hoshiarpur and Roopnagar suffering from shortage of
ground water and water quality problems. A total of 5 projects covering 673
villages with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 911 crore would be executed
during 2021-22.
MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE
80. For the arsenic affected villages where it is not feasible to reach
surface water, inline Arsenic and Iron Removal Plants (ARIPs), based on Nanomaterial arsenic adsorption technology of IIT Madras, are being installed to
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ensure sustained potable water supply to these villages. A MoU has been signed
with IIT Madras for the same. These AIRP plants will have IOT based sensors
to remotely monitor flow and quality of water supplied. 121 AIRPs serving 155
arsenic and 1.6 lakh population in the border districts of Amritsar, Tarn Taran
and Gurdaspur have been commissioned at a cost of Rs. 29.77 crore and work
on 67 AIRPs serving 81 villages at a cost of Rs. 30.81 crore is in progress.
These projects will be completed by June 2021.
81. Further, as a short-term measure aimed to be completed by April 2021,
a project worth Rs. 4.85 crore has been commissioned to provide decentralized
individual households purification units based on the nano-material based
adsorption technology of IIT Madras, to all 20,000 households of 54 border
villages with high arsenic concentration in their ground water (more than 50
ppb) and also, 106 fluoride affected villages are being provided communitybased RO plants at a cost of Rs. 10 crore.
82. A “Water Quality Monitoring Policy” has been notified for the State
and in order to meet the objective of regular water testing of water supply
sources and the water quality testing infrastructure in the State is being
upgraded at a cost of Rs. 14 crore.
83. Also, a high tech-multi district lab, capable of testing heavy metals,
has successfully been established at Amritsar with an investment of Rs. 5 crore
and the other 3 multi district laboratories at cost of Rs. 4 crore are being set up
at Hoshiarpur, Sangrur and Moga and are likely to be operational by June, 2021.
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MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
84. During this year, 141 new tube wells have been installed against failed
tube wells and an allocation of Rs. 40 crore is proposed for this purpose in
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2021-22. The State shall also utilize tied funds available under 15th Finance
Commission Grants for this purpose.
85. A project costing Rs. 16 crore has been prepared for providing
upgraded water supply facilities in Faridkot City. In Phase-I, the work for
construction of water treatment plant and laying down of pipeline etc. is in
process at a cost of Rs. 8 crore. Besides, the sewerage facilities in Sri Anandpur
Sahib will also be upgraded at an estimated cost of Rs. 7 crore.
RURAL SANITATION PROGRAMME
86. All the rural areas of Punjab were declared Open Defecation Free
in March, 2018. Further, in order to implement the phase-II of Swachh Bharat
Mission (Gramin), the Government is now undertaking various activities such
as Solid & Liquid Waste Management, Community Sanitary Complex (CSC),
toilets in schools and anganwadi centres etc. An allocation of Rs. 400 crore has
been provided for this purpose during 2021-22.
87. The government has provided Rs. 863 crore till date to incentivise 5.75
lac rural beneficiaries to construct individual household toilets in order to make
Rural Punjab Open Defecation Free and also released Rs. 33 crore in 2020-21 to
1,545-gram panchayats for constructing 1,557 Community Sanitary Complexes
at a cost of Rs. 2.10 lac per Community Sanitary Complex (CSC).
FARMERS WELFARE
AGRICULTURE
88. Well-being and prosperity of our farmers has been the central theme of
our Government. We reiterate our whole-hearted commitment to our farmers for
their just rights.
89. The State of Punjab has played a pivotal role in this great nation’s goal
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of achieving the food security and is, thus, rightfully known as the “Breadbasket
of India”. Punjab contributes about 19% of wheat, 11% of rice, 5% of cotton, 7%
of milk and 20% of honey of the Nation’s total produce grown. However in a
true Punjabi spirits, when it comes to contributing to the central pool for
distribution of foodgrains to the rest of the country, its share goes up to the extent
of 27 % of rice and 32 % of wheat.
90. During the lockdown imposed on account of COVID-19 pandemic,
when all the other economic sectors were witnessing negative figures, the
agricultural sector showed a positive trend and contributed to Punjab’s quick
recovery.
91. Our Government has taken several steps to further boost the agricultural
production and as a result of these concerted efforts, the total food grain
production in the state stood at 30.76 million metric tonnes during 2019-20.
Despite COVID-19, the State procured record 202.78 LMT of paddy during
Kharif and 127.11 LMT of wheat in 2020-21.
FREE POWER TO FARMERS
92. Our Government during the past four years has provided free power to
14.23 lakh farmers amounting to Rs. 23,851 crore and resolves to continue to
provide free power to farmers. An amount of Rs. 7,180 crore has been
provisioned in 2021-22 in this regard for this purpose alone.
DEBT RELIEF TO FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS
93. My Government, under the able stewardship of Capt. Amarinder Singh
Ji had launched its flagship programme “Crop Loan Waiver Scheme” under
which a debt relief to 5.83 lakh small and marginal farmers having loan upto Rs.
2 lakh has been provided. A debt amounting to Rs. 4,624 crore has already been
waived off under the scheme. Out of these, debt relief to 3.19 lakh marginal
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farmers and 1.26 lakh small farmers amounting to Rs. 2707.12 crore has been
given to members of the Cooperative Banks. The Government will be waiving
off the loans to the extent of Rs. 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs. 526
crore of landless farm workers in the next phase during 2021-22, for which
necessary allocation of Rs. 1,712 crore has been proposed.
KRISHI VIKAS YOJNA
94. The Government has been providing incentives to draw-up and execute
comprehensive agriculture development plan. Our Government, as promised, has
established the Veterinary College at Rampura Phul. The first-year batch of
B.V.Sc. & A.H. classes is being conducted in the newly constructed wing of the
college. I propose an allocation of Rs. 200 crore in 2021-22 for ensuring more
inclusive and integrated development of agriculture and allied services.
SAVE WATER, SAVE PUNJAB
PANNI BACHAO PAISA KAMAO
95. With an objective of motivating the farmers to cultivate diversified
crops, improve the efficiency in water usage and to bring transparency in subsidy
disbursal, a pilot of Direct Benefit Transfer of Electricity (DBTE) under the
banner of “Panni Bachao Paise Kamao” scheme on 6 feeders was launched. The
Government has paid Rs. 81.90 lakh to 972 farmers during 2019-20. In the
second phase, the scheme has been extended to 250 feeders in 11 districts and
during 2020-21 about 4% farmers have been registered. A budgetary provision of
Rs. 10 crore has been made for 2021-22.
COMMUNITY UNDERGROUND PIPELINE PROJECT
96. For conservation of conveyance losses of precious water for irrigation,
Community Underground Pipeline Projects have been installed by providing 90%
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capital assistance for conveying irrigation water from canal outlets to 7,669
hectares of tail-end farmers of the State. Farmers have been assisted through
technical as well as financial assistance of 50% for laying of the underground
pipeline for judicious use of water in Tubewell commands in 1,704 hectares.
Under this scheme, 48,742 km long pipeline has been laid to benefit 5.13 lac
hectares of area. I propose an allocation of Rs. 100 crore in this regard during
2020-21.
97. Also, work has been started on a new project for Utilization of treated
water for Irrigation purposes from the sewerage treatment plants through the
assistance of NABARD and an amount of Rs. 40 crore has been earmarked for
this purpose during 2021-22.
AGRICULTURE DIVERSIFICATION
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
98. During 2020-21, as a result of our sustained diversification efforts,
basmati on an area of 6.60 lac hectares has been sown. Further, a massive
campaign has been launched for producing residue-free Basmati and to
discourage/reduce the use of pesticides during the kharif, leading to an increase in
the export potential of Basmati from Punjab. This would ultimately pass on the
benefit to the farmers in terms of better price realization for Basmati. Farmers
growing basmati can also know the traceability of the produce by registering on a
dedicated website for this purpose.
99. Under the Agmark scheme, commodities like honey, desi ghee,
vegetables oils, ground spices, wheat flour and besan are graded and packed.
During 2020-21 about 3,596 quintals of these commodities were graded and
estimated price of these commodities was Rs. 6.55 crore.
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100. To shift the cropping area from wheat and paddy to market oriented
productive farming of fruits and vegetables based on sustainable Agro-practices,
an integrated facility for fruits and vegetable is being set up by Punjab Agri
Export Corporation Ltd. at Abohar at a cost of Rs. 7 crore. During 2021-22, an
amount of Rs. 200 crore has been allocated for undertaking Crop Diversification
measure.
KAMYAAB KISAN KHUSHAAL PUNJAB (K3P)
101. It is the need of the hour to strengthen our agricultural sector in all its
dimensions- for providing livelihood security to the farmers and food and
nutritional security to our countrymen alongwith improvement in the
sustainability of State Agriculture. While the proud Punjabi Kisan put his blood
and sweat to increase the productivity and production for the nation, today the
call of duty has changed. We also owe it to our future generations, as they say,
you do not inherit from your ancestors’ but ‘borrow it from your future
generations’. The entire effort of my Government shall now be to promote
“sustainable agriculture” and “farmers’ prosperity”
102. For this purpose, our Government proposes to launch a new umbrella
program “Kamyaab Kisan Khushaal Punjab” (K3P) during 2021-22, with an
outlay of Rs. 3,780 crore to be implemented during the next three years. To
kickstart this program, an outlay of Rs. 1,104 crore has been earmarked for the
2021-22. The program is being introduced with the aim of improving the income
of those dependent on agriculture on a sustainable basis while preserving the
ecological balance for the future generations. The Government intends to
converge various development schemes for providing end-to-end support to the
farmers. Some of the key initiatives proposed to be undertaken under the K3P
Program in 2021-22 are outlined below:
i. A centre of excellence for vegetables at Village Gobindgarh in district
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Fazilka at a cost of Rs.10 crore.
ii. To facilitate the farmers with modern technology and technical knowhow
under one roof, our government proposes to set up 25 Horticulture Estates in
the State with atleast one Estate in each district in the next five years. During
2021-22, Five new Horticultural Estates at a cost of Rs. 80 crore are
proposed to be set-up.
iii. Postgraduate Institute of Horticulture Research and Education (PGIHRE) in
Amritsar is being established and shall be made functional during 2021-22.
An outlay of Rs. 24 crore has been earmarked for this.
iv. For the distribution of Mobile Vending Carts to the farmers for selfmarketing of their horticulture produce, an amount of Rs. 9 crore is being
allocated.
v. For fixing the Base price for Horticulture Crops and payment of deficiency
price as compensation, two new schemes shall be introduced to mitigate the
risk of producers.
vi. A new program with a project cost of Rs. 480 crore “Comprehensive and
Productive Use of Treated Wastewater from STPs in Sutlej, Beas, and
Ghaghar river catchments” has been prepared for which an allocation of Rs.
150 crore has been made.
vii. Agricultural Marketing Innovation Research and Intelligence Centre
(AMIRIC) established at Kalkal Bhawan, Mohali (SAS Nagar), to assist the
farmers in fetching better return for agriculture produce through marketing
intelligence reports, will be provided an amount of Rs. 8 crore as a one-time
corpus grant.
103. While we have been successful in creating an “Ease of Doing
Business” for the industry, we also realize the problems faced by the farmers in
obtaining information, finding solutions to their day-to-day queries and getting
benefits of various development schemes due to the multiplicity of government
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departments dealing with agriculture and allied activities. To drive the
“Kamyaab Kisan Khushaal Punjab” (K3P) program at the district level, it is,
thus, proposed to set up Agriculture Development Bureau (ADB) at each
district headquarter to provide all information to the farmers under one roof.
Initially, it is proposed to set up such Bureaus in 3 districts on a Pilot Basis and
thereafter, the program would be upscaled in the whole state.
HORTICULTURE
104. In order to reduce dependence on wheat/paddy cycle and diversify the
cropping pattern, our Government is laying special emphasis on horticulture,
marketing of produce and food-processing for which I propose an allocation of
Rs. 361 crore during 2021-22.
CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT
105. Under the in-situ Crop Residue Management, a total of 50,815 residue
management machines have been provided at subsidized rates to individual
farmers and co-operative societies. An amount of Rs. 40 crore has been proposed
for this purpose during 2021-22.
106. To prevent stubble burning, the State Government in 2018-19 has
distributed 11,237 and 418 number of agriculture implements under 80% and
40% subsidy to Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) in the State.
In addition to this, 9 bailers at the cost of Rs. 28.76 lakhs were also distributed.
Similarly, in 2019-2020, the State distributed 887, 36 and 9 number of agriculture
implements under 80%, 50% and 40% subsidy respectively to the PACS.
107. I am proud to announce that our Government has set up first-of-theirkind units for production of briquettes from paddy straw for large scale
industrial use in Districts Moga and Patiala. The briquetting plants set up under
this novel initiative would utilize 45,000 tonnes of paddy straw from around 35-
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40 villages in their vicinity thereby providing revenue to the farmers and
curbing stubble burning. The use of briquettes in industrial applications would
result in GHG reduction of 70,000 TPA (eqv. to GHG sequestration capacity of
35 lakh trees).
108. Our Government has also developed an android-based mobile
application and dashboard with role-based login for field officers to provide
end-to-end reporting and action taken for each fire incident captured via
satellite. The burnt area due to paddy straw burning has been reduced by more
than 5% in 2020 in comparison to 2019. Our Government in association with
Society of Indian Auto Manufactures (SIAM), Indian Paryavaran Sahayak
Foundation (IPS), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has carried out field
trials of a microbial consortium on about 38 acres of farmland in the districts of
Sangrur, Patiala, Ludhiana, Barnala & Ropar and this methodology has been
showing encouraging results.
COOPERATION
CANE GROWERS
109. Nine Cooperative sugar mills of the State have crushed 2.19 crore and
1.57 crore quintal of cane, achieving 9.94% and 9.29% sugar recovery in the year
2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. The State Government provided financial
assistance amounting to Rs. 200 crore to the sugarcane mills.
110. A new sugar complex has been set up by the Government at Bhogpur to
enhance the crushing capacity of the existing sugar plant from 1016 TCD to 3000
TCD with cogeneration project of 15 MW at a cost of Rs. 109 crore.
111. As an addendum to above, we propose to establish the “Punjab
Sugarcane Research Development Institute” at Kalanaur (District Gurdaspur) at a
cost of Rs. 47 crore for the promotion of research & development activities and
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providing training to farmers engaged in sugarcane cultivation. The first phase of
this project shall be completed by December 2021.
112. An allocation of Rs. 300 crore is proposed for the year 2021-22 to
provide support to sugarcane farmers in the State while an allocation of Rs. 60
crore is proposed for modernization and expansion of Sugar mills of Gurdaspur
and Batala.
MILKFED
113. The present Government has inaugurated a new milk powder plant at a
project cost of Rs. 102 crore at Ludhiana which shall increase the handling
capacity of Ludhiana Dairy from 4 LLPD to 9 LLPD.
114. Despite tough competition, MILKFED stood by the milk producers and
procured, on an average, 16.46 lakh kg milk per day during 2020-21. MILKFED
has also launched Verka’s specialized cattle feeds & supplements like Pregnancy
Feed, Calf Starter, Calf Growth Meal, Panjiri feed, Summer Feed etc. which have
evoked good response among dairy farming community.
115. An allocation of Rs. 10 crore is proposed to complete the Verka Mega
Dairy Project at Bassi Pathana in 2021-22 that will process one million liters of
milk per day.
PUNJAB STATE COOPERATIVE BANK
116. A Debt Settlement Scheme was introduced by the Government on
02.12.2020 with a view to provide relief to the direct loan borrowers (other than
indirect Agri loans) who have not been able to repay their dues in a timely
manner. Under the scheme, out of the total 51,412 eligible beneficiary
borrowers, 24,516 beneficiaries have been contacted. Out of these, 1,351
beneficiaries have deposited Rs. 10.49 crore. Further, 200 cases have been
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settled amounting to Rs. 4.85 crore and relief has been provided.
PUNJAB STATE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BANK
117. During the current year 2020-21, the Bank has advanced loans
amounting to Rs. 30.48 crore. The government has also launched a loan
restructuring scheme for the defaulter borrowers whereby the borrowers can recast the loan and pay in easy installments; waiving off of entire outstanding
penal interest if the borrower pays 20% of his outstanding amount at the time of
restructuring; the borrower will be eligible for a subsequent loan if he regularly
pays 1/3 of the restructured loan amount. The scheme is expected to provide
benefit to 10,000 farmers by 31.03.2021.
RURAL LINK ROADS
118. There are 64,878 Km link roads in the State which facilitate the
farmers in connectivity to the mandis/markets. Under the 2018-19 Repair
Programme (Phase-I and II), 28,815 km length of roads have been repaired at a
cost of Rs. 3,278 crore. Another Project for the repair of 6,162 km length of link
roads is being implemented at a cost of Rs. 834 crore in 2020-21. In addition,
17,600 km length of Link Roads has been approved for repair with patch work
at a cost of Rs. 82 crore and is expected to be completed by 30.06.2021.
119. The narrow bridges/culverts falling on the link roads constructed
earlier on rivers/drains which were in dilapidated condition have also been
taken up for widening/remodeling/up-gradation. 962 such bridges/culverts are
already being widened/upgraded at a cost of Rs. 216 crore. In the second phase,
582 Bridges/culverts at the cost of Rs. 185 crore are in the process of approval.
We intend to complete the work on these by 31.12.2021.
120. A special project at the cost of Rs. 500 crore to construct new link
roads to the Basti’s of Scheduled Caste and poorer sections of the society,
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shamshan ghats, places of worship, which do not have road connectivity
presently, shall be undertaken in the rural areas during 2021-22.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
121. Livestock holds a special position in the Government’s efforts of
doubling farm income, diversification and growth of rural economy. Our
Government is providing the much-deserved impetus to this sector. A MultiSpecialty Veterinary Hospital and Regional Research Centre is being set up at
the cost of Rs 62.14 crore at village Sappanwali, district Fazilka with the
primary objective of providing multi-specialty Veterinary care services to the
animals of Abohar and its adjoining areas and to promote value addition to
animal production and enhance farmers’ income. An amount of Rs. 18 crore has
been allocated in 2021-22 to expedite its completion.
122. Punjab has become the first State in the country for production of
Cell Culture Classical Swine Fever vaccine at Punjab Veterinary Vaccine
Institute, Ludhiana after signing a Material Transfer Agreement with IVRI,
lzatnagar, Bareilly. Further, to protect livestock against contagious diseases,
Punjab Veterinary Vaccine Institute, Ludhiana is being upgraded to Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as per the WHO Norms at a cost of Rs. 32
crore and an amount Rs. 20.22 crore has already been released for its
upgradation during 2020-21.
DAIRY DEVELOPMENT
123. Growth of milk production will be an area of special emphasis during
2021-22 and target will be to raise the production by 7% i.e. daily production of
425 lac liters with a marketable surplus of about 250 lac liters of milk. To
ensure supply of quality milk to the people of the State, 775 camps for free
testing of milk are proposed to be held in 2021-22. Further to motivate the
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people to take up dairy farming, 150 village-level awareness camps and training
at 9 Training & Extension Centres with special emphasis on Scheduled Caste
beneficiaries are proposed to be conducted.
124. Free Artificial Insemination is being conducted for 11 lakh eligible
Buffalo and Cattle with quality semen under Nationwide Artificial Insemination
Programme (NAIP) in all the villages of the State. The inseminated animals are
being tagged with 12-digit ear tag and their data is being uploaded to National
Data Base under Information Network for Animal Productivity and Health
(INAPH) software.
125. 04 Holstein Friesians (HF) bulls at cost of Rs. 9 Lakh per bull have
been imported under Rashtriya Gokul Mission from Germany and provided free
of cost by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Semen production
from these bulls is expected to start within 24 months and in the first year
around 8,000-10,000 semen straws production is expected. As a result, exotic
germ plasm will be introduced into local gene pool resulting in up-gradation in
genetic potential of the breed.
126. Regional Research and Training Centre for Buffaloes, Patti, Taran
Tarn with an objective to improve the Buffalo breeds through genetic
improvement and to establish an elite herd of Buffalo, at a total cost of Rs.
20.47 crore is expected to be completed by 2022-23.
127. With the objective of Conservation, Development and Propagation of
elite indigenous breeds of cattle (Sahiwal & Gir), a state-of-the-art Indigenous
Cattle Breeding Farm, Gokul Gram at BirDosanjh, Nabha has been established
at a cost of Rs 12.84 crore. Also, Production of HGM bulls of Murrah, NiliRavi and Sahiwal under P.T. Murrah, P.S. Nili-Ravi & P.T. Sahiwal projects is
being undertaken at the cost of Rs. 23.49 crore, Rs. 5.24 crore and Rs. 13.02
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crore respectively.
FISHERIES
128. Despite, COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown, shrimp farming
has been practiced in 156-hectare area resulting in shrimp harvesting of 788
tons as compared to 750 tons in 2019-20. In 2021-22, the State Government
intends to bring additional 350-hectare area and 3,000-hectare area under
shrimp and fish culture, respectively.
129. In order to increase the availability of quality fish seed in the State, 5
fish seed farms are being established at Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar, Ludhiana,
Sangrur and Ferozepur and one new government fish seed farm has been
initiated in village Killian Wali district Fazilka. A high fish production
technology of re-circulatory aquaculture system has been introduced during the
year 2019-20, which will expand to 8 units in the State during 2021-22.
FORESTRY & WILDLIFE
130. Our Government is committed to provide much greener and safer
planet to the coming generations. The Government from 2018 onwards, through
various measures, has increased the Forest cover by 13,184 hectares.
131. On the auspicious occasion of 400th Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Teg
Bahadur Ji, 400 saplings will be planted in each village of the State.
132. The Government has launched Ghar-Ghar Haryali scheme in 2018-19
under which approximately 109 lac tree saplings have been supplied free of cost
to various Institutes and to the public. A suitable allocation is being provided
for the same during 2021-22. Also, Rs. 223 crore has been allocated for
PUNCAMPA funds for raising 60 lac plants during 2021-22. We intend to do
plantation on 8,200-hectare area under Green Punjab Mission and PUNCAMPA
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during 2021-22.
133. I also propose an allocation of Rs. 7 crore in 2021-22 for Management
and Development of Wildlife in the State.
WATER RESOURCES
134. Punjab predominantly being an agrarian state has a large geographical
area under cultivation. Taking cognizance of the immense strain on irrigation
system and underground water resources by the present cropping pattern, the
State Government is committed to increase the facility of canal water and the
productivity of food grains. I propose an allocation of Rs. 3,214 crore i.e. an
increase of 40% over 2020-21 RE for this purpose during the year 2021-22.
135. I am delighted to state that our Government is announcing 29 new
schemes pertaining to various canals with a total outlay of Rs. 452 crore to
enhance the reach of canal facility in the State. Some of the major schemes
being launched are Remodelling/Relining of Bathinda Branch M15 concrete
from RD 3,90,000 to 4,48,000; Reconstruction of Boha-Dhundal System off
taking at RD 179104/L with 10% enhanced capacity; Concrete Lining of
Khanna Distributary System; Relining of Boha Distributary System with M15
Concrete from RD 0-18319; Rehabilitation of Sibian Disty System; Concrete
lining of southern distributary system. An allocation of Rs. 142 crore for these
schemes is being provided in this budget.
136. In addition to the above new schemes, we are proposing to almost
double the outlay to 18 major schemes linked to canals i.e. from Rs. 427 crore
in 2020-21 RE to Rs. 897 crore in 2021-22. These projects include relining of
approx. 100 km length of rehabilitation of Bist Doab Canal system; relining of
83 km Sirhind feeder and are expected to be completed by 2022 in addition to
relining of 96 km of Rajasthan Feeder to be taken up during 2021-23.
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LIFT IRRIGATION
137. To provide irrigation facilities to villages Mohewal, Jhinjari, Tarapur
and Thappal, the State Government has approved lift irrigation scheme at Sri
Anandpur Sahib with a cost of Rs. 10 crore. The second Lift irrigation scheme
at a cost of Rs. 15 crore for villages covered under Chak Suhelewala
distributaries and Ramsar minor is in progress and is likely to be completed by
2021-22. Also, Rs. 15 crore is being provided for the Renovation and
Modernization of Regulator structures on Canals that are currently under
progress.
138. The State proposes to undertake Concrete Lining Rehabilitation,
Renovation and Modernization of Lahore Branch System of Upper Bari Doab
Canal on 347.0 km in the districts of Gurdaspur and Amritsar which shall
provide benefit to 150 villages falling under these districts. An allocation of
Rs. 150 crore has been provided for this purpose in 2021-22.
FIELD CHANNELS
139. Construction work of field channels of Kotla Branch Part-II Project at
a cost of Rs. 477 crore is currently in progress and a budgetary provision of
Rs. 100 crore is being provided during 2021-22 for completion of this project.
Around 1.43 lac hectare area will be brought under better irrigation facilities
with the implementation of this project. For the integrated project to address
water logging problem in south-western districts of Punjab, an allocation of
Rs. 50 crore has been provided for 2021-22.
140. The government has released an amount of Rs. 48 crore under
PMKSY by converging the schemes across departments i.e. Agriculture,
Water Resources, Rural Development during 2020-21. A suitable allocation
has been provided for the same in the year 2021-22.
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DRAINAGE
141. A budgetary outlay of Rs. 100 crore is proposed for undertaking
drainage works namely flood protection works to be executed along Indo Pak
border on river Ravi and its tributaries Ujh to check erosion of culturable land,
village abadies and defence installation; Canalization of Sakki/Kiran Nallah;
Construction of flood protection works along left side and right side of River
Beas in District Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala; Swan River Flood
management and integrated land development project from Santokhgarh
bridge to its confluence point with river Satluj, district Roopnagar; Integrated
Project to address water logging problem in South-Western districts of PunjabACA for Drainage.
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
142. The Government is undertaking a number of steps to keep pace with
new technology and to give a boost to R&D activities. I propose an allocation
of Rs. 51 crore for Science & Technology in 2021-22 out of which Rs. 11
crore are for upgradation of space theatre of Pushpa Gujral Science City,
Kapurthala.
PBTI-PPCP JOINT ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE CENTRE
143. Government has made PBTI-PPCB joint Environment Resource
Centre operationalised from 1st January 2021 which provides advisory, skill
building and technical support services to stakeholders including industry,
government departments, pollution control boards etc for mitigating pollution
and addressing environmental concerns. Our Government has also established
a COVID-19 Testing Facility at Punjab Biotechnology Incubator.
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EDUCATION
SCHOOL EDUCATION
144. Sir, the good foundation of a society is laid on its sound educational
system. My Government, since its inception in the office, has laid a special
emphasis on all the issues- whether basic infrastructural amenities or experienced
faculty members with an objective to assist our youth in attainment of their true
potential. I am pleased to inform the august House that the State during these four
years undertook construction of 6,984 Additional Classrooms, 292 Science
Laboratories alongwith Lab equipment’s, 304 libraries and 319 Art & Craft
rooms at a cost of Rs. 604.07 crore. In addition to above, furniture has also been
provided for the students studying in primary classes i.e. from Class 1st to 5th and
for 75,655 pre-primary students.
145. The State, during the COVID-19 lock-down, undertook a special
enrolment drive “Each one Bring One” to motivate the parents for admitting their
children in Government schools. I feel contented to share that the enrolment from
Pre-primary to Senior-Secondary level, due to this special drive, increased by
14.9% during the current year. It has been a record increase in enrolment in any
single year.
146. The State has been providing free Sanitary Pads to all the girl students
studying from Class 6th to 12th in Government Schools. An allocation of Rs. 21
crore has been provided during 2021-22 for this purpose.
147. Today, the teacher student ratio in the Government schools is 1:21
which is well within the norms under the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The comparison with other states shows that
the Punjab is one of the best States having a very favourable teacher student ratio.
148. The State has also introduced English as a medium of instruction- as an
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option in 14,957 Government Primary, Middle, High and Senior Secondary
schools covering 3,71,802 students.
149. An outlay of Rs. 11,861 crore has been earmarked for School Education
for the year 2021-22.
MISSION SHAT PRATISHAT
150. A State flagship- Learning Enhancement Program ‘Padho Punjab
Padhao Punjab’ (PPPP) has been launched in all the government schools from
class 1st to 12th to ensure age and class appropriate levels of learning of students
in a time bound manner. The Annual Status Education Report (ASER) shows a
significant improvement in the learning level of students of Punjab. The class
10+2 Board results for the year 2019-20 has improved to 96.95% from 88.36% in
the year 2018-19 alone while the improvement has been by more than 28% over a
period of previous three years.
MID-DAY MEAL
151. During the large part of the year 2020-21, the schools remained closed
due to lockdown imposed to curtail COVID-19 pandemic. The State Government
ensured to provide foodgrains directly to 16.95 lac students at their doorsteps
while the cooking cost has been deposited in their bank accounts with a total
expenditure on Mid-Day meals being Rs 273.75 crore. I propose an allocation of
Rs. 350 crore for this purpose in 2021-22.
PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
152. Punjab is the first State to formally universalize the Pre-Primary
education and the Pre-Primary classes have been started in all Government
Primary Schools. As of now, 3.29 lac pre-primary students have been enrolled in
Pre-Primary classes registering an increase of more than 40%. Further, the State
government provided 14,010 tables and 70,050 chairs to Pre-Primary class
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students and 24,145 Green boards & 41,000 dual desks to Primary schools. We
intend to provide furniture to all the primary schools by 31.3.2021. Moving a step
forward, an allocation of Rs. 50 crore has been provided for in 2021-22 for
purchase of computers for Government Primary schools.
SCHOOL UPGRADATION
153. Though access to elementary education has been ensured by the
Government, the Government will notify a new “School Upgradation Policy” for
upgradation to high schools and senior secondary schools to minimize the
inconvenience to the students particularly the girl students. I propose a target of
250 schools to be upgraded w.e.f. the new academic session.
SMART SCHOOLS AND DIGITAL EDUCATION
154. The State has notified a “Smart School Policy” and converted 9,604
Government Primary, Middle, High and Senior Secondary Schools into smart
schools by providing projectors/LED for e-content, sound system, library/reading
corner, CCTV camera, educational parks and computer lab etc. We intend to
cover the remaining 9,490 schools in the coming year.
155. Further, under this policy, a School Development Plan has been
prepared with the active participation of the local community for holistic
development of the school. The State Government contributes 40% of the total
requirement of funds while the remaining 60% of the funds are being contributed
by the community. During the current year alone, the community has contributed
funds amounting to Rs. 159.73 crore (both in cash and kind).
156. In order to promote digital education in the schools, the present
Government has provided 16,589 classrooms (approx.54%) with e-Content and
requisite digital infrastructure such as projectors, computers and LEDs. 1,75,443
students of class 12th studying in government schools have been provided Smart
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Phones and 3,502 Tablets have been distributed to students and schools to
facilitate e-learning.
157. I propose an outlay of Rs. 140 crore for promoting digital education in
2021-22.
SMART PHONES
158. The Government, as promised, has provided Smart Phones to 1,75,443
students studying in class 12th in Government Schools at a cost of Rs. 87.89 crore.
Sir, 1,31,189 students i.e. 75% of the beneficiaries of smart phones belong to
Scheduled Caste category. The move has enormously benefitted the students in
their online classes during the times of lockdown. An allocation of Rs. 100 crore
is earmarked for this purpose during 2021-22.
CAREER AND GUIDANCE COUNSELLING
159. We propose to launch a new scheme “Career and Guidance
Counselling” to provide Career and Guidance Counselling to the students of
3,636 Government High and Senior-Secondary Schools during the year 2021-22.
Suitable allocation has been provided for the same in the budget 2021-22.
HEALTH FOR ALL- STUDENTS
“A healthy mind resides in a healthy body”.
160. Sir, to achieve the above objective, a special programme is being
implemented by the Government for all the students studying in Government and
Government-aided schools. The Students are screened for 31 diseases including
birth defects, vitamin/mineral deficiencies, developmental delays, disabilities, etc
and provided treatment free of cost.
i. 71 children have undergone surgery for heart ailments at PGI and
empanelled Hospitals with an expenditure of Rs. 1.04 crore borne by the
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Government during 2020-21.
ii. 15 children are undergoing treatment for primary immunodeficiency
syndrome and an expenditure of Rs. 1.28 crore has been borne for
treatment during 2020-21.
iii. 243 thalassaemic children have been provided free treatment and an
expenditure of Rs. 6.43 crore has been borne by the government.
161. Under the State’s Sports Policy, sports and physical activities have been
made an inseparable part of school activities with the aim of fostering creative
and other potentialities of our students. The State Government has disbursed in
the year 2020-21, an amount of Rs. 18.16 crore to all Government Primary,
Middle and High/Senior Secondary schools for providing sports equipment.
Further, Rs. 6.36 crore and Rs. 2.64 crore has been provided to 498 schools for
development of playgrounds and for the renovation of 45 Gymnasium Halls,
respectively.
162. During 2021-22, we shall also develop “Fitness Parks” in all the
Government schools and playgrounds for atleast two games like Basketball,
Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Volleyball, Hockey, Football, Cricket, Badminton and
Athletic Tracks in all the schools to encourage participation of students in sports
as per the region-specific games. An outlay of Rs. 10 crore is proposed for
development of playgrounds in the schools in the financial year 2021-22.
TEACHER RECRUITMENT
163. Sir, our Government during these four years have undertaken/are
undertaking recruitment of 22,734 Teachers and Education Administrators.
Further, advertisement for recruitment of 8,184 teachers will be issued shortly.
Also, during the last four years, we have regularized the services of 14,064
teachers who had been working on contractual basis for past 5 to 15 years.
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164. To bring transparency in the transfers of the employees (particularly the
teachers), the State Government has notified and implemented the “Teacher
Transfer Policy” that ensured transfers through an online software. As a next step,
the State Government intends to enact the “Teacher Transfer Act” to make this
Transfer Policy a permanent arrangement. Also, with a view to ensure availability
of teachers in schools located in educationally disadvantageous areas and
safeguard academic interests of the students of such areas, the State intends to
enact a separate “The Punjab Education (Recruitment of Teachers in
Disadvantageous Areas) Act”.
HIGHER EDUCATION
165. Sir, my government is equally committed to quality education beyond
the school education, and we shall be undertaking the following programmes to
promote Higher Education.
GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
166. A new Model Degree College in the aspirational district of Moga at
village Fatehgarh Korotana is near completion and classes will commence in the
ensuing academic session of 2021-22. 14 other colleges under construction and
remainder work in 4 colleges i.e. University College, Barnala, Sujan Pur and
Lamini, District Pathankot and Ladhupur College, District Gurdaspur will also be
completed during 2021-22. Further, all new colleges initiated by the present
government will be operationalised during 2021-22.
167. A total allocation of Rs. 100 crore is proposed for the year 2021-22 for
completing the ongoing constructions/renovation work in Government Colleges
and both the State Universities.
168. The State will also complete construction of Education College at
Malerkotla and undertake repair works in the colleges at Zira and Kala Afghana
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in the year 2021-22 for which a budgetary outlay of Rs. 9 crore has been
provisioned.
169. To meet the aspirations of the local community, a new college for girls
will be constructed at Malerkotla. Suitable allocation as per the requirement of
the department will be provided during the course of the year.
170. Suitable provisions have been made in the budget 2021-22 for
improvement of infrastructure in 6 Historical Government Colleges including a
special grant of Rs. 7 crore for Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia College,
Kapurthala. Renovation and upgradation of Central State Library, Patiala will
also be undertaken during the year 2021-22.
UCHCHTAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
171. Under Phase-2, our Government is setting up six centres i.e. Centre for
Sustainable Habitat; Centre for Basic and Translational Research in Health
Sciences; Centre for Agriculture Research & Innovation; Development of IT
Enabled Pedagogical Model for teaching and Learning; Development of
Entrepreneurial Courses and Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at a cost
of Rs. 70 crore.
SETTING UP OF CENTRE ON SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
172. I propose an allocation of Rs. 5 crore for setting up a Centre on Guru
Granth Sahib at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar for the financial year
2021-22.
SETTING UP OF CHAIRS
173. An allocation of Rs. 9 crore is proposed for the year 2021-22 to setup
Maharana Pratap Chair; Maharaja Agarsain Chair; Shaheed Udham Singh Chair
and Gurdial Singh Chair at Punjabi University, Patiala and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
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Chair; Satguru Ram Singh Chair; Sant Baba Prem Singh Ji Murale Wale Chair
and Jalianwala Bagh Chair at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
PROMOTION OF PUNJABI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
174. Our government is steadfast in its resolve to promote Punjabi language
and heritage and culture of our State. As promised by the present Government, I
propose doubling of the award money, which have not been revised since 2012,
from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 Lakh for the Punjabi Sahit Ratan Award and from Rs.
5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh for the Shiromani Award given to various genre writers,
poets, musicians, journalists, etc.
175. The State also confers 22 Sarvotam Sahitak Pustak Awards (Best
Literary Book Awards) in Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit languages relating to
Punjabi culture, history and heritage every year. I propose to enhance the prize
money of Best Literary Book Awards from Rs. 21,000 to Rs. 31,000. The State
also confers the Best Printing Book Awards of Punjabi, Hindi & Urdu languages
to the Publishers/Printer and I propose for increasing this award from Rs. 11,000
to Rs. 21,000.
176. The Government also proposes to enhance the monthly pension from
Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 15,000 given to the needy elderly writers of Punjabi, Hindi &
Urdu languages. Similarly, the financial assistance given to the dependent
families of deceased writers of Punjabi, Hindi & Urdu languages is proposed to
be increased from Rs. 2,500 per month to Rs. 15,000 per month.
177. I also propose for doubling the financial assistance from Rs. 10,000 to
Rs. 20,000 (for a book with pages up to 100) & from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 30,000
(for a book with more than 100 pages) given to the needy writers of Punjabi,
Hindi & Urdu languages for getting their manuscripts published.
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GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES
178. The Government has released grants to the tune of Rs. 933 crore to
different universities and colleges in the State – viz; Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar; Punjabi University, Patiala; Punjab University, Chandigarh; Punjab
Agriculture University, Ludhiana; Rajiv Gandhi National Law University,
Patiala; 136 Private Aided Colleges; Government Arts Colleges; Government
Professional Colleges; Punjab and Educational Tribunal during the year 2020-21.
A budgetary allocation of Rs. 1,064 crore has been made in the budget 2021-22
for this purpose.
179. I also propose a special grant of Rs. 90 crore for Punjabi University,
Patiala to square up the debt liability created by the University. I sincerely hope
that the University, after the grant, will again become an epitome of higher
learning as it was known for.
180. Our Government has established the Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab
State Open University at Patiala. The University has started functioning from its
transit campus at Government Mahindra College, Patiala and is in the process of
approval from the Distance Education Bureau, New Delhi. We intend to start
admissions in the University in the ensuing academic session i.e. 2021-22. A
suitable provision for the University has been kept in the budget 2021-22.
181. Similarly, the Government has also established the Sri Guru Teg
Bahadur State University of Law at Tarn Taran and the University has started
functioning from its makeshift campus at Village Kairon, Tarn Taran. The
admission process for the University has been initiated in the current year itself.
A grant of Rs. 7 crore has been provided for the University in 2021-22.
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SETTING UP OF INTERFAITH INSTITUTE IN GNDU
182. The Government at an estimated cost of Rs. 432 crore is setting up an
Interfaith Institute in GNDU to commemorate the 550th Birth anniversary of Sri
Guru Nanak Dev ji. The Institute shall have two divisions, namely Symphony of
Religious Music and Academic Division and its administrative structure would be
based on the pattern of Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.
SRI GURU TEG BAHADUR INSTITUTE OF HANDICRAFT, SATHIALA, BABA
BAKALA AND SRI GURU TEG BAHADUR SCHOOL OF TEXTILE AND
FASHION TECHNOLOGY, GNDU
183. With the purpose of training a large number of youths to enhance their
employability and to provide various avenues of social and economic upliftment
to the rural region, we propose to set up Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Institute of
Handicraft at GNDU Regional Centre, Sathiala, Baba Bakala. The vision of the
institute is to invigorate the craft sector by bringing back to life the languishing
crafts of Punjab and to become the centre of excellence in Crafts & Design.
Similarly, it is proposed to set up a focused and integrated institute of Textile
Technology i.e. Sri Guru Teg Bahadur School of Textile and Fashion
Technology, GNDU. The school shall have three divisions of textile
manufacturing, textile processing technology and textile apparel and fashion
designing.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
184. The Government of Punjab recognises the importance of Technical
Education as an engine of economic growth and a multi-pronged strategy has
been operationalised to make the Technical Education System responsive to the
needs and requirements of the Industry. A total budgetary outlay of Rs. 511 crore
has been provided to promote the Technical Education during year 2021-22.
185. Punjab, through Punjab State Board of Technical Education and
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Industrial Training, is the first state in the country to implement the revised
curriculum as per the guidelines of National Skill Qualification Framework with
effect from the session 2018-19.
186. With an objective of achieving qualitative improvement in the learning
environment for training the manpower; increase employability; provide ready
local pool of engineers, operators, technicians and skilled manpower for the
industry and manufacturing sector, Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Centre for Invention,
Innovation, Incubation and Training (CIIIT) at I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical
University (IKGPTU), Kapurthala has been established with the collaboration of
TATA Technologies Limited. Also, a state-of-the-art 800 seats Auditorium
equipped with LED projection Screen with facilities for live telecast of functions
and video conference facility has been established at IKG PTU, Kapurthala.
187. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Management is proposed to be set up at
IKGPTU, Kapurthala with an objective of achieving international-level quality in
the field of Management Education. Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar
has been requested to become the Mentor Institute for this purpose. Also, Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar Museum is proposed to be set up at IKGPTU, Kapurthala,
wherein the biography and achievements of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar will be
displayed.
188. Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme has been implemented in
Government Polytechnic Colleges wherein a rebate ranging from 70% to 100%
on the tuition fees based on the performance of meritorious students is being
provided resulting in increased admissions in Government Polytechnic Colleges.
189. The State proposes to upgrade Beant College of Engineering &
Technology, Gurdaspur and Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus,
Ferozepur as Universities during 2021-22 with suitable financial assistance.
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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTES
190. The Government, with an objective to hone the skills of trainees, has
signed 43 MoU’s with industrial establishments such as Maruti Suzuki, Toyota,
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter Private Limited, International Tractors Ltd
(Sonalika), Swaraj Engines Limited, Vardaman Spinning Mill, Hyatt Regency,
The Batala Co-op Sugar Mill Ltd., Vardaman Special Steel Ltd, Avon Cycles
Ltd, Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Ltd and Pepsu Road Transport, etc. The trainees will
be able to get on-the-job training at these establishments and provide better job
opportunities to the trainees in future. 2,978 trainees have been provided
placement in 2020-21.
191. During 2020-21, a new Industrial Training Institute at Ramteerath
(Amritsar) has been started. For 2021-22, an allocation Rs. 8.27 crore is proposed
for upgradation of Government ITI, Ludhiana into Model ITI and Rs. 20 crore for
upgradation of infrastructure, machinery, equipment of exiting ITIs. Further, all
ITIs initiated by the present government shall be operationalised during 2021-22.
WELFARE
SOCIAL JUSTICE, EMPOWERMENT & MINORITIES
192. Having highest proportion of Scheduled Caste population in the country,
Punjab accords a high priority to safeguard the interests of this vulnerable section
of the society. I propose an allocation of Rs. 1,372 crore during 2021-22 i.e. an
increase of 52% over 2020-21 BE of Rs. 901 crore under various welfare
schemes for educational, socio economic and other development programmes.
PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
193. With the intention of minimizing the drop-out rate from elementary to
secondary school, enhancing their performance and providing them with a better
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chance of progressing to the Post-Matric stage of Education, I propose an
allocation of Rs. 60 crore for the year 2021-22 so as to provide support to the
parents of Scheduled Caste Children for the education of their wards studying
upto 10th class.
POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
194. Also, to provide students facing financial constraints and belonging to
Scheduled Caste with better opportunities for higher education and enhance their
employability, I propose an allocation of Rs. 750 crore for providing scholarship.
2 lakh students would be provided scholarship in the year 2021-22.
EMPOWERMENT OF WEAKER SECTIONS
195. Sir, My Government also undertakes to fill the backlog of vacancies
reserved for Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes in the various departments
under the recruitments being made as a part of State Employment Plan 2020-22.
ASHIRWAD
196. During 2020-21, the State Government has provided financial assistance
of Rs. 120 crore to 57,142 number of SC beneficiaries and Rs. 45 crore to 21,428
BC/EWS beneficiaries. Under this scheme the Government has provided
assistance of Rs. 21,000 to Scheduled Caste girls, daughters of widows of any
caste at the time of their marriage and to Scheduled Caste widows/divorcees at
the time of their re-marriage.
197. Mr. Speaker Sir, as per the commitment made by the Hon’ble Chief
Minister, I propose to enhance the assistance under Ashirwad Scheme from Rs.
21,000 to Rs. 51,000 w.e.f. 01.07.2021. An allocation of Rs. 250 crore has been
provided in 2021-22 for this scheme.
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PRADHAN MANTRI ADARSH GRAM YOJNA (PMAGY)
198. PMAGY aims at to ensure all round integrated development of SC
majority villages into model villages. Under Phase 1 and Phase 2, 824 villages
are being covered and Rs. 21 crore has been released for the same. An additional
Rs. 6 crore has been released to 7 districts who have submitted the Village
Development Plan (VDP). For providing basic minimum services like education,
health, water supply, sanitation and disposal of sludge water and upgradation of
infrastructure facilities in SC concentrated villages, I propose a sum of Rs. 95
crore for this scheme.
SOCIAL SECURITY & WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
199. I am pleased to inform the august House that my Government with its
strong commitment towards the welfare of elderlies, widows, orphan and people
with disability has provided Social Security Pension amounting to Rs. 2,089 crore
in 2019-20 and Rs. 2,277 crore in 2020-21, a three-fold of what was provided by
the previous government in 2016-17 i.e. Rs. 747 crore. A total of 25.55 lakh
beneficiaries including 13 lakh beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Caste have
been provided pension during the year 2020-21.
200. My Chief Minister, as a part of his Governments commitment to the
vulnerable section of our society, has directed to double the monthly pension
from Rs. 750 to Rs. 1,500 with effect from 1.7.2021. Accordingly, we have
allocated a budgetary outlay of Rs. 4,000 crore i.e. an increase of 72% over 2020-
21 BE of Rs. 2,320 crore.
WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
201. For safe and free movement of persons with disabilities, the State
Government aims at providing a barrier-free environment. Free facility/half rates
of fares of Punjab Roadways/PRTC Buses to blind Persons and other persons
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with more than forty percent disability, is being provided by the State. To treat
diseases related to spine of persons with disabilities, a Spinal Injury Centre is
being run at Mohali. We are also providing attendance scholarship for girl
students and health insurance for mentally retarded persons. Under the
Attendance Scholarship Scheme, financial assistance in the form of scholarship
will be provided to 4,000 students with disabilities. I propose an allocation of
Rs. 163 crore for the financial year 2021-22.
202. Sir, My Government also undertakes to fill the backlog of vacancies of
the people with disabilities in the various departments under the recruitments
being made as a part of State Employment Plan 2020-22.
PUNJAB DIVYANGJAN SHAKTIKARAN YOJNA (PDSY)
203. Sir, there are 6.5 lakh Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the State. A
special scheme for the empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), the
Punjab Divyangjan Shaktikaran Yojna (PDSY) shall be implemented all over the
State. The scheme shall cover two parts namely, part one focusing entirely on
providing all eligible PwDs the benefits of existing government schemes and Part
two shall cover new initiatives/programmes that shall be taken by the
Government to cover those aspects and needs, which have hitherto not been
covered under any existing Centrally/State sponsored scheme or PwD-oriented
schemes of different departments. A budget provision of Rs. 5 crore has been
made for this initiative in the year 2021-22
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
JOB RESERVATION FOR WOMEN
204. Our Government, as promised, has provided 33% reservation to Women
in appointments to all categories of post of Government and Boards &
Corporations and the Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women)
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Rules have been implemented. The new rules will not only contribute towards
women empowerment but also help in enhancing the self-esteem of women.
205. I propose to set up Seven Hostel for working women in major districts
of Punjab namely Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Mansa, Barnala and
Amritsar during 2021-22 thus providing safe accommodation to working women.
An allocation of Rs. 50 crore has been provided for this purpose in the budget
2021-22.
MATA TRIPTA MAHILA YOJANA
206. Sir, there are 7,96,030 women-headed households in the State. To
effectively resolve the problems faced by such households, our Government will
launch new initiatives and programmes to cover the uncovered aspects and needs
under the existing schemes run by various departments of the State. A budget
provision of Rs. 5 crore has been made for the year 2021-22.
FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
207. It gives me pride to inform this august House that once again, in the
times of crisis, our State has re-established that Punjab is the Food Bowl of this
Nation. The State has contributed nearly 50% of the total wheat/rice distributed in
the country under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)
scheme.
SMART RATION CARDS
208. 33,63,950 chip based Smart Ration Cards have been distributed to
beneficiaries benefitting economically weaker sections of the state for getting
their quota of foodgrains by swiping on ePoS devices. Besides, Our Government
has initiated process of identification of 9,48,801 beneficiaries under recently
approved State Sponsored Smart Ration Card Scheme for the benefit of the
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people who could not be included in National Food Security Act, 2013. The
beneficiaries will be supplied 5 kg of wheat per person per month for which an
allocation of Rs. 120 crore is being proposed.
SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM
209. The ‘Single Window System’ for issuing necessary clearances for
installing new LPG outlets has been implemented in the State and the State
Government has given 12,23,768 free LPG connections to women beneficiaries.
AADHAAR ENROLMENT
210. Punjab is ranked 6th in terms of overall Aadhaar saturation (100.9%)
amongst all States/UTs. Over 3 crore residents have been issued Aadhaar
numbers in the State and 300 tablets are being procured for deployment in
Government Hospitals to ensure Aadhaar Enrolment of each new-born in the 0-5
target group. 350 Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC)
devices are being procured for deployment in Sewa Kendras for providing Aadhaar related services to residents.
FREEDOM FIGHTER
211. The State Government, as a tribute to our freedom fighters, proposes to
increase the monthly pension from Rs. 7,500/- to Rs. 9,400/- w.e.f. 01.04.2021.
212. The Government has issued notification exempting the freedom fighters
and their Legal Heirs (children/grandchildren) from the toll tax on state highways
on production of identity cards issued to them. Also, Freedom Fighters and their
Legal Heirs (children/grandchildren) have been provided free bus travel facility
in Roadways/ PRTC buses.
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LABOUR WELFARE
213. Major reforms have been carried out by the State Government during
2020-21 in order to boost economy and generate more employment. The
government has issued a notification under the “Punjab Shops and Commercial
Establishment Act, 1958”, which will allow Shops and Commercial
Establishment to remain open all 365 days of the year and for 24 hours.
214. With the objective of improving investment climate in the State, a SelfCertification Scheme has been launched by this Government allowing employers
to opt for self-compliance rather than inspection from the authorities. Also, the
departmental portal has been integrated with Business First portal for facilitating
the investors to avail this service.
DEFENCE SERVICES
215. Our Government has always accorded top priority to the welfare of exservicemen, war-widows, world war veterans, disabled soldiers & their
dependents and are fully committed to the resettlement and redressal of
grievances of our soldiers & their families. I propose a budgetary outlay of
Rs. 135 crore for 2021-22.
216. The Government under its unique initiative called “Guardians of
Governance” have appointed 4,300 Guardians in all the district of the State. An
allocation of Rs. 64 crore is proposed so as to ensure efficacious execution of
various welfare schemes & other citizen centric services for their welfare.
217. I propose to set up Two new galleries in War Memorial Complex at
Amritsar and Rs. 18 crore is proposed in this regard during 2021-22.
218. An allocation of Rs. 5 crore is proposed during 2021-22 to improve the
condition of Sainik School, Kapurthala.
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NRI AFFAIRS
219. We are concerned with the problems faced by Punjabi NRIs and to
highlight the issues faced by Punjabi NRIs, our Government has appointed 30
Honorary Coordinators in different countries, and we have also strengthened the
Punjab State Commission for NRIs. An on-line portal has also been set up for the
NRIs on which they can send their complaints as also the constructive
suggestions, if any.
220. Sir, the two major initiatives of my Government, seeking active
participation of NRIs in the affairs of their native State, “Friends of Punjab”
aimed at development of rural infrastructure and “Connect With Your Roots”
which remained suspended due to lockdown, will be reactivated in the coming
year.
YOUTH AND EMPLOYMENT
INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE
INDUSTRIAL & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY-2017
221. Sir, our Government as promised in the maiden Budget speech, had
notified the Industrial & Business Development Policy in 2017 (IBDP-2017) with
the objective of creating an investor friendly regulatory environment aimed at
Ease of Doing Business. I am elated to inform, that as a result of this progressive
policy, the State has received 1,726 proposals with proposed investment of about
Rs. 71,262 crore during the last 4 years. It shall lead to employment generation of
around 2.7 lac persons. The key proposals received are from HMEL (Rs. 21,991
crore); Think Gas Ludhiana Pvt. Ltd. (Rs. 2,119 crore); Happy Forgings Ltd. (Rs.
550 crore); Varun Beverages (Rs. 799.7 crore); ITC Ltd. (Rs. 727 crore) and
Rayat Educational & Research Trust (Rs. 2644.33 crore).
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222. The reimbursement of GST has been one of the important incentives
promised in the Industrial and Business Development Policy, 2017 (IBDP-2017)
and the State on 17.10.2018 had notified the GST formula with a sunset clause of
the applicability of the GST incentives where common application form of the
proposals has been submitted before 31.03.2020. Now, in view of the demand
from the Industry and to attract further investment in the State, it is proposed to
extend the GST formula to make it co-terminus with the validity of the IBDP –
2017 i.e. 17.10.2022.
223. Also, to promote the Food Processing sector in the State and address the
issue of stubble burning along with the promotion of crop diversification, the
State has suitably amended the above notification dated 17.10.2018 by relaxing
the conditions of turnover of Food Processing Units from three times of Fixed
Capital Investment (FCI) to one time of FCI for guaranteed incentive of 2.5% of
the FCI.
SETTING UP OF DISTRICT BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT
PROMOTION
224. To further facilitate the investor at door-step, facilitation offices for
investors at District level- District Bureau of Industry & Investment Promotion
(DBIIP) offices are proposed to be set up in each district. In the first phaseAmritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Patiala & Bathinda are proposed to
be covered. These dedicated DBIIP offices shall be headed by the Deputy
Commissioners as the CEO of the DBIIP. Further, Nodal Officers from line
Departments shall be appointed in DBIIP to receive, process and grant statutory
clearances/ approvals/ NOCs etc as required by an industrial unit through an
existing Invest Punjab Business First portal. DBIIP will therefore facilitate
new/expansion unit investments and expedite speedy approval/clearances
required for grounding of the projects.
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OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR DECRIMINILISATION OF VARIOUS LAWS
225. As part of decriminalization of the various laws associated with Industry
and investments, the Government proposes to constitute an Oversight Committee
with senior officers of concerned line departments and delegating the powers of
approving criminal actions against the erring units to the Committee.
START-UP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PUNJAB INNOVATION MISSION 2020
226. To give further impetus to the start-up ecosystem in the state, the State
Government under the able guidance of Captain Amarinder Singh Ji has approved
the establishment of Punjab Innovation Mission 2020 and Punjab Innovation
Fund on 02.12.2020. Under the Punjab Innovative Mission 2020, a Punjab
Innovation Fund of Rs. 150 crore is proposed to be set up to invest in early-stage
start-ups in the state of Punjab. The Government’s participation in this fund will
be a maximum of 10% of the Corpus i.e. Rs. 15 crore. A provision of Rs. 10 crore
is proposed in 2021-22 for this purpose under “Financial Assistance to
Start-ups”.
PUNJAB STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHEME
227. Our Government in June 2020 introduced the Punjab Student
Entrepreneurship Scheme for the students in the State Technical Universities;
Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training and also to all
the Universities falling under the purview of Department of Technical Education,
Higher Education and Languages. Under this scheme, all the students who pursue
entrepreneurship and innovation during their studies at universities, colleges,
polytechnics that have incubators on campus are provided 20% attendance
relaxation and 4% grace marks in academic courses.
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INSTILLING INVESTOR CONFIDENCE THROUGH DEEMED APPROVALS
228. To provide impetus to the economic growth and development in the
State and generate jobs, the Government proposes to set up a statutory
mechanism for deemed approval for various regulatory clearances at all levels.
The entrepreneur/investor will be given the liberty to proceed further for
execution of the project beyond the prescribed time limit subject to his certifying
that all the provisions of regulations are complied with. This shall instil greater
confidence in investors since in case of failure on the part of competent authority
to grant approval/take decision within the stipulated period, it shall be deemed to
be approved. Accordingly, the Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion (PBIP)
Act, 2016 is proposed to be amended to include appropriate statutory provision
of:
i. Automatic deemed approvals being generated and issued by Invest
Punjab Business First Portal on behalf of the Competent Authority.
ii. Revocation of deemed approval/strict penalty on the applicant for not
abiding by the provisions of the relevant Acts / Rules.
iii. Appeal mechanism
UPGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL FOCAL POINTS INFRASTRUCTURE
229. The State, through PSIEC, has undertaken 17 projects under MSE-CDP
(IID) Schemes of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government
of India for upgradation of Industrial Focal Points in the State of Punjab at a total
outlay of Rs. 146.22 crore. Out of these, 4 projects are at an advanced stage of
completion whereas 8 projects are under progress. The work on remaining 5
projects would be initiated upon receival of funds from the Government of India.
SETTING UP OF NEW STPs AND UP-GRADATION OF STP TO TERTIARY
TREATMENT LEVEL
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230. Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at total cost of Rs. 29 crore are being
set up and upgraded in 5 Industrial Focal Points (IFPs) of Punjab under the Trade
Infrastructure for Export Scheme.
INDUSTRIAL SUBSIDY/INCENTIVES
231. The Government, in its endeavour to support the industrial sector in the
State has provided subsidized power to 1.38 lakh industrial consumers amounting
to Rs. 5,412 crore in the last 3 years. I propose to continue the same and allocate
Rs. 1,928 crore during 2021-22 for providing industrial power subsidy.
232. Also, a provision of Rs. 50 crore is proposed for disbursement of
sanctioned capital subsidy to eligible & entitled Industrial unit under various
Industrial Policies in 2021-22.
ONE-TIME SETTLEMENT (OTS) POLICIES
233. The State had announced OTS- Amnesty Scheme for such boiler users
who are operating without following the provisions contained in the Boilers Act,
1923 and the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950, to get their boilers regularized. So
far 378 boilers have been regularized by the Department with an amount of 85.60
Lakhs.
234. Our Government, to reduce the hasslement and facilitate the investor,
proposes the following One-Time Settlement (OTS) Policies:
a. For Defaulters of Interest Free Loan (IFL): To give fillip to rapid
industrialization the State government was providing financial assistance in
the form of IFL to new and expanding industrial units under the Punjab
Industrial Policy, 1973 and 1978. The Government proposes OTS Policy for
IFL Defaulters wherein Interest waiver and closure of case shall be provided
on the condition that entire outstanding principal amount is paid within 90
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days of the notification of the policy. Further, recovery of interest amount of
the defaulters who have already deposited the principal amount with interest
or without interest shall also be waived.
b. For Restoration of cancelled allotment of PSIEC Plot Holders: The
Government had earlier notified the OTS policy on 21.01.2020 wherein the
plot holders, whose allotments were cancelled for varying reasons ranging
from non-implementation of the project, mis-use of premises to default in
payment etc., were given an opportunity to restore allotment by paying up
their dues and remove misuse of premises, if any, latest by 20.04.2020.
However, due to lockdown, majority of the affected plot holders could not
apply and as per the demand of plot holders and their representatives, the
government proposes to re-introduce OTS Scheme and extend its validity in
the first phase up to 31.07.2021.
c. For Recovery of enhanced Land Cost PSIEC Plot Holders: In addition to
this, taking a considerate view of the recessionary phase coupled with the
severe impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and difficulty being
encountered by the plot holders in mobilising funds, the Government
proposes to extend “Amnesty Scheme” offered to the defaulting plot holders
wherein they could discharge their principal liability along with simple
interest at the rate of 15% per annum from current deadline of 30.06.2021 to
31.03.2022.
d. For Loanees and Equity Holders of PSIDC/PFC: The State Government
proposes to extend the cut-off date of the OTS Policy of 2018 from
31.12.2020 to 31.03.2021 and in the case of OTS for Equity, it is proposed
that the date of the Balance Sheet may be taken as 31.03.2020.
HI-TECH CYCLE VALLEY, DHANANSU, LUDHIANA
235. The State Government is developing a world-class state of the art HiTech Cycle Valley in an area of 383 acres at Dhanansu, District Ludhiana with an
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approximate cost of Rs. 500 crore that would help in attracting new investors not
only from within the country but also from overseas. Hero Cycle is setting up an
Anchor Unit in 100 acres land for the manufacturing of Mobility Solution like Bicycles, E-Bikes etc. A provision of Rs. 22 crore in 2021-22 is proposed for
creation of capital assets. The Valley shall be inaugurated in April, 2021.
236. Also, a provision of Rs. 5 crore is proposed in 2021-22 for the scheme
“Dedicated funds for meeting the state share for Centrally Sponsored Schemes –
Assistance Small Enterprise Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP)”.
SPORTS & YOUTH SERVICES
237. Our Government has been making concerted efforts to promote sports
with a special focus on high potential games that can attract the talent of children
and youth and can win medals. The Government, for this purpose, is also
undertaking the strengthening of the manpower to nurture the Sports talent. An
allocation of Rs. 147 crore has been provided for Sports and Youth Services in
the year 2021-22 i.e. an increase of 20% over 2020-21 RE.
238. I am pleased to inform the House that the players of Punjab, brought
laurels to the State, by winning 16 gold, 15 silver and 28 bronze at the Khelo
India Games held in Guwahati (Assam) from 10/01/2020 to 22/02/2020, bagging
an overall 10th position across all-India.
239. Sir, 56 different projects of Sports Infrastructure development are under
progress and an amount of Rs. 29 crore has been provisioned in 2021-22 for
completion of existing projects including Block level Multipurpose Sports
Stadiums at Ludhiana, Rajpura, Dhuri, Amargarh, Nawanshahar, Khadoor Sahib
& Pathankot and for construction of new sports infrastructure. A new Wrestling
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Academy at Hoshiarpur and a Rowing Academy at Ferozepur will also be taken
up in 2021-22. A special repair of the Table-Tennis Stadium, Jalandhar at the cost
of Rs. 50 lakh shall also be undertaken during 2021-22. A suitable allocation has
also been provided for purchase of sports equipments.
240. Further, a separate allocation of Rs. 15 crore has been provided for
Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University at Patiala in budget
2021-22.
YOUTH SERVICES
241. The Government, with the aim of inculcating leadership qualities
amongst youth and promoting national integration, has been involving them in
creative and social development activities.
242. In the past four years, around 2 lakh NSS Volunteers have been enrolled
in 18 Universities, 642 Colleges and 572 Senior Secondary Schools of the State.
Also, Red Ribbon Clubs have been established in 600 colleges in collaboration
with Punjab State AIDS Control Society.
243. More than 1.25 lakh youths from Youth Clubs, NSS Volunteers and Red
Ribbon Clubs have actively worked to create awareness against the burning of
paddy-straw across the state with the help of district administration; started a
campaign of fixing reflectors on vehicles to promote traffic awareness, curtail the
problem of road accidents and organized 131 Blood Camps and donated 8,881
units in these Blood Camps. In addition to this, District-level and State-level
Youth Parliaments were organized for democratic participation and for evolving
new ideas that involved 1,200 participants.
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EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AND TRAINING
244. The Government, conscious of the problem of unemployment, is fully
committed, under its Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission, to enhance the employability of
the youth through skill training, counselling and providing vocational guidance.
Simultaneously, the Government is working on a war footing to create the
employment opportunities in the state through suitable policy interventions.
245. The budgetary allocation of the Department of Employment Generation
during the tenure of this present Government has risen by more than five folds i,e.
to Rs. 926 crore, which during the five period of previous government, was only
Rs. 164 crore. The Government has therefore been able to facilitate employment
to 16.29 lakh youth till date and targets to facilitate employment to another 10-
lakh youth in the ensuing year. A budgetary allocation of Rs. 428 crore has been
provided during 2021-22.
PUNJAB GHAR-GHAR ROZGAR AND KAROBAR MISSION (PGRKAM)
246. I am pleased to announce that the present Government established the
Punjab Ghar-Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission and launched a Job Helpline and
an online portal to facilitate the unemployed youth through a digital platform. A
total of 11,08,584 unemployed candidates and 8,460 employers have registered
themselves on this platform.
247. I am also happy to share that the State Employment Plan for the year
2020-2022 has been approved by our Government and we intend to recruit
against 1 lakh vacancies in a phased manner. The Government would fill 48,989
posts in the first phase and complete the remaining recruitments as per the
available vacancy position during 2021-22.
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DISTRICT BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRISES (DBEE)
248. District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises (DBEE) have been
established by the present Government in all the 22 districts of Punjab. In the year
2020-21 manual Registration of 2,64,463 unemployed candidates has been done.
A total of 1,004 placement camps and 546 self-employment camps were
organized through digital and physical means in which 3,22,088 unemployed
candidates have been facilitated in getting employment. I propose Rs. 12 crore for
this scheme in 2021-22.
249. DBEEs also played an important role in facilitating the employment of
labourers and other unemployed persons during the lockdown imposed on
account of COVID-19 and 13,291 labourers were facilitated in getting the
employment.
PUNJAB SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION (PSDM)
250. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, training under various schemes were
suspended and the same were resumed on 21.09.2020. Till date, 18,526
candidates have been trained under various schemes and 7,218 candidates have
been provided employment assistance and an allocation of Rs. 228 crore for this
Mission is provided in 2021-22 for further upscaling the mission in the next
financial year.
MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH ARMED FORCES AND PREPARATORY
INSTITUTE (MRSAFPI)
251. This scheme targets to train 48 cadets every year. Total 97 cadets have
joined NDA and other academies and 65 have become officers in Indian Armed
Forces during the tenure of this government. I propose to double the training
target for the Institute in 2021-22.
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MAI BHAGO ARMED FORCES AND PREPARATORY INSTITUTE
252. This institute imparts training to 25 Lady Cadets every year for a total
period of 3 years. 3 Lady Cadets have been recruited as Commissioned Officers
and 7 Lady Cadets have appeared for Services Selection Board during the tenure
of this government. I propose to double the training target for the Institute in
2021-22.
SARDAR BAHADUR AMIN CHAND SONI ARMED FORCES PREPARATORY
INSTITUTE
253. Sardar Bahadur Amin Chand Soni Armed Forces Preparatory Institute
will be set up at village Bajwara in Hoshiarpur by the end of 2021. 270 youth
would be trained every year to be recruited as commissioned officers in CDSE
(Combined Defence Services Examination)/AFCAT (Air Force Central
Admission Test). I propose Rs. 29 crore in the budget 2021-22 for this Institute.
CENTRE FOR TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF PUNJAB YOUTH (CPYTE)
254. I am happy to announce that 9.45 acres of land has been allocated for
opening a new camp at Village Asal Uttar, (near Abdul Hameed War Memorial)
District Tarn Taran and Rs. 5 crore has been sanctioned for the first phase. A
target of training 10,000 youths every year has been set. A total of 23,412 youths
were recruited for training in the camps and 4,227 youths were recruited in the
Army/Police during the tenure of this government. I propose Rs. 17 crore for this
scheme in 2021-22.
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DRUG DE-ADDICTION AND PREVENTION
DE-ADDICTION SERVICES
255. Our Government is committed to end the drug menace in the state. Deaddiction Services are being provided through a network of 35 Government Deaddiction centres and 199 Government OOAT clinics. Further, De-addiction
services are also being provided in 10 Central Jails and 1 special jail, specifically
for the jail inmates. The State has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 50 crore for
providing free medicines to the patients coming for treatment at these centres.
256. Our Government has launched the Buddy’s Program to prevent
addiction and inform about the ill-effects of drugs to all schools and college
students. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic and closure of schools and
colleges, the activities could not be undertaken in the current year. Upto
December 2020, 1,27,160 senior buddies; 7,48,994 buddy groups and 37,24,410
number of students have been covered.
257. Further, under the DAPO Program, upto December 2020, 6,26,519
people got registered as DAPOs who contacted 10,47,848 people and made them
aware of the ill effects of drugs and also provided literature on the subject.
Around 1,10,468 people were referred by the DAPOs to the nearest drug deaddiction centre; 60,571 seminars/programs under DAPO have been organized by
DAPOs against drugs and 48,463 drug addicts referred by DAPOs to OOAT
Clinics are duly followed up to make sure they are taking medication every day.
258. Sir, the Special Task Force constituted by the present Government in
2017 to choke the supply of drugs has nabbed 53,161 drug peddlers and dealers
and recovered 1,785 kg of heroin in the past 4 years. The Government will further
strengthen the enforcement efforts, if required, with appropriate financial support.
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HOME AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE
259. To maintain communal harmony, peace, law and order in the State, the
State Government has laid stress for setting up Cyber Investigation and
Technical Support Units in all the districts for rapid detection of Cyber Crime
Cases and to enhance the Cyber Infrastructure. Besides, a highly advanced
Digital Investigation Training and Analysis Centre (DITAC) has also been set
up to upgrade the existing State Cyber Crime Cell in collaboration with
National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), New Delhi.
260. The State Government has provided an outlay of Rs. 13 crore during
2021-22 for purchase of land for Police line at Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS)
Nagar and land for construction of police stations. In addition to this, an outlay
of Rs. 10 crore has been proposed for construction and repair of Police
Buildings during 2021-22.
WOMEN SAFETY
261. The Government in all districts of the State, has introduced a free
pickup facility for women at night by the Punjab Police. Besides this, a
Laboratory for Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC)
at a cost of Rs. 2.54 crore and installation of CCTV camera, laptops, helmets
etc. at a cost of Rs. 3 crore is proposed to be undertaken during 2021-22.
262. With an objective to ensure women safety and reduce malpractices in
transport sector and provide accurate information about bus location, a “Panic
Button” and VTS (Vehicle Tracking System) have been installed in more than
1,600 Buses. Devices for installation in private buses have been identified and
the same will be installed in next 6 months.
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MODERNIZATION OF POLICE FORCE
263. The State has set up Traffic education-cells in the districts of the State
to bring awareness about traffic rules and regulations and has also set up a
State-level Centralized Call Taking Centre/Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP) at Mohali. I propose an allocation of Rs. 6 crore for further
strengthening of Dial-112 in 2021-22.
264. In order to improve the capabilities of State police force to meet the
emerging challenges of internal security on being a Border State, an allocation
of Rs. 89 crore has been provisioned during 2021-22 for “Modernization of
Police Force”.
INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS
265. For installation of CCTV cameras at Patiala and Batala; Data Center
Networking and Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS)
coverage etc., I propose an outlay of Rs. 10 crore for the year 2021-22.
JAILS
266. To ensure use of technology in safeguarding prisons, it is proposed to
implement an AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled video surveillance and
monitoring system at all the 10 Central Jails situated in the state of Punjab. This
system shall use cutting-edge video analytics, artificial intelligence and machine
learning platforms to detect various incidents of interest in the jails. Incidents
like throwing of contraband over the walls of the jails, attempts of escape from
the jails, rioting or arson within the jails, attempt to cause self-harm by a
prisoner etc. can be detected by this system, and suitable alerts shall be
generated for corrective action. This system is expected to cost around Rs. 11
crore for ten jails.
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267. To de-congest the existing jail infrastructure, 2 new jails- Central Jail
at Sri Goindwal Sahib (capacity-2780) and Women Jail at Bathinda (capacity250) will be operationalized in the year 2021. A Communication Dead Zone is
being set up at Central Jail, Bathinda for confining notorious/hardcore prisoners
only. This zone will be equipped with the state-of-the-art security gadgets for
monitoring the activities of these prisoners and keep them restricted to their
specific blocks. A new scheme, with budgetary allocation of Rs. 21 crore, for
implementing the project has been proposed in Budget 2021-22.
268. Further, to improve the hygiene and quality of food of prisoners,
automated washing machines of large capacity and chapatti making machines
for jail kitchens in all the Central Jails and a few district jails are proposed to be
undertaken in 2021-22.
269. To unlock the potential of the prison industry, it is proposed to establish
specialized units in different jails which can be commercially run to meet the
requirements of government departments as well as the private sector. Units for
manufacturing cement pavers, steel furniture, phenyl and soap, carpentry, cloth,
oil expeller etc. are proposed to be established in different jails which shall
supply the products to various government departments and other organizations.
Also, under the aegis of the Punjab Prison Development Board, numerous units
like confectionery units, LED light units etc. are also proposed to be established
in different jails. These units shall not only keep the prisoners busy but shall also
help in providing skills to ensure employability upon their release from the Jails.
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RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATS
270. My Government’s commitment towards providing a responsive
administration for improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being
of our rural populace is evident from our allocation of Rs. 3,744 crore in
2021-22 for creation of rural infrastructure and rural livelihood.
SMART VILLAGE CAMPAIGN
271. In 2019, Punjab started the Smart Village Campaign with an aim of
transforming the villages by creating rural infrastructure and providing basic
amenities like water supply, sanitation, streetlights, parks, gym etc. in
convergence with MGNREGA. 19,132 works were taken up under first phase
of the campaign with an investment of Rs. 835 crore and out of these 17,454
works have been completed. With the success of the first phase of campaign,
the State Government launched its second Phase, in October 2020, with a
threefold expanded scope of work than of the initial program. We propose to
undertake a total of 48,910 works under the second phase and an allocation of
Rs. 1,175 crore has been made in the Budget 2021-22.
MAHATAMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
SCHEME (MGNREGS)
272. Employment to 8.39 lakh households to the tune of 315 lac mandays
have been generated in 2020-21 under MGNREGS. The State has incurred
highest ever expenditure under this scheme till February, 2021. Special focus
was given to Model Playground works, 222 playgrounds out of 975
playgrounds have been completed and work is in progress on the remaining.
Also, ahead of the monsoon season, work of cleaning 12,000 ponds were taken
up; de-watering has been done in 12,184 village ponds whereas desilting has
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been accomplished in 6,332 village ponds. I propose an allocation of Rs. 400
crore for this scheme in 2021-22.
RURBAN MISSION
273. Rurban Mission was started in 2017 to develop 8 Clusters in 7 districts
covering 332 villages to make our rural areas socially, economically and
physically sustainable regions with a planned expenditure of Rs. 240 crore out
of which Rs. 140 crore has been incurred till date. The State has taken up the
matter with the Union Government for inclusion of 200 more clusters under this
mission. An allocation of Rs. 145 crore is proposed for this project in 2021-22.
MAHATMA GANDHI SARBAT VIKAS YOJNA (MGSVY)
274. To provide doorstep delivery of Government schemes to those who are
most deserving but last in the queue, our Government had formulated this
scheme and I am pleased to share that a total of 12.03 lakh persons have been
covered under different schemes till January, 2021.
PARDHAN MANTRI AWAAS YOJANA
275. With the vision of providing ‘Housing for All’ by 2022 under this
scheme, 24,000 beneficiaries were found eligible to be covered from Punjab,
out of which 15,515 houses have already been completed. We are targeting to
cover the remaining during 2021-22. An outlay of Rs. 122 crore has been
proposed for the year 2021-22.
HAR GHAR PAKKI CHATT
276. The Government had announced a special scheme for houses with
Kutcha Roof to convert them into Pucca Roof in the previous budget but the
same could not be taken up due to restrictions imposed by COVID-19
pandemic. A special scheme to convert Kutcha Roof Houses in the rural areas
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of the State to the Houses with Pucca Roofs shall be taken up in 2021-22 at a
cost of Rs. 500 crore.
PUNJAB STATE RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION
277. A total of 21,163 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have been formed
covering 2.20 lakh women households. I am delighted to announce that the
women members of these SHGs have saved Rs. 45 crore and leveraged another
Rs. 115 crore from the regulated financial sector.
CONSTRUCTION OF KABRISTAN/ KABARGAH FOR CHRISTIAN/ MUSLIMS
COMMUNITY
278. Muslim and Christian minorities in many areas of Punjab were facing
the problem of paucity of land for the burial grounds. The State government is
providing impetus to the construction of graveyards/ burial grounds in villages
with sizeable percentage of minorities across the State. I propose a Grant of Rs.
5 lakh to be provided to the villages for the provision of basic facilities in the
Kabargah/ Kabristan. An outlay of Rs. 20 crore has been proposed for this in
the budget for the year 2021-22.
MODERNIZATION & IMPROVEMENT OF SC VILLAGES HAVING MORE
THAN 50% SC POPULATION
279. In order to provide further impetus to existing grants in the villages
having Scheduled Caste population greater than or equal to 50% of the total
population, a special allocation of Rs. 10 crore is proposed for this purpose in
2021-22.
BORDER AND KANDI AREA DEVELOPMENT
280. In line with our commitment of holistic development of all areas of the
State, the government has taken special steps to address the constant challenges
faced by the villagers of Border and Kandi Area of the State. To ensure an
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integrated Development of these areas and for meeting the critical gaps in
infrastructure, our Government proposes Rs. 100 crore for Border Area and Rs.
100 crore for Kandi Area during 2021-22. In addition to this, Rs. 68 crore is
also being proposed for infrastructural works to be undertaken under the Border
Area Development Programme.
HAR GHAR PAANI IN BORDER AND KANDI AREAS
281. 64 single village rural water supply schemes have been commissioned
in the border districts during 2020-21 at a cost of Rs. 10 crore. Further, 180
schemes with an aggregate cost of Rs.72 crore are under procurement and shall
be completed by December 2021. Also, the Government would, by December
2021, allot work on three new multi village surface water supply projects for the
water scarce areas of the border districts of Fazilka and Ferozpur covering cover
414 villages, 1,28,684 households with a population of 7.4 lakh at a capital cost
of Rs. 719 crore.
282. To accord a special focus to the arsenic affected border districts of
Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Taran Tarn, the government has started work on seven
new multi surface water supply projects covering 620 villages costing Rs. 638
crore bringing relief to 1,58,303 households and 9.5 lakh people. The target date
for completion of these projects is December 2022.
283. The Government has undertaken special measures to enhance the
water supply in the villages falling under the Kandi belt of the State. A total of
35 schemes have been commissioned at a cost of Rs. 6 crore. Another 167
schemes at a cost of Rs. 37 crore are in process and will be completed in this
financial year.
284. In addition to above, 2 new multi village surface water supply projects
for Roopnagar and Hoshiarpur districts have been designed and the water for
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these project would be taken from Shah Neher Barrage. The project for
Anandpur Sahib sub-division of Roopnagar district covers 67 villages having
30,000 households and for Hoshiarpur district, the project covers 197 villages of
Talwara, Dasuya and Bunga blocks having 35,000 households with a population
of 1.72 lakh at a cost of Rs. 41 crore and Rs. 157 crore, respectively.
SHAHPUR KANDI DAM
285. The work on Shahpur Kandi Dam project is under progress on River
Ravi at an estimated cost of Rs. 422 crore. With the completion of this project,
1,042 MU of Hydro-electricity will be generated with an installed capacity of
206 MW with irrigation potential of 32,173-hectare area in Jammu & Kashmir
and 5,000-hectare area in Punjab. The progress of the project, as on 31.12.2020,
is 40% and it is expected to be completed by 30.04.2022 and commissioned
from August, 2024. I propose an allocation of Rs. 182 crore during 2021-22 for
execution of this project.
IRRIGATION FACILITIES IN KANDI AREAS
286. The Government has taken up a new project with a cost of Rs. 196
crore, for installation and energization of 502 deep tube-wells for irrigation
purpose in different blocks of Kandi area. I propose an allocation of Rs. 157
crore for the year 2021-22 bringing 21,028 Hectare area under assured irrigation
facilities.
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URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
287. Punjab is getting rapidly urbanised and the need of the hour is to plan,
develop and execute projects in a holistic manner so that our cities are wellequipped with all basic amenities. I propose an allocation of Rs. 7,192 crore for
the holistic development of our urban sector for the year 2021-22 i.e. an
increase of 68% over 2020-21 RE of Rs. 4,270 crore.
SMART CITIES MISSION
288. Ludhiana, Amritsar & Jalandhar Cities have been selected, under
Government of India’s Smart Cities Mission, to be developed as Smart Cities.
Further, the Holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi has also been taken up as a special
case under this mission. The focus of the mission is to improve infrastructure,
IT Connectivity, e–Governance, citizen participation and addressal of
environmental pollution, clean water and sanitation with safety of the residents.
During 2020-21, works amounting to Rs. 1,237 crore have been started. I
propose a budgetary provision of Rs. 1,600 crore for this project during 2021-
22.
CANAL BASED WATER SUPPLY PROJECT IN AMRITSAR AND LUDHIANA
289. The State, with the help of Word Bank, is undertaking Canal Based
Water Supply Project in the cities of Amritsar and Ludhiana. The cost of the
projects are Rs. 686 crore and Rs. 1,242 crore respectively, excluding O&M of
10 years. Under this ambitious project, surface-based potable water will be
made available to these cities which are currently groping with the problem of
rapidly depleting ground water level. The negotiation of the projects with the
World Bank have been completed and the project is proposed for approval in
the ensuing Executive Committee meeting of the World Bank scheduled for
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31.03.2021. The construction of the project will start in 2021-22.
ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION
(AMRUT)
290. The Government of India has approved projects amounting to
Rs. 2,785 crore under the State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) for 16 Towns of
Punjab under the AMRUT Scheme and works amounting to Rs. 2,740 crore
have already been awarded and an expenditure of Rs. 683 crore has been
released for these works. An outlay of Rs. 1,400 crore is proposed for the year
2021-22.
291. Some of the major works taken under AMRUT/Smart Cities Mission
(Convergence) include:
i. 24X7 Surface Water Supply Schemes in Jalandhar and Patiala at an
estimated cost of Rs. 592 crore and Rs. 360 crore, respectively.
ii. Rejuvenation of Buddha Nallah, Ludhiana at a cost of Rs. 650 crore.
iii. Rejuvenation of Badi Nadi & Chhoti Nadi, Patiala at a cost of
Rs. 208 crore.
SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-URBAN
292. Sir, I am pleased to inform the House that Punjab has emerged as one
of the front runners in implementation of this Mission and receiving enormous
prizes in various Swachh Survekshan. The State has undertaken various
innovations that include Solid Waste Management like Mechanical Separator
locally designed for bio-mining of old dump sites, shredder machine for
horticulture waste management and Jivaamrit/Bacterial Culture for expediting
composting process. I propose Rs. 114 crore for this mission during 2021-22.
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LED STREET LIGHT
293. Keeping in view the increasing power consumption by the
conventional streetlights, our government so far has already replaced 3,43,000
existing streetlights with LED lights. We intend to replace all the streetlights
with LED lights by December 2021.
PUNJAB URBAN ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (PUIEP)
294. The programme is to make urbanisation impactful and enable the
development of state-of-the art urban infrastructure and efficient service
delivery systems for the urban population of Punjab. Works like construction of
roads, drains and laying of interlocking tiles are being carried in all the 167
Urban Local Bodies. Works amounting to Rs. 292.24 crore under Phase-I have
been initiated in 2019-20 and 2020-21 and under Phase-II announced in 2020-
21, the allocation has been increased from Rs. 500 crore to Rs. 1,117 crore, out
of which, works amounting to Rs. 947 crore have already been approved and
under various stages of implementation. Further, I propose an additional
allocation of Rs. 500 crore during 2021-22 for undertaking these works.
E-GOVERNANCE PROJECT
295. Under the Digital Punjab initiative, with an objective to facilitate the
citizen interface with Urban Government, our Government has initiated the eGovernance Project wherein citizen-centric services like water and sewerage
management, property tax, trade license, Public Grievance Redressal, Fire
Services, Miscellaneous Receipts and Building Plan Management etc. have
been rolled out across all the Urban Local Bodies of Punjab. These services
shall have a direct and positive impact on the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ rating of
the State. Moreover, Integration of payment systems with Sewa Kendra/ BBPS/
PayTM has been initiated. To further our goal of e-Governance, citizens can log
their grievances through WhatsApp chat box.
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EMPOWERING SLUM DWELLERS – BASERA
296. ‘BASERA’, guided by the Punjab Proprietary Rights to Slum Dwellers
Act, 2020 along with the allied Rules, is a milestone step towards inclusive
urban development and planning of the Government of Punjab. BASERA lays
the foundation for mainstreaming of slums with the rest of the city by involving
just and inclusive city development paradigms in practice. The scheme applies
to all slums, including but not limited to notified or non-notified or recognised
or authorised slums or the slums identified in accordance with the provisions of
‘The Punjab Slum Dwellers (Proprietary Rights) Act, 2020’ situated on Land
owned by the state government or any of its entities. This scheme is applicable
to all urban areas within the limits of all Municipal Bodies established under the
Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 and The Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976.
297. In pursuance of the BASERA, the Punjab Proprietary Rights to Slum
Dwellers Act, 2020 and the allied Rules, the ULBs have started undertaking the
exercise of slum boundary delineation along with slum household survey.
Simultaneously, a tenability analysis is also being conducted for the land
occupied by the slum dwellers. Conferring property rights to ensure security of
tenure to the slum dwellers is the next step towards ushering in the new
paradigm of inclusive development. It is expected that 87,000 slum households
will be given Property Rights under this scheme.
NATIONAL URBAN LIVELIHOOD MISSION (NULM)
298. Gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment is being
provided under this mission to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban
poor. This mission also addresses livelihood concerns of the urban street
vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social
security and skills to the urban street vendors for accessing emerging market
opportunities. I propose a budgetary provision of Rs. 36 crore for this scheme in
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2021-22.
PUNJAB INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
299. PIDB has been created under the Punjab Infrastructure (Development
and Regulation) Act, 2002 (PIDRA) to act as a nodal agency for Infrastructure
Development in the State involving Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Bus
Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Amritsar with a total fleet of 93 buses, under
the aegis of PIDB, started on 28.01.2019 and it was awarded as best Urban
Mass Transit project by Government of India for the year 2019. During 2021-
22, works of Rs. 975 crore under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode are
proposed to be taken up by PIDB in Urban Development and Tourism Sector.
Some of the important projects are stated below:
i. International Standard Tourism/ Theme Destination in Punjab on
Pathankot-Dalhousie road around Ranjit Sagar Lake at a cost of Rs. 450
crore
ii. Ludhiana, Mohali and Amritsar Commercial Complexes-cum-Exhibition
Centres at a cost of Rs. 125 crore; Rs. 150 crore and Rs. 250 crore,
respectively.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
300. Our government is committed to providing affordable housing in the
State to low-income and middle-income classes and has accordingly notified an
“Affordable Housing Policy”. Further, to encourage the promoters to develop
affordable colonies under this policy, financial benefits like Change of Land use
(CLU), Licence Fees/Permission Fees (LF/PF), External Development Charges
(EDC) and Social Infrastructure Fund (SIF) have been exempted. Under Punjab
Shehri Awas Yojana, 124 flats have been allotted at village Hajimajra in Patiala
to SC/BC houseless families having income less than Rs. 3 lac per annum.
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301. The State with a view of further enhancing affordable housing and
re-energising the sector intends to undertake the schemes namely EWS Housing
Schemes on Authority Land; EWS Private Project Housing Schemes;
Regularisation Policy for standalone Project and Amnesty Policy for default in
payment of instalments during 2021-22. In this endeavour, the State Housing
Department would achieve 25,000 houses for Economically Weaker Sections
(EWS) and 25,000 affordable houses for other category of citizens.
302. The Government in 2020 has started the work on the Heritage Street
near Qila Mubarak, Patiala and the same shall be completed soon.
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE
TOURISM & CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303. The State Government is obligated to preserve and restore its heritage
and the Government envisions to establish the State of Punjab as a world-class
destination offering a unique, different and memorable experience to tourists,
while ensuring sustainable and responsible tourism. The Government’s mission
is to work relentlessly to increase the annual tourist visits in the State by
improving the existing infrastructure and also through creation of new
infrastructure.
400TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SRI GURU TEG BAHADUR JI
304. The State would organize a State-level function to commemorate the
400th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji and an amount of Rs. 100
crore has been earmarked for this purpose in 2021-22. A Theme Park at
Chamkaur Sahib worth Rs. 30 crore to showcase Sikh Culture and
establishment of infrastructure using latest technology based on multimedia
works is near completion and will be opened to public in April, 2021.
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100th YEAR OF COMMEMORATION OF JALLIANWALA BAGH MARTYRS
305. Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Memorial Park in Amritsar would be set
up at a cost of Rs. 3.52 crore and this sacred Memorial will have the soil
brought by kin of Martyrs or Panchayats, Sarpanches and Councilors. The
Memorial is expected to be dedicated to the people by 15th August, 2021.
SETTING UP OF MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS
306. An amount of Rs. 178 crore has been proposed in 2021-22 for
development/ conservation and preservation of various memorials/ monuments/
museums of the State namely Quila Phool at Rampura; Bhai Mardana Ji
Memorial; Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal, Amritsar; Bhai Jaita Ji Memorial;
Late Mohd. Rafi’s Memorial at Village Kotla Sultan Singh; Ajj Sarovar in
Kharar; Park at Virasat-e-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib, etc. Also, the Khuralgarh
Memorial shall be completed during 2021-22 at a cost of Rs. 103 crore. The
Government shall also initiate the construction of Pandava Jheel, Ghadaun and
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial in Doaba region during the coming year.
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
307. An amount of Rs. 5 crore has been proposed to organize Patiala
Heritage Festival, Military Literature Festival and other Cultural Activities
during the year 2021-22.
ROADS & BRIDGES
308. Our Government is committed to providing robust infrastructure in the
form of safe and sustainable roads and bridges and more importantly
maintaining the existing ones. An outlay of Rs. 2,449 crore has been earmarked
for the year 2021-22. Out of which, Rs. 575 crore is earmarked for upgradation,
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construction and repair of Roads & Bridges of 560 km of road length to be
undertaken during 2021-22.
309. Further, Rs. 160 crore is proposed for upgradation of 124 rural roads
and 13 bridges with the assistance of NABARD including Jaimal Singhwala,
Dharampura; Gurdaspur-Dera Baba Nanak road to Agwan, Barila, Dhidowal;
village Gillzian-Kamalpur to Historic Gurdwara Tahlili Sahib via Munak
Bolewal; Budhlada Jakhal road to Kulrian byepass Bareta; Bhawanigarh to
Bakhopeer Road to Kakra and Alorakh to Nabha Road; Naya Gaon to Kane Ka
Bara to Tanda Karoran Pinjor road; construction of bridge at Bist doab canal –
Garshankar-Mehtiana Road to Binjon Hospital and to Binjon Rehla;
Construction of HL Bridge on Samana Bhawanigarh Road; construction of over
bridge on Nangal Hydel Channel near Bhaowal Steel foot bridge; HL bridge on
Ropar-Nangal road to Raipur Nangal Hydel Channel and Sri Anandpur Sahib
Hydel Project; bridge to connect on Satluj river-Shahpur and other villages; etc.
I am delighted to share that our Government has completed six (6) ROBs in the
last 4 years and other 12 ROBs and 1 RUB are under various stages of
construction. Besides, an allocation of Rs. 150 crore has been proposed for
construction of ROBs/RUBs at Chougeti Ladhewali Road – Jalandhar, Jalandhar
Cantt. -Hoshiarpur line and Dina Nagar; Bathinda, Pathankot and Ahmedgarh,
Bridge on Bibhor Sahib to Swamipur Pingwari link road; HL Bridge Nangal
Hydel Channel and Sri Anandpur Sahib Hydel Channel near Jandla and others.
310. Also, upgradation/4-lanning of 289 km out of the total 477 km of
National Highways and 4 ROBs has been completed and work is in progress on
the remaining. The project is being undertaken at a cost of Rs. 4,062 crore.
CRF
311. Under Central Road Fund (CRF) Scheme, a provision of Rs. 250 crore
has been earmarked for various works benefiting 308 Km of Roads. During
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2021-22, Rs. 100 crore has been allocated for land acquisition and construction
of ROBs /RUBs for Dedicated Freight Corridor Rail Line from Rajpura to
Ludhiana.
POWER
312. The State Government is committed to assured power supply and to
improve the reliability of power supply. The State catered the maximum demand
of 13,148 MW during Paddy season 2020 without any load shedding and met
highest energy demand of 3,018 lakh units (LUs/day) in a single day on
02.07.2020. PSPCL ensured the power supply to its consumers despite the
dwindling coal stock position due to Rail Roko agitation. In order to cut the
power purchase cost, PSPCL has entered into a bilateral banking arrangement
importing 4,427.57 MUs of power during paddy season. An agreement has also
been made with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for the procurement of
500 MW Hybrid Power @ Rs. 2.76 per unit.
HOTLINE MAINTENANCE
313. The State of Punjab has become the first state in Northern India to carry
out Hotline Maintenance. Exemplary achievement has been made in the Hotline
Maintenance on live 132/220/400 KV transmission system.
BOOSTING CONSUMPTION
314. In order to encourage productive use of surplus power in the State,
lower rate of energy charge for consumption of power exceeding the threshold
limit of previous two years is being charged to industrial consumers.
FREE POWER TO DOMESTIC CONSUMERS
315. Our Government would continue providing free electricity of 300 units
per month upto 1KW to the freedom fighters category and 200 units per month
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upto 1KW to the SC, BC, non -SC BPL consumers. 24.31 lakh domestic
consumers avail this subsidy. An allocation of Rs. 1,513 crore is being proposed
during 2021-22.
TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION
316. A new 220 KV substation at Ladowal has been commissioned. Besides,
266.50 MVA on 400/220/132 KV Sub-Stations, 51.619 Kms of transmission lines
and 53.433 KM 66KV Ckt have also been added. 4 number 132 KV substations
have been upgraded to 220 KV level with a cost of Rs. 58.83 crore at Maur,
Hoshiarpur, Badhani Kalan and Alawalpur. PSPCL has brought down its
Transmission & Distribution (T&D) losses to 14.69%.
317. The Construction work of new 400KV sub-station at Dhanansu and
Behman Jassa Singh is under progress and tenders have been floated for new
construction work of 400 KV Substation at Ropar, additional 500 MVA at 400
KV Substation, Rajpura and augmentation of 1 No. 315 MVA with 500 MVA at
Nakodar.
NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
318. Our Government is committed to boost clean and green development by
increasing the production of energy from Renewable Sources. In the year 2020-
21, a total of 98.04 MW capacity of Renewable Energy Projects have been
commissioned and Biomass Power projects are consuming 4.14 lakh metric tonne
of paddy straw annually.
319. A Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) project based on Paddy Straw of 33 TPD
capacity shall be commissioned in District Sangrur by March 2021.
320. A new project proposal has been submitted to Government of India for
setting up of aggregate capacity of 100 MW standalone Biomass Power Projects
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and 25 MW Biomass Solar Hybrid Power Projects. Besides, 3,930 family size
Biogas plants have been installed under New National Biogas and Organic
Manure Programme (NNBOMP) and 19 existing inefficient pump-sets have been
replaced with energy efficient pump-sets having total capacity of 285 HP in Rural
Drinking Water Pumping System in Rajpura Division under Energy Conservation
Programme.
321. I also propose a new scheme for installation of High Mast Solar
Powered Light in 750 rural stadium/playgrounds in the budget 2021-22 with an
outlay of Rs. 5 crore.
PRADHAN MANTRI – KISAN URJA SURAKSHA EVAM UTTHAAN
MAHABHIYAN
322. PM-KUSUM scheme has been launched by Government of India for
farmers for setting up of grid connected solar power plants, standalone off grid
solar pumps and grid connected solar pumps with the aim of providing energy
security and raising their income. Under this scheme, solar power plants of
capacity 1MW to 2MW are to be set up by the Farmers, Panchayats, Cooperatives & FPOs to sell power to PSPCL and a target of 220 MW has been
fixed for 2021-22. So far, 600 off-grid solar water pumping systems have been
installed and 3,900 solar pumps are under installation. Solar pumps upto 7.5 HP
capacities are to be setup by the farmers for replacement of diesel engines, while
grid connected agriculture pumps upto 7.5 HP capacity are to be solarised.
Farmers will sell surplus power to PSPCL to earn additional income. We have set
a target of 12,500 solar pumps and 5,000 off-grid pumps for 2021-22. I propose
an allocation of Rs. 125 crore for this scheme in the budget 2021-22.
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TRANSPORT
323. There is a demand and need to shift the bus stands from the inside the
cities, to decongest our growing cities. As promised in the previous budget,
construction of a New Bus Stand along with workshop at Patiala with ultramodern facilities on an area of 8.50-acre land at a cost of Rs. 61 crore has already
begun in 2020-21.
324. We will construct 25 Bus-stands at a cost of Rs. 250 crore in different
towns including Roopnagar, Dharamkot, Mullanpur, Zira etc. and procure 500
new buses at a cost of Rs. 150 crore for PRTC and PUNBUS during 2021-22.
FREE TRANSPORT FACILITY TO STUDENTS AND WOMEN
325. My Government had proposed free transport facility for the primary
school students in the last budget but the same could not start due to closure of
schools on account of lockdown imposed to curtail COVID-19. I propose to
expand the scope of the scheme to cover students studying in Government
Colleges and all female passengers for which an allocation of Rs. 170 crore has
been provided.
326. The Government is also in the process of issuing more than 3,000
permits for mini-bus operators and this shall help in providing employment as
well improve connectivity to the villages. The Government intends to make these
permits for mini-bus on demand in an open and transparent manner.
327. Punjab Road Safety Council at the State-level and Road Safety councils
at the District-level have been constituted for the purpose of safeguarding the
lives of people on the roads. Out of 432 black-spots identified in 12 critical
districts of Punjab, more than 100 have already been rectified. A provision of Rs.
33 crore has been provided in the budget 2021-22 to operationalise these
Councils and motivate them to address the urgent issue of safe road infrastructure
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to save precious human lives.
328. The Institute of Driving Training & Research (IDTR) is being set up at
Kapurthala. Apart from it the Regional Driving Training Centres (RDTCs) at
Malerkotla and Batala are also being setup to provide training to the drivers of
Commercial Vehicles.
329. 500 Sewa Kendras and more than 3,500 Common Service Centres have
been authorised to provide service of Learning License so as to give doorstep
services The State has finalized the arrangements and soon would start homedelivery of Driving Licences and Registration Certificates (RCs) on the lines of
passport delivery and also plan for keeping tatkal option for emergency cases.
REVENUE
330. The State Government has released an amount of Rs. 812 crore to the
districts & other departments for handling Covid-19 pandemic and Rs. 154.78
crore for natural calamities. Besides, a sum of Rs. 14.39 crore has been released
for completion of District Administrative Complexes (DAC) of SBS Nagar,
Kapurthala and Amritsar and Rs. 2.27 crore has been released for reimbursement
of the part of the State GST for the purchase of Langar goods during 2020-21.
331. Our Government has launched a new feature of online automatic
locking of e-stamp paper and e-registration fee to avoid the revenue losses or reuse of the e-stamp paper and e-registration receipt with any other document.
More than 15 lakh documents have been registered through National Generic
Documents Registration System (NGDRS).
332. My Government shall undertake the construction of Tehsil Complexes
at Guru Harsahai, Malerkotla, Ahmedgarh, Bhawanigarh, Amloh, Dinanagar at a
cost of Rs. 4 crore each. New Sub-Tehsil complex at a cost of Rs. 1.5 crore will
be constructed in sub-tehsil Sham Charausi and at a cost of Rs. 1 crore at Hajipur.
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333. The District Administrative Complex (DAC) Amritsar at a cost of Rs.
94 crore and an additional floor in District Administrative Complex Pathankot at
a cost of Rs. 10 crore will be completed during 2021-22.
CIVIL AVIATION
334. To boost air connectivity in Punjab & promote international flights,
airport facilities have been upgraded to accommodate larger aircrafts. The
runway at Chandigarh International Airport, Mohali has been expanded to have
an effective take-off length of 10,400 ft. Air Force Station (AFS), Chandigarh
has recently completed installation of CAT II-B on Runway-29 under the
Modernization of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI) Scheme, thus enabling 24-hour
operations.
335. Installation of CAT III-B ILS is being planned on Runway-11 to
enable low visibility landing even during foggy winter months and Upgraded
Instrument Landing System (ILS) is being installed to handle aircrafts during
low visibility conditions.
336. Under the aegis of the Punjab State Civil Aviation Council, flying
training is being imparted at Patiala and Amritsar on single engine, multi-engine
aircraft and on simulator for instrument flying. During 2020-21, 1,340 hours of
flying training has been imparted. Also, three sites have been allotted to various
agencies, for development of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO)
facilities at Patiala Aviation Complex (PAC) which are expected to start their
operations by 31.03.2021.
MGSIPA
337. Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA),
Punjab was created to undertake research, consultancy, training and allied
activities to improve management efficiency in the various areas of Public
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Administration particularly those areas which are characterized by deficits in the
system leading to poor performance and inefficiency. The institute has conducted
466 training programmes and trained 19,007 officers/officials of various
departments of the state government during 2020-21. Besides, MGSIPA also
offers an excellent opportunity to the aspirants of the Civil Services examination
by providing coaching for IAS/PCS Preliminary and Mains examination and
conducts mock interviews to prepare the candidates. I propose an allocation of
Rs. 24 crore in 2021-22 for this Institute.
EXCISE AND TAXATION
338. The Government, with an objective to facilitate its small and medium
businesses and dealers, has introduced a One-Time Settlement Scheme (OTS)
for VAT & CST w.e.f. 01.02.2021. The salient features of the policy are
outlined below:
i. All the dealers whose assessments have been framed up to 31-12-
2020 can apply under the scheme till 30-04-2021.
ii. The dealer can submit additional statutory forms, which were not
produced at the time of assessment, with the application form.
iii. The dealer has to make the self-assessment and submit the proof of
payment of 100% of the net tax payable as the result of settlement.
339. A scheme, on the similar lines, for VAT Assessments of post 2013-14
till introduction of GST, shall be notified by the Government in the coming
fiscal year.
340. The State has purchased the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) tool for
Data mining and intelligence-based action for checking evasion. The risk
scoring of all firms based on pre-defined parameters has been completed and
also revenue forecasting, circular trading etc is being worked upon. Also, BIFA
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(Business intelligence and Fraud analytics) tool developed by GSTN is being
used and so far, we have arrested 9 persons in 3 cases involving bogus billing of
around Rs. 800 crore in current year till date and further necessary action in a
number of other cases is being expedited.
GOVERNANCE REFORMS
341. Our Government is committed to build a ‘Digital Punjab’. We are
constantly striving to improve service-delivery to the residents of the State using
Information Technology (IT) as a tool and bring ease to residents in their
Governments’ interaction through process re-engineering of citizen-centric
services.
342. The State, with this objective of transforming citizen experience, has
introduced reform measures at eSewa/Sewa Kendra such as migration of eDistrict
to eSewa and development of 50 more online (38 already developed) end to end
services. In addition to this, 60 more offline services; Door-Step Delivery;
birth/death registration from private hospital across state; Tatkal Services and 10
across-the-counter services have been launched.
343. The State is on-boarding 15 more services of the State Government
Departments/Boards/Corporations and 10 Universities of the State on
DigiLocker.
344. Under Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS), the State aims to
reduce the pendency of Grievances to 1%. 64 Departments/ Boards/Corporations
have already been on–boarded while the remaining State
Departments/Boards/corporations are in the process of being on-boarded. To
further quicken the resolution of Grievances, a Mobile Application is under
development. Further, development of single grievance mechanism for the State
and development of an interface on mSewa Mobile App for Employees is in
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process.
345. The Government, as a part of Digital Punjab initiative, has integrated all
offices on eOffice platform and shall bring on- board remaining
Departments/Boards/corporations during 2021-22.
346. The State shall soon create a Unified ID for citizens and their families so
that the benefits of various government welfare schemes are extended through an
authentic and verifiable database of beneficiaries efficiently.
347. A provision of Rs. 82 crore is proposed for various e-governance
projects including infrastructure projects such as Wide Area Connectivity
(WAN), Local Area Network (LAN) and State Data Centre (SDC).
EMPLOYEE AND PENSIONER WELFARE
348. Speaker Sir, your Government has successfully and seamlessly
transitioned to a new Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) w.e.f.
1.4.2020. Though the new system was rolled out during the lockdown but it was
ensured that no disruption occurs in the release of committed liabilities to our
employees and pensioners. The State, through the new system, has eliminated the
dependence on external vendor. The State exchequer had paid a whopping Rs.
140 crore to the TCS for roll-out of the earlier IWDMS- IFMS software then in
2011, while, the new IFMS system has been launched with the assistance of NIC
at a cost of Rs. 32 crore only.
349. Sir, Human Resource Management System (HRMS) has been
implemented in all the Administrative Departments of the State w.e.f. 2018,
whereby the salary bills of all employees as also their e-service books have
been generated on the system. The software permits the calculation of
employee’s annual increment, GPF, Leave account, GIS, LTC automatically.
The performance appraisal of GAD staff has also been automated using
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iHRMS software. The Government employees/officials can now view the
required information by using iHRMS Android app. The system has brought
about transparency and the employees can view their entitlements at any time
and from anywhere.
350. It also gives me pleasure to inform that our Government w.e.f.
04.01.2021 has started issuing e- Pension Payment Order (e-PPO). Before this
system, Pension Payment Order (PPO) was issued by the office of Accountant
General (AG), Punjab physically in duplicate which sometimes resulted in loss
of PPO in transit and most importantly delays in receipt of pension orders. The
State in the welfare of the pensioners has decided for issuance of e-Pension
Payment Order (e-PPO). The e-PPO are being sent in iHRMS IDs of the
retirees by the office of AG, Punjab circumventing all the delays, losses and
harassments involved in its dispatch.
351. Further, my Government intends to integrate the IFMS system with the
NSDL software for real time (T+2 days) uploading of monthly deductions in
the subscribers account w.e.f. 1.4.2021. This would thus reduce the delays in
uploading the accounts and the employees, covered by NPS scheme, will be
able to realise the growths on their and employer’s contribution timely.
6TH PUNJAB PAY COMMISSION
352. Sir, coming to the welfare of employees of the State, I sincerely hope
the much-awaited report of 6th Punjab Pay Commission shall be submitted
soon. Anticipating the same, I have made the necessary provisions in my
budgetary estimates.
353. Not only the necessary budgetary provision to implement the
recommendations of the Commission prospectively has been kept but
provision to pay a part of the arrears has also been made.
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354. Sir, it takes time for any Government to examine and assess any
recommendations but I am proactively laying the timelines for my
Government to act on the recommendations of the Commission. I announce to
implement those recommendations of the Commission accepted by the
Government from 1.7.2021. I also announce to pay the arrears, if any, in a
staggered manner of which the first instalment shall be paid in October, 2021
and second instalment in January, 2022.
BUDGET AT A GLANCE
Mr. Speaker Sir,
355. The total Budget size for the year 2021-22 is Rs. 1,68,015 crore.
However, the effective Budget size, after providing for a budget provision of
Rs. 30,000 crore towards Ways and Means transactions for the current year, is
Rs. 1,38,015 crore. The total Receipts are expected to be Rs. 1,62,599 crore.
The details are as follows:
Sr.
No. Item
Revised
Estimates
2020-21
(Rs. crore)
Budget
Estimates
2021-22
(Rs. crore)
1 Revenue Receipts (2+3+4+5) 72,042 95,258
2 State’s Own Tax Revenue 30,409 37,434
3 State’s Own Non-Tax Revenue 4,633 7,758
4 Share of Central Taxes 9,834 12,027
5 Grants-in-Aid from Centre 27,167 38,038
6 Capital Receipts (7+8+9) 70,177 67,341
7 Public Debt excluding Ways and Means Advances 44,167 37,336
8 Ways & Means Advances 26,000 30,000
9 Non-Debt Receipts 10 5
10 Total Receipts (1+6) 1,42,220 1,62,599
11 Revenue Expenditure (12+13+14+15) 92,772 1,03,880
12 Salaries and Wages (including Grant-in-Aid Salary) 26,363 27,714
13 Pension and retirement benefits 13,000 11,767
14 Interest Payments 18,589 20,316
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15 Other Revenue Expenditure 34,820 44,084
16 Capital Expenditure 6,822 14,134
17 Repayment of Public Debt excluding Ways and Means
Advances 13,482 18,513
18 Repayment of Ways & Means Advances 26,000 30,000
19 Advances of Loans 924 1,488
20 Total Expenditure (11+16+17+18+19) 1,40,000 1,68,015
21 Revenue Deficit (11-1) 20,730 8,622
Revenue Deficit as % of GSDP 3.42 1.42
22 Fiscal Deficit (21+19+16-9) 28,465 24,240
Fiscal Deficit as % of GSDP 4.69 3.99
23 Primary Deficit (+)/Primary Surplus (-) (22-14) 9,876 3,924
24 Effective Outstanding Debt#
2,52,880 2,73,703
Outstanding Debt as % of GSDP 41.69 45.05
25 GSDP at Current Prices 6,06,530 6,07,594
* Figures have been rounded off, # excluding Rs. 8,359 crore received as back-to-back loans in lieu of GST Compensation,
during the year 2020-21
356. It would be facetious of me to claim that the last four years have been
perfect. Of course, there are things that could have been better. We are
conscious of these shortcomings and strive towards improvement.
357. But an urgent issue confronts not just Punjab, or the neighbouring
States of Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh or Uttar Pradesh alone in the
form of the 3 Agriculture Bills introduced by the Central Government – as it
impacts everyone in India.
358. People all over the world have suffered due to divisiveness. Punjab has
suffered not once but three times in a century due to politics of divisiveness,
first in the 1940s when the state was partitioned, then again during the Punjabi
Suba Morcha agitation, and then in the 1980s due to militancy. Speaker Sir,
we have learnt our lessons. That is why Punjabis have shown an aversion to
the BJP’s divisive narrative.
359. Besides divisiveness, one needs to point out that arrogance has led
to the downfall of many empires. One should not forget Ozymandias by the
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great poet Shelley. Recently, Archie Brown, the renowned scholar who studied
the collapse of totalitarian empires wrote a seminal book titled: “Myth of a
Strong Leader.” The book is essential reading for all leaders, and it
conclusively states that good leaders are not the ones who concentrate powers
and decision making, but the ones who collaborate, delegate, negotiate and
recognise that no person has or should have all answers.
360. The twin practices of divisiveness and arrogance stand in sharp
contrast to the humility of the Indian farmer.
361. For six months now, the entire world has been shocked by the audacity
and rigidity of the Union Government in passing the three farm bills. Farmers
protested in Punjab, but the Union Government did not listen. They moved to
Delhi, but the Union Government still did not listen. Today, the entire world is
echoing the voice of the Indian farmer.
362. Amidst such despondency, amidst such unprecedented crackdown, the
farmer has proved to be a beacon of hope, a flag of resistance. As they light
bonfires during the dark winter nights, one cannot but admire their tenacity
and resilience. To quote a Poet from the Punjab, I quote in original:
दुनिया मेरेअजम को कमजोर ि समझे
येसबर हैमेरा, इसेकु छ और ि समझे
सोए ह
ु
येशेरों को जगाना नह ींअच्छा
हम जैसो को बेकार सताना नह अच्‍छा
खामोश था लेककन तेरेढब (तौर-तर के) देख रहा था
मैंसोचती आींखों सेगजब देख रहा था
कमजोर नह हूँकक तझे ु
क
ु
छ न कह ींगा
वतन परस्‍त हूँ मैंकडा वार करूं गा
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363. Speaker Sir, I dedicate this budget to the farmers of India and salute
their inspirational struggle that is already on its way to acquiring a legendary
status.
364. Yesterday’s pain is tomorrow’s power. Some of the actions that we
took were painful and not easy to take, but I am glad to report that we have
achieved success. We have endured pain, suffering and difficult times. Now
the state has come out of a morass. This pain will be soon forgotten, as we are
now set to enjoy the fruits of our hard labour.
365. We have successfully overcome the budgetary deficits, falling
financial indicators, and economic woes.
366. Punjab is now on the cusp of history, and the future is well within our
grasp. It is an opportune time for Punjab to once again claim its rightful space
as a high performer. I am reminded of the great Punjabi poet Allama Iqbal and
I quote:
िह ूंहूंिा उम्म द इकबाल अपि नकश् त-ए-व राूं से,
जरा िम हो तो यह नमट बड जरखेज हैसाक
367. I wish to record my gratitude to Hon’ble Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh Ji. A friend and a leader of Men. Without his unstinted
support and guidance, I would not be able to discharge my duties effectively
and efficiently.
368. I thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, and all the Hon’ble Members of this
august House, for your past support. I ask you to join us tomorrow. And most
of all, I ask you to join us in all the tomorrows yet to come, in building Punjab,
moving Punjab, and picking-up this State of ours and sending it into the next
decades.
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369. Sir, before I resume my seat, I must perform one very necessary and
pleasant duty – that is to express my appreciation of the responsible and heavy
work zealously performed by the Officers and the staff of the Finance and
Planning Department. I refer to them because Hon’ble Members do not see
anything of these Officers, because they are completely screened behind
official doors and Secretariat literature but I have not allowed them to observe
the same seclusion from me, and I am personally able to testify to their great
merits.
370. We have continued to receive throughout the year all possible valuable
help from the Accountant General, Punjab. His keen interest in our financial
rectitude and welfare has been of the outmost advantage to the State, and I
would like to take this opportunity of recording the Government’s gratitude
towards him.
371. Sir, I beg to present to the Assembly the Budget for the year 2021-22.
JAI HIND

-NAV GILL