{"id":85217,"date":"2021-03-08T07:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/?p=85217"},"modified":"2021-03-08T08:16:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:16:37","slug":"punjab-budget-highlights-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/punjab-budget-highlights-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"PUNJAB BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MOHALI TO GET WORKING WOMEN HOSTEL <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manpreet Badal, Finance Minister Punjab announced the budget on March 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free bus rides announced for students of primary schools and government colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FM  announced State-owned scheme for smart ration cards to cover more families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven hostels for working women in Mohali, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Barnala, and Amritsar in the new financial year 2021-22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Kuldeep singh -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2517393187\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 5 crore for setting up a centre on Guru Granth Sahib at Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 100 crore allocation for distribution of smartphones to students studying in Class 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increase in monthly pension for freedom fighters from Rs 7,500 to 9,400. It will come into effect from April 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3,980 crore scheme for Centre of Excellence in vegetables<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 200 crore provision for crop diversification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two new medical colleges in Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>85 per cent increase in allocation for medical education and tertiary healthcare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 90 crore announced for Punjabi University, Patiala to settle debt liability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pension of dependents of deceased writers raised from Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab finance minister announces the implementation of 6th pay commission from July 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Punjab finance minister has announced the implementation of the 6th pay commission from July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 16,557 crore for rural, urban and other infrastructure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 16,302 crore for the education sector<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 6,827 crore for welfare of weaker sections of society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 17,051 crore allocated for the welfare of farmers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rs 7,856 crore has been allocated for upgrading health infrastructure.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOHALI TO GET WORKING WOMEN HOSTEL Manpreet Badal, Finance Minister Punjab announced the budget on March 8. 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