Chandigarh: Finally, the wait that the clock is about to end in a short time, where Punjab has also raised great expectations from the general budget of 2020-21 to be presented in Parliament today. While the last two budgets proved to be disappointing for Punjab. In view of the Lok Sabha elections in the 2017-18 general budget, Punjab was disillusioned with nothing cheap or expensive and without any big plan. In the general budget of 2019-20 also, most of Punjab's long-standing demands are pending. Stayed the same At the same time, it is also being said that in this, Punjab got a big relief on the license fee of liquor, in which 18 percent GST was imposed on the license fee. While responding to the general budget last year, the Finance Minister of Punjab had said that the budget of the Center did not meet the expectations of any section.
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This is the expectations of Punjab from the budget: -
Railways: Central projects have been demanded by the state government for infrastructural development in border districts. A separate announcement was not made in the budget about the development of areas in the states bordering the country. There has been a demand for expansion of railways in the border districts of Punjab for a long time.
Industry: In Punjab, bicycle, hosiery and iron industry have been demanding relief in taxes for a long time. During this time, the Punjab government has also repeatedly raised the demand before the Center that since the grant of special state status to neighboring Himachal Pradesh, the industries of Punjab have started shifting to Himachal. Due to this, the state government has also been demanding special status for Punjab. To prevent migration of industries from Punjab and to pave the way for new industries, Punjab is expecting positive support from the Center in the budget.
Agriculture: In Punjab, smallholdings, non-increase in the minimum value of crops and debt waiver of debt-ridden farmers is the biggest issue, in which the state government has been seeking cooperation from the Center in its debt waiver scheme. In the Union Budget last year, the Modi government raised money in this item to provide loans worth lakhs of rupees to the farmers of the country, but there is no mention in the entire budget about waiving past loans of farmers.
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