Punjab Business News : 7th March 2011

Agricultural output to rise by 3.8% in FY12: CMIE Business Standard This increase will be largely driven by wider cultivation in the country's key wheat granaries-Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. In 2009-10, acreage of wheat was an impressive 286.8 lakh hectares. Coverage during the ongoing rabi ... See all stories on this topic » Business Standard

Govt to set up 3 hydro electric projects of 285 MW at Beas Business Standard They are Berry Nichli of 78 MW, Dhoula Sidh of 66 MW and Thana Palon of 141 MW projects, to be laid on area from Padoh Dam in Mandi district to Pong dam at the edge of Kangra district on the boundary of Punjab. The Berry Nichli is being constructed by ... See all stories on this topic » Business Standard

In danger of going under Hindustan Times This is a stunning admission of the ineffectiveness of the federal government to contain the tidal waves of fanaticism which claimed Mr Bhatti's life, and earlier that of liberal Punjab governor Salman Taseer who was assassinated by his own bodyguard. ... See all stories on this topic »

Surrey's passage to India a huge success South Asia Mail For Pooja Maurya who is from the rural village community of Kajheri, Punjab, the mayor?s mission from Surrey, BC to India was god send. The 10-year-old enrolled as a Grade 7 student wants to be a teacher but financial constraints had been threatening ... See all stories on this topic » South Asia Mail

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