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NO. 1 GROWING STATE
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I, Anayat Ansari student of Lovely Professional University have
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Why is Punjab no. 1 growing state in India

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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opportunity to do this project as a part of the M.B.A.

Many people have influenced the shape and content of this project,
and many supported me through it. I express my sincere gratitude to
Mr. Mandeep Singh for assigning me a project of Managerial
Economics, which is an interesting and exhaustive subject.

He has been an inspiration and role model for this topic. His guidance
and active support has made it possible to complete the assignment.

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encouraged me throughout the working of the project.

Last but not the least I would like to thank the Almighty for always
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 PREFACE

This project is undertaken to fulfill the project work component of the

M.B.A programme in 1st Semester. My project guide from L.P.U is
Lect. Mr. Mandeep singh The term paper is based on-

Why is Punjab no. 1 growing state in India

 INDEX

INTRODUCTION

ECONOMY OF PUNJAB

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION IN PUNJAB

HEALTH IN PUNJAB

POVERTY AVILIATION

INFRASTUCTURE

TOURISM

STRENGTH OF PUNJAB

PUNJAB LEADS IN COMPARISION OF OTHER STATE OF INDIA

COMPARISION OF PUNJAB WITH INDIA

PUNJAB
Capital: Chandigarh

Area: 50,362 square kilometers

Location: Punjab is situated in the northwest of India, it is bordered by Pakistan on

the west, the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Himachal Pradesh
on its northeast and Haryana and Rajasthan to its south.

Population: 243.59 Lakh for the year 2001

Languages: Punjabi and Hindi. Many people are fluent in English and Urdu

Currency: Rupee (100 paisa equal’s one rupee)

State Animal: Black Buck –

State Bird: Baz (Eastern Goshawk)

State Tree: Shisham

Punjab, a region in Northern India and the east side of Pakistan, has a long history
and rich cultural heritage. The people of the Punjab are called Punjabis and they
speak a language called Punjabi. The three main religions in the area are Sikhism,
Hinduism, and Islam.

Since independence, life in the Punjab proves to be tragic and traumatic. The
partition resulted in riots and terror which tore up millions of homes and destroyed
many lives. The massive exodus resulting from the newly formed state of Pakistan
created problems of uncontrollable dimensions. The Punjabis trekked in blood and
shreds.

Its average growth rate of 10% is amongst the highest in the country, clearly
reflecting the progressive economy of the state .Punjab also boasts a 58% literacy
rate and the highest per capita income in India. Today's Punjab has become a land
of boundless opportunities, offering distinct advantages for investment and industry.

Since the recent liberalization of India's economy, Punjab has started making its
mark on the global business mainstream, with major players from around the world
forming joint ventures in the field of agri-business.
Today's Punjab has over 2.04 lakhs of small and medium industries and about 600
large scale industries. It leads in the manufacture of machine and hand tools; printing
and paper cutting machinery; auto parts and electrical switch gear. The state also
provides more than 75% of the country's requirement for bicycles, sewing machines,
hosiery and sports goods

ECONOMY OF PUNJAB

 The overall economy of Punjab has shown a growth rate of 6.29 percent
during 2003-04(P) (P)

 The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has been estimated during 2005
06 as Rs.84851.44 crores and the provisional estimates of GSDP for the year
2004-05 is as Rs. 81081.36 crores.

 The GSDP from Primary sector which comprises of agriculture and allied
sectors viz. livestock, forestry and fishing has been increased at a rate of
4.77% during 2005-06

 The GSDP from the secondary sector which covers the manufacturing,
construction and power sector has increased at a rate of 4.57% during 2005-
06

 The GSDP in tertiary sector which includes trade, transport, banking and
insurance, real estate, public administration and other services sector has
been increased at rate of 7.43 during 2005-06

 The Per Capita Income of Punjab is Rs. 19500

 Daily factory employment per 1000 population 17.5

 Per capita bank deposits is Rs 4,565

 Per Capita Bank Credit is Rs 2,201

 Registered motor vehicles for every 10,000 people is 556

 98.8% village of Punjab is connected with the road.

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

Agriculture is the back bone of Indian economy. Punjab is a little state of India
because the state occupies only 1.5 per cent of the geographical area of the country
and around two-third food grains of India procured annually by Punjab. Punjab is
known as a india’s food basket. Agriculture is the mainstay of Punjab`s economy and
97 per cent of the total cultivable area is under the plough. The main crops grown
are wheat, rice and cotton. Priority is being given to sugarcane, oil seeds,
horticulture and forestry

At the time of Independence

At the time of partition of the country in 1947, Indian Punjab (which then included
present areas of States of Punjab, Haryana  parts of Himachal and Chandigarh
Union Territory) was a food grain deficit area. In 1951, production of food-grains was
about 1.99 million tone only, of which wheat was 1.10 million tone and rice 0.11
million tone, Total Real Gross Domestic Product of the state at 1970-71 prices was
Rs. 655 crores only, 54.4 per cent of which originated from the agriculture sector.
Although at that time also the cropping pattern was dominated by food grain crops,
occupying 68 percent of the cropped area, yet 38 percent of the area was cropped
with pulses and coarse grains, mainly on un-irrigated lands. With net area of 3544
thousands hectare and gross cropped area of 4170 thousand hectare, intensity of
cropping was 118 per cent only. Fertilizers and pesticides were not used by the
farmers, Tube wells were conspicuous by their absence and tractors were not much
in known in the state. Only 52.3 per cent of the area was irrigated and land holdings
were quite fragmented.

After independence

The state started moving on a growth path with mandatory consolidation of land
holdings, which was considered a prerequisite for utilization of canal irrigation water
that became available through the Bhakra Nangal Canal System. Simultaneously,
availability of electric supply through Bhakra Hydel Project encouraged the
installation of tube wells on consolidated holdings that provided assured irrigation
supplementing the canal water supply. Yet even in 1960-61, the agricultural GDP of
the state (54.01 per cent of the total state GDP) at constant prices was Rs. 473.7
crore only. Production of food grain improved to 3.16 million tones of which wheat
was 1.74 million tones and rice 0.25 million tones. Balance 1.84 million tons were
coarse grain and pulses. Irrigated area increased to 54 per cent of the net sown area
and intensity of cropping improved to 121 per cent.
The cropping pattern was still dominated by wheat with 29.6 per cent of the cropped
area, pulses 19.08 per cent, coarse grains 10.52 per cent and cotton with 9.4 per
cent of the cropped area of the state. Gross Cropped Area and Net Sown Area
increased marginally from 4170 thousand hectare and 3544 thousand hectare to
4732 thousand and 3757 thousands hectare respectively. Productivity of crops
started improving but only marginally. Yield of wheat in 1960-61 was still 1. 244 tons
per ha. Rice productivity was 1.0 tone, American cotton 0.269 tone and sugarcane
36.54 tone only. This situation continued with only marginal improvements up to the
mid-60s

The total Geographical area of the state is 50.36 Lakh hectares out of which 42.24
Lakh hectares is under cultivation. The Agriculture in Punjab state is highly intensive
in terms of land, capital, energy, nutrients, agriculture inputs and water etc. With only
1.5% of geographical area of the country, Punjab has produced about 22% of
Wheat, 10% of Rice and 13% of Cotton of the total produce of these crops in the
country during 2001-02. The foodgrains contribution to the Central Pool is about 50-
70% in case of Wheat & 40-50% of Rice. The area under cultivation is about 85%
and the cropping intensity is 185%. Moreover, the fertilizer consumption is 177 Kg.
per hac. as compared to 90 kg. per hac. at the National level.

Dairy Farming in Punjab

Dairy farming as an ancillary avocation to agriculture is getting popular. White

revolution has already been ushered. The total production of milk in 1997-98 touched
7.16 million tonnes. Per capita availability of milk of 845 gms per day was highest
amongst all other states of the Indian union. The state is served by 44 milk plants
and chilling Centres and 2424 veterinary institutions

Poultry farming in Punjab

Poultry farming on scientific lines is being adopted increasingly. Egg production in

1997-98 reached 2850 million. The state had the highest per capita availability of
125 eggs per annum amongst other states of the union.

Main Exports from Punjab

Food products to USA, UK, France and Middle East Textiles, woolen and cotton,
hosiery and ready-made garments to USSR, Norway, UK, USA and West Asia
Leather goods to West Germany, Jordan and UK

Establishment Of Regulated Markets in Punjab

Establishment of regulated markets with network of yards and subyards helped the
farmers get better prices for their produce. This also helped the farmers to come out
from the grip of moneylenders and other petty middleman 

The biotechnology benefits for the farmers of punjab

 Improving Crop Yield

 Less Chemical Usage
 Improved Food Quality
 Environment Friendly

Bank is implementing the many schemes for farmers of Punjab

 Installation of Tubewells.
 Purchase of Tractors
 Soil Conservation.
 .Horticulture and Grapes Cultivation
 Reclamation of Alkaline Land
 Dairy Development
 Poultry Development
 Animal Driven Carts
 Farm Forestry(Poplar Plantation)
 Inland Fishery Farms.
 Installation of Bio-gas Plants.
 Establishment of Broiler
 Bee Keeping
 Sheep Rearing
 Mushroom Cultivation
 Calf Rearin
 Purchase of Threshers
 Purchase of Agri. Implements.
 Redemption of Mortgaged Land
 Purchase of Land
 Construction of Cattle Sheds/
  Sand Scraping etc. Small Godowns
 Non Farm Sector
 Flouriculture
 Purchase of Second-hand Tractor
 Rearing of Rabbits
 Purchase of harvester combines
 Rural Godowns

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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

The economic development of a nation or a region is generally determined by the

level of it’s industrial development . Punjab which has done remarkably well in the
field of agriculture is now well on its way to rapid industrialization through
development of Small, Medium and Large scale industries. Punjab has a
predominance of small-scale industry.0.2 million small scale industries and 600 large
and medium scale industries functioning in the Punjab involve fixed capital
investment of Rs 54000 Million and Rs 20400 Million respectively. Around about
1.18 Million people are employed in industrial sector in Punjab.

50 years of Industrial Development of Punjab (1947-1997) :

The Development of Small Scale Units:

During the ‘50s and ‘60s, there was an explosion in the number of small scale units.
Most of these units produced bicycles, sewing machines, agricultural implements,
medical instruments, hosiery, machine tools and sports goods or parts for these
goods. At present Small scale industrial units number more than 0.2 million in Punjab
and they employ more than 0.9 million workers. The growth of the small scale sector
was encouraged by government policies in the Five-Year Plans and the
establishment of the Punjab Financial Corporation in 1953.

Development of Large & Medium Scale Industry:

Unavailability of major raw material such as Iron or Coal, was a big problem for
establishment of large and medium scale units in Punjab. Punjab Government
stepped in to help make large & medium scale production profitable in Punjab. The
establishment of the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation in the ‘60s
was intended to fill the gap in the development of the state. Acting as an
entrepreneur, the PSIDC, on its own promoted projects and also set up larger units
in the joint sector. These objects reached their fruition in the ‘70s and ‘80s and
included Punjab Tractors Ltd(PTL), Punjab Wireless(PUNWIRE), Punjab Alkalies ltd,
Punjab Communication ltd. (PCL) are some of them.

The High-Tech Phase

The Punjab government set up an Electronics Township called ELTOP on a 290-

acre site in Mohali, near Chandigarh. This township has emerged as one of the
fastest growing centres for electronics production in the country. Projects set up in
the township cover micro-electronic devices, computers, computer peripherals,
communications, electronic typewriters, nickel cadmium batteries, uninterrupted
power supply systems, colour picture TV tubes, medical electronics, X-ray
equipment, EPABX systems, many with technical collaboration with companies like
Granger of USA, OKI and NEC of Japan, and ARE of Italy..

Punjab leads in manufacture of machines and hand tools, printing and paper
machinery, auto parts and electrical switchgears. Punjab produces around 75% of
bicycle and bicycle parts, sewing machines, Woolen and other Hosiery items,
Shoddy blanket and jacket clothes and sports goods.

Exports from Punjab

Punjab export lot of things in india as well as to the other country such as
Engineering goods, hosiery items, pharmaceuticals, leather goods, food and agro
products, textiles, electronics, hand and machine tools are some of the prominent
range of products of Punjab.

Punjab pollution

The Punjab Pollution Control Board has been established as a regulatory authority
for implementing various pollution control laws. The board is committed to provide
pollution free environment to the people of Punjab. The Board has undertaken
various studies of underground water, soil and air to take remedial steps to control
pollution. The Board has also formulated time-targeted action plan to clean the
polluted cities of Ludhiana and Mandi Gobindgarh. Thus the Board wants
sustainable development i.e. industrialization of the state along with clean
environment. The Board is very conscious of its duty of providing clean and healthy
environment to the people of Punjab. To create awareness among people regarding
pollution control and its importance, the Board also conducts seminars, debates and
painting competition from time to time.

Multinational companies in Punjab

 Nestle
 Smithkline beecham
 Pepsico
 GEC< USA
 Nippon
 Hitachi
 Fujitsu
 Oki of Japan
 Kenwood
 Motorola

Among major Industrial clusters, the names of Ludhiana, Jalandhar , Patiala ,

Phagwara, Batala , Goraya, Mandi Gobindgarh and Mohali are worth mentioning.
Dera Bassi, Chanalon, and Rajpura are emerging as new and important clusters
which are attracting industrial investment not only from Punjab but also from outside

Some Projects Under Implementation

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is setting up a mega refinery product in district

Bathinda. Besides, another 80 Large & Medium Projects with investment of about
Rs. 1091 crore are at various stages of implementation
EDUCATION IN PUNJAB

After the partition of the country in 1947, the Punjab Education Department
functioned from a camp office set up in Shimla’s Metropolis Hotel and later the office
was shifted to Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab, At present, four Directorates
function under the Punjab Education Department, namely the Directorate of Public
Instruction, (Colleges), Directorate of Secondary Education, Directorate of Primary
Education and Directorate of State Council of Educational Research and Training
(SCERT).

With growing pace of industrialization in Punjab, the main stress has been on
expansion, modernization and reorientation of Technical Education and Industrial
Training system so as to match it with emerging technologies for ensuring quality
manpower availability to the industrial sector. The basic objective is to produce
Engineers, Technicians and Craftsmen who are welcomed as assets by the Industry
of world class capability. For this purpose, besides opening up new Engineering
colleges, Polytechnics and Industrial training in the emerging areas, the existing
institutions are being modernized by providing new equipment and machinery with
the assistance of World Bank as also the State Government. To consolidate the
development in these fields, a new full fledge 'Punjab Technical University' at
Jalandhar has been established.

Punjab is ranked seventh in terms of education amongst the states

The Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab provides education

from Inter to Postgraduate level. Punjab has a well developed educational system
consisting of the state has a large network of colleges and schools which has been
necessary over a period of time depending on the needs. there are lot of school and
colleges in Punjab such as

 5 Universities, 2 deemed universities

 38 Engineering Colleges
 57 MBA & BBA Colleges
 25 MCA Colleges,
 355 undergraduate Colleges
 75 post graduate Colleges

Present Literacy Status of Punjab

According to Census 2001, Punjab's has 69.95% literacy rate of the total population.
Encouragement to Private Sector in School Education

The Government of Punjab  is encouraging the participation of private sector for

providing good quality education by giving a package of incentives in the form of land
at cheaper rates along with  other facilities. The Punjab Government has proposed to
set up a chain of Adarsh Schools, at least one in each Block, for providing high
quality education even at village level.

HEALTH IN PUNJAB

Birth rate, Death Rate and Infant Mortality Rate

 The State Government endeavors to popularize various methods of family

welfare to control the population growth. 
 The birth rate decreased from 21.2 per thousand in 2001 to 20.8 per thousand
during the year 2002.  The death rate increased from 7.0 per thousand in
2001 to 7.1 per thousand in 2002.
 The infant mortality rate per thousand live births in Punjab has decreased
from 52.0 per thousand in 2001 to 51.0 per thousand in 2002
 There were 2242 medical institutions in the State as on 1st April, 2001

POVERTY AVALIATION

Poverty alleviation is one of the important objectives of plan programmes. It is a multi

dimensional problem which needs innovative and coordinated action at macro,
sectoral and micro level. A large number of programmes and schemes are in
operation both at National and State level which aim to strengthen and improve the
quality and standard of living of weaker and deprived sections of the society.
Different Govt. departments/Corporations of Punjab Govt. are constantly making
efforts to eradicate poverty and to generate sources for raising further income and
employment in the State.            

During the year 1973-74, more than 28 percent population of Punjab State was living
below the poverty line which came down to 6.16 percent  in 1999-2000. At the
National level, over   half of the population (54.93 percent) was living below the
poverty line in 1973-74 which was reduced   to 26.10 percent during the year 1999-
2000. Punjab, is thus, well on the way to tackle the problem of the poverty.

According to Planning Commission GOI during the year 1999-2000, there were
10.20 lakh families in rural areas and 4.29 lakh families in urban areas living below
the poverty line in Punjab. To tackle the problem of poverty, different schemes for
rural as well as urban areas are in operation in the State

 Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

 SAMPOORNA GRAMIN ROZGAR YOJANA (SGRY)
 National Food for work programme (NFWP)            
 Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

INFRASTUCTURE

Punjab has possibly the best infrastructure in terms of rail, road and transport
network in the country.It scores 210 against a national average of 100 in the
infrastructure index of NCAER. Mohali-Chandigarh and Amritsar are connected to
rest of India by super-fast trains and domestic flights, and international connections
are proximate through airports in Delhi and Amritsar ( Raja Sansi Airport). Freight
subsidy for export and highest road density of 95 kms per100 sq.kms add value to
the robust transport network.
 

Road

One major reason for the tremendous development in agriculture has been these link
roads connecting almost all villages in Punjab. These all-weather, black top roads
has been used by the enterprising farmers of Punjab to transport the grain from the
fields, to feed the country..

Punjab provides a very good system of passenger transport. A total of 54836

kilometer long roads passes through it. Almost all villages of the state are linked with
mettled roads. Its modern bus fleet of 3,511 buses covers a distance of 1.05 million
Kilometers per day.

 Kilometers of National Highways: 1729 Kms

 Kilometers of Provincial Roads: 48660 Kms

  Percentage of villages linked with roads is 99.24

Rail

Punjab is well connected through the network of Indian Railway. The main railway
routes passing through Punjab are:

 Amritsar-Ambala-Delhi
 Sriganganagar-Ambala-Delhi
 Ferozepur-Ludhiana-Ambala
 Pathankot-Rupnagar-Fatehgarh Sahib
 Sriganganagar-Bathinda-Narwana

Air

Well connected airports at Chandigarh, Amritsar & Ludhiana, Air Cargo Complex at
Amritsar, Inland container depot at Ludhiana, Container freight station at Jalandhar,
Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bombay, container freight station Bathinda, Rajpura.

Power

Highest per capita generation in the country, which is 2.5 times the national average.
Quality power without power cuts is available at cheaper rates. Future planned
projects ensure easy availability. Concessional tariff for night loads has been
introduced in the state. Punjab has surplus electricity and industry gets electric
connections without any delay subject to system constraints. The quality of power is
also far better than any state in the Northern India and the tariff is one of the lowest.
The generation of power continues to get priority treatment from the state. All 12,484
villages in Punjab have been electrified since 1974.

Telecom

Optical Fibre Cable has been laid in whole of Punjab up-to block-level A Ku-band
earth Station at Mohali and another one in pipeline at Patiala Mobile Penetration
highest in the Country

Service provider

 BSNL

 RELIANCE

 HFCL

 SPICE TELECOM

 AIRTEL

 HUTCH

 TATA

Value Added Services introduced in Punjab

 INET

 Fast Call Set Up

 Error-free Data Transfer

 Multiplexed Connection 

 Low-cost Data

 International Access

 Gateways Typical Applications

 Internet

 Paging
  ISDN (Integrated services Digital Network)

 Cellular

 National Internet Backbone (NIB) 

TOURISM

Punjab is a land hallowed by saints and scarred by battles, an ancient land yielding
archaeological treasures, a land of palaces and museums. A visitor to Punjab can
see the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the sword of Hazrat Ali at Anandpur Sahib, the
world's highest straight gravity dam at Bhakra, India’s Steel City – Gobindgarh, and
the world‘s biggest grain market at Khanna. No one has ever gone back from Punjab
without leaving a part of himself behind and taking part of Punjab with him.

Access
Punjab is easy to reach by road, rail or air. From Delhi, Chandigarh, the state capital
is 246 km and Amritsar, the northernmost city of the state is 446 Kms.

Hotels and Restaurants

Hotels offering three or four star facilities are available at Chandigarh, Ludhiana,
Jalandhar and Amritsar. Smaller towns like Patiala, Ferozepur or Bhatinda offer two
to three star facilities while in very small towns like Hoshiarpur, Sangrur and Ropar, it
would be advisable to either depend on the facilities of the Tourism Corporation or
the Government Dak Bungalows.The bigger towns have noteworthy restaurants and
caterers. The Punjab Tourism Development Corporation has developed picnic spots
at Ropar, Neelon (near Ludhiana), Ludhiana, Kartarpur (near Jalandhar), Sirhind
(near Patiala), Pathankot and operates well-run restaurants on the Grand Trunk road
and other highways as part of its highway tourism facilities.

STRENGTH OF PUNJAB
  Dynamic and productive people with over-whelming zest for hard labour.
Highly educated and professional work force with abundance of skilled
workers.

 Visionary, responsive and dedicated administrative set-up committed to free

enterprise and the state’s development.

 High purchasing power. Punjab has the highest per capita income in India

 Availability of abundant, stable and cheap power and water supply

 Conducive and harmonious industrial relations.

 Strong infrastructure including transportation and telecommunication with

international linking.

 Strong agricultural and well developed small/medium scale industrial base.

Fully developed export base.

 Well developed financial services- banks, financial institutions and stock

exchange .

 Excellent quality of life, perhaps the best in India.

 Peaceful and congenial environment.

PUNJAB LEADS INCOMPARISION OF OTHER STATE OF INDIA

 Punjab State, with only 1.5 per cent of Geographical Area of the
Country, Produced 20 percent of wheat, 9 percent of Rice and 14
percent of Cotton of the total produce under these crops in the
country. Punjab is 1st in average per hectare yield of rice, wheat
and cotton.

 During the year 1997-98, the total production of foodgrains

touched 211.61 lac tonnes, a matter of great pride for any state
and its people.

 Punjab State which has Earned the rare distribution of being

called the "FOOD BASKET OF the whole COUNTRY" & the
"GRANARY OF INDIA", has been contributing 40-50 percent of
Rice & 60-70 percent of Wheat to the Central Pool for the last two
decades.
 Wheat yield of 40 quintals per hectare is a record production.

 Punjab State produces 1% of Rice, 2% of Wheat and 2% of

Cotton of the World

 As compared to 73 Kg. per hectare utilisation of fertilisers at the

National level, Punjab is using 167 Kg. of fertilisers per hectare.

 Punjab State consumes 10 percent of the total Fertilizer

Consumption in India.

 The Punjab State topped all other States in India in the Kinnow
fruit production.

 Punjab State topped all other states in per hectare yield of

grapes.

 Per hectare potato seed production is highest in Punjab.

 Punjab topped all other State in Mushroom production. It is

contribution about 20 to 25 percent in the national food pool.

 Punjab State Cooperative Bank has won two major national level
awards for operational efficiency and overall performance for the
year 1993-94. This award has been given after selecting
Cooperative Banks of 28 States in the country by the NABARD.

 The National Productivity Council, Govt. of India, has awarded

the National Productivity Award for the seventh successive year
in Oct. 1995 to Punjab for excellent performance in agriculture
extension and agro-based industries.

 One Third Tractors of India are working in the fields of Punjab (5

lakh).

 The Product of MILKFED "VERKA VIGOUR", the only honey

based Brown Malted Health drink in the country has been
accepted in Bangladesh against severe competition from various
multinational brands.

 Verka milk products known for quality are largely exported to the
Middle East, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Phillipines and Bangladesh.

 Punjab exports vegetables of worth Rs 50 Crores to Pakistan

 In addition to the supply of Quality milk, Whole milk, Skimmed

milk, Powdered milk, Cheese & butter to the army, Punjab is also
 supplying 11,000 tonnes of milk worth Rs 100 Crores a year

 Per capita availability of Eggs is the highest in India

(a) Average in India – 35
(b) Average in Punjab - 125

 Punjab is the first State in India to export HONEY to the United

States of America.

 Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has been awarded

the best Performance Award for propagating the objectives of non
conventional and renewable energy sources.

 Under the Family Welfare Programme, Punjab has already

attained couple protection rate of 63.73% against the national
target of 60% envisaged to be achieved by 2000 A.D.

 The per capita availability of milk in the State is 845 gms. per day,
which is the highest in the country.

 Punjab Produces 7.16 lakh M.T. of milk annually which is 10 % of

the total production in the Country.

 MARKFED is one of the largest cooperative institutions in Asia

with a business turnover of about Rs. 91816.46 crores per
annum.

 The fish production is 4100 kg. per hectare as compared to All

India level 2180 kg.

COMPARISON OF PUNJAB WITH COUNTRY

Punjab has given a lead to the country by commissioning 160

communities and Institutional Biogas Plants which supply clean cooking
fuels to over 10,000 families in the State.

  Punjab's All- India Rank in

average average the country
Per capita income (Rs) 19,500 6,929 First
Energy consumption per capita (kWh) 790 283 First
Daily factory employment per 1000 17.5 10.0 First
population
Per capita bank deposits (Rs) 4,565 2,362 First
Per Capita Bank Credit (Rs) 2,201 1,570 Second
TV Coverage (%) area 99.00 58.02 First
Rural Electrification (per cent) 100 83.9 First
Registered motor vehicles for every 10,000 556 206 First
people
Employment in the organised sector to total 4.63 3.84 First
population (%)
Villages connected with roads (per cent) 98.8 40.7 Second