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Transportation in Punjab

What is the Transportation Sector? Transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin terms trans (across) and portare (to carry). Technically, transportation is a sub-group of the industrial...

Cooperatives in Punjab

Introduction A cooperative is a system constituted voluntarily to meet the common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations of the members through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. Thus, in simple words, Cooperatives are a kind of business where individuals...

Banking and RBI in Punjab

Modern banking started in India only from the beginning of the 19th century. The earliest commercial banks were started in India by the employees of the East India Company. These banks were known as 'Agency House.' The first modern bank...

Health and Nutrition in Punjab

The constitution of India envisages the establishment of a new social order based on equality, freedom, justice, and dignity of the individual. It aims at the elimination of poverty, ignorance, and ill-health and directs the State concerning raising the level...

Energy Sector in Punjab

Energy is the basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of the national economy (agriculture, industry, transport, commercial, and domestic) needs inputs of energy. The economic development plans implemented since Independence necessarily required increasing amounts of energy to remain operational....

Service Sector in Punjab

What is the Service Sector? The term "service sector" refers to an economic sector that produces intangible goods that provides a service for satisfying a need, unlike Agricultural and Industrial products. Activities in the Service sector include Banks, Hotels, Real...

Industrial Sector of Punjab

The industrial sector constitutes about a fourth of the overall GSVA (Gross State Value Added) and one-third of the employment in Punjab. Manufacturing contributes the largest share of the industrial sector in Punjab followed by Construction. In 2023-24(A) however, the...

State Legislature of Punjab, Composition and Punjab’s Representation

Constitutional provision: Articles 168 to 212 (Part VI) Composition: Governor, Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council (in some states) Organisation of State Legislature No uniformity: Unicameral system (most states) + Bicameral system (other states) Present status: Six states have a bicameral...

Animal husbandry in Punjab

Animal husbandry is a branch of agriculture where animals are reared, bred, and raised for meat, fiber, eggs, milk, and other food products. Animal Husbandry activities have attained importance as they create Self Employment Opportunities as well as Subsidiary Occupation...

Agriculture in Punjab

Introduction Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and raising livestock Includes preparation of plant and animal products for people to use and their distribution to markets Agriculture occupies key positions in all economies irrespective...