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Punjab govt has fulfilled four out of five promises: Cheema
Replying to the budget discussion in the assembly, Cheema said the guarantees fulfilled within two years include improvements in health infrastructure by setting up 829 Aam Aadmi Clinics, improving education infrastructure by setting up ‘Schools of Eminence’, free 300 units of power to 90% domestic consumers, and enhanced grant of ₹1 crore for families of martyred soldiers.
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 06:52 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Punjab government to present budget on March 5
Punjab assembly budget session from March 1-15, with budget proposals for 2024-25 to be presented on March 5. Cabinet amends teacher transfer policy and approves various measures.
Updated on Feb 23, 2024 08:34 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Union ministers assure farmers to ‘study framework’ for guaranteed MSP
During the marathon meeting that went on late into night, the farmers remained adamant that the Centre fulfill their demands immediately. This, even as the ministers tried to get across the point that it is not conducive at the moment as the Lok Sabha election schedule could be announced any time now, which would bring into force the model code of conduct as a result of which the government can’t announce policy decisions.
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 06:50 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Bill Lao Inam Pao scheme: Punjab taxation dept imposes ₹3-crore penalty for wrong bills
As many as 1,361 notices have been issued to vendors for wrong bills and ₹2.12 crore of the total penalty amount has been recovered by the Punjab taxation department
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 08:28 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Amendments in Punjab GST Act aimed at ease of doing business: Cheema
Punjab finance, planning, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday said the amendments in the Punjab GST Act, 2017, through Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, are aimed at ease of doing business and simplification of tax regime
Updated on Dec 02, 2023 09:00 AM IST
Reservation for SCs in law officers’ appointment: Punjab minister Cheema
Responding to a call attention notice moved by the MLA of Nawanshahr, on behalf of chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, who also holds the portfolio of home affairs and justice, Cheema said that these posts were created some time ago but faced a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court due to some technical reasons.
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 08:58 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Punjab records 16% & 21% jump in GST, excise collections, says Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema
Referring to the tax intelligence unit (TIU) and other technical and administrative reforms, Punjab finance and excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that there has been an increase of 36.07% in the revenue received from GST during July this year as compared to July 2022.
Updated on Aug 08, 2023 12:17 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
State to adopt new tech solutions to check tax evasion, says Punjab minister Harpal Singh Cheema
Punjab finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the digital technologies adopted by the newly set up Tax Intelligence Unit (TIU) were proving to assist the tax authorities to drive better enforcement, increasing the tax base, and plugging leakages
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 12:34 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Inclusion of Goods and Services Tax Network under PMLA is ‘tax terrorism’: Cheema
Says the Union finance ministry should immediately rollback the amendments that brought the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
Updated on Jul 13, 2023 01:28 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Punjab finance department gives nod to double ‘war jagir’
The Punjab Government has decided to double the 'war jagir' from ?10,000 to ?20,000 per annum for parents of soldiers who served in World War II and other wars. The finance minister stated the current amount is insignificant under current inflation levels.
Updated on Jun 26, 2023 10:16 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Excise dept to issue MRP list with liquor permit for pvt events, says Harpal Singh Cheema
The excise department in Punjab, India has started issuing a list of maximum retail prices for liquor along with permits for private functions to prevent people being ripped off by the "liquor mafia". The permits only allow the applicant to serve liquor to private guests, and no quantity can be sold to anyone for consideration. Finance, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema said the measure would encourage people to buy liquor from licensed shops and discourage illegal trade.
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 02:26 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Jalandhar bypoll: Vote for AAP if you want development, says Kejriwal
Ahead of high-stakes May 10 Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday appealed to people of the constituency to vote for his party if they want development
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 01:07 AM IST
Navrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar
Harpal Cheema meeting industrialists poll gimmick: LoP Partap Singh Bajwa
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa said in view of the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema along with AAP candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku held a meeting with Jalandhar’s industrialists
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 03:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Jalandhar
Stopped from entering Delhi, claim Punjab AAP leaders
While Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann had reached Delhi a day earlier, a number of AAP leaders, including cabinet ministers and legislators, started for the national capital in the morning to express solidarity with the party chief
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 11:08 PM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/amritsar/jalandhar
Disproportionate assets case: Ex-CM Charanjit Singh Channi quizzed for 7 hours, terms probe as ‘political vendetta’
Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Friday grilled former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi for nearly seven hours pertaining to a complaint of disproportionate assets (DA) against him.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:54 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Cheema launches state intel unit, chairs excise dept review meet
Finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday launched the State Intelligence and Preventive Unit (SIPU), and GST prime, an analytical tool for state GST officers to analyse and monitor the tax collection and compliance in their jurisdiction
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 12:51 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Jalandhar bypoll: After 2 ex-MLAs switch sides, Cong begins ‘damage-control’
A day after switching sides, Rinku was named AAP nominee for the bypoll, while Surinder’s joining further bolstered AAP’s morale
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 01:20 AM IST
Navrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar
Ahead of Jalandhar bypoll, veteran Akali leader Atwal’s son joins BJP
Ahead of the high-stakes May 10 Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, son of veteran Akali leader Charanjit Singh Atwal, joined the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in New Delhi on Sunday
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 11:48 PM IST
Navrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar
41% jump in Punjab’s excise revenue in 2022-23, says FM Cheema
Attributes record growth to new excise policy. This is the same policy which the AAP had introduced in Delhi in 2021 but was scuttled by the lieutenant governor VK Saxena
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 01:32 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Day 1 of budget session: Barbs fly in House as CM assures probe into Majithia-Masih ‘links’
A political storm erupted on the first day of the Punjab assembly’s budget session on Thursday after chief minister Amarinder Singh assured the House of a probe into the alleged relations between former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia and Anwar Masih, an accused in the recent 194 kg heroin haul case.
Published on Feb 20, 2020 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Cheema: AAP to cut power to CM’s Moti Mahal if PPAs not scrapped
CHANDIGARH The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday threatened to cut off the power supply to chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s Moti Mahal in Patiala if the “anti-people” power purchase agreements (PPAs) with private players are not scrapped by his government during the upcoming budget session of the Punjab assembly.
Published on Feb 14, 2020 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent
Bhagwant Mann leads Punjab AAP charge as state unit heads to campaign for Delhi elections
Leader of opposition in Punjab assembly Harpal Singh Cheema said the state contingent comprising MLAs, core committee members and district-level functionaries will head to Delhi next week.
Updated on Jan 07, 2020 11:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Rebel MLA Baldev Singh back in AAP fold
Baldev Singh was among the seven MLAs who turned rebel after the AAP leadership unceremoniously removed Bholath legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira from the post of leader of opposition in July 2018
Published on Oct 17, 2019 12:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Attack on AAP Patiala chief: Party serves 48-hour ultimatum to govt, police to arrest culprits
The AAP leader visited the holy city to inquire about the health of the party member and expressed shock over deteriorating law and order in the state.
Updated on Mar 15, 2019 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | HT Correspondent
Capt Amarinder a coward, not acting against firing accused: Bargari morcha
A large crowd converged here to mark the third anniversary of alleged police firings which led to death of two Sikh youths during protests against desecration cases.
Updated on Oct 15, 2018 09:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bargari (Faridkot) | Prabhjit Singh and Gagandeep Jassowal
Wife, paramour among four held for AAP nominee’s murder in Bathinda
The murder had raised political temperature in the state with AAP MLA Harpal Singh Cheema calling it a ‘political’ murder at a press conference.
Updated on Sep 14, 2018 08:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhatinda | HT Correspondent
Punjab panchayat polls: Panel nothing more than a mute spectator, says LoP Cheema
Cheema alleged that the poll panel was conducting the zila parishad and block samiti elections in a “perfunctory manner”
Updated on Sep 12, 2018 09:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent
Punjab panchayat polls AAP candidate murdered in Bathinda; MLA Harpal Singh Cheema seeks cancellation
AAP blames government, leader of opposition Harpal Singh Cheema says the incident reflects on the deteriorating law and order; says polls only after paramilitary deployment
Updated on Sep 10, 2018 09:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bathinda | HT Correspondent
Punjab AAP factions spar over seats, efforts to broker peace in vain
The rebel group led by Bholath legislator Sukhpal Khaira expressed strong displeasure over the change in seating arrangement that pushed them to the back rows in the House.
Updated on Aug 25, 2018 09:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
LoP Harpal Singh Cheema postpones legislature party meet to tomorrow after Khaira group’s objection
“The decision to postpone the meeting was taken in the morning after we learnt about Kharar MLA Kanwar Sandhu’s objections. As it is an important session, we want all party MLAs to attend the meeting,” said Cheema.
Updated on Aug 23, 2018 05:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent
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