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Punjab demands special package for farmers

The AAP government has urged the Union government to allocate a special package to the state to compensate it for the industrial packages given to hill states by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

SAD demands 100% hike in land compensation for Bharat Mala project

Addressing reporters after leading an Akali delegation to submit a memorandum to the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Badal said Punjab farmers had been robbed of over Rs 25000 Crore by the state government’s “devious and surreptitious decision” to substantially lower the collector rates for the farmers’ lands affected by the acquisition”.