Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said today that 10 percent of the total compensation given for crop damage due to natural calamities will now also be given to farm workers. He announced this during the meeting of the Punjab Ministry held in Ludhiana today.

The new recruitment in various cadres in the sports department will be as per these new notified rules. The Punjab Cabinet has cleared 75 panchayats of Ajnala block of Amritsar district to form a new block Ramdas. The Cabinet has given approval to revise the pay scale of teachers in Punjab Agricultural University from January 1, 2016. The salary and pension of these teachers will be paid from April 2023