For The Tribune | April 13, 1988 It is an old truth now that the Punjab is the country's leading producer of surplus foodgrains. Ever since the start of the Green Revolution in 1967, the Punjab has continued to contribute a major part of the procurement by the Food Corporation of India. Over the period 1985-87, the State was responsible for almost 50% of the rice and 60% of the wheat given to the Central Pool. In the 1987-88 rice procurement, inspite of the drought, the Stat

For The Tribune | March 16, 1986 Economic change is a continuous and universal process, and its speed and intensity depend on the obtainable situation from country to country and region to region. In order to provide gainful direction to the development of economic activities, the Government of India and the State Government immediately after Independence made planned efforts to develop the country agriculturally and industrially. The State of Punjab now produces 52 lakh ton