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Chandigarh: Punjab has exceeded its excise revenue target for 2025-26, collecting Rs 11,782 crore till March 31. The amount is Rs 582 crore more than the revised target of Rs 11,200 crore.Announcing the figures, finance, planning, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema attributed the gains to tighter enforcement and a trade-friendly policy regime. "Significantly, excise revenue has nearly doubled over the past four years, rising from Rs 6,254.8 crore to Rs 11,782 crore. A new target of ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said his department collected Rs 11,782 crore up to March 31, 2026, surpassing the target of Rs 11,200 crore for 2025-26. In a statement, Cheema attributed the mobilisation to the state government's proactive governance and trade-friendly policies. "This accomplishment underscores the department's strong commitment to maximising revenue while ensuring transparency and compliance," he said. PTI CHS KSS KS ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said his department collected Rs 11,782 crore up to March 31, 2026, surpassing the target of Rs 11,200 crore for 2025-26. In a statement, Cheema attributed the mobilisation to the state government's proactive governance and trade-friendly policies. "Significantly, excise revenue has nearly doubled over the past four years, rising from Rs 6,254.84 crore to Rs 11,782 crore, with a new target of Rs 12,800 c ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said the state government has achieved record enforcement outcomes in the financial year 2025-26, marking a decisive shift towards intelligence-led action and robust revenue protection. Cheema said, "Driven by the focused and intelligence-led actions of the State Intelligence and Preventive Units, the state taxation department imposed massive penalties amounting to ₹1,383.11 crore during the year." Out of this imposed amount, a ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said the state taxation department recovered Rs 1,137.8 crore during 2025-26 as part of its crackdown on tax evasion, claiming a sharp rise in enforcement and revenue realisation.In a statement, Cheema said the department imposed penalties of Rs 1,383.1 crore during the financial year, of which over Rs 1,137 crore had already been recovered.He said inspection-based enforcement was the main driver, accounting for Rs 1,215.9 crore i ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said the state government has achieved record enforcement outcomes in the financial year 2025-26, marking a decisive shift towards intelligence-led action and robust revenue protection. Cheema said, "Driven by the focused and intelligence-led actions of the State Intelligence and Preventive Units, the state taxation department imposed massive penalties amounting to Rs 1,383.11 crore during the year." Out of this impos ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Senior leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, AAP Punjab President Aman Arora, and AAP Punjab Chief Spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha over the failure to raise Punjab's key issues in Parliament. They highlighted that critical matters, including ₹8,500 crore RDF dues, ₹60,000 crore GST losses, and ₹1,600 crore flood relief, were not taken up, despite repeated c ...Read More >
The AAP leaders said the issues concerning Punjab should be raised consistently on all platforms. The AAP on Saturday criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha for allegedly failing to raise key issues concerning Punjab in Parliament and said that his "inaction" was contrary to the party's principles. In a joint statement, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, state AAP president Aman Arora and party leader Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that Chadha's silence on several critical matters was ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A fresh political confrontation has emerged within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, alleging that key issues concerning Punjab were not adequately raised in the Parliament. Reacting to Chadha's recent defence of his parliamentary record, Cheema said, "In Punjab, there has been a huge flood, yet not a word was spoken on any real issues. A large amount of Punjab's funds has been ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: AAP MP Raghav Chadha, in his third video message on Sunday, said, "To my colleagues in AAP who were forced to issue videos saying that "Raghav Chadha failed to raise Punjab's issues in Parliament", here is a small trailer. Picture Abhi Baaki Hai."Punjab isn't a talking point for me. It is my home, my duty, my soil, my soul."The video comes amid the backdrop of an intensifying war of words between AAP and Chadha.Punjab functionaries accused him of betraying the state that elected him, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has issued a strong rebuttal of the allegations made against him by his party colleagues and hit back with a warning, "kyonki mein ghayal hoon isliyey ghaatak hoon" (because I am injured, therefore I am dangerous), a famous dialogue used in Bollywood film film Dhurandhar."I go to Parliament to create impact, not ruckus," Chadha said. Dismissing his party leaders' accusation that he was scared of speaking out against PM Narendra Modi and BJP and had failed ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 4: The AAP on Saturday criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha for allegedly failing to raise key issues concerning Punjab in Parliament and said that his "inaction" was contrary to the party's principles. In a joint statement, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, state AAP president Aman Arora and party leader Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that Chadha's silence on several critical matters was "disappointing". Cheema said Chadha, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha by Pun ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The war of words between Aam Aadmi Party and party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha intensified on Saturday, with Punjab functionaries accusing him of betraying the state that elected him, and he claiming a "coordinated campaign" to silence his voice. "Ghayal hoon, isliye ghatak hoon (I am wounded, therefore I am lethal)," he said.Punjab AAP functionaries, including finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema, state party president Aman Arora and chief spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Sat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The spat between the Aam Aadmi Party and its Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha intensified on Saturday with the sidelined leader dismissing AAP's allegation against him as "lies" and asserting that he went to Parliament to raise people's issues and not to create ruckus. "All these lies will be unmasked. Kyunki mai ghayal hoon, isiliye ghatak hoon' (I am wounded, therefore I am dangerous)," the MP said in a video statement, quoting from the movie 'Dhurandhar', and alleged that ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 4 (PTI) Punjab AAP leaders, including Cabinet minister Harpal Singh Cheema, on Saturday accused sidelined party leader Raghav Chadha of failing to raise the state's issues in Parliament. The AAP leaders claimed that critical matters, including Rs 8,500 crore rural development fund (RDF) dues, GST-related losses of about Rs 60,000 crore, and Rs 1,600 crore in flood relief, were not taken up by Chadha, who's a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab, despite repeated communication. Calling th ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 1 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday slammed the Himachal Pradesh Congress government over the entry tax on vehicles from outside the state and warned of reciprocal tax. His remarks came in the wake of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's Tuesday announcement of a reduction in the hike in entry tax for the small passenger vehicles to Rs 100 from Rs 130, following opposition to the decision. On Wednesday, protests erupted at the Punjab-Him ...Read More >
The vehicles, equipped with advanced technology and deployed across all 28 police districts under Dial 112, are set to ensure immediate response to distress calls, marking a major leap in rapid, technology-driven law enforcement, officials said. Backed by ₹327.70 crore investment in police vehicles over four years, Mann highlighted that modernisation of the force has not only strengthened law and order but also tightened the grip on drug traffickers. Improved security continues to boost invest ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 31 (PTI) Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday thanked Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu for reversing the hike in the entry tax on vehicles entering the hill state. Warring spoke with Sukhu over the phone to convey his gratitude and later posted on X. "I express my profound gratitude to the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Shri Sukhvider Sukhu Ji for conceding to our request to revert the entry tax for outside vehicles, includi ...Read More >
Addressing a press conference, Cheema said 882 establishments in urban centres like Mohali, Jalandhar, and Ludhiana are being investigated, with ₹2.02 crore recovered so far. The minister said that these outlets were identified through a state-wide data-driven enforcement exercise. "With the inclusion of data for the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25, the total magnitude of evasion is likely to reach approximately ₹500 crore," he said. In the preliminary inquiry, 239 cases have been exami ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday claimed to have revealed a Rs 200-crore turnover evasion racket in Punjab's hospitality sector, claiming that it exposed "deep-rooted and systemic" under-reporting across dhabas, eateries, restaurants, and fast-food outlets.Addressing a press conference, Cheema said, "Dhabas account for approximately Rs 10 crore of the suppression, followed by small eateries, coffee, and chai bars at Rs 8 crore, and pizza and fast-food outlets exc ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A turnover evasion racket worth Rs 200 crore has been unearthed among dhabas, eateries, restaurants, and fast-food outlets in Punjab. Authorities estimate that the evasion could rise to nearly Rs 500 crore, as hundreds of establishments have reportedly used specific features of billing software such as PetPooja, along with other applications, to suppress sales records by deleting cash bills and thereby evade Goods and Services Tax (GST). Addressing a press conference, Punjab Excise ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 30 (UNI) Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise, and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said a massive tax evasion racket has been unearthed within the state's hospitality sector, totalling approximately Rs 200 crore. Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan, the Minister revealed a deep-rooted and systemic trend of under-reporting income among dhabas, restaurants, fast-food outlets, and small eateries. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 30 (PTI) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said the state government has detected tax evasion worth about Rs 200 crore in the state's hospitality sector, with the total amount likely to rise to nearly Rs 500 crore as the investigation is expanded. Addressing a press conference here, Cheema said a total of 882 establishments, including dhabas, restaurants, eateries, bakeries, sweet shops, and catering services, have been brought under the scanner as part of a ...Read More >
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira for his alleged "derogatory" comments on social media about women celebrating the ₹1,000 monthly financial assistance announced by the AAP government under the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhiyan Satikar Yojna" in its fifth and final budget two days ago. The condemnation resolution was moved by AAP MLA Saravjit Kaur Manuke and seconded by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema during zero hour, follo ...Read More >
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday claimed that the opposition parties are frustrated at his government's announcement of ₹1,000 per month for women, and it reflects their fear of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) returning to power in Punjab in 2027. Listing the achievements of four years of the AAP government, while concluding the debate on the motion of thanks to the governor's address, moved by Talwandi Sabo MLA Baljinder Kaur, Mann said his government has brought the state back on track, and ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 11 (PTI) The ongoing Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly saw heated exchanges between ruling AAP and opposition legislators on Wednesday over Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's alleged derogatory remarks on women. Unruly scenes unfolded in the House after Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema raised the issue of Khaira's alleged comment. As chaos continued, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan adjourned the House for 20 minutes. Khaira had come under fire from AAP MLAs for some rem ...Read More >
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced the launch of the 'Meri Rasoi' scheme, under which the state government will provide essential food kits to 40 lakh families registered under the National Food Security Act. Mann made the announcement while addressing the media after chairing a cabinet meeting. He said the initiative aims to ensure that children from poor families receive adequate nutrition. He said that the state government already provides subsidised wheat to beneficiar ...Read More >
Elections were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis, for which more than 9,000 candidates are in the fray, officials said. A voter turnout of 48.40 per cent was recorded in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab Sunday, amid reports of violence, booth capturing, and clashes, which prompted the State Election Commission (SEC) to order repoll at 15 polling booths on December 16. Elections were held to elect members of ...Read More >
Meanwhile, confusion prevailed on the Panjab University campus on Wednesday, with the release of the notification by the Ministry of Education, stating that the Centre "withdraws its decision to scrap the Panjab University Senate". Accusing the Centre of making a mockery of the issue as "no notification has been cancelled and the government has merely tried to create confusion," the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) on Wednesday reiterated that the call for a massive protest on ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The series of events to commemorate the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib commenced on Saturday with Punjab cabinet ministers performing Ardas at Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in New Delhi.The commemorative events beginning Saturday will span most of Nov, culminating at Anandpur Sahib on Nov 25. A special session of the Vidhan Sabha dedicated to the Guru will be convened there on Nov 24, where eminent personalities will share their thoughts.From Nov 1 to 18, light and ...Read More >
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