Here are the highlights of the Punjab Budget from the Tribune - where is the money going to come from? The state is heavily in debt and bankrupt growing at below the national average.
* 62 km ring road in Ludhiana on BOT basis at an estimated cost of Rs 1,516 crore
* Ring road and urban corridor in Mohali
* Bypass for three important roads in Bathinda, Nawanshahar and Garhshankar
* Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, to be commissioned
* City Transport Services in the Municipal Corporations towns of Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala
* Special Economic Zone in Amritsar and Goindwal Sahib
* Rs 10 crore for improvement of existing industrial focal points
* Rs 14 crore for creation of new industrial focal points
* Rs 3 crore for completion of Northern Indian Institute of Fashion Technology at Mohali
* A flying academy to be set up at Talwandi Sabo to produce commercial pilots; Amritsar International Airport and Sahnewal Flying Clubs to be expanded at a cost of Rs 25 crore
* The government to continue its efforts to secure an early
* sanction for developing Halwara as an international airport besides getting the status of Chandigarh changed to an international airport
* Rs 120 crore for sarva shikhsha abhiyan (SSA)
* Rs 55 crore for the midday meal scheme
* Rs 20 crore grant for repair and maintenance or construction of additional classrooms in elementary schools
* Rs 4.72 crore for implementation of EDUSAT
* Rs 53.14 crore for extension of ICT project
* Rs 30 crore for augmentation of school infrastructure (money to come from education cess)
* Rs 13 crore for the upgradation of government colleges
* Rs 15 crore for the establishment of the Rajiv Gandhi National Law University at Patiala
* Rs 3 crore for the establishment of the World Punjabi Centre at Patiala
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