The Center has withheld Rs 3622.40 crore from Punjab from 2021-22 to 2023-24.

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Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer: From liberating the country to guarding the international borders after independence, Punjab has been at the forefront in contributing the most sacrifices and the contribution of farmers in filling the country’s food reserves, but now the central government has not tolerated the pressure on Punjab. will go The Center has withheld the amount of Rural Development Fund (RDF) against the farmers of the state which will not be tolerated.

Punjab Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Heyer said while promoting the resolution brought by Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the immediate release of the withheld amount of RDF. Criticizing the boycott by the main opposition party Congress, he said that it would be good if the entire House gathered and put its demand to the Center on the resolution brought for the good of Punjab.

Meet Hare said that the Center is deliberately harassing the farmers of Punjab, who brought the country out of the food crisis at a difficult time, due to their struggle against black agricultural laws. RDF There is no charity but this is the right of the state. The Center has withheld Rs 3622.40 crore from Punjab from 2021-22 to 2023-24. Along with the hard work of the farmers, Punjab also damaged its natural resources, water and land. RDF Along with development of villages, link roads and mandis/purchasing centers which are development projects directly related to farmers.

Punjab has been at the forefront in making the most sacrifices and farmers in filling the country’s food reserves, but the stepmotherly treatment by the central government against Punjab will not be tolerated. The GoI has withheld the amount of RDF thus acting against (1/2) pic.twitter.com/wGvJz80XqG

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The cabinet minister said that the state government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is doing major development work in the state, including providing 600 units of free electricity, providing government jobs, establishing road infrastructure, hiring raw employees, despite the discrimination from the centre. Due to the better administrative arrangements of the state, the budget presented by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema increased the revenue by 40 percent.

Meet Hare said that the previous Congress government RDF. He misappropriated the funds by taking loans to the farmers which is a complete fraud. He said that the parties sitting in the opposition also had governments at the center but nowhere did they take the essence of Punjab. Along with suffering from terrorism, the deployment of the military in that period also incurred debt. Punjab suffered losses by giving special packages to other states and giving tax concessions to the neighboring states.

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