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Chandigarh, March 31 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The serving and retired employees of Punjab Mandi Board and Market Committees on Monday decided to contribute their one day’s salary, nearly Rs. One crore, in the Chief Minister’s COVID Relief Fund.               Disclosing this here today, Chairman Punjab Mandi Board Lal Singh said that the Marketing and …

Amritsar, March 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The nationwide lockdown to contain the global COVID pandemic has been enforced by the government thus affecting the normal academic activity which relies on class room teaching. The Guru Nanak Dev University has taken proactive steps to overcome the impasse in academic schedule amid the current situation by providing an alternative in form …

Chandigarh, March 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Captain Amarinder said his government was also in discussion with Radha Soami Satsang Beas, which has already offered its Bhawans as quarantine facilities, to allow migrant labourers to stay there as these people would be needed for wheat harvesting in the fields in two weeks’ time.             The directions and discussions came amid …

Chandigarh, March 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – To address the problem of migrant labourers and prevent their exodus from the state amid the COVID-19 crisis, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has asked all industrial units and brick kilns in the state to commence operations with such migrants if they have adequate provisions to accommodate them safely within the premises. …

Chandigarh, March 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Banks in Punjab will open will remain open across Punjab on March 30 & 31, 2020, to facilitate people in their financial transactions amid the curfew restrictions, under orders from Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. From April 3 onwards, all bank branches shall be open only on two days of the week, on …

Chandigarh, March 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – To further streamline management of the Coronavirus crisis, the  Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Government has constituted four committees to deal with various key aspects of the state’s COVID-19 management efforts.               These are Health Sector Response and Procurement, Lockdown Implementation, Media & Communication as well as …

Samples of Indigenous Ppes & N95 Masks set out for Fast-Track Testing – Vini Mahajan Chandigarh, March 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) – To prepare for any COVID-19 related contingency, the Punjab Government led by Captain Amarinder Singh is aggressively building up its stocks of life-saving equipment such as masks, gloves, ventilators, PPE kits etc, with large quantities of these materials …

Chandigarh, March 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday sought urgent intervention by the Union Finance Minister to mitigate the crisis caused by COVID-19 outbreak in the state, including immediate release of GST compensation arrears of Rs. 2088 crore, specific only to Punjab (as on 31/3/2020), as well as deferment of instalments of Industrial …

Chandigarh, March 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Amid the growing threat of COVID-19, Punjab Government has pressed hard to combat this global pandemic and increased the testing capacity in double fold at Government Medical College Patiala and Amritsar. Disclosing this here today, Mr. D.K Tiwari Principal Secretary, Medical Education and research said that government is combating with this threat on …

Punjab Govt’s unique App adopted by several States & Two Canadian Provinces Chandigarh, March 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – People in Punjab can now get their curfew passes for emergencies, report mass gatherings, know home quarantine patients and foreign returned travellers, and do a lot more on the COVA App, which will also soon provide facility to request for groceries …