Web of debt that entangles Punjab

The state government should engage with the Centre to seek a debt-relief package .

Kesar Singh Bhangoo

Updated At : 07:06 AM Aug 18, 2026 IST

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For quite some time, Punjab has been grappling with challenges regarding its financial and economic development due to a massive debt burden. The Aam Aadmi Party government came to power by primarily highlighting the issue of economic and financial mismanagement—specifically the state's mounting debt—that accumulated under the previous Akali-BJP and Congress governments.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language, are the hallmarks of the paper.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

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Web of debt that entangles Punjab

The state government should engage with the Centre to seek a debt-relief package .

Kesar Singh Bhangoo

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