Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate release of Rs. 6752.83 crore towards the state’s arrears of GST compensation pending since October 2, 2019.

The entire government machinery has been pressed into the service for the public to provide ration and medicines during the curfew imposed in the district to contain the spread of Covid-19. This was stated in a press release issued on Wednesday by Deputy Commissioner Muktsar M. K. Aravind Kumar.

 Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow companies in Punjab to use their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contribution to assist the state Government in its efforts against COVID-19.

 As the state government intensified its preparedness to handle any escalation in the COVID-19 crisis in the coming days, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed the Health Department to make mobile testing vans operational in all districts having pandemic hotspots to

 In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police has solved the murder case of Ashok Kumar, who was shot dead by unidentified persons in Dhariwal area of Gurdaspur district on February 10, 2020.

 Continuing its drive to ensure the delivery of essential commodities to the people at their doorsteps, the Jalandhar district administration on Wednesday provided 1.02 lakh litres of milk and 5738 quintals of vegetables and fruits.

In order to supplement the Commissionerate Police Jalandhar for maintaining law and order in Jalandhar, the district administration has deployed six sections of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at vulnerable locations of the city.

Further boosting the efforts aimed at containment of COViD-19 in the state, Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalalabad (West) in Fazilka district, Mr. Raminder Singh Awla wrote to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to donate his two years salary into Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

Due to the curfew in the state to contain spreading of Corona Virus, Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab government has decided to provide food grains of mid-day-meal to the students in sealed packets at their homes.

The Cooperation and Jails Minister, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has appealed to the Jathedar, Sri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh to give a message to the Sikh community to not congregate on the occasion of Vaisakhi.