The Punjab cabinet today approved the detailed project report (DPR) for the Ludhiana metro rail project prepared by the Delhi metro rail corporation (DMRC) besides giving nod for the execution of this prestigious project in the public private partnership (PPP) or build operate transfer model.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of Punjab government said that the Cabinet also approved to set up the Punjab State Commission for NRIs at Chandigarh to safeguard the interests of the NRIs in mending remedial measures to the state government.
The Cabinet also gave its approval to convert the Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Ordinance 2011 (Punjab ordinance No.5 of 2011) into an Act in the forthcoming session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The Cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval to rescind the notification in pursuance of the provisions of Section 3-A of the Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 (Punjab Act No.9 of 2000) to abolish entry tax on the imported sugar in the state.
