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In a significant decision aimed at encouraging industries to shift to the eco-friendly gas, the Punjab Council of Ministers on Tuesday decided to cut down VAT on Natural Gas, in Gaseous State other than Compressed Natural Gas, from 14.3% to 3.3%.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly and Aam Aadmi Party leader Harpal Singh Cheema has demanded a time-bound CBI inquiry into the multi-crore Punjab Small Scale Industrial and Export Corporation PSIEC plot allotment scam under the watch of a sitting High Court judge.

A day after Punjab Government appointed six MLAs as advisers to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, their appointments were challenged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. One of the grounds for challenging the impugned order is that it was issued by an authority that was not constitutionally competent.

The Punjab Government has signed an MoU with the Centre for establishment of GeM Organization Transformation Team (GOTT)-Project Management Unit (PMU). GOTT will assist the Buyer Departments and agencies to transform their business activities, competencies & models to fully leverage the opportunities of an open market-based procurement.

Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday ordered attaching of 59 properties of former Chief Engineer of GMADA and Mandi Board Surinder Singh amounting to Rs 26 crore on the orders of Mohali court under the provision of Section 3 of the criminal law (Amendment) Ordinance 1944.

To facilitate increased efficiency and prompt dispensation of justice by the state’s judicial system, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday gave approval for the creation of 24 posts of Court Manager Grade-II in Subordinate Courts across the state.

The Punjab Government on Tuesday took a series of decision with respect to housing allotment, including restriction of flats for allotment of land under ECGHS scheme to 40 per acre and 3% reservationof residential plots for government employees.