Punjab

Thanks to the Green Revolution, for 50 years Punjab has been the breadbasket of India. It’s large, prosperous farms still provide one of the highest standards of living of any Indian state. But Punjab has struggled in recent years thanks to the fall in food prices and its failure to build 21st-century industries such as agro-processing. It doesn’t help that the state’s previous government was widely perceived as ineffective and complicit in large-scale corruption; the current government has been focusing on supporting the food processing, light engineering, textile and garments, and power sector industries. 

State Summary

  • Size
    19,445 sq. miles
  • Population
    27.7 million
  • State GDP
    $49.08 billion (USD)
  • Legislative Assembly Seats
    117
  • Rajya Sabha Seats
    7
  • Lok Sabha Seats
    13
  • Party Affiliation
    Indian National Congress (INC)
A farmer uses a combine to plough a wheat field on the outskirts of Amritsar. (Photo credi: NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)
Workers construct part of the France-India Solar Direct Punjab Solar Park project in Muradwala. (NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images

Left: A farmer uses a combine to plough a wheat field on the outskirts of Amritsar. (Photo credi: NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)

A farmer uses a combine to plough a wheat field on the outskirts of Amritsar. (Photo credi: NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)

Right: Workers construct part of the France-India Solar Direct Punjab Solar Park project in Muradwala. (NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images

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