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 agriprocessing. It doesn’t help that the state’s previous government was widely perceived as ineffective and complicit in large-scale corruption; it remains to be seen whether the new Congress government can bring change.

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

Energy

India faces a complex energy challenge: it needs cheap and abundant energy to power high economic growth and lift its citizens into the middle class. But it also hopes to keep its commitments to the U.N. Climate Change Convention and achieve energy independence. India’s states have the resources to generate the energy India needs, but they take different approaches to fostering the growth of the industry. This section allows you to explore energy news from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s energy sector.

Subsectors

Coal  •  Energy Efficiency  •  Energy-related Transportation  •  Nuclear  •  Oil and Gas  •  Power  •  Renewables

Recent Articles

TANGEDCO to receive 500 MW of power from Punjab and Chhattisgarh

Posted on March 14, 2018

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) begun receiving 500 MW of power from Punjab and Chhattisgarh as part of an energy swapping initiative.

Source: Times of India Go to
Sectors
Energy > Power
States
Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Chhattisgarh

Related National Goals

Wind Performance Tracker — Punjab achieves 0 MW (updated March 31, 2016)

Solar Performance Tracker — Punjab reaches 876.8 MW (updated October 31, 2017)

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