Former Punjab Chief Minister and permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee, Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that Punjab needs a special industrial package for the industry as it had suffered during the last one and a half decade due to special tax concessions to the neighbouring States like Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
He said, while being the Chief Minster between 2002 and 2007 and till now he has been pursuing the case for a special package for the State as that is the only remedy to strengthen industry, revive economy and generate employment for over 40 lakh unemployed people of the State. Amarinder said, the industry across Punjab, whether along the border districts like Amritsar or places like ludhiana and Jalandhar had seen the exodus which needs to be stopped and reversed.
He said given the fact that the agricultural economy was on a massive decline and it had no longer remained lucrative or ruminative it was necessary that alternate sources of employment generation were created and there could be no substitute to the industry. Hence it is important that a special package be announced for the State.