Punjab has over 150 market committees that handle the procurement of crops, with each committee serving 75-80 villages within a 30-kilometer radius.
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Have we ever thought about the long struggle and financial resources invested in building this marketing network, only to see discussions about dismantling these to favor a few?
As former Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala questions why pension hikes for the elderly, widows and disabled have not been implemented even after announcements, the debate is now intersecting with Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s political priorities. With Saini increasingly active in Punjab politics and cross-border political messaging, critics are asking whether Haryana’s core welfare issues are getting the same attention at home. While Nayab Singh Saini looks politically busy in Punjab, are Haryana’s pensioners still waiting for governance back home ?
पूर्व उपमुख्यमंत्री दुष्यंत चौटाला द्वारा यह सवाल उठाए जाने के बाद कि बुजुर्गों, विधवाओं और दिव्यांगों की पेंशन में घोषित बढ़ोतरी अब तक लागू क्यों नहीं हुई, बहस अब मुख्यमंत्री नायब सिंह सैनी की प्राथमिकताओं पर आ गई है। एक तरफ सैनी की सक्रियता पंजाब की राजनीति में बढ़ती दिख रही है, वहीं सवाल उठ रहा है कि क्या हरियाणा के अपने सामाजिक कल्याण के मुद्दों को उतना ही ध्यान मिल रहा है ? क्या पंजाब की राजनीति में बढ़ती व्यस्तता के बीच हरियाणा के पेंशनधारी अब भी अपने हक का इंतजार कर रहे हैं ?
Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has invited India, China and Pakistan together under a “friends to all, malice to none” approach, signalling a clear multi-alignment strategy in a region shaped by strategic rivalry. For India, which has long considered Dhaka a key partner in its neighbourhood policy, the development raises a larger geopolitical question. As Bangladesh moves toward balancing multiple powers at once, will India’s regional diplomacy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi be enough to retain its traditional influence or is South Asia entering a phase where New Delhi will have to compete harder to remain Dhaka’s most trusted partner ?
