USA Ambassador A. Peter Burleigh today called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Taking part in the deliberations during a meeting with Mr Badal, Mr Peter appreciated the entrepreneurship for which Punjabis were known world over. He presented a philosophical book of United States to Mr Badal.
Mr Badal apprised the Ambassador that Punjab’s economy was basically an agrarian with less than two per cent of entire land of the country and was a major contributor of food grains to the national pool with 42 per cent and 50 per cent of share in rice and wheat respectively. The SAD-BJP government as an alliance had created a congenial atmosphere for the growth of Industrial sector also, he added.
Mr Badal said that their government had not only given the good governance but effectively achieved higher economic growth and improved the fiscal situation of the state, besides initiated the process to establish new Power plants to over come the acute shortage of Power supply in the state, which would make Punjab as a Power surplus state by next year. The Chief Minister honoured the visiting envoy by presenting him a Siropa, Sword and a Plaque as a token of love and affection on behalf of the Punjabis on the occasion.