2. PUNJAB : LAND OF RIVERS
• Punjab is a state in northwest area.
• Five rivers – Beas, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Satluj.
• Bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north,
Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast,
Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the
west.
• The state capital located in Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the
capital of the neighboring state of Haryana.
• After the Partition of India in 1947, the Punjab province of British India
was divided between India and Pakistan.
• The Indian Punjab was divided on the basis of language in 1966.
• Punjab is the only Sikh majority state in India with Sikhs being 57.66% of
the population.
6. ECONOMY OF PUNJAB
The economy of Punjab is the 15th largest state economy in India
with ₹6.44 lakh crore (US$90 billion)[1] in gross domestic product and a
per capita GDP of US$2,500, ranking 16th amongst Indian states.[7][8]
Punjab ranked first in GDP per capita amongst Indian states in 1981 and
fourth in 2001, but has experienced slower growth than the rest of India
in recent years, having the second-slowest GDP per capita growth rate of
all Indian states and UTs between 2000 and 2010, behind
only Manipur.[9][10][11][12][13][14][excessive citations] The state's economy is mainly
dominated by agricultural production and small and medium-sized
enterprises. Punjab has the ninth highest ranking among Indian states
and union territories in human development index as of 2018.[15]
(This data collected from Google Wikipedia.)
10. PUNJAB FAMOUS FOR
Wheat and rice
• The region is ideal for
wheat and rice growing.
Indian Punjab is called
the “granary of India”
and “India’s bread-
basket”.
• It produce10.26% of
India's cotton, 19.5% of
India's wheat and 11% of
India’s rice.