Dynamic and productive people with over-whelming zest for hard labour. Highly educated and professional work force with abundance of skilled workers.                   

Visionary, responsive and dedicated administrative set-up committed to free enterprise and the state’s development.                                                                              

High purchasing power. Punjab has the highest per capita income in India.   

Availability of abundant, stable and cheap power and water supply.  

Conducive and harmonious industrial relations.                   

Strong infrastructure including transportation and telecommunication with international linking.     

Strong agricultural and well developed small/medium scale industrial base.    

Fully developed export base.                                                

Well developed financial services- banks, financial institutions and stock exchange .           

Excellent quality of life, perhaps the best in India.            

Peaceful and congenial environment.                                   

Punjab Tops in These Fields:

  1.5% of Geographical area 22% Wheat, 12 % Rice and 12 % Cotton (show in a Pie Chart)
  Punjab consumes 10 % of fertilizer consumption of India, one third of all the tractors of India plough fields in Punjab.
  Contributes 37.9 % of central pool of rice and 56.6 % of central pool of wheat
  Record yield of 42.07 quintals per hectare of wheat
  Per Capita eggs availability highest in India , 30 for India and 126 for Punjab.
  896 gm per capita milk availability is highest in India
  Per hectare fish production is highest, 41qtls vis a vis 21 quintals per hectare for India
  Highest number of vehicles per thousand population: - Motor vehicles –77, Tractors – 55
  Highest cropping intensity in the country
  Highest net area irrigated
  Highest yield rate per hectare
  Highest contribution of wheat and rice to the national pool
  Highest consumption of fertilizers
  Highest number of tube wells
  Highest number of small scale industries per capita

Best Infrastructure in India:

        Infrastructure rating by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy of Punjab is 191.4 against the national average of 100

        Highest per capita consumption of power in India -- 806 kWh, About 2 times the national average. Even then the State Government is not complacent and keeping the expected increase in demand in view has taken major decision to expedite the new power projects. 500 MW Power Plant has been awarded to a private company which will operate it on BOO basis. Two units of Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant of 210 MW each have been commissioned and it has been banned to further expand this thermal plant with two more units and 452.4 MW will be available from Ranjit Sagar Dam & 168 MW has been planned from it in Shahpurkandi.. Besides that State Government is encouraging captive power generation by industry.

        Excellent network of 1000 Km of National highways, out of which around 200 km of best 6 lane road with grade separation, and 95 km road length per sq km of area is highest in India.

        A big network of State highways and rural link roads making all villages approachable by all weather road

        Well connected to all parts of India by fast speed trains

        Connected to New Delhi by 4 pairs of high speed Shatabdi trains(3 hours from Chandigarh. 4 hours from Ludhiana)

        Dense telecommunications network: even small villages have ISD connections

        Airports at Chandigarh, Amritsar and Ludhiana

        Cities of Punjab provides best of big and small cities. All facilities of metro available without congestion and pollution, small and well planned residential colonies of Amritsar , Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali and, Patiala can match best in India.

        Inland Container Depots or, Container Freight Station near all major industrial clusters

        Excellent educational and health facility available all over state.

        Highest number of banks per capita – 15 banks for every 10,000 people

        Excellent Financial Infrastructure available in Public and Private Sector.