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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
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Thittee (296-300)
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Gurbani (323-330)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Shalok Ninth Mehl
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ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 122939" data-attributes="member: 884"><p>source: </p><p><a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/243505/‘Rs-64924-cr-debt-pushing-Punjab-towards-financial-bankruptcy’.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.dailypioneer.com/243505/‘Rs-64924-cr-debt-pushing-Punjab-towards-financial-bankruptcy’.html</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Rs 64,924 cr debt pushing Punjab </span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 18px">towards financial bankruptcy’</span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">Abhijit Prashar | The Daily Pioneer - Chandigarh - March 21, 2010</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The staggering debt of Rs 64,924 crore and interest of Rs 5,764 crore owed to the Centre has been slowly pushing Punjab towards financial bankruptcy. Unless the Central Government either writes off this debt completely or restructures it, the State may not be able to stand on its own feet, feels Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Speaking to The Pioneer, the Finance Minister said on how he intended to tackle the rising debt, “There are two aspects. One is, that almost Rs 6,000 crore was spent during terrorism on forces like Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force and the like. This amount has been waived off by the Centre.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Badal said, “Second important aspect is that Punjab for 10-12 years was run by Governors and no taxes were collected during this period of time. No annual plans were in place then and the State Government used to borrow money. And with this, Punjab was multiplying its debt with every passing year.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He said, “Having said that, I am not blaming the financial advisors of that time but we definitely want that this amount should be written off. The Centre has refused to this demand of ours but we are going to grapple with it.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He lamented, “Despite our best efforts at debt management, additional resource mobilisation and the tax resources of the State having shown buoyancy, it is due to inadequate support from the Union Government that we continue to struggle with our debt burden.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Badal said, “To reduce this burden, we had requested the 13th Finance Commission to either write off or to reschedule some of our debt. Whether they agree to reduction in the rate of interest from 10 to 12 per cent to a manageable five to six per cent or extending the loan for another 30 years remains to be seen.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 122939, member: 884"] source: [URL="http://www.dailypioneer.com/243505/‘Rs-64924-cr-debt-pushing-Punjab-towards-financial-bankruptcy’.html"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.dailypioneer.com/243505/‘Rs-64924-cr-debt-pushing-Punjab-towards-financial-bankruptcy’.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Rs 64,924 cr debt pushing Punjab [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=navy][B][SIZE=4][SIZE=5]towards financial bankruptcy’[/SIZE][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [B][COLOR=navy]Abhijit Prashar | The Daily Pioneer - Chandigarh - March 21, 2010[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]The staggering debt of Rs 64,924 crore and interest of Rs 5,764 crore owed to the Centre has been slowly pushing Punjab towards financial bankruptcy. Unless the Central Government either writes off this debt completely or restructures it, the State may not be able to stand on its own feet, feels Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Speaking to The Pioneer, the Finance Minister said on how he intended to tackle the rising debt, “There are two aspects. One is, that almost Rs 6,000 crore was spent during terrorism on forces like Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force and the like. This amount has been waived off by the Centre.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Badal said, “Second important aspect is that Punjab for 10-12 years was run by Governors and no taxes were collected during this period of time. No annual plans were in place then and the State Government used to borrow money. And with this, Punjab was multiplying its debt with every passing year.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He said, “Having said that, I am not blaming the financial advisors of that time but we definitely want that this amount should be written off. The Centre has refused to this demand of ours but we are going to grapple with it.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He lamented, “Despite our best efforts at debt management, additional resource mobilisation and the tax resources of the State having shown buoyancy, it is due to inadequate support from the Union Government that we continue to struggle with our debt burden.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Badal said, “To reduce this burden, we had requested the 13th Finance Commission to either write off or to reschedule some of our debt. Whether they agree to reduction in the rate of interest from 10 to 12 per cent to a manageable five to six per cent or extending the loan for another 30 years remains to be seen.”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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