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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
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)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 60943" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><img src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #af0e25">Magazine| </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #af0e25">Oct 22, 2007 </span></span></span></p><p><img src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #939393">punjab fiscal crisis</span></span></span></p><p><img src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #af0e25"><strong>Hell Has Five Rivers </strong></span></span></span></p><p><img src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #757575"><strong>The sunshine state is staring at a debt trap</strong></span></span></span> </p><p><img src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000000">CHANDER SUTA DOGRA </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #af0e25"><strong>Diminishing Returns</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Punjab's outstanding debt is a staggering Rs 52,764 crore</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">76% of revenue receipts goes towards salaries, pensions, interest</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Annual subsidy bill: Rs 4,000 crore</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Planning Commission says Punjab will be the slowest growing state in 2007-12. Projected growth: 5.9% against national average of 9%.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Education sector in a shambles. Rural youth unemployable; few industries means fewer jobs.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center">***</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 26px">P</span></span>unjab, in this shining new century, is not any more the land of milk and honey. And that other enduring image, the happy farmer singing on his tractor, is also somewhat dated. Going by state government figures, 30 per cent of the population is now BPL (below the poverty line) and surviving on subsidised wheat and dal. This is the latest in a string of subsidies the cash-strapped government has been forced to provide—as part of fulfilling its election promises. Add to this falling agricultural incomes, a huge salary bill, mounting farmer suicides, growing unemployment and outstanding debts of a staggering Rs 52,764 crore. Punjab has clearly lost its plot.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Which is why state finance minister Manpreet Badal had to do some tough talking when he presented the budget earlier this year. According to him, 76 per cent of the revenue receipts was being consumed by salaries, pensions and interest payments. "The situation is so grim that the state has no resources of its own for funding its annual plan," Badal told the assembly. The finance minister has now reiterated these concerns to <em>Outlook</em> (see interview).</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">The Planning Commission's projections for the Eleventh Plan reflects the state's poor financial health. Unless a miraculous turnaround happens, Punjab will be the slowest growing state in 2007-2012. Against an all-India growth of 9 per cent, it will grow at 5.9 per cent. This is much below the expected 9.8 per cent growth target for Jharkhand, Nagaland's 9.3 per cent or even neighbouring Haryana's 11 per cent. Punjab, which boasted the highest per capita income in 2000-01, is expected to slide to number seven at the end of the 11th Plan. During this period, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana will overtake Punjab. What has happened to the country's sunshine state? </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 26px">E</span></span>xplains economist Dr Sucha Singh Gill: "Successive governments have failed to harness the gains of the green revolution, invest it in social development. The result is that at a time when agriculture is in decline in Punjab, our education and health systems too are in a shambles. If there are few jobs within the state, Punjabi youth are unfit for jobs in other states too because of the poor quality of education. There is also a growing exclusion of our rural students from university education. The entire problem is further compounded by massive subsidies in power, water and now wheat and dal...which just get political parties cheap publicity." Incidentally, growth rates for agriculture have slipped to less than 2 per cent this year, from 6.27 per cent in 2003-04.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">A recent report by the state council for science and technology says the successes of the green revolution in Punjab are now history. To quote from the report: "In the past five years, production of foodgrains has increased by just 2 per cent and the state's population has grown by 8.6 per cent. Massive use of nitrogenous fertilisers has reduced the soil's fertility and led to widespread soil erosion. Intensive irrigation, especially from the over million tubewells, has depleted the water table to the extent that between 1993-03 it fell by 55 cms each year." The prognosis looks grim.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">But mounting debt has not prevented Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from going ahead with the subsidised wheat and dal plan for 14 lakh BPL families.This will mean an additional Rs 1,200 crore burden on the state exchequer. As it is, the state's power subsidy bill is Rs 2,700 crore for the current year and the electricity board is in trouble because the state government has not been compensating it for the free power. </span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Any question on how he proposes to fund the growing subsidy bill is quick to anger the CM. His nephew and finance minister, Manpreet Badal, is more pragmatic and can see the danger of sinking deeper into the debt trap. "I feel humiliated at inter-state meetings to see relatively backward states making rapid strides compared to Punjab. If timely corrective steps are not taken, Punjabis will have to look for jobs in Haryana, Rajasthan, MP and Karnataka," he told <em>Outlook</em>. Is Badal Sr listening? </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 60943, member: 884"] [IMG]http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif[/IMG][URL="http://www.outlookindia.com/"][IMG]http://www.outlookindia.com/images/logo.gif[/IMG][/URL] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][COLOR=#af0e25]Magazine| [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][COLOR=#af0e25]Oct 22, 2007 [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif[/IMG] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][COLOR=#939393]punjab fiscal crisis[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=#af0e25][B]Hell Has Five Rivers [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#757575][B]The sunshine state is staring at a debt trap[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.outlookindia.com/images/space.gif[/IMG] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000000]CHANDER SUTA DOGRA [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#af0e25][B]Diminishing Returns[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*]Punjab's outstanding debt is a staggering Rs 52,764 crore [*]76% of revenue receipts goes towards salaries, pensions, interest [*]Annual subsidy bill: Rs 4,000 crore [*]The Planning Commission says Punjab will be the slowest growing state in 2007-12. Projected growth: 5.9% against national average of 9%. [*]Education sector in a shambles. Rural youth unemployable; few industries means fewer jobs.[/LIST][CENTER]***[/CENTER] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=7]P[/SIZE][/FONT]unjab, in this shining new century, is not any more the land of milk and honey. And that other enduring image, the happy farmer singing on his tractor, is also somewhat dated. Going by state government figures, 30 per cent of the population is now BPL (below the poverty line) and surviving on subsidised wheat and dal. This is the latest in a string of subsidies the cash-strapped government has been forced to provide—as part of fulfilling its election promises. Add to this falling agricultural incomes, a huge salary bill, mounting farmer suicides, growing unemployment and outstanding debts of a staggering Rs 52,764 crore. Punjab has clearly lost its plot. Which is why state finance minister Manpreet Badal had to do some tough talking when he presented the budget earlier this year. According to him, 76 per cent of the revenue receipts was being consumed by salaries, pensions and interest payments. "The situation is so grim that the state has no resources of its own for funding its annual plan," Badal told the assembly. The finance minister has now reiterated these concerns to [I]Outlook[/I] (see interview). The Planning Commission's projections for the Eleventh Plan reflects the state's poor financial health. Unless a miraculous turnaround happens, Punjab will be the slowest growing state in 2007-2012. Against an all-India growth of 9 per cent, it will grow at 5.9 per cent. This is much below the expected 9.8 per cent growth target for Jharkhand, Nagaland's 9.3 per cent or even neighbouring Haryana's 11 per cent. Punjab, which boasted the highest per capita income in 2000-01, is expected to slide to number seven at the end of the 11th Plan. During this period, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana will overtake Punjab. What has happened to the country's sunshine state? [FONT=Arial][SIZE=7]E[/SIZE][/FONT]xplains economist Dr Sucha Singh Gill: "Successive governments have failed to harness the gains of the green revolution, invest it in social development. The result is that at a time when agriculture is in decline in Punjab, our education and health systems too are in a shambles. If there are few jobs within the state, Punjabi youth are unfit for jobs in other states too because of the poor quality of education. There is also a growing exclusion of our rural students from university education. The entire problem is further compounded by massive subsidies in power, water and now wheat and dal...which just get political parties cheap publicity." Incidentally, growth rates for agriculture have slipped to less than 2 per cent this year, from 6.27 per cent in 2003-04. A recent report by the state council for science and technology says the successes of the green revolution in Punjab are now history. To quote from the report: "In the past five years, production of foodgrains has increased by just 2 per cent and the state's population has grown by 8.6 per cent. Massive use of nitrogenous fertilisers has reduced the soil's fertility and led to widespread soil erosion. Intensive irrigation, especially from the over million tubewells, has depleted the water table to the extent that between 1993-03 it fell by 55 cms each year." The prognosis looks grim. But mounting debt has not prevented Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from going ahead with the subsidised wheat and dal plan for 14 lakh BPL families.This will mean an additional Rs 1,200 crore burden on the state exchequer. As it is, the state's power subsidy bill is Rs 2,700 crore for the current year and the electricity board is in trouble because the state government has not been compensating it for the free power. Any question on how he proposes to fund the growing subsidy bill is quick to anger the CM. His nephew and finance minister, Manpreet Badal, is more pragmatic and can see the danger of sinking deeper into the debt trap. "I feel humiliated at inter-state meetings to see relatively backward states making rapid strides compared to Punjab. If timely corrective steps are not taken, Punjabis will have to look for jobs in Haryana, Rajasthan, MP and Karnataka," he told [I]Outlook[/I]. Is Badal Sr listening? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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