New Delhi, March 4
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today
met Union Finance Minister Jaswant Singh regarding the state’s demand for a
special industrial package for the state on the pattern of the neighbouring
states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
The Chief Minister, who had raised
the issue with the Centre earlier also, conveyed that the attractive package to
the neighbouring states was acting as a disincentive for coming of new
industries to Punjab.
Sources said the Chief Minister told the minister that
sensitive border state could face a flight of capital which would also have a
negative bearing on the employment scenario.
The Chief Minister, who called on
the Finance Minister at his residence, later left for Chandigarh.
