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Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema presented a Rs 2.36 lakh crore budget for FY26, focusing on drug menace and health sector. The government plans to conduct a "drug census" to understand drug prevalence, and will extend the state health insurance scheme to cover all families. The budget also includes plans for a second line of border defense and the deployment of 5,000 home guards alongside BSF.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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