Investment Campaign to Create New Jobs in Punjab

February 7, 2026

As far as the healthcare revolution is concerned, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has won the hearts of the common people of the state by providing a free treatment scheme up to Rs. 10 lakh. In addition, the Bhagwant Mann government has been running a continuous campaign against drug traffickers for more than a year, which is yielding significant success. It is generally said that the root cause of every crime is youth unemployment. This problem should be addressed on a priority basis.

Until young people find meaningful work, they will not contribute to the well-being of their state or country, and may instead resort to negative or escapist tendencies. To address this problem, the Bhagwant Mann government has provided a large number of appointment letters to young people since assuming power. Now, the Punjab government is launching a new investment campaign that will provide new employment opportunities for unemployed youth.

Under this initiative, industry groups from across the country have been invited to Mohali from March 13 to 15 for the Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2026. The government has announced that small and cottage industries will also be strengthened. They will no longer be left to languish at the medium level, but will be provided with adequate support to enable them to grow into large industries. The manufacturing and logistics sectors have been chosen for this purpose.

Leading private equity firms and financial institutions have also participated in this initiative. The Chief Minister is fully focused on promoting both large-scale industries and small and cottage industries. These are the industries that provide employment to all sections of society. The Chief Minister plans to invite large industries to the state. That is why he recently visited Maharashtra and Gujarat. He also held high-level meetings with various industry groups on Wednesday. Currently, this entire situation is at the promotional and awareness-raising stage. Often, large investors have been hesitant to invest in Punjab due to a lack of complete information about the significant concessions available in the state and because Punjab is a border state.

But the new policy is to generously provide long-term investment, administrative support, and strategic market access so that small and cottage industries can realize their dream of transforming into larger enterprises. To this end, the Chief Minister has eliminated bureaucratic hurdles for setting up industries and has given industrialists the freedom to establish their businesses in their preferred locations.