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  2. Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys - Wikipedia

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    The MICS Programme is participating in the methodological development of new data collection tools, such as on water quality testing, child disability, external economic support, and impact of emergencies. [7] A methodological paper series was launched in 2012. [8] The programme has been evaluated following rounds 1, [9] 3, [10] and 4. [11]

  3. Economy of Punjab, India - Wikipedia

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    The Punjab Agricultural University is a leading institution globally for the study of agriculture and played a significant role in Punjab's Green Revolution of the 1960s–70s. Alumni of the Panjab University, Chandigarh include Manmohan Singh , the former Prime Minister of India , and Dr. Har Gobind Khorana , a biochemistry nobel laureate .

  4. List of districts of Punjab, India - Wikipedia

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    A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other

  5. Punjab, India - Wikipedia

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    Punjab (Punjabi: puñjāba pronounced [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir to the north and ...

  6. Government of Punjab, India - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab, India and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive , led by the Governor of Punjab , a judiciary and a legislative branch Punjab State.

  7. Punjab Legislative Council - Wikipedia

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    The Punjab Legislative Council was the upper house of the state legislature of the Indian state of Punjab. This upper house of the Punjab legislature was disbanded by Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969. [1] Through this law, the legislature of Punjab became unicameral. [2]

  8. Punjab Legislative Assembly - Wikipedia

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    The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years ...

  9. History of Punjab - Wikipedia

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    Economically it transformed the Punjab into the richest farming area of India, socially it sustained the power of large landowners and politically it encouraged cross-communal co-operation amongst land owning groups. [202] The Punjab also became the major centre of recruitment into the Indian Army. By patronising influential local allies and ...