India, July 29 -- CHANDIGARH

Despite the Centre's push to scale up India's domestic manufacturing powerhouse, Punjab has secured a mere Rs.4.28 crore over the last two fiscal years under the ministry of heavy industries' flagship capital goods promotion scheme.

This highly restricted funding went toward a single infrastructure project in Ludhiana, exposing a sharp contrast between central ambitions and ground-level support for the state's vital manufacturing base.

Responding to an unstarred question by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Malvinder Singh Kang in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for heavy industries Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma said the assistance was released under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capita...