Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- In a policy push aimed at strengthening education, improving governance and boosting public service delivery, the Punjab cabinet on Wednesday approved a series of legislative and administrative measures. The decisions include a bill to curb arbitrary fee hikes by private unaided educational institutions, the establishment of three new digital open universities, a new framework for transitioning outsourced employees to contractual engagement and several other reforms related to environment, taxation, rural development and infrastructure.

The cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Bhagwant Mann approved the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to regulate ...