Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Punjab has attracted investment proposals worth Rs.1.92 lakh crore since 2022 and is now eyeing defence and aerospace as the next growth driver, said industries and commerce minister Aman Arora said on Tuesday.

Arora stated this after inaugurating the 9th CII Manufacturing Excellence Exposition in Chandigarh. He was accompanied by former chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retired). The minister said that Punjab received 1,626 proposals worth Rs.32,110 crore with 91,236 jobs in the first six months of the current financial year alone. "Every proposal means a new or bigger factory, more jobs and more business for local suppliers," he added, calling manufacturing the backbone of the state's economy. ...