soil health cards and nothing much has been done beyond announcements on other main promises tooreal estate sectorpromises recognize the real estate sector as infrastructure industry review the collector rates of property regularize all unauthorized colonies and establish real estate regulatory authority rera there will be no need of completion certificate for old approved colonies no clu will be charged in the same zonecategory licensing will be decentralized and made easydone so far a subcommittee of cabinet has been constituted to look into regularization of unauthorized colonies punjab has set up the rera and unlike in neighbouring haryana there have been no allegations of diluting norms of the central act collector rates were revised soon after the congress took over the government has increased the clu charges quite steeply there are no signs of revivalboost to industrypromises the manifesto had promised revival of existing industrial units apart from inviting new ones setting up of industrial urban corridor between amritsar chandigarh along gt road axis and along hoshiarpurgurdaspur road was pledged creation of new land bank for industrial development power tariff for industry to be frozen at rs 5unit and new industrial policy were also promiseddone so far rs 5 power tariff for industry was notified recently existing industry is looking for more incentives issues like revival of existing focal points remain only on paper things yet to turn around in industrial hubs like mandi gobindgarh that have been on a decline the state is yet to attract any mega projects being allocated by the centre the cabinet has approved a new industrial policy that offers incentives and tax break in thrust areaswar against drugspromises zero tolerance for trafficking vigorous campaign to educate the young fasttrack courts to try ndps act cases law for confiscation of drug dealers were pledged review of cases registered against drug users and compassionate free rehabilitation with skill training initiatives at deaddiction centres were more humane aspects of the plan liquor consumption in punjab doubled in the last 10 years thus 5 of liquor vends were to be closed every yeardone so far the government has constituted a special task force stf that focus of curbing drug trade and rehabilitating addicts state special operations ssop cells have also joined the drive senior police officers are personally monitoring the action on this front with the chief minister seeking daily reports on the issue but there has been criticism that no big fish have been caught by the stf so far the deaddiction centres are grappling problems like shortage of doctors the number of vends has been cut as promisedfinancial and economic reformspromises no superfluous borrowings by any department and borrowing permitted only for capital investments to legitimate revenue in excise on liquor auction money of minor mineral clu charges transport fees and taxes and cable fees were the main promises to engage the required staff for all departments and pay full salaries to establish an employment commission and a new policy to restructure agriculture and industry