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Punjab economy is struggling with slowdown of agriculture sector and absence of versatile industrial and tertiary sectors. Apart from deceleration of growth, Punjab agriculture is facingnumerous issues of sustainability like lack of diversification, rising costs and declining profitability, water depletion and the problem of stubble burning. Punjab's demographi cstructure i schanging with continuous outflow of human capital either to developed economies or to other states within India where better job opportunities are available for educated youth. This book is an attempt to highlight the most important issues confronting the Punjab economy so as to arrive at some policysolutions.Prof. (Dr.) Neena Malhotra, Punjab School of Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar has about 32 years of teaching and research experience. Her areas of specialization are Development Economics, Labour Economics and Gender Issues in India. She has authored three books and completed two research projects. She has published about 85 articles in national and international journals of repute. She is member of various Academic Bodies of the university and ProfessionalAssociations of Economists. She has guided 9 doctoral Thesis and a large number of M. Sc./M.Phil/MBE Thesisand Project Reports.