Punjab today
contributes nearly 40 per cent of wheat and 60 per cent of rice procured for
distribution through the public distribution system the state went in for
promoting the white revolution,resulting in the highest per capita
availability of milk to the people.Despite its
relatively high-income level, the state is noted for considerable
outmigration to other
parts of India as also emigration to several countries. This is attributed not to any
distressful situation at home but to attraction of greater prosperity outside.
At the time of the
partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, Punjab was
bifurcated into two parts: West Punjab (Pakistan) and East Punjab (India).
Of its 3,59,179 square kilometres and 29 districts only 1,52,649
square kilometres and 13 districts were left
with Indian Punjab Punjab now with an
area of 50,362 square kilometres.The state accounted for 1.5 per cent of the
total area of the country and 2.4 per cent of the total population in 2001.
