THE UPS AND DOWNS, SO FAR

MARCH

16: Capt Amarinder Singh takes oath as Punjab chief minister with nine ministers

18: The cabinet takes 120-odd decisions, including ban on red beacons, setting up of a special task force to combat drug menace and doing away with halqa in-charge system of the Akalis

APRIL

4: Amarinder says conflict of interest law will cover only CM and ministers, not MLAs

7: Tourism minister Navjot Sidhu faces flak for continuing work on a TV show

12: Capt lashes out at Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan, calling him a “Khalistani sympathiser”

15: Expert group is set up under Dr T Haque to assess the quantum of farm debt, suggest ways and means for waiver

24: Government decides to set up an anti-terror squad to break the militant-gangster nexus in the state

MAY

19: Sand and gravel mine auctions held, government claims record bids, but several bidders back out. Then, “benami bidding” row breaks out

JUNE

5: A one-man inquiry panel set up under a retired judge to probe allegations of impropriety against power minister Rana Gurjit Singh in sand mining auctions

19: Amarinder announces waiver of crop loans up to ₹2 lakh, free smartphones for youths and disbanding of all truck unions

20: Finance minister Manpreet Badal presents the new government’s first budget, earmarking ₹1,500 crore for crop loan waiver and ₹10 crore for smartphones besides other schemes

22: Ruckus in Punjab assembly, turbans tossed and MLAs injured. AAP and SAD join forces

23: Assembly amends the law to allow serving of liquor in hotels, clubs and bars along highways, sidestepping a Supreme Court ban