¶ Punjab No. 1 in School Education (Central Govt surveys)

PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 (Ministry of Education survey, released July 2025): Punjab ranked 1st in Class 3 and Class 9, and joint 1st with Kerala in Class 6^[1][2]
Performance Grading Index (PGI 2.0) 2024-25: Punjab joint 1st with Chandigarh^[3]
NITI Aayog School Education Quality Report 2026: Punjab moved from 27th position (2020) to the top, overtaking Kerala^[4][5][6]

¶ SKOCH Silver Award 2025 for Stubble Burning reduction^[7]

• Awarded in Environment category (April 2026) for the crop residue management drive
• Farm fires fell 94%, from 83,002 (2020-21) to 5,114 (2025-26)

¶ First award in Global Health Summit^[8]

• Punjab Govt has bagged the first award in the global health supply chain summit held in Nairobi(Kenya) from November 14-16 2023
• 85 countries had participated in the conference

At least 40 countries showed a keen interest in visiting Punjab to see the Aam Aadmi Clinics

¶ PSPCL ranked 2nd in India^[9]

• Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) got A+ grade with 89.22 points and 2nd rank in Centre's 14th Annual Integrated Rating of Power Distribution Companies (2024-25), released January 2026
• Only Gujarat ranked higher among public sector power distributors

References:

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1. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-shines-in-nas-2024-tops-nationwide-assessment/ ↩︎

2. https://news.careers360.com/punjab-shines-in-parakh-rashtriya-sarvekshan-kerala-replaces-rajasthan-nas-ncert-national-achievement-survey-school-students/amp ↩︎

3. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/punjab-chandigarh-lead-pgi-school-education-index-2024-25/ ↩︎

4. https://yespunjab.com/bhagwant-mann-govts-shikhya-kranti-works-wonders-as-punjab-overtakes-kerala-to-become-no-1/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 11 May 2026) ↩︎

5. https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/punjab-tops-niti-aayog-school-education-survey-jumps-from-27th-to-1st-arvind-kejriwal20260604192843/ ↩︎

6. https://yespunjab.com/punjab-ranked-no-1-in-school-education-after-major-transformation-says-harjot-singh-bains/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 6 Aug 2026) ↩︎

7. https://yespunjab.com/punjab-bags-national-award-for-94-reduction-in-stubble-burning-under-crm-drive/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 10 April 2026) ↩︎

8. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/centre-should-release-rs-621-crore-under-nhm-mohalla-clinic-a-state-initiative-punjab-health-minister/articleshow/105394844.cms?from=mdr ↩︎

9. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/pspcl-bags-2nd-spot-in-national-rankings/ ↩︎