Punjab’s Small Factories Face Deadline | India News

India News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 30, 2026 · 1m

Punjab’s small industries face an imminent deadline—September 30, 2026—when thousands of micro and small businesses in mixed-use zones could lose their operating permits. These areas, where homes and factories coexist, have long supported workers—especially women—with proximity to jobs. Ludhiana’s Janta Nagar and Shimlapuri clusters are hit hardest. Though relocation was promised since 2008–2009, extensions keep pushing the deadline; industry leaders now demand permanent recognition of these zones as official industrial areas, citing over 50,000 units employing hundreds of thousands. The…