Editing Punjab (section)

==Economy==
{{main|Economy of Punjab, Pakistan|Economy of Punjab, India}}

The historical region of Punjab produces a relatively high proportion of the food output from India and Pakistan.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} The region has been used for extensive wheat farming. In addition, rice, cotton, [[sugarcane]], fruit, and vegetables are also grown.<ref name="Agropedia 2013" />

The agricultural output of the Punjab region in Pakistan contributes significantly to Pakistan's GDP. Both Indian and Pakistani Punjab is considered to have the best infrastructure of their respective countries. The Indian state of Punjab is currently the [[List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita|16th richest state]] or the eighth richest large state of India. Pakistani Punjab produces 68% of Pakistan's foodgrain production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infopak.gov.pk/punjab.aspx |title=Pakistani government statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308122328/http://www.infopak.gov.pk/punjab.aspx |archive-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 April 2007 |website=infopak.gov.pk}}</ref> Its share of Pakistan's GDP has historically ranged from 51.8% to 54.7%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spdc.org.pk/Data/Publication/PDF/WP5.pdf |title=Provincial Accounts of Pakistan: Methodology and Estimates 1973–2000 |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226234709/http://www.spdc.org.pk/Data/Publication/PDF/WP5.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Called "The Granary of India" or "The Bread Basket of India", Indian Punjab produces 1% of the [[Rice production|world's rice]], 2% of its wheat, and 2% of its cotton.<ref name="Agropedia 2013">{{cite web |url=http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/punjab-leader-agricultural-sector |title=Punjab – The Leader in Agricultural Sector, Agriculture Today, 2013 |last=Yadav |first=Kiran |date=11 February 2013 |website=Agropedia |access-date=15 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306042334/http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/punjab-leader-agricultural-sector |archive-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> In 2001, it was recorded that farmers made up 39% of Indian Punjab's workforce.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ghuman|first=Ranjit Singh|date=2005|title=Rural Non-Farm Employment Scenario: Reflections from Recent Data in Punjab|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4417268|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=40|issue=41|pages=4473–4480|jstor=4417268|issn=0012-9976|access-date=25 March 2021|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929123841/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4417268|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Punjab region of Pakistan, 42.3% of the labour force is engaged in the agriculture sector.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.agripunjab.gov.pk/overview | title=Agriculture Department, Overview | date=20 March 2014 | website=agripunjab.gov.pk |url-status=live |archive-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623161017/http://www.agripunjab.gov.pk/overview}}</ref>

Alternatively, Punjab is also adding to the economy with the increase in employment of Punjab youth in the [[private sector]]. Government schemes such as 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission' have brought enhanced employability in the private sector. {{as of|2019|10}}, more than 32,000 youths have been placed in different jobs and 12,000 have been skill-trained.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/punjab-govt-to-identify-poorest-among-unemployed-in-villages-amarinder-singh-1606817-2019-10-07|title=Punjab govt to identify poorest among unemployed in villages: Amarinder Singh|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=7 October 2019|date=7 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810105500/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/punjab-govt-to-identify-poorest-among-unemployed-in-villages-amarinder-singh-1606817-2019-10-07}}</ref>