Chandigarh, June 27 -- The Punjab cabinet on Thursday approved significant amendments to the state's conversion policy, enabling the conversion of industrial plots into hospitals, hotels, industrial parks, and other permitted uses.

A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the chief minister's official residence.

Disclosing this here on Thursday a spokesperson from the chief minister's office said that earlier conversion policies were introduced in 2008, 2016, and 2021. However, industrial associations had raised concerns about certain restrictive conditions in the 2021 policy. In response, a committee reviewed the requests from industrialists and proposed a set of changes applicable to fre...