These five rivers being - Indus, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Sarasvati. The rivers along with their tributaries make the land highly fertile. History Punjab was constituted as a seperate Province of India on 1937. For the past ten years people of Punjab had witnessed the worst of violence at the hand of the militants. State of Economy Nearly all the villages in the state are electrified.
Agriculture is the mainstay of Punjab' s economy.
The highest contribution to the country's foodgrain comes from Punjab. The state has the highest consumption of fertilizers in the country. The constant endeavour of the state government to provide irrigation facilities, cheap power and agriculture inputs at subsidised rates have given a manifold boost to the already flourishing agricultural output. Punjab has 11,114 industrial units which provide emplyoment to nearly 0.04 million people. The main products manufactured are textiles, sewing machines, sports goods, sugar, starch, fertilizers, bicycles, scientific instruments, electrical goods, machine tools and pine oil.