Maharashtra

News: According to the Governor’s directives, funds from the state budget meant for different irrigation projects have to be allocated as per a prescribed formula to Marathwada, Vidarbha and remaining Maharashtra region. “We will take permission from the Governor to allow us to complete a specific irrigation project with help from funds that are raised ...

News: The Maharashtra government has distributed 4,500 tonnes of grains to farmers in 14 drought-hit districts since the announcement of the measure. Eight regions in Aurangabad district, five regions in Amravati and Wardha in Nagpur district have been supplied with foodgrains to cease farmer suicides and to help them financially.  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on ...

News: Maharashtra government is mulling its own ‘Smart City’ project with an aim to provide development opportunities to cities that have not been selected by the Centre under its ambitious programme. The project is at a nascent stage for now and nothing has been finalised on paper as yet. Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Nagpur and ...

News: South Korea’s Posco joined Uttam Galva group to set up an estimated $3 billion steel plant in Maharashtra. Shree Uttam Steel & Power Ltd is fully owned by the Miglani Family who are the co-promoters along with ArcelorMittal of Uttam Galva Steels Limited. The latter is one of the ...

News:   As per the National Forest Policy, 1988 the state should have a forest cover of over 33 per cent of its total landmass area. Maharashtra government has come out with a new Green City policy that lays emphasis on afforestation on private land and on those reserved for community purposes, protection and increasing ...

News: Minister of State for Social Justice Dilip Kamble said government has decided to take the responsibility of those studying in the schools for the specially-abled children and are at present allowed to study in these schools till they turn 18. But now even after they cross the age 18 the ...

News: CM Devendra Fadnavis said he had accelerated the plans, which includes a new Mumbai airport, scheduled to see its first flight in 2019. The project includes a road bridge, as well as a new city on a 600 square km plot around the airport which is the size of ...

News: Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said he sought a report on all purchases made under the rate contract system in the last 10 years from government departments to gather information from various departments and to understand the facts. He said that 31,208 items are lying in godowns unused, that were bought in Financial Year ...

News: The Centre will soon release a package of Rs 1,950 crore for the cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra. This will help sugar mills overcome financial problems. It will also be then possible for them to pay fair and remunerative price (FRP) to farmers. If the sugar mills do not pay the FRP to ...

News: The Maharashtra government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global technology major, Cisco for making Nagpur a smart and safe city and the first Indian Institute of Information and Technology has been approved to Nagpur. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis says, “it was a proud moment to witness the ...