Maharashtra

Objectives: To increase productivity of rainfed cotton farming in Vidarbha region through rainwater harvesting, intensive irrigation and better crop management; To bring maximum cotton growing area under protective irrigation and better soil moisture regime through in-situ and ex-situ conservation measures; To augment/ restore/renovate existing minor/ small scale irrigation resources through ...

The Finance Minister of Maharashtra on Friday presented the state budget for the financial year with a corpus of Rs. 25,000 crore allotting to the agricultural sector of the state. The budget has initially announced for a deficit of Rs. 3,757 crore but revised it to Rs. 9,209 crore on ...

With a view to ensure more participation in the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) civil services examination, the state government of Maharashtra has come up with a new initiative to provide Rs. 10,000/- monthly scholarship to aspirants. According to sources, the state has six active coaching centres in Mumbai, Nagpur, ...

The state of Maharashtra has faced water-scarcity due to poor management as well as other climatic reasons. The state was badly hit by drought in the monsoon season even in this year as well, especially regions of Vidarbha and Marathwada.  So, in a bid to make the state free of ...

Originally launched by the central government, New Seed Money Scheme subsequently has been transferred to the State of Maharashtra as State Plan Scheme. The main objective of this scheme is to provide soft loan or seed money to encourage educated unemployed youth to take up self-employment. The soft loan provided ...

Additional Chief Secretary, General Administration Department, PS Meena, said that the Right to Services(RTS) Act will be linked to the government’s grievance redress portal, ‘Aaple Sarkar’. “Citizens can apply for caste, death and birth certificates, make online payments and the certificate will be delivered at home,” Meena said. The state government ...

“We have decided to waive off educational fees of farmers’ children upto standard 12 in the districts affected by drought,” State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse said. the government also decided to provide an accident policy insurance cover to 1.35 crore farmers in the state wherein their kin will be entitled ...

The state government is mulling abolishing local body tax (LBT) on petrol and diesel so that the cost of fuel within city limits and outside come on par. The government will, however, levy another tax on fuel so that it does not incur loss of revenue. The collection from this ...

 Maharashtra is counted as one of the wealthiest and developed state among Indian states. It has long been on global trading map due to being a costal state. Over the years, it has positioned itself as an investor friendly state. Its share in India’s total industrial output stood 25% during ...

News: The state government today gave a nod to an ordinance for amending the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, under which sand mafia will not get bail for one year after arrest. In view of acute water scarcity, the government is considering ban on sugarcane crushing and prohibiting water ...