Maharashtra

News: A survey will be conducted from July 1 to September 30, by Maharashtra government on cooperative societies in the state, to zero in on societies which exist ‘only on paper’. Officers and staff of the department will make spot visits to the societies and check if it is functioning ...

News: In 2012-13, when Maharashtra state faced a severe drought-like situation, Prabhakar Deshmukh, the then Pune Municipal Commissioner, conceptualized a Jalyukta Gaon Abhiyan in five districts of Pune division: Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur. The programme was funded by Integrated Watershed Management Programme of 2008 and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment ...

News: Maharashtra government will soon appoint a regulatory body to safeguard interests of home buyers after the centre gave a go ahead to the state to frame rules to implement the Housing Regulatory Bill passed by the legislature and approved by the President. The Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and development) 2012 was passed two years ago ...

News: Maharashtra cabinet has amended a provision of the Criminal Procedure Code to prevent filing of an FIR against a ‘public representative’ without the sanction of a competent authority. With the amendments to the CrPC (156) (3) and 190 provisions, police won’t be able to file an FIR against an MLA ...

News: Germany-based Henkel AG will invest about 30 million euro (around Rs 210 crore) to set up an adhesives plant near Pune in Maharashtra, having an annual capacity of about 80,000 tonnes of adhesives and surface treatments, through its subsidiary Henkel Adhesive Technologies India Pvt Ltd. The new plant is expected ...

The highest number of cyber crimes are registered in Maharashtra but the state has a shockingly dismal record of conviction. In the last four years there has not been one single conviction rather 16 of those arrested were acquitted. Initiatives: The state will appoint a project consultant to prepare a ...