Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented the budget 2025-26 budget. For the eighth time, Ajit Pawar presented the budget of Maharashtra. At the same time, after the elections held last year, this is the first budget of the Fadnavis government. In this budget, the most focus was done on the infra sector. At the same time, big announcements were also made in the areas of health, agriculture and social welfare. At the same time, the government has allocated Rs 36 thousand crore with the biggest scheme Ladli sister to win the last election.
There were big announcements in the budget regarding the infrastructure sector. A new innovation city will be prepared on 250 acres in Navi Mumbai. Elevated road has been announced from Thane to Navi Mumbai to join Navi Mumbai Airport. The next one year, 64.4 km metro lines will be laid in Mumbai and Pune. With this, the new industry policy will be announced in Maharashtra. Under this, investment of Rs 40 lakh and 50 lakh jobs will be created. The Maharashtra government has announced to build a memorial for Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in Sanghemeshwar. It was here that the Mughals took Sambhaji Maharaj hostage. At the same time, on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he has announced to build a memorial in Mumbai. The pantan area will be promoted. In the next ten years, the target of investing more than one lakh crore has been set.
Passenger shipping and coastal tourism will be promoted under Maharashtra Marine Development Policy. Here relief from port tax will be provided. Ajit Pawar said that the maximum time limit of port agreement has been extended to 90 years. This will enable big investment in the area. A plan has been prepared to clean the sewage water in all the cities of Maharashtra. A budget of Rs 8200 crore has been fixed for this. This water will also be used for irrigation.
AI based policy will be made in the agricultural sector. AI will be used for development in agriculture. This will benefit 50 thousand farmers. This technique will try to cover one lakh acres of land.
