Friday’s Maharashtra budget presentation by CM Devendra Fadnavis brimmed with tribute to late Ajit Pawar, to whom the 2026-27 fiscal plan is dedicated. Fadnavis grew teary-eyed recounting Pawar’s 11 budgets, fiscal steeliness stabilizing Maharashtra amid storms, and lasting growth vision.
Honoring him: grand memorial, ‘Gatimaan Nagari Seva Puraskar’ for dynamic bureaucrats.
Agri thrust: Livestock 25% earner boosted by rural entrepreneur scheme. Husbandry/fisheries = agri status. Vasudha SMS for basic phone users; 1cr AgriStack. Natural farming 5L ha. 9x agri economy $500B goal, value chains, platforms unified, labor insured.
27.87L PMAY-G homes (33k cr), solar aid. 54k PM Janman, 18k complete.
Metros 490km big three cities. Bullet 2027. Mumbai 20L slums/10L affordable redo. 23k cr Line 11 sub-way, 22k cr Line 8 air-link, Navi airport metro, Goregaon link endgame.
12x industry $1.5T, global hub, clusters, MSMEs. Verified Ladki Bahin rolls on.