State to support elevated rail corridors

November 2016

The Maharastra Government will extend full cooperation to the railways for the proposed elevated rail corridors on the western and central railway. ...

Tags: Government of Maharashtra, Railways, Elevated rail corridors, Western and central railway, Mass transportation

New Greenfield airport at Purandar

November 2016

The Maharashtra Government plans to construct a new greenfield airport at Purandar in Pune. Spread over 2,400 hectare, the airport will be constructe...

Tags: Government of Maharashtra, Airports Authority of India, New Greenfield airport

Post GST, Maharashtra will be the biggest beneficiary

November 2016

Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance Minister, Maharashtra, has to ensure that the state must be in a position to be self-sufficient in tax collection, post G...

Tags: Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance Minister, Maharashtra, GST Council, Octroi, Government of India, LBT, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Infrastructure, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Arun Jaitley

Maharashtra to promote agro projects in Marathwada

November 2016

Maharashtra plans to unveil a comprehensive package to promote long-term agriculture-based industries to tackle the farm crisis and unemployment...

Tags: Maharashtra, Agro Projects, Marathwada, Devendra Fadnavis, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Sambhaji Nilengekar Pawar, Babanrao Lonikar, Jaikumar Rawal

Maharashtra 17th state to join UDAY

November 2016

The Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribut...

Tags: Maharashtra and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd, MSEDCL, Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, UDAY

MbPT frees 150 hectare for iconic infrastructure projects

October 2016

Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will immediately free 150 hectare from its land parcel for iconic infrastructure projects such as entertainment hubs and all...

Tags: Mumbai Port Trust, Sanjay Bhatia, Anuj Puri, JLL India, Vikas Oberoi, Oberoi Realty, Ashwani Kumar, Dena Bank, Ashish Kumar Chauhan, Piramal Fund Management, Khushru Jijina, Maharashtra Housing Department, Shreekant Singh, GDP

Urgent need for policy framework to accelerate the adoption of green buildings

October 2016

At a event recently, Ashish Kumar Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Government of Maharashtra, said, “The need of the hour is...

Tags: Ashish Kumar Singh, Public Works Department, Government of Maharashtra, Ar Tai Lee Siang, Chair, World Green Building Council, Dr Prem C Jain, World Green Building Council, IGBC, Gurmit Singh Arora, DMRC

Infrastructure, business-friendly policies keep Gujarat ahead in exports

October 2016

Gujarat, widely acknowledged as the most business-friendly state in India, figures among the top five states that account for 69 per cent of the coun...

Tags: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Special Export-processing Zones, Infrastructure, Transport system, ASSOCHAM, Export Performance of States, PK Taneja, ACS, Industries, Mines, Gujarat Government