Tag: Maharashtra

Digital platform helps Maharashtra save Rs 12,000 crore in farm loan waiver

MUMBAI: Maharashtra has managed to save Rs 12,000 crore in farm loan waiver alone by adopting a digital platform that helped eliminate bogus claimants, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Sunday. The state had, in June 2017, announced a farm loan waiver worth Rs 34,022 crore amid rising incidents of farmer suicides due to […]

Maharashtra to raze Nirav Modi’s illegal bungalow in Alibaug

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court that it had ordered demolition of fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi’s illegal bungalow built along the beach at Alibaug in adjoining Raigad district. Government counsel advocate P B Kakade also told a bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M S Karnik that it had served […]

Satellite mapping being used to monitor illegal construction in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it is using the satellite mapping technology to identify illegal constructions in major cities. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a division bench of acting Chief Justice N H Patil and Justice G S Kulkarni that Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, also called satellite […]

Gayatri Projects receives Rs 1,312.00-crore road project in Maharashtra

NEW DELHI: Gayatri Projects Ltd on Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs 1,312.00 crore road project in Maharashtra. In a BSE filing Gayatri Projects said, the order is for construction of access controlled Nagpur-Mumbai super communication expressway (Maharashtra Samruddhi Maha Marg) in Maharashtra on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode for package -11, from […]

Rajnath Singh approves Rs 157.23 crore for Uttar Pradesh, Rs 60.76 crore for Maharashtra

NEW DELHI: India’s Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) in New Delhi today to consider the additional Central Assistance to the States of Uttar Pradesh (affected by rabi drought during 2017-18) and Maharashtra (affected by pest attack & cyclone during 2017). The Union Minister for Agriculture […]

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