Maharashtra
Maharashtra is India’s economic powerhouse, home to the economic capital of Mumbai and the source of a significant source of the central government’s tax revenues. Thanks in large part to the many industries located in the state and progressive government policies, since the early 2000s, the state remains a top destination for investors in a range of sectors. But the massive state also embodies many of India’s contradictions; its eastern reaches are remote, prone to drought, and deeply poor. The current government is seeking to bring development to those areas while not neglecting the needs of its urban centers including the megacity of Mumbai.
State Policies
Solar Policy: Unconventional Energy Generation Policy (2020) and Solar Energy Policy (2020) (in Marathi)
Electric Mobility Policy: Electric Vehicle Policy (2021)
Industry Policy: Industrial Policy (2019)
State Summary
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Size
118,809 sq. miles -
Population
112.4 million -
State GDP
$233.41 billion (USD) -
Legislative Assembly Seats
288
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Rajya Sabha Seats
19 -
Lok Sabha Seats
48 -
Party Affiliation
Shiv Sena (SS), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Indian National Congress (INC)
Climate Change
Subsectors
Recent Articles
Maharashtra approves the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) of about $5 billion
Posted on August 3, 2022
Maharashtra cabinet approves its gene bank project for conserving, managing, and reviving local bio-resources
Posted on May 4, 2022
Energy
India faces a complex energy challenge: it needs cheap and abundant energy to power high economic growth and lift its citizens into the middle class. But it also hopes to keep its commitments to the U.N. Climate Change Convention and achieve energy independence. India’s states have the resources to generate the energy India needs, but they take different approaches to fostering the growth of the industry. This section allows you to explore energy news from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s energy sector.
Subsectors
Coal • Energy Efficiency • Energy-related Transportation • Nuclear • Oil and Gas • Power •Recent Articles
Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission announces new power tariffs for 2023-24
Posted on April 5, 2023
Maharashtra approves the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) of about $5 billion
Posted on August 3, 2022
Maharashtra approves proposal the installation of prepaid smart electricity meters
Posted on August 3, 2022
The Maharashtra government reduces Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel
Posted on May 25, 2022
Related National Goals
U.S.–India Energy Cooperation Project Tracker — There is currently no data available for . (updated July 3, 2019)
Solar Performance Tracker — Maharashtra reaches 3646.13 MW (updated March 31, 2021)
Wind Performance Tracker — Maharashtra achieves 5012.83 MW (updated March 30, 2021)
Health
While India’s healthcare system is expansive in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered, inequalities in access to high-quality yet affordable care continue to plague delivery systems and push citizens towards the more unregulated private sector. Similarly, while India’s National Health Policy of 2017 promises to reform this system, the responsibility to institute those reforms falls to the states who each have their own unique challenges and opportunities to meet the healthcare needs of their people. This section allows you to explore emerging healthcare policies and news covering new initiatives from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s healthcare sector.
Recent Articles
Arunachal Pradesh and Maharashtra fares the worst and best respectively, in a study of the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India
Posted on July 26, 2022
Maharashtra approves a scheme for setting up new medical colleges and hospitals
Posted on September 7, 2021
Maharashtra offers multiple incentives to encourage capacity addition of medical oxygen within the state
Posted on May 19, 2021
Industrial Policy and Business Regulations
Subsectors
Recent Articles
Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission announces new power tariffs for 2023-24
Posted on April 5, 2023
Maharashtra gives assent to the rules formed under the Industrial Relations Code 2020
Posted on March 29, 2023
Maharashtra passes its Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act 2022
Posted on August 24, 2022
Infrastructure and Governance
Subsectors
Recent Articles
Maharashtra passes its Maharashtra Public Universities (Second Amendment) Act 2022
Posted on August 24, 2022
Maharashtra approves renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv, respectively.
Posted on July 21, 2022
Maharashtra government launches an amnesty scheme to revive the stuck slum redevelopment schemes in Mumbai by allowing financial institutions that funded these schemes to complete them
Posted on June 9, 2022
Land & Labor Laws
Subsectors
Recent Articles
Maharashtra gives assent to the rules formed under the Industrial Relations Code 2020
Posted on March 29, 2023
Maharashtra raises its ready reckoner rates (RRR) by five percent for FY 2022-2
Posted on April 6, 2022
Maharashtra reduces stamp duty on lease agreements, valid for 29 or more years, of immovable property in Mumbai
Posted on December 30, 2020
Maharashtra government increases the ready reckoner rates of properties by an average of 1.74 percent
Posted on September 16, 2020
Water & Sanitation
Subsectors
Recent Articles
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