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The Maharashtra Cabinet approved 21 key decisions spanning infrastructure, education, housing, health, and governance. It decided to dissolve Maha ARC Ltd after the RBI denied it a licence, and approved a state guarantee for a INR 2,000 crore HUDCO loan to fund land acquisition for the Virar-Alibaug Transport Corridor. Grants were sanctioned for new postgraduate courses at Nagpur's Laxmi Narayan Institute of Technology, and land regularisation under PMAY in Solapur will enable 30,000 homes. Other approvals covered Guru Tegh Bahadur's 350th martyrdom commemorations, judicial expansions, healthcare reforms, and regularisation of long-term leases. A Bandra land parcel was leased to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam for community facilities.
The Maharashtra Cabinet approved 21 decisions during its meeting earlier this week, addressing a wide range of sectors including infrastructure, urban development, health, education and land-use policy. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis, occurred shortly before the announcement of elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats in the state. Advertisement
One of the key decisions was to wind up Maha ARC Ltd, the state-asset reconstruction company set up in September 2022. The company never commenced operations because the Reserve Bank of India declined to issue it a licence in 2023.
Another major move was the authorisation of a guarantee for a HUDCO loan of INR 2,000 crore to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) for land acquisition for the Virar-Alibaug Transport Corridor. The corridor, spanning 126.06 km and with its first phase covering 96.41 km from Navghar to Balawli, will be developed on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The state also cleared amendments needed to raise funds via HUDCO.
In higher education, the cabinet approved a grant of INR 7 crore for the Laxmi Narayan Institute of Technology in Nagpur to start postgraduate courses in biochemistry, microbiology and biotechnology, and to support university activities over five years with funds to be released in four equal instalments starting 2026.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Kumbhari, South Solapur, the cabinet agreed to regularise constructions covering 21.62 hectares and charge a nominal arrears amount of Re 1 per sq metre. It also waived INR 16.93 crore of uncollected dues and INR 0.805 crore of overdue non-agricultural tax to enable 30,000 houses for unorganised workers.
The cabinet also allocated INR 95.35 crore for programmes to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji, with events planned in Nanded, Nagpur and Kharghar (Navi Mumbai) plus related activities in other districts.
In Wardha, leaseholders of 1,056 plots in Ramnagar who held 30-year leases since 1931 will be granted freehold ownership following a local proposal for regularisation.
The cabinet decided to provide 1.52 hectares of land free to Waigaul gram panchayat in Washim district for pilgrim lodging and related facilities.
Judicial infrastructure received a boost: approvals were given to set up district and additional sessions courts and a senior civil court at Ghodnadi-Shirur in Pune district, and a senior civil judge court at Paithan in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Posts for judges, staff and a public prosecutor's office were also sanctioned.
The cabinet eased conditions for gram-panchayat staff wage share: panchayats with 60 %+ tax collection will receive 100 % wage share; those with 50-60 % will get 90 %; and those below 50 % will get 80 %.
In a land deal in Mumbai's Bandra suburb, a 395 sq metre parcel will be leased to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam at a nominal annual rent of Re 1 for 30 years, for use as parking, an information centre and office. The devasthanam will hand over a 2,000 sq ft space to the district administration after completion of construction.
Health-sector measures included creation of an Urban Health Commissionerate, filling the post of Commissioner (Urban Health) from the IAS cadres, and filling municipal medical officer posts through deputation from the public health department. The honorarium for field-level workers engaged with Ayushman cards was increased (INR 20 for KYC work and INR 10 for card distribution) via allocation of INR 204.06 crore. The list of treatments under state health schemes was expanded to cover 2,399 conditions across 38 specialist services. Additionally, a one-time regularisation of contract staff under the National Health Mission who completed 10 years of service by March 14 2024 was approved allowing adjustment to regular posts without service rule amendment.
Finally, interest-refund schemes for three economic-development boards were approved to support loans up to INR 15 lakh for eligible borrowers, and five associate-professor posts for the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government Medical College in Baramati (Pune district) were sanctioned.
Source PTI
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