Maharashtra Budget News - Latest Updates & Headlines
High-end electric vehicles will be costlier in Maharashtra from April
Mumbai, March 11: People wanting to buy high-end electric vehicles in Maharashtra must rush to the showrooms now as the cars would get costlier from next month, once the taxes proposed in the state Budget comes into effect.
Ladki Bahini Yojana to airport policy, Ajit Pawar outlines major announcements of state budget
Mumbai, March 11: Maharashtra Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar presented the state budget for the financial year 2025-26.
Maha debt stock likely to increase to record Rs 9,32,242 crore in 2025-26
Mumbai, March 10: Maharashtra's public debt stock is expected to increase to Rs 8,39,275 crore which is 18.52 per cent of the gross state domestic product (GSDP) as per the revised estimate for 2024-25. The debt stock would further increase to a record Rs 9,32,242 crore as per the budget estimate for 2025-26 and it would be 18.87 per cent of the GSDP which is below 25 per cent of the limit proposed by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act.
Maharashtra: Opposition terms Budget 'a hollow one that betrays common man'
Mumbai, March 10: The opposition parties in Maharashtra have claimed that the annual budget presented by the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar is hollow as it has betrayed the common man including farmers and women devoid of any direction, goal of policy.
People oriented Budget will help create Viksit Maharashtra: CM Fadnavis
Mumbai, March 10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday hailed the annual budget for 2025-26 presented by deputy CM and finance minister Ajit Pawar, saying that it is a people-oriented Budget that will create a 'Viksit Maharashtra'.
Maha: Capital expenditure estimated to be Rs 93,165.52 cr in 2025-26
Mumbai, March 10: The Maharashtra government's capital expenditure on development works especially for asset creation is estimated to reduce to 11 per cent of gross state domestic product (GSDP) at Rs 93,165.52 crore in 2025-26 against 13 per cent at Rs 1,09,031.48 crore as per the revised estimate for 2024-25.
Nobody has been left out in budget: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
Mumbai, March 11: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar lauded the state budget for focussing on the state ahead financially, and leaving out no one.
Ajit Pawar bets big on Rs 76,000cr-worth Vadhvan Port to boost Maha's development
Mumbai, March 10: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday in the annual budget for 2025-26 has proposed the speedy infrastructure development in a bid to achieve the state government's much ambitious target of $1 trillion economy by 2027-28.
Jumla, nothing special for farmers: Uddhav Thackery slams Maharashtra Budget
Mumbai, March 10: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday slammed the Maharashtra Budget presented by the government, calling it a "budget of jumla" (rhetoric).
Maha Budget: Rs 36,000 cr for Ladki Bahin Yojana; various taxes proposed to generate additional revenue
Mumbai, March 10: Amid the widening gap between revenue and expenditure with constraints on resource mobilisation, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented the budget for 2025-26 with an estimated revenue deficit of Rs 45,892 crore and fiscal deficit of Rs 1,36,000 crore.
'Maharashtra will stop no more...development won't be delayed anymore': Finance Minister Ajit Pawar
Mumbai, March 10: Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented the 2025-26 Budget on Monday in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resolve to make India a developed nation by 2047.
We have not decreased money for 'Ladki Bahin': Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Mumbai, March 10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday debunked reports that the state government has deceased money for the 'Ladki Bahin' scheme and assured that the beneficiaries will get their money.
Maharashtra will be number one in fulfilling PM Modi's Viksit Bharat dream by 2047: Ajit Pawar
Mumbai, March 10: In his budget presentation for the financial year 2025, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said that the state is poised to take a leading role in realizing the Prime Minister's dream of a developed India by 2047.
Budget is for people: Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde ahead of state budget
Mumbai, March 10: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the state budget presented focusses is for the people, and the ruling Mahayuti government is committed towards people.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar to present state budget on March 10
Mumbai, March 9: Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar will present the State Budget for 2025-26 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Notably, this will be the first budget for the newly-formed Mahayuti government and Pawar's 11th Budget as Finance Minister, a press release from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said.
Maha: Ajit Pawar to present first MahaYuti govt budget amid financial constraints
Mumbai, March 9: Amid financial constraints to continue freebies and simultaneously carry out capital expenditure despite rising public debt, the fiscal and revenue deficits, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance and Planning Minister Ajit Pawar will present the state budget for the year 2025-26 on Monday.
Maha Budget Session: Dy CM Ajit Pawar presents supplementary demands worth Rs 6,480.20 crore
Mumbai, March 3: The Maharashtra government on the first day of the Budget Session on Monday presented the supplementary demands worth Rs 6,486.20 crore. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented the demands in the state Assembly ahead of the presentation of the annual Budget for 2025-26 on March 10.
Maharashtra budget session begins, governor highlights key initiatives
Mumbai, March 3: The budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature commenced on Monday, with the Governor addressing the joint session of both houses at Vidhan Bhavan. The session is expected to focus on key issues, including the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, investments, and welfare schemes.
Maha govt to cut spending across all departments by 30 per cent
Mumbai, Feb 14: Amid rising fiscal deficit and public debt, the Maharashtra government has introduced an austerity drive directing 30 per cent cut in expenditure by all departments.
People's Budget: Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde
Thane, February 1: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde praised the Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in Lok Sabha on Saturday, calling it a "people's budget" that would lead to prosperity in every household.