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Fadnavis Secures Multi-Year Funding for Maharashtra Projects as Cabinet Reshuffle Looms

Following back-to-back Delhi meetings, the finance ministry green-lit billion-dollar pipelines for road connectivity, coastal protection and urban water reuse.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in New Delhi on Friday.
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Overview

  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman directed the DEA to approve $1 billion from the ADB for rural roads, $500 million from the World Bank for coastal resilience and $500 million for municipal wastewater reuse.
  • Proposals for a 12.7 lakh-tonne, ₹10,000-crore fertiliser plant in Nagpur and a $2.6 billion plan to build 14,000 km of maintenance-free rural roads are under central consideration and subsidy review.
  • NITI Aayog officials pledged expedited clearance for tech-driven and sustainability initiatives, including AI-based health screening, a $500 million bamboo industrial cluster, major water-interlinking projects and ITI-industry skill training.
  • Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut signalled that alliance discussions in Delhi aim to overhaul the cabinet, echoing Saamna’s list of eight ministers facing potential removal.
  • Fadnavis’s outreach in Delhi encompassed meetings with Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other Union leaders to bolster Maharashtra’s development agenda.