Overview

• The pacts were signed at the AIIFA Steel Mahakumbh in Goregaon, Mumbai, attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union minister Pralhad Joshi and industries minister Uday Samant.
• Officials said the proposals span Raigad, Wardha, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Satara, with more than 40,300 jobs projected.
• Jindal Stainless plans a ₹41,580 crore stainless steel plant in Raigad with about 15,500 jobs, while Rashmi Metallurgical will invest ₹25,000 crore in an integrated steel plant in Wardha expected to employ 12,000 people.
• NPSPL Advanced Material (Atha Group) will set up a ₹5,440 crore lithium battery material and carbon complex in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Gadchiroli will host Sumedh Tools and Hariom Pipe projects totalling ₹5,135 crore.
• The government is moving to cut clearances through digitisation and AI-based single-window permissions, and it has begun direct electronic disbursal of ₹80.53 crore in library grants to 10,546 public libraries.