Overview

• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed a reduction in the number of permissions required to start industries and called for a single-window mechanism to consolidate approvals.
• The Urban Development Department was told to deploy an AI-based online system that automatically issues industrial building permits once required documents are submitted.
• The administration was asked to remove the non-agricultural land-license requirement for micro and small industries and food-processing units within specified land limits.
• Green-category (non-polluting) units will get a fixed initial period without repeated license renewals, with regulation applied after that window.
• At the AIIFA Steelex 2025 conclave, the state signed Rs 80,962 crore in MoUs with nine companies, projecting over 40,000 jobs as Maharashtra targets 58% renewables by 2030 and scales round-the-clock clean power.