Overview
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed departments to use AI to pre-assess proposals, build a state Large Language Model, and create a cloud system to centralize beneficiary data.
- The Urban Development and Revenue departments were told to implement the AI evaluation mechanism on priority, with the Industries Department tasked to develop the cloud database.
- The draft sets milestones for 2029, 2035, and 2047 to align Maharashtra with the national Viksit Bharat 2047 objective and position the state for global competitiveness.
- Public input shaped the plan through more than 400,000 citizen submissions, including 35,000 audio messages, and over 700,000 responses to departmental surveys.
- Targets outlined in the draft include building a $5 trillion state economy, lifting urban per-capita income to $39,000, and expanding Metro networks to roughly 500 km in MMR and about 1,100 km across identified urban hubs.