Overview

• The Mukhyamantri Saur Krishi Vahini Yojana is underway as the world’s largest distributed solar project and is slated to deliver 12 hours of daytime green electricity to farmers once completed by December 2026.
• Major river-linking and irrigation schemes involving the Wainganga, Nalganga, Godavari and Tapi basins are progressing to drought-proof North Maharashtra and Marathwada and build water reserves for agriculture and industry.
• Work continues on the Vadhavan Port development, which is expected to rank among the world’s top ten ports, alongside modernization and construction of airports in Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Amravati and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
• The 701 km Samruddhi Mahamarg and proposed Rs 86,000 crore Shaktipeeth Mahamarg are forming a new highway network while concrete roads are being extended to every village with populations under 1,000.
• Security forces have largely cleared Maoist insurgents from Gadchiroli, where the government plans to establish a new steel hub with the nation’s largest capacity over the next ten years.