Maharashtra Budget 2018-19: Rs 8,233 Cr Allocated For Irrigation Projects; Rs 300 Crore For Shivaji Statue

Mumbai: Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Friday presented the Maharashtra Budget 2018-19 in the State Legislative Assembly. This is Mungantiwar’s fourth successive Budget for the state. Mungantiwar focused on the farm sector in his Budget speech while also allocated...

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By Nagpur Today On Saturday, October 14th, 2017

Maharashtra seeks Rs 7,180 cr central aid for irrigation projects

Mumbai/New Delhi: Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao on Saturday sought a financial assistance of Rs 7,180 crore to complete various irrigation projects in 14 districts prone to farmers suicides. He urged the central government to consider it as “a special case”...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Vidarbha stalled irrigation projects released fresh funds of Rs. 1337 crores informs Girish Mahajan

Nagpur: Vidarbha, where agriculture is sill largely dependent on rains for irrigation due to lack of dams, has been granted funds of Rs. 1,337 to complete work on 18 stalled projects informed Water Resource Minister Girish Mahajan today in the...

By Nagpur Today On Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Major move: State scraps 94 tenders of scam-hit irrigation projects

File Pic Nagpur: In a major decision of far reaching consequences, the Maharashtra Government on Tuesday cancelled 94 tenders of 14 irrigation projects, most of them pertaining to Vidarbha’s Gosikhurd project, over corruption charges. All these cancelled tenders of different...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, March 18th, 2016

Maha govt mulling to float Bonds for irrigation projects

Mumbai/Nagpur: Maharashtra government is considering to float Irrigation Bonds with less interest rates to fund projects, State Minister for Revenue Eknath Khadse said today. He was replying to supplementary queries raised on a starred question by Sharad Ranpise (Congress) during the...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, December 6th, 2012

State government’s ‘white paper’ may bring black days for Vidarbha irrigation projects

Nagpur News : The State Government is all set to present the White Paper on the actual status of various irrigation projects across the state in the upcoming assembly session inNagpur. However, the reverse side of the picture terms the...