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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
TopicMaharashtra government

Topic: Maharashtra government

How Maharashtra trying to popularise Right to Services Act, brainchild of CM Fadnavis

Launched in 2015, Act mandates govt depts provide public services in timely manner. But some depts are yet to notify services. Only notified services are covered by the law. 

Why Maharashtra wants focus on urban population as metric for fund devolution under Finance Commission

As 16th Finance Commission visits Maharashtra, state also suggested introducing 2 new criteria to decide fund devolution—states' work on sustainability & contribution to GDP.

Self-censorship on demand & botched experiments in the history lab

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Praveen Pardeshi is Fadnavis’s go-to-IAS officer, whose clout has only grown post retirement

Pardeshi was also Fadnavis’s right-hand man during his previous stint as CM. He is now the new chief economic adviser to Maharashtra CM—a position created especially for him.

1 lakh houses numbered as Dharavi survey in final stages, but 3 neighbourhoods pose challenge

Under the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, officials aim to finish surveying 1.2 lakh homes by July, but industries & communities raise fresh concerns over relocation & eligibility.

Amid row over his link to Beed sarpanch murder accused, Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde resigns

Nationalist Congress Party MLA Dhananjay Munde resigned citing health reasons. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has accepted his resignation & forwarded it to the Governor.

How CM Fadnavis wants to strengthen his home minister credentials with special focus on Gadchiroli

This comes as law & order incidents in state put focus on department. Fadnavis govt plans to bring in investment of over Rs 60,000 crore & set up an airport in district.

Nagpur to Ratnagiri, Maharashtra is expanding smaller airports to boost connectivity, investment

Maharashtra govt has plans to expand capacity at 10 small airports & build new airports, including in Gadchiroli. Work at Amravati & Shirdi airports likely to be completed by 31 March.

The reproductive theory of nationalism & ‘Maha’ confusion

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Anxious residents to warring parties, why Dharavi project is one of biggest talking points this election

As the two-decade-old Dharavi redevelopment project stumbles to take off, it has once again become a key bone of contention between Mahayuti & MVA ahead of Maharashtra's assembly polls.

On Camera

India’s nuclear-power goal needs more than capital

New Delhi has finally accepted that the base load power demand of the future will need supplementing, and nuclear plants are one way to go about it.

Coastal states Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat top India’s exports index, landlocked UP a surprise performer

Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.