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The move aims to increase accountability among industries discharging pollutants, with a committee set up to recommend a new structure for bank guarantees and penalties within three months. According to the CAG report tabled during the recently-concluded Budget session of the state legislature, as many as 2,678 bank guarantees of ₹272.47 crore were not obtained in physical form, making them unverifiable. It also noted that forfeiture orders could not be executed in several cases due to non-co ...Read More >
Jalna/Mumbai (PTI): Eight women labourers were killed, and three others were injured after a speeding truck rammed into a tempo on the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway in Jalna district of Maharashtra on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident occurred when a group of women was returning home after completing cleaning work on the expressway. "A total of 11 persons, including the driver, were sitting in the tempo. As the vehicle was about to start, a speeding truck headed towards Mumbai rammed int ...Read More >
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of Maharashtra State River Rejuvenation Authority under which rejuvenation projects will be implemented for 54 polluted river stretches in the state. The authority will carry out both regulatory and developmental work for reducing pollution and ensuring the conservation and rejuvenation of rivers in the state. Established on the lines of the National River Conservation Plan, the Chief Minister will serve as the Chairperson of this Authority, ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde on Wednesday said the state has proposed an annual allocation of Rs 400 crore for the Maharashtra State River Rejuvenation Authority (MSRRA) as part of a Rs 2,000 crore corpus planned over five years to address river pollution and rejuvenation. "The Authority will monitor all schemes related to river pollution and will be supported through state funds as well as funds from the Maharashtra Pollutio ...Read More >
The environment minister informed the legislative assembly that 1,952 out of 2,224 active construction sites in the city - nearly 88 per cent - have installed low-cost air quality sensors as of January. According to official data, a total of 1,981 show-cause notices and 1,047 stop-work notices were issued across the city between October 2025 and January 2026 as part of the ongoing "Clean Air" initiative, she said in a written reply on AQI levels. Munde refuted claims about a public health cris ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government and civic authorities have intensified their crackdown on air pollution in Mumbai, issuing stop-work notices to 1,047 construction sites between October 2025 and January 2026 for violating environmental norms, state Environment Minister Pankaja Munde informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. 1,981 Show-Cause Notices Issued Under Clean Air Initiative Replying to a query on air quality levels in the city, Munde said that as part of the ongoing "Clean Air" i ...Read More >
Beed, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde on Thursday stressed that the existing reservation benefits of socially backward OBC communities should not be disturbed while extending benefits to the Maratha community. "The groups that were identified and given reservation benefits on the basis of social backwardness remain backward even today. Their quota cannot be touched while extending similar benefits to the Maratha community," the BJP leader ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The OBC versus Maratha community tussle over reservation is heating up with OBC leader and NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday taking his own government to task for bending backwards for the Maratha community on reservations. "The Maratha community gets Rs 25,000 crore (under various state government schemes whereas the OBC community gets Rs 5,000 crore. Where is justice in this. For the Maratha community there are newer announcements (of govt schemes) almost every other day," said B ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 2 (PTI) Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde has said the state government must ensure the existing reservation benefits of various communities are not disturbed while addressing the demand for quota by Marathas. Activist Manoj Jarange has been leading the Maratha community's demand for a 10 per cent reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) grouping and staging an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai to press for it. Some OBC leaders have, however, objecte ...Read More >
The matter was raised by MLA Sneha Dubey, who flagged concerns about encroachments on mangrove land in Palghar district THE MAHARASHTRA government is positive towards granting carbon credits to farmers who conserve mangroves on their agricultural fields or private land located along the coastline, Environment Minister Pankaja Munde informed the state Legislative Assembly Thursday. "Farmers will be empowered to protect mangroves on such land, and the government is considering extending carbon c ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid intense public backlash and Opposition protests, the Maharashtra government has scrapped two government resolutions (GRs) that sought to impose Hindi as a compulsory third language in Marathi and English-medium schools for Classes 1 to 5. However, the ruling Mahayuti coalition insists the decision has only been suspended temporarily and will be revisited after an expert committee submits its report. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the form ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Ahead of the cabinet expansion, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday held a road show in Nagpur. He was accompanied by his wife Amruta Fadnavis and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. "Nagpur city is my family and my family is welcoming me," Fadnavis said during the roadshow. Also Read | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Death Anniversary 2024: Priyanka Gandhi Pays Tribute to Former Congress President on H ...Read More >
Nagpur: Ahead of the cabinet expansion, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday held a road show in Nagpur. He was accompanied by his wife Amruta Fadnavis and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. "Nagpur city is my family and my family is welcoming me," Fadnavis said during the roadshow. Maharashtra Deputy CM and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar also arrived in Nagpur ahead of the first cabinet meeting and expansion of the BJP-led S ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Ahead of the cabinet expansion, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday held a road show in Nagpur. He was accompanied by his wife Amruta Fadnavis and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. "Nagpur city is my family and my family is welcoming me," Fadnavis said during the roadshow. Maharashtra Deputy CM and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar also arrived in Nagpur ahead of the first cabin ...Read More >
In this edition of Frontline Conversations, former Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare discusses how the Ladki Bahin scheme, which provided direct cash transfers to 2.35 crore women, transformed both the economic landscape and political dynamics of the State. The programme, which distributed Rs.7,500 across five instalments to women earning less than Rs. 2.5 lakh annually, not only empowered women with financial independence but also proved to be a decisive factor in M ...Read More >
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