Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hailed the annual budget for 2025-26 presented by deputy CM and finance minister Ajit Pawar. He said that it is a people-oriented Budget that will create a ‘Viksit Maharashtra’ He said Maharashtra continues to be the favoured investment destination but the state has also achieved a new milestone in housing construction. The size of the state Budget has now reached Rs 7 lakh crore. The gross state domestic product has increased by Rs 5 to 10 lakh crore in the last 10 years. The budget has five pillars of employment and social development along with agriculture, industry and infrastructure. It has managed to keep the fiscal deficit at 2.7 per cent against 2.9 per cent last year. The government has also promised to provide electricity to houses whose electricity consumption is less than three hundred units. A sizeable allocation has been made for the development of infrastructure like roads, bridges and ports. It’s a comprehensive budget with significant provisions for agriculture, agriculture-based sectors, industries, business, education, health, tourism, infrastructure and social sectors. It also expresses a strong resolve that Maharashtra will no more stop and the development won’t be delayed anymore.