Mumbai, Sep 11
The Maharashtra Government has appointed a Chief Secretary (CS)-led committee for the implementation of the NITI Aayog’s report on making the bursting Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) a growth hub with a $300 billion economy by 2030 from the present $140 billion.
The state government, in its Government Resolution (GR) released late on Tuesday night has given a mandate to the CS-led 22-member committee to monitor the speedy implementation of the NITI Aayog’s recommendations, step up focus on attracting and retaining Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and promoting startups and employment generation in the MMR.
Interestingly, the state government in the run up to the Assembly elections, likely to take place in the second week of November, has not set up a committee headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde or Industry Minister and comprising ministers and elected representatives.
Instead, the committee consists of only bureaucrats in charge of 11 departments, collectors, municipal commissioners and CEOs of government undertakings.
This is to expedite inter departmental coordination and speedy disposal of various files.
Eknath Shinde has hailed the NITI Aayog’s report saying that its recommendations will help the state government to further boost development in the MMR, including the construction of affordable housing, development of data centre in Navi Mumbai, and completion of the Alibaug Multimodal Corridor.
Shinde has said that the state government has cleared projects with investment to the tune of Rs 80,000 crore and the government has stepped up efforts to promote tourism along the 720 km coastline.