Paltry 44% MoUs have materialised!
The ‘Vision-2030’ document presented before the state cabinet on Tuesday has revealed that only 44% of the total Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) signed for bringing investment to Maharashtra has materialised.
Till date, Maharashtra has attracted Rs 2.62 lakh crore as investments. The state had set a target to achieve investment of Rs 10 lakh crore by end of 2030.
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Ayog issued instructions to all states to take the lead in policy interventions, set targets of developmental plans in all sectors and make a presentation before the Ayog. These instructions were issued last October. The Ayog will hold meeting of CMs of all states on Thursday.
Accordingly, around 20 departments, including agriculture and allied department, health, irrigation, education, social justice, industries, skill development, made presentation of ‘Vision-2030’ documents before the state cabinet chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mantralaya.
The documents revealed that the state could attract Rs 11 lakh crore in the past 25 years since 1995 to 2015. During Fadnavis’s rule, the state has attracted Rs. 2.62 lakh crore.
Even in per capita income (in 2014-15) Maharashtra is far ahead of Haryana which had per capita income of Rs 1.50 lakh following Kerala (Rs 1.38 lakh) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 1.35 lakh). Maharashtra had per capita income of Rs 1,34,081. Maharashtra has reached at Rs 1.47 lakh per capita income in 2015-16 and now the state has set a target to achieve per capita income of Rs 6 lakh by the end of year 2030.
The finance department may not be sure about how the state will grow economically, as it has set target of economic growth by 10% in 2030 from the present growth of 9.4%. The department expects only 0.6% growth in the next 13 years.
The state has decided to promote eco-tourism and beach tourism and state has set a target to attract investment of Rs 30,000 crore in the two sectors. Aiming to provide better medical facilities, the state will allow medical college in all district on Public Private Participation (PPP) model. The clinical services will be outsourced.