PM Modi: Centre nod for over 220 projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore for Maharashtra

Speaking at a mass employment drive conducted by the Maharashtra government on Thursday via video-conferencing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the central government has approved nearly 225 projects for Maharashtra at a total estimated cost of Rs 2 lakh crore.

While work on some of these projects has already started, it will begin soon on the other projects as well, said the PM.

“The central government has also approved projects worth Rs 75,000 crore in the railways sector, and projects worth Rs 50,000 crore for better road infrastructure, for the state of Maharashtra alone. When the government spends such a huge amount on infrastructure projects, it creates lakhs of new jobs also.