#Maharashtra budget 2017 updates: Big focus on agriculture, Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyaan gets boost of Rs 1,200 cr

The Maharashtra State budget 2017-18 will be presented in the Assembly today. The Economic Survey Report (2016-17) was presented to the state legislature on Friday and has pointed to accelerated growth in the country’s most industrialised state despite the demonetisation move. The projection of a double-digit positive growth for the farm sector, which provides livelihood to over 58 per cent of the state’s population, is good news for the BJP-led government. Maharashtra’s rural economy, which has been on a downward spiral since 2014-15, rebounded on the back of a good monsoon spell in 2016-17 with a 12.5 per cent positive growth.