Shinde says Maha ranks first in FDI, will increase employment
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said that Maharashtra now ranked first in the country in terms of foreign direct investment and this would increase employment to a great extent. Mumbai, Aug 15 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde salutes the National flag after hoisting it on the 77th Independence Day, in Mumbai on Tuesday. Shinde claimed that in the last five years, Modi had lifted 13.5 crore people above the poverty line and given “new strength” to India’s poor. “We are writing a new chapter of coordination between the state and central governments.” Shinde dwelled at length on his government’s achievements, from the ₹6,000 per annum which it had added to the ₹6,000 of the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana, on account of which farmers were getting ₹12,000 every year.