Summary:
State Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who will present Maharashtra's last budget on June 18 before the state goes to polls, has reiterated that the economy is in good health. "The state government has been consistently working to boost the gross state domestic product (GSDP), per capita income, investments, infrastructure development and reduce the debt burden and income inequality. Our focus will be on agriculture, education, health, development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and infrastructure development," said Mungantiwar, in a curtain-raiser to the upcoming budget. He added that the state intends to tackle joblessness by increasing its focus on MSME's growth in the state. It will be the state's endeavour to boost MSME growth and the government has already put in place a comprehensive policy," he said..