Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar on Wednesday informed the state assembly during question hour that the Cabinet has approved the recruitment of 5,000 new positions in the public health department to tackle the manpower shortage across state medical facilities. He announced that the hiring process will be accelerated this week.Coinciding with National Doctors’ Day today, appointment orders for 1,400 doctors are being issued immediately, w…
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Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Jaykumar Gore on Wednesday assured the Legislative Assembly that there is no shortage of funds for the Gharkul (Housing) Scheme and that disbursement of instalments to beneficiaries will not be stopped under any circumstances. He announced that the government has set a target to build 15 lakh houses in the state within the next year.Responding to a question raised by member Sameer Kunawar and supplementary queries from Nilesh Rane, Ra…
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that the active participation of women, or ‘Nari Shakti’, is fundamental to realising the vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ (Developed India).Speaking at the inauguration of the Mahalaxmi Saras Exhibition, he said the country would reach its full economic potential only when women emerge as key contributors to the national economy.Honouring the contributions of women, the Chief Minister set an ambitious target f…
Pune, April 11 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to grant 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies aligns perfectly with Mahatma Jyotiba Phule’s vision of women’s education and empowerment. He noted that this historic move serves as a true tribute to the great social reformer.Marking the bicentenary birth anniversary year of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, the Chief Minister inaugurated the ‘Jyot…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Wednesday said the recent elections for the posts of president and vice president of Satara Zilla Parishad (ZP) elections have pulled back the curtain on the internal friction within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti transforming what was meant to be a display of political solidarity into a scene of physical violence and chaos. “What was supposed to be a standard democratic process devolved into a ‘comedy drama’ reminiscent …
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday informed the state Assembly that discussions will be held with the chief minister and deputy chief ministers over the demand to consider first-floor slum dwellers for rehabilitation under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) schemes in Mumbai. He was responding to questions raised by several members that many residents in Mumbai have been living on first floors of slum structures for decades, and excluding them would ma…