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Current Scenario 
 
General Administration 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and Prevention of Delay in 
Discharge of Duties Act, 2005 and Rules, 2013 have been notified to ensure 
that the work assigned to each employee is disposed of within the prescribed 
time frame  
Ø Right to Public Services Act, 2015 has been enacted to ensure delivery of 
Public Services to citizens through a standardized process  
Ø Lokshahi Din, a monthly grievances redressal forum for public is conducted by 
Hon. Chief Minister at the State Level and respective Divisional 
Commissioners, Collectors and Tahasildar at Divisional, District and Taluka 
Level. Issues that have implications for policy/program corrections are 
escalated to the State level 
Home  
Ø Actual strength of civil police : 1,82,832  
Ø Actual strength of armed police : 15,146  
Ø No. of policemen per 100 sq. km Area : 64  
Ø No. of policemen per 1,00,000 population : 170  
Ø Total number of police stations : 1052 (Rural : 694 & Urban : 358)  
Revenue  
Ø Computerisation of Village Form No. 7/12 completed ;  E-mutation module to 
be fully operationlised across the State by March 31, 2017 
Ø Digitization of Maps in Phase - I (For 6 Divisional headquarter districts) by 
31.3.2018 ; Digitization of maps across the State by the end of March, 2019 
Ø Digitization of property Cards and city survey maps in urban areas by the end 
of March, 2019 
Ø Finalisation of land leasing policy on the basis of recommendations of NITI 
Aayog is under consideration of the government 
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Current Scenario 
 
General Administration 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and Prevention of Delay in 
Discharge of Duties Act, 2005 and Rules, 2013 have been notified to ensure 
that the work assigned to each employee is disposed of within the prescribed 
time frame  
Ø Right to Public Services Act, 2015 has been enacted to ensure delivery of 
Public Services to citizens through a standardized process  
Ø Lokshahi Din, a monthly grievances redressal forum for public is conducted by 
Hon. Chief Minister at the State Level and respective Divisional 
Commissioners, Collectors and Tahasildar at Divisional, District and Taluka 
Level. Issues that have implications for policy/program corrections are 
escalated to the State level 
Home  
Ø Actual strength of civil police : 1,82,832  
Ø Actual strength of armed police : 15,146  
Ø No. of policemen per 100 sq. km Area : 64  
Ø No. of policemen per 1,00,000 population : 170  
Ø Total number of police stations : 1052 (Rural : 694 & Urban : 358)  
Revenue  
Ø Computerisation of Village Form No. 7/12 completed ;  E-mutation module to 
be fully operationlised across the State by March 31, 2017 
Ø Digitization of Maps in Phase - I (For 6 Divisional headquarter districts) by 
31.3.2018 ; Digitization of maps across the State by the end of March, 2019 
Ø Digitization of property Cards and city survey maps in urban areas by the end 
of March, 2019 
Ø Finalisation of land leasing policy on the basis of recommendations of NITI 
Aayog is under consideration of the government 
 
 
Finance  
Fiscal Indicator 
Particulars Value 
Interest payment as  percentage of GSDP  1.22 
Fiscal Deficit as percentage of GSDP  1.5  
Debt Stock to GSDP (per cent)  16.3  
OTR to GSDP (per cent)  6.0  
Development expenditure to total expenditure (per cent) 67.1  
Revenue Deficit ` 4,511 crore 
Information Technology 
Ø Digital Village – Nagpur district declared as first ‘Digital district ’ in the State 
in October, 2016 
Ø Nagpur Smart City project implementation started September, 2016 
Ø Aadhar enrolment above 92 per cent across the State and at 100 per cent for 
all adult population 
Ø Maha- Net – DPR for providing connectivity of at least 10 MBPS using ring 
topology to all gram panchayats prepared 
Ø Launched Cyber Security Awareness program  
Ø Aaple Sarkar Portal  - 
§ All RTS services (369) available online  
§ Grievance redressal portal available to citizens with over 80 per cent 
grievances addressed within stipulated time frame 
§ Mobile application access 
Ø Initiated Pan state portals utilizing enterprise application structure across 
various programs 
§ Enterprise workflow as well as content management system 
§ DBT system 
§ Geo- portal 
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Current Scenario 
 
General Administration 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and Prevention of Delay in 
Discharge of Duties Act, 2005 and Rules, 2013 have been notified to ensure 
that the work assigned to each employee is disposed of within the prescribed 
time frame  
Ø Right to Public Services Act, 2015 has been enacted to ensure delivery of 
Public Services to citizens through a standardized process  
Ø Lokshahi Din, a monthly grievances redressal forum for public is conducted by 
Hon. Chief Minister at the State Level and respective Divisional 
Commissioners, Collectors and Tahasildar at Divisional, District and Taluka 
Level. Issues that have implications for policy/program corrections are 
escalated to the State level 
Home  
Ø Actual strength of civil police : 1,82,832  
Ø Actual strength of armed police : 15,146  
Ø No. of policemen per 100 sq. km Area : 64  
Ø No. of policemen per 1,00,000 population : 170  
Ø Total number of police stations : 1052 (Rural : 694 & Urban : 358)  
Revenue  
Ø Computerisation of Village Form No. 7/12 completed ;  E-mutation module to 
be fully operationlised across the State by March 31, 2017 
Ø Digitization of Maps in Phase - I (For 6 Divisional headquarter districts) by 
31.3.2018 ; Digitization of maps across the State by the end of March, 2019 
Ø Digitization of property Cards and city survey maps in urban areas by the end 
of March, 2019 
Ø Finalisation of land leasing policy on the basis of recommendations of NITI 
Aayog is under consideration of the government 
 
 
Finance  
Fiscal Indicator 
Particulars Value 
Interest payment as  percentage of GSDP  1.22 
Fiscal Deficit as percentage of GSDP  1.5  
Debt Stock to GSDP (per cent)  16.3  
OTR to GSDP (per cent)  6.0  
Development expenditure to total expenditure (per cent) 67.1  
Revenue Deficit ` 4,511 crore 
Information Technology 
Ø Digital Village – Nagpur district declared as first ‘Digital district ’ in the State 
in October, 2016 
Ø Nagpur Smart City project implementation started September, 2016 
Ø Aadhar enrolment above 92 per cent across the State and at 100 per cent for 
all adult population 
Ø Maha- Net – DPR for providing connectivity of at least 10 MBPS using ring 
topology to all gram panchayats prepared 
Ø Launched Cyber Security Awareness program  
Ø Aaple Sarkar Portal  - 
§ All RTS services (369) available online  
§ Grievance redressal portal available to citizens with over 80 per cent 
grievances addressed within stipulated time frame 
§ Mobile application access 
Ø Initiated Pan state portals utilizing enterprise application structure across 
various programs 
§ Enterprise workflow as well as content management system 
§ DBT system 
§ Geo- portal 
 
 
§ e-tender , e-Examination 
§ University Management System 
Ø State Data Centre and State Wide Area Network enhancement to support 
growing application demand from various ICT programs 
Ø Established Maharashtra IT Corporation as a nodal agency for 
implementation of important e-governance program across the State 
Governance 
Ø Right to Services Act has been enacted to ensure that the citizen services are 
statutorily facilitated to obtain notified citizen services by a certain and 
standardised process. 
Ø Right to Information Act empowers citizens to obtain any information 
available in public domain. Independent Information Commissioners protect 
the rights of citizens. 
Ø Lokayukta and Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal have been statutorily 
created to attend to the instances of abuse of administrative processes 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and prevention of delay in 
discharge of duties Act, 2005 has been enacted to ensure stability of tenure to 
the Government employees and to ensure that the work assigned to each 
employee is disposed of within the prescribed time frame. 
Ø Civil Service Boards established in every Government Department to 
recommend posting of civil servants in accordance with statutory provisions to 
ensure stability of tenure in any post. 
Ø YASHADA, apex training institution through a network of regional and 
district training institutions has been mandated to build capacities of the civil 
servants for upgrading their skills and to ensure compliances in letter and spirit 
to the policies of the Government. 
Ø Independent Maharashtra Public Service Commission ensures recruitment of 
high quality civil servants in a fair manner. 
Ø A dedicated directorate of Information technology is overseeing promotion of 
e governance in all government departments. Setu the ICT enabled citizen services 
dispensing centres are run by DIT at District, Taluka and village levels.  
Ø Ongoing programme of digitisation of land records to facilitate ease of doing 
business for promotion of industries and trade. 
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Current Scenario 
 
General Administration 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and Prevention of Delay in 
Discharge of Duties Act, 2005 and Rules, 2013 have been notified to ensure 
that the work assigned to each employee is disposed of within the prescribed 
time frame  
Ø Right to Public Services Act, 2015 has been enacted to ensure delivery of 
Public Services to citizens through a standardized process  
Ø Lokshahi Din, a monthly grievances redressal forum for public is conducted by 
Hon. Chief Minister at the State Level and respective Divisional 
Commissioners, Collectors and Tahasildar at Divisional, District and Taluka 
Level. Issues that have implications for policy/program corrections are 
escalated to the State level 
Home  
Ø Actual strength of civil police : 1,82,832  
Ø Actual strength of armed police : 15,146  
Ø No. of policemen per 100 sq. km Area : 64  
Ø No. of policemen per 1,00,000 population : 170  
Ø Total number of police stations : 1052 (Rural : 694 & Urban : 358)  
Revenue  
Ø Computerisation of Village Form No. 7/12 completed ;  E-mutation module to 
be fully operationlised across the State by March 31, 2017 
Ø Digitization of Maps in Phase - I (For 6 Divisional headquarter districts) by 
31.3.2018 ; Digitization of maps across the State by the end of March, 2019 
Ø Digitization of property Cards and city survey maps in urban areas by the end 
of March, 2019 
Ø Finalisation of land leasing policy on the basis of recommendations of NITI 
Aayog is under consideration of the government 
 
 
Finance  
Fiscal Indicator 
Particulars Value 
Interest payment as  percentage of GSDP  1.22 
Fiscal Deficit as percentage of GSDP  1.5  
Debt Stock to GSDP (per cent)  16.3  
OTR to GSDP (per cent)  6.0  
Development expenditure to total expenditure (per cent) 67.1  
Revenue Deficit ` 4,511 crore 
Information Technology 
Ø Digital Village – Nagpur district declared as first ‘Digital district ’ in the State 
in October, 2016 
Ø Nagpur Smart City project implementation started September, 2016 
Ø Aadhar enrolment above 92 per cent across the State and at 100 per cent for 
all adult population 
Ø Maha- Net – DPR for providing connectivity of at least 10 MBPS using ring 
topology to all gram panchayats prepared 
Ø Launched Cyber Security Awareness program  
Ø Aaple Sarkar Portal  - 
§ All RTS services (369) available online  
§ Grievance redressal portal available to citizens with over 80 per cent 
grievances addressed within stipulated time frame 
§ Mobile application access 
Ø Initiated Pan state portals utilizing enterprise application structure across 
various programs 
§ Enterprise workflow as well as content management system 
§ DBT system 
§ Geo- portal 
 
 
§ e-tender , e-Examination 
§ University Management System 
Ø State Data Centre and State Wide Area Network enhancement to support 
growing application demand from various ICT programs 
Ø Established Maharashtra IT Corporation as a nodal agency for 
implementation of important e-governance program across the State 
Governance 
Ø Right to Services Act has been enacted to ensure that the citizen services are 
statutorily facilitated to obtain notified citizen services by a certain and 
standardised process. 
Ø Right to Information Act empowers citizens to obtain any information 
available in public domain. Independent Information Commissioners protect 
the rights of citizens. 
Ø Lokayukta and Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal have been statutorily 
created to attend to the instances of abuse of administrative processes 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and prevention of delay in 
discharge of duties Act, 2005 has been enacted to ensure stability of tenure to 
the Government employees and to ensure that the work assigned to each 
employee is disposed of within the prescribed time frame. 
Ø Civil Service Boards established in every Government Department to 
recommend posting of civil servants in accordance with statutory provisions to 
ensure stability of tenure in any post. 
Ø YASHADA, apex training institution through a network of regional and 
district training institutions has been mandated to build capacities of the civil 
servants for upgrading their skills and to ensure compliances in letter and spirit 
to the policies of the Government. 
Ø Independent Maharashtra Public Service Commission ensures recruitment of 
high quality civil servants in a fair manner. 
Ø A dedicated directorate of Information technology is overseeing promotion of 
e governance in all government departments. Setu the ICT enabled citizen services 
dispensing centres are run by DIT at District, Taluka and village levels.  
Ø Ongoing programme of digitisation of land records to facilitate ease of doing 
business for promotion of industries and trade. 
 
  
 
Ø Aim to construct 389 buildings of which work for 121 buildings have been 
completed, work for 63 buildings are in progress and there is requirement for 
123 building 
Ø Investor Facilitation Portal – MahaeBiz to promote Industry and Trade 
Ø eCST – Initiative for Online Issuance of Statutory forms under the CST. 
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Current Scenario 
 
General Administration 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and Prevention of Delay in 
Discharge of Duties Act, 2005 and Rules, 2013 have been notified to ensure 
that the work assigned to each employee is disposed of within the prescribed 
time frame  
Ø Right to Public Services Act, 2015 has been enacted to ensure delivery of 
Public Services to citizens through a standardized process  
Ø Lokshahi Din, a monthly grievances redressal forum for public is conducted by 
Hon. Chief Minister at the State Level and respective Divisional 
Commissioners, Collectors and Tahasildar at Divisional, District and Taluka 
Level. Issues that have implications for policy/program corrections are 
escalated to the State level 
Home  
Ø Actual strength of civil police : 1,82,832  
Ø Actual strength of armed police : 15,146  
Ø No. of policemen per 100 sq. km Area : 64  
Ø No. of policemen per 1,00,000 population : 170  
Ø Total number of police stations : 1052 (Rural : 694 & Urban : 358)  
Revenue  
Ø Computerisation of Village Form No. 7/12 completed ;  E-mutation module to 
be fully operationlised across the State by March 31, 2017 
Ø Digitization of Maps in Phase - I (For 6 Divisional headquarter districts) by 
31.3.2018 ; Digitization of maps across the State by the end of March, 2019 
Ø Digitization of property Cards and city survey maps in urban areas by the end 
of March, 2019 
Ø Finalisation of land leasing policy on the basis of recommendations of NITI 
Aayog is under consideration of the government 
 
 
Finance  
Fiscal Indicator 
Particulars Value 
Interest payment as  percentage of GSDP  1.22 
Fiscal Deficit as percentage of GSDP  1.5  
Debt Stock to GSDP (per cent)  16.3  
OTR to GSDP (per cent)  6.0  
Development expenditure to total expenditure (per cent) 67.1  
Revenue Deficit ` 4,511 crore 
Information Technology 
Ø Digital Village – Nagpur district declared as first ‘Digital district ’ in the State 
in October, 2016 
Ø Nagpur Smart City project implementation started September, 2016 
Ø Aadhar enrolment above 92 per cent across the State and at 100 per cent for 
all adult population 
Ø Maha- Net – DPR for providing connectivity of at least 10 MBPS using ring 
topology to all gram panchayats prepared 
Ø Launched Cyber Security Awareness program  
Ø Aaple Sarkar Portal  - 
§ All RTS services (369) available online  
§ Grievance redressal portal available to citizens with over 80 per cent 
grievances addressed within stipulated time frame 
§ Mobile application access 
Ø Initiated Pan state portals utilizing enterprise application structure across 
various programs 
§ Enterprise workflow as well as content management system 
§ DBT system 
§ Geo- portal 
 
 
§ e-tender , e-Examination 
§ University Management System 
Ø State Data Centre and State Wide Area Network enhancement to support 
growing application demand from various ICT programs 
Ø Established Maharashtra IT Corporation as a nodal agency for 
implementation of important e-governance program across the State 
Governance 
Ø Right to Services Act has been enacted to ensure that the citizen services are 
statutorily facilitated to obtain notified citizen services by a certain and 
standardised process. 
Ø Right to Information Act empowers citizens to obtain any information 
available in public domain. Independent Information Commissioners protect 
the rights of citizens. 
Ø Lokayukta and Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal have been statutorily 
created to attend to the instances of abuse of administrative processes 
Ø Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer and prevention of delay in 
discharge of duties Act, 2005 has been enacted to ensure stability of tenure to 
the Government employees and to ensure that the work assigned to each 
employee is disposed of within the prescribed time frame. 
Ø Civil Service Boards established in every Government Department to 
recommend posting of civil servants in accordance with statutory provisions to 
ensure stability of tenure in any post. 
Ø YASHADA, apex training institution through a network of regional and 
district training institutions has been mandated to build capacities of the civil 
servants for upgrading their skills and to ensure compliances in letter and spirit 
to the policies of the Government. 
Ø Independent Maharashtra Public Service Commission ensures recruitment of 
high quality civil servants in a fair manner. 
Ø A dedicated directorate of Information technology is overseeing promotion of 
e governance in all government departments. Setu the ICT enabled citizen services 
dispensing centres are run by DIT at District, Taluka and village levels.  
Ø Ongoing programme of digitisation of land records to facilitate ease of doing 
business for promotion of industries and trade. 
 
  
 
Ø Aim to construct 389 buildings of which work for 121 buildings have been 
completed, work for 63 buildings are in progress and there is requirement for 
123 building 
Ø Investor Facilitation Portal – MahaeBiz to promote Industry and Trade 
Ø eCST – Initiative for Online Issuance of Statutory forms under the CST. 
 
  
 
Vision Elements and Targets 
GAD 
Ø Ensuring accurate targeting of all the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit 
Transfer (DBT) 
Ø Responsive, accountable and citizen - centric administration in Government 
Organization at all levels 
Ø Transparent functioning of Government for predictable and assured delivery of 
services to citizens  
Ø Facilitate timely and rapid delivery of services to everybody at any time 
anywhere 
Ø Improvement in design and implementation of Government policies and 
programs  
Ø Decentralisation of power, administrative and financial reforms 
Home (Police) 
Ø To improve the service delivery by police  
Ø To augment the capacity of human resources  
Ø To ensure continuous technological up-gradation in order to keep pace with 
ever changing requirements in police functioning  
Ø Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere  
Ø To strive for prevention of preventable crimes like street crime  
Ø End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children  
Ø To take multifaceted efforts for the safety and security of vulnerable sections 
like women, senior citizens & weaker sections  
Ø Significantly reduce illicit financial & arms flows strengthen the recovery & 
return of stolen assets & combat all forms of organized crime 
Ø To achieve highest standards of professional crime investigation and 
prosecution  
Ø To synergize the efforts of counter terrorist measures of various units of 
police, Govt. departments and other stake holders including public