Maharashtra Govt to hold 600 job fairs during financial year: Governor Ramesh Bais tells Legislature

Maharashtra Government will organize 600 job fairs in the financial year 2022-23, Governor Ramesh Bais informed the state legislature Monday.

The budget session of state legislature began with the governor's address to members of both the Houses.

"Memoranda of Understanding were signed with 45 companies to create 1.25 lakh jobs. Twenty four project proposals have been approved which amount to an investment of Rs 87,774 crore, creating 61,000 jobs," Bais said in his address.


The state government signed MOUs with 19 companies for an investment of Rs 1.37 lakh crore at the World Economic Forum meet in Davos last month, he said.

"My Government has successfully organized training for 4.85 lakh youth and 2.81 lakh farmers underPradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana," the governor said.

The state government has doubled the pension of freedom fighters and their spouses, from Rs 10,000 to Rs. 20,000 per month, he said.

Earlier, as he reached Vidhan Bhavan to deliver his speech, the governor was welcomed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Deputy Chairperson of Legislative Council Dr Neelam Gorhe, Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Chandrakant Patil.

The governor was also given a ceremonial guard of honour.