Maha changing laws to attract higher investment: Chief Sec

With an aim to attract more investments, Maharashtra government has decided to reduce the number of permissions required to set up industries, a top government official said today.
"To improve the ease of doing business, we have already started changing laws and bring down number of licences (to set up industries) and provide more and more facilities online so that we can attract more investments," state Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya said.
"These efforts will help attracting investors to the state," he remarked at the Maharashtra Investment Seminar here.
Following the success of the 'Make In India' programme, the state government has succeeded in attracting Rs 8 lakh crore worth investment, which is expected to generate 30 lakh new jobs, Kshatriya added.

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has already cut down number of licences for construction sector, opened single window facility for various payments and brought more and more services online, which is expected to help investors, he added.
The Maharashtra government had taken several radical policy decisions in the last one year for ease of business, state's principal secretary for industries Apurva Chandra said.