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The Maharashtra authorities has issued austerity measures, including the cancellation of overseas tours by officials and promoting nationalist transport and electrical vehicles, successful effect to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s entreaty amid the West Asia crisis.
The State has directed the constabulary not to assistance permissions for motorcycle rallies, conveyance processions oregon ample motorcades.
In a circular issued connected May 13, 2026, Chief Secretary Rajesh Kumar directed each departments, divisional commissioners, territory collectors and municipal commissioners to instrumentality the measures for reducing substance consumption, conserving overseas speech and cutting avoidable expenditure.
The circular said each approved overseas survey and authoritative tours of authorities officers should beryllium cancelled, and nary caller overseas visits should beryllium planned for the clip being.
Officials person been asked to similar electrical vehicles hired done outer agencies, minimise the fig of vehicles utilized during tract visits, follow carpooling and usage nationalist transport for authoritative travel.
Senior officers person been directed to question by Metro, suburban trains oregon nationalist buses astatine slightest erstwhile a week.
Government meetings, grooming programmes and seminars astatine the State, divisional and territory levels should beryllium conducted done video conferencing wherever possible, portion universities and colleges person been asked to clasp specified activities online.
Government departments person been asked to bounds advertisements and debar “unnecessary” expenditure connected decorative lighting, banners and flex boards. Offices person been directed to maximise the usage of earthy light, power disconnected electrical instrumentality aft bureau hours and support air-conditioner temperatures betwixt 24 and 26 degrees Celsius.
The circular called for accelerated support of electrical conveyance charging stations and piped earthy state (PNG) connections, and asked restaurants and hotels successful Mumbai and different large cities to displacement to PNG.
It stresses the request for expanding rooftop star installations nether the PM Surya Ghar Yojana and removing duplicate and bogus beneficiaries nether the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
The authorities has besides directed canteens, schools, hostels, prisons, constabulary messes and hospitals to revise menus to trim edible lipid consumption, and asked the Agriculture Department to beforehand earthy and integrated farming to chopped dependence connected chemic fertilisers.
All administrative departments person been told not to name consultants for the adjacent six months, according to the circular.
Emphasising that the Centre is trying to shield radical from the adverse interaction of the West Asia conflict, Mr. Modi has called for judicious usage of fuel, postponement of golden purchases and overseas travel, cutting down connected edible oils and promoting earthy farming to fortify the economy.
