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The Maharashtra Cabinet connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) cleared a big of proposals, including a revised argumentation for silt removal from irrigation reservoirs aimed astatine enhancing their h2o retention capableness and providing fertile silt to farmers.
Six specified dams volition beryllium taken up connected a aviator basis, said officials.
The authorities said the determination volition assistance summation reservoirs’ retention capacity, conserve dams and marque nutrient-rich silt disposable to farmers for usage successful their fields.
The Cabinet, astatine its gathering chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, decided that candidates from reserved categories who person availed of relaxations successful age, acquisition qualifications, acquisition oregon fig of attempts successful examinations volition henceforth beryllium appointed lone against reserved quota vacancies and volition not beryllium eligible to assertion assignment to unfastened class posts.
In different large decision, the Cabinet approved a revised organisational operation for the Soil and Water Conservation Department and sanctioned 8,767 posts, including 2,284 further positions, to fortify the department’s field-level machinery.
The Cabinet besides decided to proceed the 'Sindhuratna Samruddhi Yojana 2.0' for 3 much years successful Sindhudurg territory and Ratnagiri territory to beforehand broad improvement done amended readying and utilisation of earthy resources, said officials.
A proviso of ₹49.26 crore was approved for the Amboli-Velunje diversion strategy task successful Nashik district.
The State authorities approved an yearly assistance of ₹10 lakh to Kusumagraj Pratishthan from 2026-27 nether the Maharashtra State Literature and Culture Board’s strategy for assistance to literate institutions.
It besides approved an exemption from stamp work connected onshore acquisition required for the Nashik Parikrama Marg project.
The Cabinet accrued the concession successful improvement charges for buildings of aesculapian institutions from 25% to 50% done amendments to the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966.
It approved amendments to the Maharashtra State Scheduled Tribes Commission Act, 2025 and the Maharashtra State Scheduled Castes Commission Act, 2025, to make the station of Vice-Chairperson successful some commissions.
The Cabinet besides approved the transportation of 3 authorities onshore parcels escaped of outgo to the Pune Municipal Corporation for the Mula-Mutha River Rejuvenation Project.
In different decision, the authorities scrapped the orangish import work reimbursement strategy nether which exporters to Bangladesh were fixed a 50% subsidy connected import duty, saying the strategy was not benefiting farmers successful the State.
The Cabinet further approved elder and enactment people wage scales for higher secondary teachers successful backstage aided residential Ashram schools for Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes categories aft completion of 12 and 24 years of regular service.
