Invest Maharashtra launched with 67 investment MoUs worth Rs 8.57 lakh crore

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday launched the ‘Invest Maharashtra’ platform, aimed at strengthening the state’s position as a major investment destination in India and globally.

The platform will coordinate key requirements for investors, including land, power, infrastructure, approvals and skilled manpower. Fadnavis said the government would work in an integrated manner to meet every requirement after an investor selects a project.

The platform carries the identity “Made for Business”, reflecting the government’s stated focus on understanding the value of investors’ time, taking responsibility for resolving problems and staying with investors from the project stage through expansion, Fadnavis said.

He urged large industries to ensure that investment benefits reach local small and medium enterprises, suppliers, youth and farmers.

🔸 Inauguration of ‘Invest Maharashtra’ at the hands of CM Devendra Fadnavis and DCM Sunetra Ajit Pawar.
Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Minister Adv. Ashish Shelar, Minister Jaykumar Rawal, Minister Sanjay Sawkare, Minister Uday Samant and other dignitaries were present.

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Fadnavis also asked large companies to provide opportunities to local businesses in their supply chains and work with institutions to train young people in the skills required by industry.

“Investment proposals have been received from Chandrapur, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Pune, Ahilyanagar, Ratnagiri, Palghar and Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The aim is to ensure balanced development across Maharashtra,” he said.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has completed the Existing Land Use (ELU) process covering around 2,100 sq km for the development of Mumbai-3 and Mumbai-4, Fadnavis said.

He described the exercise as the fastest such ELU process completed in India and said it would provide a strong foundation for planned development of the two cities.

Fadnavis said Maharashtra aimed to build a USD 1 trillion economy by 2030, taking advantage of opportunities created by India’s development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He said the objective would mean more productive industries, higher incomes, stronger districts and greater confidence among young people to build their future in Maharashtra.

Fadnavis referred to initiatives including Education City, Medicity and AI and Innovation City, saying they were aimed at bringing industry, skills, research, healthcare and technology together.

He also urged industries to contribute to water conservation in areas facing difficulties because of low rainfall.

Fadnavis appealed to companies to contribute generously to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and use their research and engineering expertise for water conservation, efficient irrigation and wastewater reuse.

Industry minister Uday Samant said the investment commitments made through ‘Invest Maharashtra’ would give a new direction to Maharashtra’s industrial development.

The industry department was committed to providing investors with all necessary facilities and support, while difficulties would be addressed through the ‘Maitri’ single-window mechanism, he added.

Chief secretary Rajesh Agrawal said the platform would provide investors with guidance and facilitation while dealing with various government departments.

Industry principal secretary P Anbalagan said ‘Invest Maharashtra’ would function as the state’s premier industrial investment promotion and facilitation institution.

The platform would bring investment promotion, facilitation, global partnerships, research, analysis and investor relationship management together on a single platform, he said.

Building Maharashtra into a Global Investment Hub

Delighted to inaugurate ‘Invest Maharashtra’ along with DCM Sunetratai Pawar in Mumbai today. ‘Invest Maharashtra’ marks a clear resolve to position Maharashtra as a premier global investment hub and make the state truly Made for… https://t.co/pkJ4raCrua pic.twitter.com/XD76JSMCqu

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) October 1, 2026

“The initiative would also focus on sectors such as global capability centres, gems and jewellery, animation, visual effects, comics and gaming, bamboo, bioplastics, electronics and semiconductors, besides promoting balanced regional development in emerging districts,” he said.

At the Maharashtra Investment Summit during the day, a total of 67 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) involving proposed investments of Rs 8,57,452 crore were signed.

The proposed investments are expected to generate 2,91,109 jobs, according to an official release.

The MoUs include 10 each in the aerospace and defence, and energy and cleantech sectors, the release said.

The data centres, information technology and semiconductor sectors account for the largest share of the proposed investment, with Rs 4,15,490 crore committed across these sectors.

“MoUs worth Rs 1,02,519 crore were signed in energy, cleantech, renewable energy, battery energy and compressed biogas sectors. The aerospace and defence sectors accounted for investments of Rs 27,930 crore, while MoUs worth Rs 75,000 crore were signed in metals and mining,” it added.

Proposed investments stood at Rs 12,651 crore in electronics, Rs 6,500 crore in healthcare and Rs 18,751 crore in infrastructure, logistics and construction materials. The steel production sector accounted for proposed investments of Rs 7,000 crore.

Chemicals, agriculture, services and global capability centres (GCCs) accounted for Rs 8,801 crore, while proposed investments of Rs 1,82,810 crore were spread across other sectors, the statement said.

“The investment agreements are expected to boost industrial expansion, technology-driven industries and employment generation in Maharashtra,” it said.