Ajit Pawar to present Maharashtra 2025-26 budget on March 10, his 11th as Finance Minister
The Hindu
Maharashtra's Deputy CM Ajit Pawar to present 2025-26 State Budget, known for financial discipline and development focus.
The Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar will present the State Budget for 2025-26 on Monday (March 10, 2025). Notably, this will be the first budget for the newly-formed Mahayuti government and Mr. Pawar’s 11th budget as a Finance Minister.
In a press statement, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said that Mr. Pawar has been a strict administrator in terms of financial discipline and maintains a fine balance between people-friendly decisions and development decisions in the budget. During the COVID-19 crisis, when several states faced financial difficulties, Mr. Pawar’s fiscal prudence and discipline were appreciated. He has always given priority for development projects and boosting infrastructure development in the State, keeping farmers, laborers, women, dalits, tribals, students, and youth at the center of budget.
In 2021, Mr. Pawar had presented the budget on International Women’s Day and in 2022, he presented the budget on March 11, the death anniversary of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Party spokesperson in the statement said that Mr. Pawar has also presented budgets focusing on agriculture, industry, transportation, healthcare, and human resource development.
“Ajit Pawar will present his 11th state budget today and this will make him the second Finance Minister to present the highest number of budgets after Sheshrao Wankhede, who presented the budget 13 times in the State. Mr. Pawar holds the second-highest record with 11 times, followed by Jayant Patil (10 times) and Sushilkumar Shinde (9 times),” said the statement.
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The budget outlay includes revenue expenditure of ₹3,11,739 crore, capital expenditure of ₹71,336 crore — up from 55,877 crore in 2024-25 — and loan repayment of ₹26,474 crore. This essentially shows that the loans being raised are not only being used for capital expenditure, but also for loan repayment and revenue expenditure.