Eknath Shinde’s government in Maharashtra issues 751 GRs in one month

A Government Resolution is essentially an approval order sanctioning release of funds for development related works.

Maharashtra government issued 751 government resolutions (GRs) ever since Eknath Shinde took over as Chief Minister on June 30 and over a hundred of these Orders are related to the Health Department alone.

These resolutions are uploaded on the government's official website. A GR is essentially an approval order sanctioning release of funds for development related works.

In June this year, soon after a rebellion broke out in the then ruling Shiv Sena, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government headed by Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had issued 182 GRs in just four days. The State Departments — mostly controlled by the Sena's ruling allies Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress — had then issued these orders for the release of funds worth thousands of crores for various development-related works.

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However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was in the Opposition at that time, had objected to this "rush of GRs" by the MVA government.

But now, the government led by Mr. Shinde, in which senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis is his Deputy, has issued 751 GRs in a span of one month. At present, Mr. Shinde and Mr. Fadnavis are the only two members in the State Cabinet.