MAHARASHTRA Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said a committee headed by the Director General of Police (DGP) would be formed to curb attempts to defame individuals through social media. The CM made the statement in the legislative Assembly while replying to a question on cybercrimes. The committee headed by the State DGP will study the issue and suggest measures to take action in cases where individuals are defamed through social media platforms, Fadnavis said. ‘8 lakh farmers benefiting from solar agri-feeder scheme’ Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that eight lakh farmers have benefited from the Government’s flagship solar agricultural feeder scheme, which provides them with affordable daytime electricity. Fadnavis informed the State Assembly that work on a 4,000 MW capacity under Chief Minister Solar Agricultural Feeder Scheme has been completed, and State plans to scale up the initiative by an additional 10,000 MW. He expressed confidence that the initiative will enable the State to provide daytime electricity to nearly 75 per cent of farmers, and efforts are underway to extend the scheme to almost all regions by next year, though some areas still face challenges. Mah to get 11 new Additional Collector offices ELEVEN new Additional Collector offices will be established in Maharashtra to improve revenue administration and provide faster services to citizens, State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Tuesday. Bawankule informed the State Assembly that the move aims to decentralise administration and make revenue services more accessible, especially in places where people have to travel long distances to reach the district headquarters. With the state’s population surging, remote areas facing geographical challenges, and administrative workloads escalating rapidly, these new offices will eliminate the need for citizens to undertake long, arduous journeys to district headquarters, he said.

 

Senior revenue expertise will now be available right at their doorstep, ensuring quicker resolution of land, revenue, and related matters, he said. New Additional Collector offices will be set up in Thane, Ratnagiri, Baramati (Pune district), Satara, Solapur, Jalgaon, Nanded, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Nagpur, the Minister said. Mah Govt to deploy 200 private surveyors to speed up land measurement work: MAHARASHTRA Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said the State Government will appoint 200 licenced private surveyors to speed up pending land measurement cases, and they will start the field work from March 30. Speaking in the State Assembly, Bawankule said the decision has been taken to clear the backlog of land measurement cases and provide faster services to citizens. Through this system, land measurement work will be completed within 15 to 30 days, he said. At present, many cases related to subdivision of land, fixing boundaries, conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural use and ‘gunthewari’ plots are pending due to shortage of staff in the revenue department. Govt to allow flexible reporting time for women in Mumbai MAHARASHTRA Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday announced a flexible work time initiative for women State Government employees working in the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Pawar said that under the “Come Early, Go Early” initiative, women employees will be allowed flexible reporting time between 9.15 am and 9.45 am, and can leave early in the evening by the same number of minutes after putting in the required number of hours of work.