The Maharashtra government on Tuesday granted nod to seven big-ticket industrial projects worth more than Rs 81,000 crore, while making the announcement CM Shinde said that it will create 20,000 jobs.

According to the ANI, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said, "A decision has been taken in the Cabinet sub-committee meeting today. An investment of Rs 81,000 crores has been approved, which will create 20,000 jobs directly and around a lakh jobs indirectly... Many MoUs will be signed tomorrow also, after which more than 1 lakh investments will be made here in semiconductors, industries are coming here, whatever help they need, our government is giving it. We have adopted a liberal policy due to which industries give priority here, this will create jobs and we will soon achieve the target of Maharashtra for 1 trillion dollars which will contribute to PM Modi`s target of 5 trillion dollars economy"