Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the state is on track to become a $1 trillion economy by 2030. He was speaking with Nalin Mehta, Managing Director of Moneycontrol, at the Global World Summit 2025 in Mumbai. Fadnavis asserted that Maharashtra is the only state to actively pursue the $500 billion economic milestone and is now aiming even higher.
Top Quotes from CM Devendra Fadnavis at the Event:
“Maharashtra is the fintech capital. Earlier, people would build startups here and move to Bengaluru. Now, we are witnessing reverse migration.”
“We are the startup capital both in terms of absolute numbers and investment.”
“Maharashtra has the power to attract investment, and we’re working to leverage that.”
“We are the de facto fintech and data capital of India.”
“We hope Tesla comes to India. If they approach us, we’ll present Maharashtra as the best destination.”
“We’re building top-tier infrastructure for both road transport and data connectivity.”
“Semiconductor production involves a 7-step process — we already have proposals from six companies.”
“Even if some projects go elsewhere, Maharashtra remains the top state for investment.”
“I’m happy if Gujarat or Karnataka develops — investment coming to India benefits all.”
“52% of Maharashtra is drought-prone; we’ve developed river-linking plans to address this and aim to make the state drought-free.”
“Last year, we had 23 lakh ‘lakhpati didis’. This year, we aim for 25 lakh.”
“A dedicated pipeline will transport iron ore from Gadchiroli.”
“CM Eknath Shinde and I are working in full coordination.”
“We don’t seek revenge against the opposition — our goal is meaningful change.”
“The Mahayuti alliance will contest the BMC elections unitedly.”
“Opposition should act sensibly and present a vision for the country.”
“My relationship with the opposition, especially Uddhav Thackeray, was never bad.”
