Maha spent only 45% of budget in FY17 over technical issues
The Maharashtra government has spent only 45% of the total budgetary allocation for the financial year 2016-17, data released by the Finance Department revealed. State Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said, "There are some technical difficulties in spending funds despite its availability." Maharashtra's budget for 2016-17 was ₹3.04 lakh crore, and only ₹1.38 lakh crore was spent on schemes.