Maharashtra No. 1 in attracting FDI in country: Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtrahas once again topped in Foreign Direct (FDI) in the country with a 29 per cent share, deputy chief ministerDevendra Fadnavissaid on Monday citing aDIPP reportfor the period between January to March 2023.

Fadnavis said Karnataka is in the second position with a 24 per cent share in attracting FDI and Gujarat is at the third spot with a 17 per cent share.

Notably, Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders including Aaditya Thackeray of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nana Patole of Congress had claimed that several key projects went out of Maharashtra due to the failure of the Eknath Shinde-Fadnavis government of BJP and Shiv Sena, which came to power in June 2022.