Sanjay Raut lauds CM Fadnavis for not allowing 'fixers' to become OSDs or PSs

Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday lauded Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for not allowing fixers to be named as personal secretaries PS or Officers on Special Duty OSD of cabinet members and said most of those ignored for the posts were of Shiv Sena ministersAccording to news agency PTI the Member of Parliament MP claimed that of the 16 PSs or OSDs for cabinet ministers whose appointment was not approved by Fadnavis 13 were of Eknath Shindeled Shiv SenaTalking to reporters in Mumbai the Rajya Sabha lawmaker lauded Fadnavis who holds the home portfolio for stopping the appointment of fixers as personal staffers or OSDs of cabinet ministersI have the names of 16 PSs of which 13 are of deputy CM Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena ministers and remaining are of the Ajit Pawar camp He Fadnavis is taking tough decisions We may have political differences but we support decisions taken in the interest of the state Raut stated according to PTIThe Shiv Sena UBT member said that the Maharashtra CM stopped the state loot by suspending the work on projects approved when Shinde was he was the CM from June 2022 to November 2024 and whose costs were inflatedFadnavis has stopped the loot of Maharashtra treasury said RautOn Monday the Maharashtra CM said he cleared 109 out of 125 names referred by cabinet ministers for their appointment as PSs or OSDs but did not approve others because they are either facing inquiries or known as fixersThe reasons behind not clearing the names of the remaining 16 is either there is some inquiry going on against those officials or they are known as fixers in the administrative circles Fadnavis had told reportersMaharashtra will lead the AI and technology revolution CM Devendra FadnavisThe Maharashtra government is accelerating the administration and economy through technology and artificial intelligence AI and Maharashtra state will soon lead Indias AI and technology revolution said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis reported news agency ANIMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was interviewed by NASSCOMs Srikanth Velamkanni at the NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Summit program at Hotel Grand HyattMaharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis said that the level of digital services has increased in the state and most government services have become available online The state government has set up an AI centre at Mumbai University An industry centre has been set up in partnership with the World Economic Forum reported ANIMaharashtra CM Fadnavis said that the state has set a goal of taking the economy to 1 trillion dollars adding For this the state is preparing a new economic roadmap in collaboration with the NITI Aayog Efforts are being made to make the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMRDA the hub of a 15 trillion economy reported ANI60 per cent of the countrys data centres are in Maharashtra A data centre park is being set up in New Mumbai and by 2030 50 pc of the states power generation will be based on green energy according to an official statement from the state governmentHe also said that Mumbai is the fintech capital of IndiaWith PTI and ANI inputs