The powers of the Sudhir Mungantiwar-led finance & planning department have been clipped. Bogged down by delays in implementing government decisions that are approved by the Devendra Fadnavis-led Cabinet, the state government has found that the finance & planning department needs to expedite things at its end.

Sudhir Mungantiwar’s finance & planning department is faced with the difficult task of meeting growing expenses of the state in view of Maharashtra’s debt burden of Rs 3 lakh crore and its revenue deficit. File pic