In a turnaround from its earlier observations, and four days after it called Maharashtra a sinking economy, the 15th Finance Commission of India was all praise for the Devendra Fadnavis government on Wednesday.

Chairman N K Singh told a media conference, that Maharashtra had a much higher growth rate than any other state, and it was moving in the right direction to become a trillion dollar economy in coming years. He said the state continued to be a growth centre for the country. Singh said Maharashtra was a guiding force for other states as far as fiscal management was concerned.