Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Restructuring of Finance and Planning Departments
Maharashtra’s Cabinet decided to reorganize two government departments.
The departments are Finance and Planning.
The Finance Department will take care of more budget and money-related work.
This includes deciding how funds are allocated and handling extra funding requests.
The Planning Department will focus on checking whether government schemes are working well.
It will also help set priorities for district development plans.
The department will examine major infrastructure and public-private partnership proposals.
The change is linked to the replacement of the national Planning Commission by NITI Aayog.
The Maharashtra Cabinet approved restructuring the Finance and Planning departments to improve efficiency.
Budget-related functions and 28 Planning Department posts will move to the Finance Department.
The Finance Department will oversee budget preparation, fund allocation and related financial processes.
The Planning Department will monitor schemes, review outcomes and set priorities for district annual plans.
The changes follow the replacement of the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog at the national level.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
- What
- Approved restructuring the Finance and Planning departments, including transferring budget-related responsibilities and 28 posts.
- When
- Tuesday; the article does not provide an exact date.
- Where
- Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- To improve departmental efficiency and streamline financial and planning functions following changes to the national planning framework.
- Decision
- Maharashtra Cabinet approved restructuring the Finance and Planning departments.
- Transferred posts
- 28 Planning Department posts will move to the Finance Department.
- Finance Department role
- It will handle budget-related subjects, fund allocation, re-appropriation and supplementary demands.
- Planning Department role
- It will monitor and review policies, programmes and schemes and assess their outcomes.
- District planning
- The Planning Department will finalise priorities for annual plans received from District Planning Committees.
- Development Commissioner
- The Planning Department will function as the office of the Development Commissioner.
- National context
- The restructuring follows the replacement of the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog.