Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday instructed implementation of the Rs 5,476 -crore relief package announced by the state government on a "war level" to cushion the impact on vulnerable sections of the stricter curbs currently imposed to contain COVID-19.
According to an official statement here, Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, asked the administration to disburse the funds under the package immediately.

Pawar issued instructions for a war-level implementation of the Rs 5,476-crore package at a meeting held to review steps taken to provide help to the poor and other weaker sections in the wake of the tough COVID-19 measures.