The issue of bonus for paddy farmers was also raised by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in his address at the 'government at your doorstep' event

"The Mahayuti government will announce bonus for paddy farmers in the Winter Session of the Maharashtra Legislature to be held in Nagpur in December," CM Shinde said

The state government is planning to bring about 8000 to 10,000 hectares of land under irrigation very soon, the CM added

He said the ruling alliance, comprising the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party, had won two-third of the seats in the recently held gram panchayat polls and the opposition realises the ground is slipping from beneath their feet

CM Shinde said his government's schemes related to health care, waiver of MSRTC ticket fare for women etc were greatly helping the common citizen

The CM Relief Fund has distributed Rs 140 crore to eligible persons since his government took over in June last year, CM Shinde said

He said, while this amount was just Rs 2.5 core under the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime