Overview
- Fadnavis, who addressed the CII Annual Business Summit on Monday, set a $1 trillion-by-2030 goal and a 2047 ambition to rank among the most significant regional economies.
- He highlighted new and ongoing infrastructure as growth drivers, citing the completed Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport, the Samruddhi corridor and Vadhavan Port.
- He pledged to cut industrial power tariffs by 3% each year through 2030 under an approved 2025–2030 multi‑year tariff plan, a move meant to lower factory and data‑center costs.
- He mapped a shift to high‑value and clean sectors such as AI, semiconductors, EVs, data centers and deep tech, and set Gadchiroli on track to become a green‑steel hub by 2032.
- He framed growth through a hub‑and‑spoke map with Mumbai as the financial core, Pune as the R&D base and Nagpur as a logistics center, while stressing policy continuity and investor trust in a state that he said makes up about 15% of India’s GDP and has drawn roughly 40% of cumulative FDI.