After allotting a BMC bungalow in Malabar Hill for state think tank Maharashtra Institution for Transformation s (Mitra) CEO Praveen Pardeshi, the Maharashtra government has decided to rent a nearly 8,000 sq ft office space for Mitra in a Nariman Point high-rise for Rs 21 lakh per month or around Rs 2.5 crore a year.
Helped by relaxations in labour laws, Maharashtra has upped its share in new job creation in the country to more than 30 per cent over the last five years, a senior official said on Thursday.