While Pune district has received the highest overall allocation in the District Annual Plan (DAP) for the 2026-27 financial year, Nagpur – the district where Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resides – has seen the most significant increase in funding.
According to the Maharashtra Budget presented by Fadnavis last Friday, Nagpur has consistently received the highest allocations over the past three years. For the upcoming fiscal year, Pune, Nagpur, and Mumbai suburban districts are the only three districts with budgetary provisions exceeding Rs 1,000 crore.
In his budget speech, the Chief Minister announced that the government has allocated Rs 21,867 crore under the District Annual Plan for the 2026-27 financial year, compared to Rs 20,165 crore in 2025-26. This represents an increase of Rs 1,702 crore.
Funds allocated under the District Annual Plan are distributed among districts based on criteria such as population, geographical area, and the density of tribal populations. The annual proposals are approved by the District Planning Committees, chaired by the respective District Guardian Ministers, and then submitted to the state government.
During Ajit Pawar's tenure as Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, special efforts were often made to secure higher allocations for Pune. This year, Pune is leading with an allocation of Rs 1,300 crore, although the increase from the current year is modest at Rs 66 crore.
In contrast, Nagpur has been allocated Rs 1,021.90 crore for the next fiscal year, compared to Rs 884 crore in the current year, an increase of Rs 137 crore. Looking at the three-year trend from 2024-25 to 2026-27, Nagpur's allocation has increased by Rs 338 crore, compared to an increase of Rs 231 crore for Pune.
Sources from the Planning Department said that allocations are determined strictly by demographic and geographical criteria, rather than political considerations.
Detailed data on district-wise allocations, as per the official budget documents, shows that Pune has been allocated Rs 1,300 crore for 2026-27, an increase from Rs 1,234 crore in 2025-26. Mumbai Suburbs follows with Rs 1,105 crore (for 2026-27), up from Rs 1,066 crore (in 2025-26). However, Nagpur remains the district with the largest increase, jumping from Rs 884 crore to Rs 1,021 crore. Nashik also saw a significant increase, rising from Rs 724 crore to Rs 817 crore. Thane's allocation stands at Rs 860 crore (up from Rs 815 crore) for the current fiscal year.
The allocations for other districts under the DAP are as follows:
Ahilyanagar: Rs 761 crore (in 2026-27, compared to Rs 683 crore in 2025-26), Solapur: Rs 698 crore (compared to Rs 640 crore), Jalgaon: Rs 627 crore (compared to Rs 578 crore), Amravati: Rs 605 crore (compared to Rs 527 crore), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Rs 602 crore (compared to Rs 556 crore), Satara: Rs 582 crore (compared to Rs 540 crore), and Mumbai City: Rs 555 crore (compared to Rs 528 crore).
Kolhapur received Rs 550 crore in the upcoming fiscal year (compared to Rs 523 crore in the previous year), Beed: Rs 536 crore (compared to Rs 483 crore), Raigad: Rs 517 crore (compared to Rs 481 crore), Nanded: Rs 514 crore (compared to Rs 491 crore), Sangli: Rs 457 crore (compared to Rs 436 crore), Yavatmal: Rs 452 crore (compared to Rs 411 crore), and Ratnagiri: Rs 439 crore (compared to Rs 406 crore).
Chandrapur received Rs 430 crore in 2026-27 (compared to Rs 390 crore in 2025-26), Buldhana: Rs 414 crore (compared to Rs 378 crore), Latur: Rs 405 crore (compared to Rs 386 crore), Dharashiv: Rs 405 crore (compared to Rs 378 crore), Jalna: Rs 398 crore (compared to Rs 376 crore), and Gadchiroli: Rs 390 crore (compared to Rs 341 crore).
Wardha received Rs 343 crore (compared to Rs 293 crore), Parbhani: Rs 332 crore (compared to Rs 298 crore), Palghar: Rs 322 crore (compared to Rs 296 crore), Sindhudurg: Rs 307 crore (compared to Rs 282 crore), Dhule: Rs 290 crore (compared to Rs 271 crore), Washim: Rs 283 crore (compared to Rs 260 crore), Hingoli: Rs 267 crore (compared to Rs 246 crore), Akola: Rs 263 crore (compared to Rs 225 crore), Gondia: Rs 260 crore (compared to Rs 245 crore), and Nandurbar: Rs 188 crore (compared to Rs 176 crore).
Fadnavis presented a budget of Rs 7,69,467 crore for 2026-27, with a revenue deficit of Rs 40,552 crore and a fiscal deficit of Rs 1,50,491 crore.
Addressing the Assembly, the Chief Minister stated that the government estimated revenue receipts of Rs 6,16,099 crore against revenue expenditure of Rs 6,56,651 crore. He also said that the government has managed to keep the revenue deficit below 1 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and the fiscal deficit below 3 per cent of the GSDP.
According to revised estimates, revenue receipts for 2025-26 are projected at Rs 6,01,789 crore, compared to the budget estimate of Rs 5,60,964 crore. Against the budget estimate of revenue expenditure of Rs 7,00,020 crore for 2025-26, the government has placed a revised estimate of revenue expenditure at Rs 7,55,920 crore.
