After losing Foxconn unit, Maharashtra sends mantris to study Gujarat model

MUMBAI: As part of a new team set up by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and based on the concept mooted by PM Narendra Modi to study 'best practices' in various states, Maharashtra industries minister Uday Samant and forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar visited Gujarat on Monday. The two ministers met Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel and studied the Gujarat government's 'CM Dashboard' for tracking activities of government departments at the click of a button.
"The Gujarat CM's dashboard model is good for the public and the bureaucracy and for development, so we studied how it works and how it was made. We did a detailed examination about manpower and technology. This dashboard model should not be limited to Gujarat, it should also be implemented in Maharashtra and other states as it helps solve people's problems. People get a call from the CMO (chief minister's office). If we can replicate this in Maharashtra and other states, we can try for an upgraded version. We have finalised that this model should be implemented in Maharashtra," Samant said.
Samant and Mungantiwar's visit comes weeks after the Vedanta-Foxconn chip manufacturing project shifted to Gujarat.
An official said after PM Modi mooted the idea of studying best practices, Shinde set up a four-member team led by Mungantiwar, Samant and bureaucrats Jayashree Bhoj and Vikas Kharge. The team, which began its study tour with the first stop in Gujarat, will soon visit MP, among other states.
On the Vedanta-Foxconn project, Samant said, "I spoke to the Gujarat industries minister, who said their deal was already on for a while. They had rolled out an incentive package. (Vedanta chairman) Anil Agarwal wanted a meeting of the high-powered committee, which did not happen in Maharashtra for a long time, so he decided to move to Gujarat."