Maharashtra
Maharashtra is India's most industrialised state. It is also one of the richest.
It has a great mix of giant industrial units, well developed agricultural base, flourishing services sector, a fairly free market economy, and a booming financial, banking, and insurance sector.
The state is home to India's financial capital Mumbai, and to the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. It is also home to Bollywood, the nation's Hindi film and television industry.
Although, a 'Moderately Corrupt' state, Maharashtra needs to weed out the menace to grow ever faster economically and on the human development index. Vilasrao Deshmukh is current chief minister of the state.
Image: The Gateway of India, Mumbai's famous landmark. | Photograph: Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images
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