"We have received new investment commitments of Rs 75,000 crore in Maharashtra in the last eight months," Desai told PTI on the sidelines of an event here.
Without sharing the comparative figures for the same period last year, he said the investment commitments are in diverse sectors, including electronics, auto, auto ancillaries and textiles.
The minister, however, expressed unhappiness over the industry's preference for the region around Pune and said that the state wants the investments to be "decentralised" into other regions.
Desai said interest in the defence and aerospace sectors is also increasing, and mentioned Reliance Industries' announcement to set up its aerospace facility in Nagpur at an investment of over Rs 6,000 crore as a welcome move.
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The announcement by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn to invest USD 5 billion in August this year was one of the biggest investment commitments the state has received, which was preceded by an announcement by General Motors to invest Rs 6,400 crore at its Talegaon plant.
Fadnavis recently pointed out that neglect of the ports sector by the previous regimes led to decline of interest by the industry and affirmed his government's commitment to do more work on the same.
The Chief Minister said that all the developed countries in the world have adopted a "port-led" development, which Maharashtra is also adopting.