Mumbai, March 10 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the state budget presented focusses is for the people, and the ruling Mahayuti government is committed towards people.

Shinde further stated that the Maharashtra government will continue to carry out similar work for the people of the state in the next five years.

Speaking to the media, Shinde said "The budget is for the people, this government is for the people. We worked for the people in these two and a half years...We worked for the progress of the people, for the change in their lives. Similar work will be done in the next five years."

The state Finance Minister Ajit Pawar will present the state budget today.

Notably, this will be the first budget for t...