Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Maharashtra government will also set up a study chair in the name of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in each of the 13 universities in the state. The state government created a corpus of `20 crore for setting up the study chair in the name of Vajpayee in 11 state universities and two private varsities. The economy of Maharashtra is the largest state economy in India with ₹27.96 lakh crore (US$410 billion) in GDP and a per capita GDP of ₹180,000 (US$2,600).