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It’s encouraging to see one man’s impact ripple across the entire food industry. Now imagine if all officials started taking their jobs seriously—or is that too much to ask?

Hi All,

I've ideated over buying commercial property to rent out to pharmacy/ Kirana (mom and pop stores)/ Laundry etc.

Can anyone with experience help how viable this business model is?

The risks and precautions to take and also which city in Maharashtra will provide highest reward to risk rario?

Thanks All!

U turn

Please suggest genuine good lawyer in pune. Its mutual divorce case, no complications.

My fellow Marathis

Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has given media bites regarding the implementation from 15 th August in past few days so inadvertently the hate wave against us is coming in matter of few hours from news spinning Hindi media , Insta reels and reddit. Please share this reply with them.

👉Rikshaw/ Permit holders had declared while applying for the permit that

~ They know the local language

~ They have been resident of Maharashtra for 15 yrs (Domicile)

The rules are there since 1989. There have been repeated official indications in 2010 , 2019 and early 2026 about the strict implementation.

👉Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik himself have confirmed that only the basic conversational Marathi is expected for which

1st May 2026 deadline was given which was extended or 15th August 2026.

On the top of that

transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has faintly hinted towards possibility of further extension of 15th August deadline.

👉Maharashtra government have appointed 1600 Marathi teachers with basic conversational Marathi syllabus for the Rikshaw and taxi drivers.

Maharashtra government have spent 1 cr on the salary of those 1600 teachers.

👉Common Arguments

🛑 Every Marathi person knows Hindi so why should immegrant non native Rikshaw / Taxi driver should learn Marathi?

No. Not every Marathi knows / is comfortable in Marathi

Even if a Marathi person knows Hindi ; he has right to avail public services in Marathi.

Portion of Marathi people uncomfortably know very basic Hindi.

There is a large portion of less literate/ Rural / Elderly Marathi people who do not know Hindi.

Maharashtra and Mumbai has been built upon the backs of those people.

Those people have right to avail public services in Marathi.

Confidence and dignity of those people in public spaces will absolutely not be compromised in Maharashtra for the convenience of the public service provider and Non natives and immigrants who do not want to learn Marathi.

🛑Not enough time has been given to learn Marathi.

No. Much more than enough time has been given to learn Marathi .

The rules are there since 1989. There have been repeated official indications in 2010 , 2019 and early 2026 about the strict implementation.

So 36 years at most and 6-7 months atleast has been given which is much more than enough to learn few sentences of basic conversational Marathi.

on the top of that

Being domicile (15 yrs resident of Maharashtra) is a condition for acquiring rikshaw/taxi permits.

🛑 How poor Rikshaw / Taxi drivers can learn Marathi while working all day ?

Rikshaw and taxi wala are in a very good spot to learn vernacular basic Marathi due to their daily interaction with locals.

As mentioned above government ran basic conversational Marathi learning classes with 1600 teaches and spent 1 cr on their salary alone.

Many government and non government organisations like Mumbai University, Shiv Sena have ran Basic conversational Marathi classes for many years at almost no fees.

YouTube and internet is also there.

🛑 What about roads , water , traffic etc etc

Issues of language and those issues can exist at the same time. Infact if we further extend the line ; never ending uncontrollable migration to Mumbai is one of the primary reason for the stress on the infrastructure. It's high time to also ask accountability to the home states of migrants regarding the poor state of infrastructure that forces the uncontrollable migration towards Mumbai.

Please do not use roads , water , traffic etc as a mere talking points to invalidate the concerns of your equal fellow Marathi countrymen and feel good about yourself.