India, March 7 -- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the finance portfolio now, presented Maharashtra's Budget for 2026-27 on Friday. The state government will spend Rs.7.69 lakh crore in the coming fiscal year without breaching the fiscal deficit limit of 3% of GSDP. More importantly, the state has achieved a formidable feat of having maintained its deficit levels around the budgeted levels despite spending Rs.55,000 crore more than budgeted in the fiscal year which will end on March 31. This has been made possible by higher-than-expected revenue receipts thanks to higher growth and an addition to the state's existing debt stock. Here are three charts which explain Maharashtra's fiscal situation as shown in the latest budge...