{
  "id": 843722,
  "title": "Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Hits Back At Sharad Pawar Over Maharashtra’s ‘36,211 Closed Companies’ Claim, Says 76% Were Defunct",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-hits-back-at-sharad-pawar-over",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-hits-back-at-sharad-pawar-over-maharashtras-36211-closed-companies-claim-says-76-were-defunct"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday responded to NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s concerns over the closure of thousands of companies in the state, arguing that the figure of 36,211 companies being 'closed' does not reflect the actual industrial situation in Maharashtra. In a detailed post addressed to Pawar, Fadnavis said the data cited in Parliament had been presented…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}