Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday launch a scheme in Maharashtra aimed at benefitting more than 86 lakh farmers and launch projects worth over ₹ 7,500 crore.

He will later travel to Goa to inaugurate the 37th National Games.

PM Modi will begin his Maharashtra tour by offering prayers at the famous Shri Saibaba temple in Shridi and inaugurate its new ‘darshan queue complex’, as per an official statement.

He will perform “Jal Pujan” of Nilwande Dam and dedicate a canal network of the dam to the nation.