The Maharashtra government has decided to confer the first 'Udyog Ratna' award on veteran industrialist and chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, state Industries minister Uday Samant has said.

• The Maharashtra govt has decided to honour Ratan Tata, the Chairman of the Tata group, with the first Maharashtra Udyog Ratna Award
• The Maharashtra govt has taken the decision to introduce the prestigious Udyog Ratna Award starting this year
• The choice to bestow the inaugural Udyog Ratna Award upon an industrialist this year was made in a meeting which involved CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.