Paschim Maharashtra (), also known as Desh, is the region that is

Pune Division Pune division (better known as Paschim Maharashtra or Desh) is one of the six administrative divisions of the Indian State of Maharashtra. Pune Division is bound by Konkan Division to the west, Nashik Division to the north, Aurangabad Division ...

. Paschim Maharashtra is a prosperous belt and is famous for its

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production factories. Farmer in the region are economically well off due to fertile land, good

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. In the region,

Sangli Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks o ...

District has large number of

factories and

processing plants. Western Maharashtra is considered as a highly developed area of India because its annual income is higher than the average GDP of the country.

Politics

Politics in Paschim Maharashtra is linked with the

cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

movement. Most of the sugar cooperative factories in western Maharashtra work as power centers and play a major role in politics.

District has a major political climate in the region.

References

Regions of Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-geo-stub