Maharashtra Government is all set to sign contracts worth nearly one lakh and forty thousand crore rupees with at least twenty companies at the forthcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. According to an official statement, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be leading the state delegation and attend the conference on 16th and 17th of January.<br />''<br />''Mr. Shinde will inaugurate the Maharashtra Pavilion at Davos 2023 on the opening day. The pavilion will show the state's progress in an innovative and effective way. The focus will be to showcase development being made on projects like Metro, Mumbai's coastal road, Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, Mumbai-Pune Missing Link, and the encouragement being given to the electric vehicle industry besides the efforts being made for a greener and sustainable Maharashtra.<br />''<br />''While various MoUs will be signed on both days, Mr. Shinde will also attend a series of meetings with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, the Prime Minister of Jordan, the Minister of Communications and Information of Singapore, the Bank of Japan, the Minister of Industries and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia and the Swiss India Chamber of Commerce. The Chief Minister will also be meeting the Chiefs of Centre for the New Economy and Society and World Economic Forum's Urban Transformation department.<br />''<br />''Mr. Shinde is also scheduled to address the delegates at Congress Centre and speak about the need for sustainable development. <br />