Government of Maharashtra

Government of Maharashtra
महाराष्ट्र सरकार
	Emblem of Maharashtra
	Flag of India
Formation	1 May 1960;64 years ago; (Maharashtra Day)
Country	Republic of India
Website	www.maharashtra.gov.in
Seat of Government	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Legislative Branch
Legislature	Maharashtra Legislature
Upper House	Maharashtra Legislative Council
Chairperson of the House	Neelam Gorhe , (SS) ; (Additional Charge)
Deputy Chairperson of the House	Neelam Gorhe , (SS)
Leader of the House	Eknath Shinde ; (Dy Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of the House	TBD; since 23 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Ambadas Danve , (SS (UBT))
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhai Jagtap , (INC)
Members in Council	78
Lower House	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the House	Rahul Narwekar
Deputy Speaker of the House	TBD; since 23 November 2024
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis ,(BJP); (Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of the House	Eknath Shinde , (SS); (Dy Chief Minister); Ajit Pawar , (NCP); (Dy Chief Minister);
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Vacant
Members in Assembly	288
Meeting Place	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai ; (Budget Session, Monsoon Session, and All Special Session); Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur ; (Winter Session);
Executive Branch
Governor ; (Head of the State)	C. P. Radhakrishnan , (BJP)
Chief Minister ; (Head of Government)	Devendra Fadnavis , (BJP)
Deputy Chief Minister ; (Deputy Head of Government)	Eknath Shinde , (SS); Ajit Pawar , (NCP);
Chief Secretary ; (Head of Civil Service)	Ms. Sujata Saunik , (IAS) ; (Chief secretaries of Maharashtra)
State Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Meeting place	Mantralaya (Mumbai)
Ministry (Government Department)	68
Total No. of Ministers Members	(Chief Minister 01); (Dy Chief Minister 02); (Cabinet Minister 33); (Minister of State 06); Total = 42;
Responsible for This	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Judiciary Branch
High Court	Bombay High Court
Chief Justice	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya

Last updated December 16, 2024

The Government of Maharashtra is the executive branch of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The government is led by the chief minister (currently Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024) who selects the council of ministers and is appointed by theGovernor of Maharashtra .The state has had a BJP-led government since 2024. The chief minister and his council of ministers forms the cabinet of maharashtra which is responsible for overseeing the administration of the state,policy formulation etc.

Ministers are responsible to the House in which they sit; they make statements in that House and take questions from members of that House. For most senior ministers this is usually the directly elected Legislative Assembly rather than the indirectly elected Legislative Council. The government is dependent on the Legislature to make primary legislation, and general elections are held every five years (at most) to elect a new Legislative Assembly. After an election, the Governor selects as chief minister the leader of the party or alliance commanding the confidence of the Legislative Assembly, usually by possessing a majority of MLAs.

Head Leaders

House	Leader	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan	27 July 2024
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis ^[1]	5 December 2024
Deputy Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde (First)^[1]	5 December 2024
Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar (Second)^[1]	5 December 2024
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge)	7 July 2022
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Rahul Narwekar ^[2]	9 December 2024
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe	8 September 2020
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	TBD	6 December 2024
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Devendra Fadnavis	5 December 2024
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Eknath Shinde	9 December 2024
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Eknath Shinde (First)	5 December 2024
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar (Second)	5 December 2024
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Vacant	5 December 2024
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vacant	26 November 2024
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ambadas Danve	9 August 2022
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Vacant (First)	26 November 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Vacant (Second)	26 November 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Council)	Bhai Jagtap	17 August 2022
Chief Secretary of Maharashtra	Sujata Saunik	1 July 2024

Council of Ministers

Council portfolios are as follows

- Update = 05 December 2024

S.No	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	Party
Chief Minister
1.	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	Chief Minister	TBD	BJP
Deputy Chief Ministers
2.	Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	Deputy Chief Minister	TBD	Shiv Sena
3.	Ajit Pawar	Baramati	Deputy Chief Minster	TBD	NCP

Guardian Ministers

Sr No.	District	Guardian_Minister	Party	Tenure
01	Ahmednagar	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	BJP	24 September 2022	26 November 2024
02	Akola	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil		4 October 2023
03	Amravati	Chandrakant Patil		4 October 2023
04	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	Abdul Sattar Additional Charge	SHS	4 June 2024
05	Beed	Dhananjay Munde	NCP	4 October 2023
06	Bhandara	Dr.Vijaykumar Gavit	BJP	4 October 2023
07	Buldhana	Dilip Walse-Patil	NCP	4 October 2023
08	Chandrapur	Sudhir Mungantiwar	BJP	24 September 2022
09	Dhule	Girish Mahajan		24 September 2022
10	Gadchiroli	Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister		24 September 2022
11	Gondiya	Aditi Tatkare	NCP	21 June 2024
12	Hingoli	Abdul Sattar	SHS	24 September 2022
13	Jalgaon	Gulab Raghunath Patil	SHS	24 September 2022
14	Jalna	Atul Save	BJP	24 September 2022
15	Kolhapur	Hasan Mushrif	NCP	4 October 2023
16	Latur	Girish Mahajan	BJP	24 September 2022
17	Mumbai City	Deepak Kesarkar	SHS	24 September 2022
18	Mumbai Suburban	Mangal Lodha	BJP	24 September 2022
19	Nagpur	Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister		24 September 2022
20	Nanded	Girish Mahajan		24 September 2022
21	Nandurbar	Anil Bhaidas Patil	NCP	4 October 2023
22	Nashik	Dadaji Bhuse	SHS	24 September 2022
23	Dharashiv	Tanaji Sawant	SHS	24 September 2022
24	Palghar	Ravindra Chavan	BJP	24 September 2022
25	Parbhani	Sanjay Bansode	NCP	4 October 2023
26	Pune	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	NCP	4 October 2023
27	Raigad	Uday Samant	SHS	24 September 2022
28	Ratnagiri	Uday Samant	SHS	24 September 2022
29	Sangli	Suresh Khade	BJP	24 September 2022
30	Satara	Shambhuraj Desai	SHS	24 September 2022
31	Sindhudurg	Ravindra Chavan	BJP	24 September 2022
32	Solapur	Chandrakant Patil	BJP	4 October 2023
33	Thane	Shambhuraj Desai	SHS	24 September 2022
34	Wardha	Sudhir Mungantiwar	BJP	4 October 2023
35	Washim	Sanjay Rathod	SHS	24 September 2022
36	Yavatmal	Sanjay Rathod	SHS	24 September 2022

Departments

Secretaries to the Government of Maharashtra

Secretaries to the Government of Maharashtra
Ministry	Designation	Name_of_secretary	Background	Batch
Chief secretaries of Maharashtra Office	Chief Secretary	Sujata Saunik	IAS officer	1984^[a]
Governor of Maharashtra Office	Principal Secretary	Shri. Pravin Darade	IAS officer
	Additional Principal Secretary	NA	IAS officer
	Special Secretary	Shri. Rakesh Naithani	IAS officer
	Secretary	NA	IAS officer
	Deputy Secretary (Development Boards)	Smt. Shweta Singhal	IAS officer
	Deputy Secretary (Admin and Education)	Smt. Prachi Jambhekar	IAS officer
	Private Secretary	Smt. Archana Prasad Gaikwad	-
	Additional PS	Shri. Kamal Ghildiyal	IPS officer
Chief Minister's Office (Maharashtra)	Principal Adviser to the Chief Minister's Secretariat Government of Maharashtra	Sitaram Kunte	IAS officer
	Additional Chief Secretary	Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh	IAS officer
	Principal Secretary	Mr. Brijesh Singh	IPS officer
	Additional Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Additional Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Maharashtra Legislature	General Secretary	Mr. Rajendra Bhagwat	IAS officer	-
	Secretary
	Additional Secretary
Maharashtra Legislative Council Secretaries Office	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Secretaries Office	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Speaker & Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Secretaries Office	Secretary (as Speaker)
	Deputy Secretary
	Secretary (as Deputy Speaker)
	Deputy Secretary
Chairman & Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad Secretaries Office	Secretary (as Chairman)
	Deputy Secretary
	Secretary (as Deputy Chairman)
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of General Administration (Maharashtra)	Chief Secretary	Dr. Nitin Kareer	IAS officer
	Additional Chief Secretary	Smt. Sujata Saunik	IAS officer
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Information and Public Relations (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	Shri Sanjay Chahande	IAS officer
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Information Technology (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Law and Judiciary (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Home Affairs (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of State Border Defence (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Finance (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	Dr. Nitin Kareer	IAS officer
	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	DR. NITIN KAREER	IAS officer	----
	Join Secretary	SHRI. RAMESH CHAVAN	IAS officer	----
	Deputy Secretary	Mr. Kiran Wadte	IAS officer	----
	Under Secretary	SHRI. SHIVAJI CHAOURE	IAS officer	----
Ministry of Planning (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	Shri Nitin Gadre	IAS officer
	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Special Assistance (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Social Justice (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Forests Department (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	DR. NITIN KAREER	IAS officer	----
	Join Secretary	SHRI. RAMESH CHAVAN	IAS officer	----
	Deputy Secretary	Mr. Kiran Wadte	IAS officer	----
	Under Secretary	SHRI. SHIVAJI CHAOURE	IAS officer	----
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Energy (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Water Resources (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary	Mr. C.K. More
Ministry of Command Area Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Public Health (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Housing (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Mr Bhushan Gagrani	IAS officer
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Rural Development (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	Mr. Rajesh Kumar	IAS officer
	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Co-operation (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Marketing (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Shipping (Maharashtra)	Cabinet Secretary (Political)	Shri. Madhu Nambiar	Political
	Principal Secretary	Shri. T K Ramachandran
	D.G. Shipping	Shri. Shyam Jaganathan	I.A.S
	Addl. Secretary	Shri. Rajesh Kumar Sinha
	PS to Central Minister	Shri. Amit Kumar
	PPS to Cabinet Secretary (PoliticalPost)	Shri. Vivek Kumar	Trade Union Activist
Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Mining Department (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Protocol (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Tourism (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Mr. Valsa Nair Singh	(IAS)
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Marathi Language (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Water Supply (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Sanitation (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Woman and Child Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Mr. Ranjit Singh Deol	IAS
	Commissioner	Mr. Suraj Mandhare	IAS
	Secretary
Ministry of Medical Education (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Shri. Vikas Chandra Rastogi	IAS
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Smt. Manisha Verma	IAS
	Joint Secretary	Shri. N. K. Bhosale	State Service
	Deputy Secretary	Shri. Shrinivas Shastri	State Service
	Deputy Secretary	Smt. Manjusha A. Karande	State Service
Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Mr. Ranjit Singh Deol	IAS
	Commissioner	Mr. Om Prakash Bakoria	IAS
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Ex. Servicemen Welfare (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Shri. Eknath Dawley	IAS
	Commissioner	Mr. Dheeraj Kumar	IAS
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Animal Husbandry Department (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Dairy Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Horticulture (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Fisheries Department (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary	Shri Jagdish Gupta	IAS
	Commissioner	Dr. Atul Patne	IAS
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Disaster Management (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Relief & Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Khar Land Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Earthquake Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Employment Guarantee (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf (Maharashtra)	Additional Chief Secretary	Smt. Jayshree Mukherjee	(IAS)
	Joint secretary	Vacant Post	IAS
	Deputy Secretary	Mr. D. M. Sonawane	-
	Upper Secretary	Mr. M. P. Kudtarkar Mrs. A. U. Patil Mrs . A. P. Pednekar Mr. S. Y. Barve	-
Ministry of Majority Welfare Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Tribal Development (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Vimukta Jati (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Nomadic Tribes (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Other Backward Classes (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Other Backward Bahujan Welfare (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Special Backward Classes Welfare (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Disability Welfare (Maharashtra)	Principal Secretary
	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Leader of The House Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad secretaries of Office	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Leader of The House Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha secretaries of Office	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Deputy Leader of The House Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad secretaries of Office	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Deputy Leader of The House Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha secretaries of Office	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad secretaries of Office	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha secretaries of Office	Secretary
	Deputy Secretary

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Union territories	Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry

v t e State agencies of Maharashtra
Ministries	Agriculture Co-operation Command Area Development Cultural Affairs Dairy Development Disaster Management Earthquake Rehabilitation Employment Guarantee Energy, New and Renewable Energy Environment and Climate Change Ex. Servicemen Welfare Finance Fisheries Department Food and Drug Administration Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Forests General Administration Public Health Higher and Technical Education Home Affairs Horticulture Housing Industries Information and Public Relations Information Technology Khar Land Development Labour Law and Judiciary Majority Welfare Development Marathi Language Marketing Medical Education Mining Department Minority Development and Aukaf Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Other Backward Classes Parliamentary Affairs Planning Ports Development Protocol Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Public Works (Public Undertakings) Relief & Rehabilitation Revenue Rural Development Sanitation School Education Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Social Justice Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Soil and Water Conservation Special Assistance Special Backward Classes Welfare Sports and Youth Welfare State Excise Textiles Transport Tribal Development Urban Development Vimukta Jati Water Resources Water Supply Woman and Child Development
Public sector undertakings	City and Industrial Development Corporation Food and Drug Administration Lokayukta Knowledge Corporation (MKCL) Electricity Board (MSEB) Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC)
Board	Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
Autonomous bodies	Information Commission Election Commission
Nodal agencies	Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) Pimpri-Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (PCNTDA) Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)