Ministry of Majority Welfare Development (Maharashtra)

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Ministry of Majority Welfare Development Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय बहुसंख्य कल्याण विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
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Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Flag of India.svg Maharashtra
Headquarters Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
Parent department Government of Maharashtra

The Ministry of Majority Welfare Development is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra State.

Contents

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Eknath Shinde is Current Minister of Majority Welfare Development and Chief Minister Government of Maharashtra.

Head office

Minister of Majority Welfare Development
मंत्री बहुसंख्य कल्याण विभाग
Seal of Maharashtra (1).svg
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Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg
Incumbent
Eknath Shinde
Chief Minister
since 14 August 2022
Ministry of Majority Welfare Development (Maharashtra)
Style The Honourable
AbbreviationCabinet Minister
Member ofState Cabinet
Reports to Chief Minister ,
Maharashtra Legislature
Seat Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer Governor on the advice of the
Chief Minister
Term length 5 years
Precursor(2019- 2022)
Inaugural holderNiramala Raje Bhosale
(1960-1962)
Formation1 May 1960
Deputy
  • Vacant, TBD
since 29 June 2022

Cabinet Ministers

No.PortraitMinister
(Constituency)
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryChief Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Majority Welfare
01 Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg Yashwantrao Chavan
(MLA for Karad North Constituency No. 259-
Satara District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
01 May
1960
07 March
1962
1 year, 310 days Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg
Yashwantrao Chavan
02Niramala Raje Bhosale
(MLA for Satara Constituency No. 268-
Satara District)
(Legislative Assembly)
08 March
1962
19 November
1962
256 days Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II
03Madhukarrao Dhanaji Chaudhari
(MLA for Raver Constituency No. 11-
Jalgaon District)
(Legislative Assembly)
20 November
1962
24 November
1963
1 year, 4 days Indian National Congress Kannamwar l Marotrao Kannamwar
04 Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant
(MLA for Chiplun Constituency No. 265-
Ratnagiri District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Interim Chief Minister)
25 November
1962
04 December
1963
9 days Indian National Congress Sawant Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant
05D. S. Palaspagar
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 -
Bhandara District)
(Legislative Council)
05 December
1963
01 March
1967
3 years, 86 days Indian National Congress Vasantrao I Vasantrao Naik portrait.jpg
Vasantrao Naik
06 Balasaheb Desai
(MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261-
Satara District)
(Legislative Assembly)
01 March
1967
27 October
1969
2 years, 240 days Indian National Congress Vasantrao II
07 Sheshrao Wankhede
(MLA for Sawargoan Constituency No. 49-
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
27 October
1969
13 March
1972
2 years, 138 days Indian National Congress
08 Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg Vasantdada Patil
(MLA for Sangli Constituency No. 282 -
Sangli District)
(Legislative Assembly)
13 March
1972
04 April
1973
1 year, 32 days Indian National Congress Vasantrao III
09 Hari Govindrao Vartak
(MLA for Bassein-Vasai Constituency No. 180-
Palghar District
(Legislative Assembly)
04 April
1973
17 Match
1974
347 days Indian National Congress
10 Anant Namjoshi
(MLA for Girgaon Constituency No. 185-
Mumbai City District)
(Legislative Assembly)
17 Match
1974
21 February
1975
341 days Indian National Congress
11 Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg Vasantdada Patil
(MLA for Sangli Constituency No. 282 -
Sangli District)
(Legislative Assembly)
21 February
1975
16 April
1977
2 years, 54 days Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg
Shankarrao Chavan
12Madhukarrao Dhanaji Chaudhari
(MLA for Raver Constituency No. 11-
Jalgaon District)
(Legislative Assembly)
17 April
1977
07 March
1978
1 year, 324 days Indian National Congress Vasantdada I Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg
Vasantdada Patil
13 Sundarrao Solanke
(MLA for Majalgaon Constituency No. 229-
Beed District)
(Legislative Assembly)
07 March
1978
18 July
1978
133 days Indian National Congress (Indira) Vasantdada II
14 Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi on August 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg Sushilkumar Shinde
(MLA for Solapur City Central Constituency No. 249-
Solapur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
18 July
1978
19 November
1979
1 year, 124 days Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar I The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group's New Marathi Channel "Jai Maharashtra", in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg
Sharad Pawar
15Bhagwantrao Gaikwad
(MLA for Kalameshwar Constituency No. 52-
Nagpur District
(Legislative Assembly)
09 June
1980
21 January
1982
1 year, 226 days Indian National Congress Antulay A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg
Abdul Rahman Antulay
16 Babasaheb Bhosale.png Babasaheb Bhosale
(MLA for Nehrunagar Constituency No. 172-
Mumbai Suburban District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
21 January
1982
02 February
1983
1 year, 12 days Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale.png
Babasaheb Bhosale
17 Ramrao Adik
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 05 -
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Council)

(Deputy Chief Minister)
07 February
1983
05 March
1985
2 years, 26 days Indian National Congress Vasantdada III Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg
Vasantdada Patil
18 Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi on August 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg Sushilkumar Shinde
(MLA for Solapur City Central Constituency No. 249-
Solapur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
12 March
1985
03 June
1985
83 days Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV
19 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
(MLA for Nilanga Constituency No. 238-
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
03 June
1985
12 March
1986
282 days Indian National Congress Nilangekar Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
20 Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh
(MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235-
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
12 March
1986
26 June
1988
2 years, 106 days Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg
Shankarrao Chavan
21 Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg Sharad Pawar
(MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
26 June
1988
03 March
1990
1 year, 250 days Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg
Sharad Pawar
22 Surupsingh Hirya Naik
(MLA for Navapur Constituency No. 04-
Nandurbar District)
(Legislative Assembly)
03 March
1990
25 January
1991
328 days Indian National Congress Pawar III
23 Jawaharlal Darda 2022 stamp of India cr.jpg Jawaharlal Darda
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 -
Yavatmal District)
(Legislative Council)
25 January
1991
25 June
1991
151 days Indian National Congress
24Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe
(MLA for Kopargaon Constituency No. 219-
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly)
25 June
1991
26 December
1991
184 days Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik
25 Chagan Bhujbal.jpg Chhagan Bhujbal
(MLA for Mazgaon constituency No. 210-
Mumbai Suburban District)
(Legislative Assembly)
26 December
1991
22 February
1993
1 year, 58 days Indian National Congress
26 SHRI SHIVAJIRAO BAPUSAHEB DESHMUKH.jpg Shivajirao Deshmukh
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 18 -
Sangli District)
(Legislative Council)
06 March
1993
18 November
1994
1 year, 257 days Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg
Sharad Pawar
27 Babanrao Gholap
(MLA for Deolali Constituency No. 126-
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly)
14 March
1995
01 February
1999
3 years, 324 days Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi cropped.jpg
Manohar Joshi
28 Pramod Navalkar
(MLC for Mumbai Graduates Constituency No. 06 -
Mumbai City District)
(Legislative Council)
01 February
1999
11 May
1999
99 days Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane (cropped).jpg
Narayan Rane
29 Leeladhar Dake
(MLA for Bhandup Constituency No. 168-
Mumbai Suburban District)
(Legislative Assembly)
11 May
1999
17 October
1999
159 days Shiv Sena
30 Chagan Bhujbal.jpg Chhagan Bhujbal
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 -
Mumbai City District)
(Legislative Council)

(Deputy Chief Minister)
19 October
1999
16 January
2003
3 years, 89 days Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg
Vilasrao Deshmukh
31 R. R. Patil.jpg R. R. Patil
(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287-
Sangli District)
(Legislative Assembly)
18 January
2003
01 November
2004
1 year, 295 days Nationalist Congress Party Sushilkumar Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi on August 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg
Sushilkumar Shinde
32 Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh
(MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235-
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
01 November
2004
01 December
2008
4 years, 30 days Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg
Vilasrao Deshmukh
33 R. R. Patil.jpg R. R. Patil
(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287-
Sangli District)
(Legislative Assembly)
08 December
2008
06 November
2009
333 days Nationalist Congress Party Ashok I Ashok Chavan With Coat.jpeg
Ashok Chavan
34 Patangrao Kadam
(MLA for Palus-Kadegaon Constituency No. 285-
Sangli District)
(Legislative Assembly)
07 November
2009
10 November
2010
1 year, 3 days Indian National Congress Ashok II
35 Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg Prithviraj Chavan
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 -
Satara District)
(Legislative Council)

(Chief Minister)
11 November
2010
07 June
2014
3 years, 208 days Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg
Prithviraj Chavan
36 Madhukarrao Chavan
(MLA for Tuljapur Constituency No. 241 -
Dharashiv District Also Previously Known Osmanabad District
(Legislative Assembly)
07 June
2014
26 September
2014
111 days Indian National Congress
37 Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg Devendra Fadnavis
(MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52-
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
31 October
2014
04 June
2016
1 year, 217 days Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis with PM Narendra Modi Cropped(2).jpg
Devendra Fadnavis
38 Subhash Desai.jpg Subhash Desai
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 -
Mumbai Suburban District)
(Legislative Council)
04 June
2016
12 November
2019
3 years, 161 days Shiv Sena
39 Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg Devendra Fadnavis
(MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52-
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief_Minister)
In Charge
23 November
2019
28 November
2019
5 days Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II
40 Subhash Desai.jpg Subhash Desai
(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 -
Mumbai Suburban District)
(Legislative Council)
28 November
2019
30 December
2019
32 days Shiv Sena Thackeray The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg
Uddhav Thackeray
41 Vijay wadettiwar.jpg Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
(MLA for Bramhapuri Constituency No. 73-
Chandrapur District)
(Legislative Assembly)
30 December
2019
29 June
2022
2 years, 181 days Indian National Congress
42 Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg Eknath Shinde
(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147-
Thane District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
In Charge
30 June
2022
14 August
2022
45 days Shiv Sena (Shinde Group) Eknath Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg
Eknath Shinde
43 Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg Eknath Shinde
(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147-
Thane District)
(Legislative Assembly)

(Chief Minister)
14 August
2022
Incumbent2 years, 9 days Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)

Ministers of State

No.PortraitDeputy Minister
(Constituency)
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryMinisterChief Minister
FromToPeriod
Deputy Minister of Majority Welfare Development
Vacant23 November
2019
28 November
2019
5 daysNA Fadnavis II Devendra Fadnavis Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis with PM Narendra Modi Cropped(2).jpg
Devendra Fadnavis
01 Omprakash Babarao Kadu
(MLA for Achalpur Constituency No. 42-
Amravati District)
(Legislative Assembly)
30 December
2019
27 June
2022
2 years, 179 days Prahar Janshakti Party Supported Party Shiv Sena Thackeray Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg
Uddhav Thackeray
02 Dattatray Bharane.jpg Dattatray Vithoba Bharne
(MLA for Indapur Constituency No. 200-
Pune District
(Legislative Assembly)

Additional_Charge
27 June
2022
29 June
2022
2 days Nationalist Congress Party
Vacant30 June
2022
Incumbent2 years, 23 daysNA Eknath Eknath Shinde Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg
Eknath Shinde

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