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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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
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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

List of cabinet ministers

NoName
(Constituency)
PartyTerm of officeMinistryChief minister
1Niramala Raje Bhosale INC 1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962- Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2Niramala Raje Bhosale8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962 Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra) Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3 Sadashiv Govind Barve 20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963- Marotrao Kannamwar
4 Keshavrao Sonawane 25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963- P. K. Sawant
5H. G. Vartak5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967- Vasantrao Naik
6 Pratibha Patil 1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972- Vasantrao Naik
7 Yashwantrao Mohite 13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975 Third Vasantrao Naik ministry Vasantrao Naik
8 Vasantdada Patil 21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977 First Shankarrao Chavan ministry Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg Shankarrao Chavan
9Madhukarrao_Chaudhari17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978 First Vasantdada Patil ministry Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg Vasantdada Patil
10 Sundarrao Solanke INC (U) 7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978 Second Vasantdada Patil ministry Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg Vasantdada Patil
11 Sushilkumar Shinde INC (S) 18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980 First Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg Sharad Pawar
12Bhagwantrai M. Gaikwad INC 9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982 Antulay ministry Abdul Rahman Antulay
13 Babasaheb Bhosale
Chief Minister
13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983 Bhosale ministry Babasaheb Bhosale
14 Ramrao Adik
Deputy Chief Minister
7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985 Third Vasantdada Patil ministry Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg Vasantdada Patil
15 Sushilkumar Shinde 12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985 Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpg Vasantdada Patil
16 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Chief Minister
4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986 Nilangekar ministry Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17 Vilasrao Deshmukh
(MLA for Latur City Constituency- Latur district)
12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988 Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg Shankarrao Chavan
18 Sharad Pawar
Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District)
26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990 Second Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg Sharad Pawar
19 Surupsingh Hirya Naik 4 March 1990 - 25 January Third Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg Sharad Pawar
20 Jawaharlal Darda 25 January 1991 - 24 June 1991
21Shankarrao Kolhe25 June 1991 - 26 December 1991 Sudhakarrao Naik ministry Sudhakarrao Naik
22 Chhagan Bhujbal.jpg
Chhagan Bhujbal
(MLA for Mazgaon constituency-Mumbai Suburban District)
26 December 1991 - 22 February 1993
23 Shivajirao Deshmukh 6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995 Fourth Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpg Sharad Pawar
24 Babanrao Gholap SHS 14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999 Manohar Joshi ministry Manohar Joshi
25 Eknath Khadse BJP 1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999 Narayn Rane Ministry Narayan Rane (cropped).jpg Narayan Rane
26 Chhagan Bhujbal.jpg
Chhagan Bhujbal
Deputy Chief Minister
(MLC for Elected by MLAs constituency-Mumbai City District)
NCP 27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003 First Deshmukh ministry Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh
27 Satish Chaturvedi INC 27 January 2003 - 19 October 2004 Sushilkumar Shinde ministry Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi on August 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg Sushilkumar Shinde
28 Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Chief Minister
(MLA for Latur City Constituency- Latur district)
1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008 Second Deshmukh ministry Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh
29 R. R. Patil.jpg
R. R. Patil
(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal-Sangli District)
NCP 8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009 First Ashok Chavan ministry Ashok Chavan With Coat.jpeg Ashok Chavan
30 Patangrao Kadam INC 7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010 Second Ashok Chavan ministry
31 Madhukarrao Chavan 11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014 Prithviraj Chavan ministry Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg Prithviraj Chavan
32 Suresh Khade BJP 31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019 Devendra Fadanvis Ministry Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg Devendra Fadnavis
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister
23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019
Second Fadnavis ministry Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis with PM Narendra Modi Cropped(2).jpg
Devendra Fadnavis
33 Subhash Desai.jpg
Subhash Desai
SHS 29 November 2019 - 30 December 2019 Uddhav Thackrey Ministry 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
34 Vijay wadettiwar.jpg
Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
(MLA for Bramhapuri- Chandrapur District)
INC 30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister
30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022
Eknath Shinde Ministry Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg
Eknath Shinde
35 Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg
Eknath Shinde
Chief Minister
(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi-Thane District)

SHS

14 August 2022 - Incumbent

List of ministers of state

NoName
(Constituency)
PartyTerm of officeMinistryAllianceChief minister
1 Omprakash Babarao Kadu
(MLA for Achalpur- Amravati District)
PJP & SHS 30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022 Uddhav Thackrey Ministry 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
2 Dattatray Vithoba Bharne
Additional_charge
NCP 27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
3NANA Eknath Shinde Ministry Eknath Shinde with PM Narendra Modi Cropped.jpg
Eknath Shinde

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