Government of Maharashtra

The Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is an democratically elected governmentwith 288 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5-year term. Maharashtra has a bicameral legislature which consists of two Houses, the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council). As is the case in a parliamentary system, the government is formed by the party, alliance or group of assembly members who command the majority in the lower House. Lower House majority leader becomes the Chief Minister and selects the cabinet members from both Houses. In case an unelected person becomes the Chief Minister, they must be elected to either House within the following 6 months.

Council of ministers

On 12 November 2019, the state of Maharashtra had been put under President’s Rule. On 23 November 2019 President of India Ram Nath Kovind signed the revocation of the central rule. On 26 November, Devendra Fadnavis resigned as chief minister due to lack of a majority in the legislative assembly.

Two days later, on 28 November 2019, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance leader Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as chief minister of the state.

Cabinet Ministers

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Term of office
Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Took office	Left office	Duration
1.	Uddhav Thackeray Chief Minister	MLC	General Administration Law and Judiciary Information and Public Relations Information Technology Other departments not allocated to any Minister. Forest Disaster Management Relief and Rehabilitation		SS	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
2.	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	Baramati	Finance Planning		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
3.	Balasaheb Thorat	Sangamner	Revenue and Forest Department		INC	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
4.	Jayant Patil	Islampur	Water Resources and Command Area Development		NCP	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
5.	Dhananjay Munde	Parli	Social Justice and Special Assistance		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
6.	Chhagan Bhujbal	Yeola	Food & Civil Supply Consumer Affairs		NCP	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
7.	Aaditya Thackeray	Worli	Environment Tourism Protocol		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
8.	Nawab Malik	Anushakti Nagar	Minority Development and Aukaf Skill Development and Entrepreneurship		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
9.	Ashok Chavan	Bhokar	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
10.	Rajendra Shingne	Sindkhed Raja	Food and Drug Administration		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
11.	Rajesh Tope	Ghansawangi	Public Health and Family Welfare		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
12.	Hasan Mushrif	Kagal	Rural Development		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
13.	Nitin Raut	Nagpur North	Energy		INC	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
14.	Varsha Gaikwad	Dharavi	School Education		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
15.	Jitendra Awhad	Mumbra-Kalwa	Housing		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
16.	Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	Urban Development Public Works (including Public Undertakings)		SS	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
17.	Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar	Savner	Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Sports and Youth Welfare		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
18.	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar	Bramhapuri	Other Backward Classes Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Vimukta Jati Nomadic Tribes and Special Backward Classes Welfare Khar Land Development Earthquake Rehabilitation		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
19.	Amit Deshmukh	Latur City	Medical Education Cultural Affairs		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
20.	Uday Samant	Ratnagiri	Higher education and Technical education		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
21.	Dadaji Bhuse	Malegaon Outer	Agriculture Ex. Servicemen Welfare		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
22.	Sanjay Rathod	Digras	Forest Disaster Management Relief and Rehabilitation		SS	30 December 2019	28 February2021(Resigned)
23.	Gulabrao Patil	Jalgaon Rural	Water Supply and Sanitation		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
24.	K.C.Padvi	Akkalkuwa	Tribal development		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
25.	Sandipanrao Bhumre	Paithan	Employment Guarantee Horticulture		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
26.	Shamrao Patil	Karad North	Co-operation Marketing		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
27.	Anil Parab	MLC	Transport Parliamentary affairs		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
28.	Aslam Shaikh	Malad West	Textiles Fisheries Port Development		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
29.	Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur	Teosa	Women and Child Development		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
30.	Shankarrao Gadakh	Nevasa	Soil and Water conservation		SS	30 December 2019
31.	Subhash Desai	MLC	Industry Mining Marathi Language		SS	28 November 2019		(1 year, 137 days)
32.	Dilip Walse-Patil	Ambegaon	State Excise Labour Home Affairs		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)

Ministers of State

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Term of office
Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Took office	Left office	Duration
1.	Abdul Sattar	Sillod	Revenue Rural Development Ports Khar land Development Special Assistance		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
2.	Rajendra Patil-Yadravkar	Shirol	Public Health and Family Welfare Medical Education Food and Drug Administration Textile Cultural Affairs		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
3.	Shambhuraj Desai	Patan	Home (Rural) Finance and Planning State Excise Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Marketing		SS	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
4.	Omprakash Kadu	Achalpur	Water Resources and Command Area Development School Education Woman and Child Development Majority welfare and development Labour		PJP (SS)	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
5.	Dattatray Vithoba Bharne	Indapur	Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Soil and Water Conservation Forests Animal Husbandry Dairy Development and Fisheries General Administration		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
6.	Vishwajeet Kadam	Palus-Kadegaon	Co-operation Agriculture Social Justice Food, Civil Supplies And Consumer Protection Minorities Development and Aukaf Marathi Language		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
7.	Satej Patil	MLC	Home (Urban) Housing Transport Information Technology Parliamentary Affairs Ex. Servicemen Welfare		INC	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
8.	Sanjay Bansode	Udgir	Environment Water Supply and Sanitation Public Works (Public Undertakings) Employment Guarantee Earthquake Rehabilitation Parliamentary Affairs		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
9.	Prajakt Tanpure	Rahuri	Urban Development Energy Tribal Development Higher and Technical Education Disaster Management Relief and Rehabilitation		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)
10.	Aditi Tatkare	Shrivardhan	Law and Judiciary Industries and Mining Tourism Horticulture Sports and Youth Welfare Protocol Information and Public Relations		NCP	30 December 2019		(1 year, 105 days)