Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)

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Ministry of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय कृषी विभाग महाराष्ट्र शासन
Seal of the state of Maharashtra

Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Agency overview
Formed1883; 141 years ago (1883)
JurisdictionMaharashtra
HeadquartersMantralaya, Mumbai
Annual budgetState budget of Government of Maharashtra
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State
Agency executive
  • Eknath Davale (IAS)[1], Secretary
Websitehttp://krishi.maharashtra.gov.in/1001/Home

The Ministry of Agriculture, a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in the state of Maharashtra. Dhananjay Munde is the current minister heading this ministry.

Head office

Minister of Agriculture
मंत्री कृषी विभाग
Chief Minister
,
Chief Minister
Term length5 years
Precursor (2022- 2023)
Inaugural holder (1960-1962)
Formation1 May 1960
Deputy
  • Vacant, TBD
since 29 June 2022

List of Cabinet Ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Constituency) 		Term of office Political party Ministry Chief Minister
From To Period
Minister of Agriculture
01
Ratnagiri District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		01 May
1960 		07 March
1962 		1 year, 310 days Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I
Yashwantrao Chavan
02
Satara District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		08 March
1962 		19 November
1962 		256 days Indian National Congress
Yashwantrao II
03
Satara District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		20 November
1962 		24 November
1963 		1 year, 4 days Indian National Congress Kannamwar l Marotrao Kannamwar
04
Ratnagiri District)
(Legislative Assembly
)
(Interim Chief Minister) 		25 November
1962 		04 December
1963 		9 days Indian National Congress Sawant P. K. Sawant
05
Ratnagiri District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		05 December
1963 		01 March
1967 		3 years, 86 days Indian National Congress Vasantrao I
Vasantrao Naik
06 Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar
(
Akola District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		01 March
1967 		27 October
1969 		2 years, 240 days Indian National Congress Vasantrao II
07
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		27 October
1969 		13 March
1972 		2 years, 138 days Indian National Congress
08
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
Mumbai City District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		17 Match
1974 		21 February
1975 		341 days Indian National Congress
11
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		21 February
1975 		16 April
1977 		2 years, 54 days Indian National Congress Shankarrao I
Shankarrao Chavan
12 Hari Govindrao Vartak
(MLA for Bassein-Vasai Constituency No. 180-
Palghar District
(Legislative Assembly) 		17 April
1977 		07 March
1978 		1 year, 324 days Indian National Congress Vasantdada I
Vasantdada Patil
13 Purushottam Dekate
(
Nagpur District
(Legislative Assembly
) 		07 March
1978 		18 July
1978 		133 days
Indian National Congress (Indira)
 Vasantdada II
14 Arjunrao Kasture
(
Buldana District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		18 July
1978 		17 February
1980 		1 year, 214 days Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar I
Sharad Pawar
15 Bhagwantrao M. Gaikwad
(
Nagpur District
(Legislative Assembly
) 		09 June
1980 		21 January
1982 		1 year, 226 days Indian National Congress Antulay
Abdul Rahman Antulay
16 Bhagwantrao M. Gaikwad
(
Nagpur District
(Legislative Assembly
) 		21 January
1982 		02 February
1983 		1 year, 12 days Indian National Congress Bhosale
Babasaheb Bhosale
17 Nanabhau Yambadwar
(
Gondia District)
(Legislative Council
) 		07 February
1983 		05 March
1985 		2 years, 26 days Indian National Congress Vasantdada III
Vasantdada Patil
18 Narendra Mahipati Tidke
(
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		12 March
1985 		03 June
1985 		83 days Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV
19
Solapur District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		03 June
1985 		12 March
1986 		282 days Indian National Congress Nilangekar Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
20 Bhagwantrao M. Gaikwad
(
Nagpur District
(Legislative Assembly
) 		12 March
1986 		26 June
1988 		2 years, 106 days Indian National Congress Shankarrao II
Shankarrao Chavan
21
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		26 June
1988 		03 March
1990 		1 year, 250 days Indian National Congress Pawar II
Sharad Pawar
22
Sangli District)
(Legislative Council
) 		04 March
1990 		25 June
1991 		1 year, 113 days Indian National Congress Pawar III
23 Rohidas Patil
(
Dhule District
(Legislative Assembly
) 		25 June
1991 		22 February
1993 		1 year, 242 days Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik
24 Harshvardhan Deshmukh
(
Amravati District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		06 March
1993 		14 March
1995 		2 years, 8 days Independent Supported party Indian National Congress Pawar IV
Sharad Pawar
25
Pune District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		14 March
1995 		01 February
1999 		3 years, 324 days Shiv Sena Joshi
Manohar Joshi
26
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		01 February
1999 		17 October
1999 		258 days Shiv Sena Rane
Narayan Rane
27
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Council
) 		19 October
1999 		16 January
2003 		3 years, 89 days Indian National Congress Deshmukh I
Vilasrao Deshmukh
28
Solapur District)
(Legislative Assembly
)
(Chief Minister) 		18 January
2003 		01 November
2004 		1 year, 295 days Indian National Congress Sushilkumar
Sushilkumar Shinde
29
Latur District)
(Legislative Assembly
)
(Chief Minister) 		01 November
2004 		09 November
2004 		8 days Indian National Congress Deshmukh II
Vilasrao Deshmukh
30
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		09 November
2004 		01 December
2008 		4 years, 22 days Indian National Congress
31
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		08 December
2008 		06 November
2009 		333 days Indian National Congress Ashok I
Ashok Chavan
32
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		07 November
2009 		10 November
2010 		1 year, 3 days Indian National Congress Ashok II
33
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		11 November
2010 		26 September
2014 		3 years, 319 days Indian National Congress Prithviraj
Prithviraj Chavan
34
Jalgaon District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		31 October
2014 		04 June
2016 		1 year, 217 days Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I
Devendra Fadnavis
35
Pune District)
(Legislative Council
) 		04 June
2016 		08 July
2016 		34 days Bharatiya Janata Party
36
Buldhana District)
(Legislative Council
) 		08 July
2016 		31 May
2018 		1 year, 357 days Bharatiya Janata Party
37
Pune District)
(Legislative Council
) 		01 June
2018 		16 June
2019 		1 year, 15 days Bharatiya Janata Party
38
Amravati District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		16 June
2019 		12 November
2019 		149 days Bharatiya Janata Party
39
Nagpur District)
(Legislative Assembly
)
(Chief Minister)
(In Charge) 		23 November
2019 		28 November
2019 		5 days Shiv Sena Fadnavis II
40
Mumbai Suburban District)
(Legislative Council
) 		28 November
2019 		30 December
2019 		32 days Shiv Sena Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray
41
Nashik District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		30 December
2019 		27 June
2022 		2 years, 179 days Shiv Sena
42
Ahmednagar District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		27 June
2022 		29 June
2022 		2 days Shiv Sena
43
Thane District)
(Legislative Assembly
)
(Chief Minister) 		30 June
2022 		14 August
2022 		45 days Shiv Sena (Shinde Group) Eknath
Eknath Shinde
44 Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi
(MLA for Sillod Constituency No. 104-
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District Also Previously Known Aurangabad District
(Legislative Assembly) 		14 August
2022 		14 July
2023 		334 days Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)
45
Beed District)
(Legislative Assembly
) 		14 July
2023 		Incumbent 354 days Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group)

List of ministers of state

No Name Party Term of office Ministry Alliance Chief minister
1 Vishwajeet Kadam INC 30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022
Uddhav Thackrey Ministry
 Uddhav Thackeray
2 NA
  • SHS Eknath group
  • BJP
  • NCP Ajit group
 NA Eknath Shinde Ministry Eknath Shinde

List of principal secretary

History

Department of agriculture was established in 1883 after recommendation of Famine Commission(1881). Varies hybrid varieties of crops were deployed in 1965-66 which laid down the foundation of Green Revolution.[2]

Structure

Agriculture section has three different ministers and divisions.

International Partnerships

Ministry signed an MoU with United States Department of Agriculture in June 2021 for better collaboration between United States of America and Government of Maharashtra.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "कृषी सचिव डवले यांनी घेतला 'महाबीज'चा आढावा". Agrowon - Agriculture Marathi Newspaper (in Marathi). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  2. ^ "About us : Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra".
  3. ^ "Maharashtra Portfolios Allocated, Who Gets What. Full List Of Ministers". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  4. ^ author/lokmat-news-network (2019-12-30). "शंकरराव गडाख यांनी घेतली कॅबिनेट मंत्रीपदाची शपथ". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-06-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Maharashtra: Minister Shankarrao Gadakh joins Shiv Sena". www.timesnownews.com. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  6. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  7. ^ "Maharashtra inks MoU with US to promote Agri-business investment". krishijagran.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  8. ^ "Maharashtra signs MoU with USA to boost agro-industry sector". The Indian Express. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-18.


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