Ministry of Rural Development Government of Maharashtra

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Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department Maharashtra is a Ministry of Government of Maharashtra.

The Ministry is currently headed by Girish Mahajan, a Cabinet Minister.

Head office

Cabinet Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Rural Development
01			Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly )	01 May 1960	07 March 1962	1 year, 310 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao I	Yashwantrao Chavan
02			Akola District) (Legislative Assembly )	08 March 1962	19 November 1962	256 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao II
03			Akola 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	Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant
05			Akola District) (Legislative Assembly )	05 December 1963	01 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao I	Vasantrao Naik
06			Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly )	01 March 1967	27 October 1969	2 years, 240 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
07			Satara District) (Legislative Assembly )	27 October 1969	13 March 1972	2 years, 138 days	Indian National Congress
08			Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly )	13 March 1972	04 April 1973	1 year, 32 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao III
09			Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief Minister)	04 April 1973	17 Match 1974	347 days	Indian National Congress
10			Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	17 Match 1974	21 February 1975	341 days	Indian National Congress
Minister of Rural Development and Minister of New Townships
11			Beed District) (Legislative Assembly )	21 February 1975	16 April 1977	2 years, 54 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao I	Shankarrao Chavan
12			Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council )	21 February 1975	16 April 1977	2 years, 54 days	Indian National Congress
13			K. M. Patil (Minister of Rural Development) ( Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	17 April 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada I	Vasantdada Patil
14			Narendra Mahipati Tidke (Minister of New Townships) ( Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly )	17 April 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress
15			Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada II
16			Wardha District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Minister of Rural Development
17			Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly )	18 July 1978	18 February 1980	1 year, 215 days	Janata Party	Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
18			Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly )	09 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	Indian National Congress	Antulay	Abdul Rahman Antulay
19			Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil ( Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Bhosale	Babasaheb Bhosale
Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayat Raj
20			Satara District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada III	Vasantdada Patil
21			Nanabhau Yambadwar (Minister of Panchayat Raj) ( Gondia District) (Legislative Council )	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress
22			Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Minister of Rural Development) ( Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council )	12 March 1985	03 June 1985	83 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada IV
23			Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council )	12 March 1985	03 June 1985	83 days	Indian National Congress
24			Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Minister of Rural Development) ( Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council )	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress	Nilangekar	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
25			Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly )	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress
26			Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Minister of Rural Development) ( Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council )	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao II	Shankarrao Chavan
27			Ram Meghe (Minister of Panchayat Raj) (MLA for Daryapur Constituency No. 40- Amravati District) (Legislative Assembly)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress
28			Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly )	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar II	Sharad Pawar
29			Nanded District (Legislative Assembly )	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress
30			Sangli District) (Legislative Council )	03 March 1990	25 January 1991	328 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar III
31			Osmanabad District (Legislative Assembly )	03 March 1990	25 January 1991	328 days	Indian National Congress
32			Wardha District) (Legislative Council )	25 January 1991	25 June 1991	151 days	Indian National Congress
33			Abhaysinh Raje Bhosale (Minister of Panchayat Raj) ( Satara District (Legislative Assembly )	25 January 1991	25 June 1991	151 days	Indian National Congress
34			Latur District) (Legislative Assembly )	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Indian National Congress	Sudhakarrao	Sudhakarrao Naik
35			Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Council )	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Indian National Congress
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
36			Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly )	06 March 1993	18 November 1994	1 year, 257 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
37			Sangli District) (Legislative Council )	14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
38			Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council )	01 February 1999	11 May 1999	99 days	Shiv Sena	Rane	Narayan Rane
39			Latur District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Deputy Chief Minister)	11 May 1999	17 October 1999	159 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
40			Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council ) (Deputy Chief Minister)	19 October 1999	27 October 1999	8 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
41			Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly )	27 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 81 days	Nationalist Congress Party
42			Nagpur District) (Legislative Council )	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
43			Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Deputy Chief Minister)	01 November 2004	09 November 2004	8 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
44			Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly )	09 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 22 days	Nationalist Congress Party
45			Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly )	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Indian National Congress	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
46			Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly )	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ashok II
47			Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly )	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
48			Beed District) (Legislative Assembly )	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 12 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
49			Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief_Minister) In Charge	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis II
50			Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly )	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
51			Kolhapur District) (Legislative Assembly )	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Nationalist Congress Party
52			Thane District) (Legislative Assembly ) (Chief Minister) In Charge	30 June 2022	14 August 2022	45 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
53			Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly )	14 August 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 355 days	Bharatiya Janata Party

List of ministers of state

No	Name	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Alliance		Chief minister
1	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi		SHS	30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC		Uddhav Thackeray
2	Satej Patil Additional_charge		INC	27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
3	NA		SHS Eknath group BJP	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry		National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group		Eknath Shinde

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