Maharashtra portfolios: Fadnavis keeps Home, Shinde Urban Development; Ajit gets Finance

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis retained Home department and law and judiciary department, while Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar got Urban Development department and finance department respectively, in the portfolio allocation among the cabinet ministers in Maharashtra on Saturday (December 21, 2024).

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Tiding over their internal differences, the Mahayuti partners finally announced the cabinet portfolio allocation on the last day of the winter session of Maharashtra legislative assembly. Portfolios were announced for all the 33 cabinet ministers and six ministers of State. The portfolio allocation has also changed the formula of the last government. Some portfolios have been reshuffled among the three parties, but the three top leaders will continue to handle their favourite departments.

BJP has been successful in keeping the revenue portfolio with itself, while women and child development department will continue to be with NCP’s Aditi Tatkare though there were speculations on whether it will be handed over to a senior woman minister from the BJP. Young faces have been given an opportunity in this cabinet. BJP’s Nitesh Rane and Jaykumar Gore will handle fisheries and rural development respectively.

Mr. Fadnavis will handle five portfolios including some of his favourites like Home, Energy (excluding renewable energy), law and judiciary, General Administration department, Information and Publicity (and departments not allotted to any other ministers). DCM Eknath Shinde will retain his favourite Urban Development department, along with two other portfolios – Housing and Public Works (public enterprises). DCM Ajit Pawar will continue to handle Finance and Planning department, along with State Excise (which was earlier with Eknath Shinde group).

Though Home portfolio was denied to Eknath Shinde, his minister Yogesh Kadam has been given MoS Home (rural). Some ministers have had to take a step down from their previous portfolio. Senior BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who was the revenue minister in the previous government, will now be the water resources minister. Amid protests in Beed and the controversy around NCP leader Dhananjay Mundhe’s name, he has been named the food and civil supplies minister. He was earlier the agriculture minister. Shiv Sena’s Uday Samant will continue to be the industries’ minister in this government as well.

The berth allocation was announced a week after the cabinet expansion, and almost a month after the State Assembly election results in Maharashtra.

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While maintaining regional balance, Mumbai has two cabinet ministers this time. This is crucial in the background of the upcoming BMC elections. BJP Mumbai president Ashish Shelar, who has been named a cabinet minister this time, will handle Information Technology and Cultural Affairs department, while builder and BJP leader Mangalprabhat Lodha will continue to handle skill development, employment, entrepreneurship and innovation, in this government as well.

Here is the detailed list of portfolio allocation in Maharashtra:

Chandrashekhar Bawankule will head the Ministry of Revenue.

Radhakrishna Patil will be the Minister of Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development) department and Girish Mahajan for Vidharbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation along with Department of Disaster Management.

Hasan Mushrif will be the Minister of Medical Education.

Ganesh Naik has been assigned Department of Forests, Water Supply and Sanitation to Gulabrao Patil, Dadaji Bhuse will be the Minister of School Education and Sanjay Rathod, the Minister of Soil & Water Conservation. Dhananjay Munde. Mangalprabhat Lodha will head Skill Development, Employment, Entreprenuership and Innovatoin departments. Uday Samant Industries and Marathi Language. Marketing and Protocol ministries Jaykumar Rawal, Atil Save will be the Minister of OBC Welfare, Dairy Development & Renewable Energy. Ashok Uike will head the Tribal Development Department. Shambhuraj Desai will head the Tourism , Mining and Ex-Servicemen Welfare departments.

Information Technology and Cultural Affairs has been assigned to Ashish Shelar and Department of Sports and Youth Welfare , Minorities Development & Aukaf has been assigned to Dattatray Bharane.

Aditi Tatkare will head the Department of Women and Child Development and Shivendrasingh Bhosale for Public Works. Department of Agriculture will be under Manikrao Kokate.

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Rural Development and Panchayati Raj will be under Jaykumar Gore, Narhari Zirwal will be the Minister of Food and Drug Administration, Special Assistance. Sanjay Savkare will head Textiles and Sanjay Shirsat will be the head of the Department of Social Justice.

Pratap Sarnaik will head the Department of Transport and Bharatseth Gogawale will head Departments of Employment Guarantee, Horticulture, Salt Pan Land Development.

Makarand Jadhav will head the Ministries of Relief & Rehabilitation, and Nitesh Rane the head of Fisheries and Ports. Aakash Fundkar will head the Department of Labour and Prakash Abitkar will head Public Health and Family Welfare Department.

Apart from the cabinet rank, Governor also appointed six Minister of State. Ashish Jaiswal will head Department of Finance & Planning, Agricultre, Relief & Rehabilitation, Law & Judiciary and Labour. Madhuri Misal has been assigned Urban Development, Transport, Social Justice Medical Education, Minorities Development & Aukaf.

Pankaj Bhoyar will head Home (Rural), Housing, School Education, Co-operatoin, and Mining. Meghna Bordikar will be Minister of State for Public Health and Family Welfarem Water Supply & Sanitation, Energy, Women & Child Development, along with Public Works. The Minister of State for the Departments Industries, Public Works Department, Higher Technical Education , Tribal development, Tourism and Soil & Water conservation ministries will be Indranil Naik.

Home (Urban), Revenue, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection along with Food and Drug Administrations has been allocated to Yogesh Kadam.