Ministry of Rural Development Government of Maharashtra

Minister of Rural Development
**मंत्री ग्रामविकास विभाग**
Minister of Rural Development; मंत्री ग्रामविकास विभाग
	Emblem of India
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Girish Mahajan; since 14 August 2022
	Ministry of Rural Development (Maharashtra)
Style	The Honourable
Abbreviation	Cabinet Minister
Member of	State Cabinet
Reports to	Chief Minister,; Maharashtra Legislature
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor on the advice of the ; Chief Minister
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Hasan Mushrif; (2019- 2022)
Inaugural holder	Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD; since 29 June 2022

Ministry of Rural Development
Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय ग्रामविकास विभाग महाराष्ट्र शासन
	Seal of the state of Maharashtra
	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Agency overview
Formed	1960
Preceding	Department of Rural Development.;
Jurisdiction	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Annual budget	State budget of Government of Maharashtra
Minister responsible	Girish Mahajan, ; Cabinet Minister;
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State;
Agency executives	-, ; Principal Secretary; -, ; Joint Secretary; -, ; Deputy Secretary;

Ministry of Rural Development Department Maharashtra is a Ministry of Government of Maharashtra.

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

Head office

List of cabinet ministers


No	Name (Constituency)		Term of office	Ministry
1	Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar	INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar		8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	S. K. Wankhede		20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-	Marotrao Kannamwar
4	Balasaheb Desai (MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)		25 November 1963 - 04 December 1963	-	P. K. Sawant
5	Vasantdada Patil (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 20 - Sangli District) (Legislative Council)		05 December 1963 - 01 March 1967	-	Vasantrao Naik
6	Pratibha Patil		1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972	-	Vasantrao Naik
7	A. R. Antulay (MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)		13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975	Third Vasantrao Naik ministry	Vasantrao Naik
8	Sundarrao Solanke (MLA for Majalgaon Constituency No. 229- Beed District) (Legislative Assembly)		21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977	First Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
9	K. M. Patil (MLA for Ghansavangi Jalna Constituency No. 15- Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly)		17 April 1977 - 06 March 1978	First Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
10	Baburao Kale (MLA for Ghansavangi Jalna Constituency No. 190- Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly)		07 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
11	Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman (MLA for Malegaon Central Constituency No. 114- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	JP	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	Baburao Kale (MLA for Ghansavangi Jalna Constituency No. 190- Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly)	INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	A. R. Antulay
13	Smt.Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil (MLA for Chopda Constituency No. 10- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)		13 January 1982 - 01 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
14	Nanabhau Yambadwar (MLC for Bhandara - Gondia Local Authorities Constituency No. 14 - Gondia District) (Legislative Council)		07 February 1983 - 05 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
15	Balachandra Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)		12 March 1985 - 01 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
16	Balachandra Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)		04 June 1985 - 06 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17	Balachandra Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
18	Sudhakarrao Naik (MLA for Pusad Constituency No. 81- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly)		26 June 1988 - 03 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
19	Shivajirao Deshmukh		4 March 1990 - 25 January 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
20	Abhaysinh Raje Bhosale		25 January 1991 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
21	Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)		28 June 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
22	Ranjeet Deshmukh (MLA for Savner Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly)		06 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
23	Anna Dange (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 05 - Sangli District) (Legislative Council)	BJP	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
24	Sabir Shaikh (MLA for Ambarnath Constituency No. 140- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	SHS	01 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
25	R. R. Patil (MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal-Sangli District)	NCP	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
26	Ranjeet Deshmukh (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 16 - Nagpur District) (Legislative Council)	INC	18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
27	Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil	INC	1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
28	R. R. Patil (MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal-Sangli District)	NCP	8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
29	Jayant Patil (MLA for Islampur-Sangli District)		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
30	Jayant Patil (MLA for Islampur-Sangli District)		11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
31	Pankaja Munde	BJP	31 October 2014 – 12 November 2019	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
32	Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister (Incharge) (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly)	BJP	23 November 2019 - 26 November 2019	Second Fadnavis ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
33	Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla-Nashik District)	NCP	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
34	Hasan Mushrif	NCP	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
35	Eknath Shinde Chief Minister (Incharge) (MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	SHS (Shinde Group)	30 June 2022 - 14 August 2022	Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde
36	Girish Mahajan (MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	BJP	14 August 2022 - Incumbent	Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde

List of ministers of state


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
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	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		Uddhav Thackeray
3	NA	SHS Eknath group BJP	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry	National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group	Eknath Shinde

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Public sector undertakings	City and Industrial Development Corporation Food and Drug Administration Lokayukta Knowledge Corporation (MKCL) Electricity Board (MSEB) Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC)
Board	Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
Autonomous bodies	Information Commission Election Commission
Nodal agencies	Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) Pimpri-Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (PCNTDA) Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)