Prithviraj Chavan ministry

Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 11 November 2010.^[1] The following is his cabinet. The government consisted of Chavan's Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party.^[1]

Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Prithviraj Chavan, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Date formed	11 November 2010
Date dissolved	26 September 2014
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (2010-14) Governor Om Prakash Kohli Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao (2014)
Head of government	Prithviraj Chavan
No. of ministers	40
Member parties	Congress NCP Independents
Status in legislature	Coalition MA   INC (82)   NCP (62)   OTH (31) 175 / 288 (61%)
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena
Opposition leader	Eknath Khadse (Legislative Assembly) Pandurang Fundkar (Legislative Council) (2010-11) Vinod Tawde (Legislative Council) (2011-14)
History
Election	2009
Outgoing election	2014
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Successor	First Fadnavis ministry

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

  Indian National Congress (49%)

  Nationalist Congress Party (46%)

  Independent (5%)

The two parties had secured a majority of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly seats in the 2009 election, and a government under Congress' Ashok Chavan (No relation to Prithviraj Chavan) was formed.^[2] However, following graft allegation related to Adarsh Housing Society scam, Chavan resigned as the Chief Minister in November 2010.^[3] Subsequently, Prithviraj Chavan, then a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was chosen by the Congress to lead the Maharashtra government. He was sworn in on 11 November 2010, and subsequently, formed his only cabinet till date. The reasons cited for Chavan's appointment included his relatively corruption-free "clean image" and his lack of allegiance to any of the state's intra-party factions.^[4][5][6]

Chavan made some changes in his predecessor's cabinet, by including some new ministers and reshuffling portfolios.^[7] He also replaced Ashok Chavan's Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal^[8] with Ajit Pawar, who has since served as deputy to two more Chief Ministers.

The Chavan ministry served until its defeat in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election by the BJP and Shiv Sena.

Head Leader

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Speaker of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Dilip Walse-Patil	11 November 2009	8 November 2014		NCP
Deputy Speaker of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vasant Chinduji Purke	4 December 2010	8 November 2014		INC
Leader of The House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)	11 November 2010	25 September 2012		NCP
	Chhagan Bhujbal Additional charge (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings))	27 September 2012	7 December 2012		NCP
	Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)	7 December 2012	26 September 2014		NCP
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Eknath Khadse	11 November 2010	8 November 2014		BJP
Chairman of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Shivajirao Deshmukh	13 August 2004	16 March 2015		INC
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Vasant Davkhare	13 July 2010	8 June 2016		NCP
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)	11 November 2010	25 September 2012		NCP
	R R Patil (Minister of Home Affairs)	29 September 2012	26 September 2014		NCP
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Rajendra Darda (Minister of School Education)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar	11 April 2005	22 December 2011		BJP
	Vinod Tawde	23 December 2011	20 October 2014		BJP

Council of Ministers

Prithviraj Chavan had never been a member of the state's Legislative Assembly. He had previously represented Karad in the Indian parliament's lower house from 1991 to 1999, and had been appointed to the upper house in 2002. A computer scientist by profession, Chavan had served as junior minister in the ministries of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Parliamentary Affairs and as Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office. On his appointment as the Chief Minister, Chavan was elected to the State's upper house, the Legislative Council in April 2011.^[9]

Chavan appointed coalition partner NCP's Ajit Pawar as his Deputy Chief Minister.^[10] Pawar has since intermittently served as Deputy Chief Minister under both the state's next two Chief Ministers - Devendra Fadnavis (2019), and Uddhav Thackeray (Since 2019).^{[citation needed]}

The cabinet consisted of 40 members, 20 each from the two coalition parties.^[10] The parties occasionally included independent members, utilizing their ministerial quotas.^{[citation needed]}

Cabinet Ministers

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Term of office
						Took office	Left office	Duration
01	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	Maharashtra Legislative Council	General Administration Information Technology Information and Public Relations Law and Judiciary Urban Development. State Excise Higher Education and Technical Education Relief and Rehabilitation Disaster Management Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		INC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
02	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	Baramati	Finance Planning Energy		NCP	11 November 2010	25 September 2012	1 year, 319 days
						7 December 2012	26 September 2014	1 year, 293 days
03	R. R. Patil	Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal	Home Affairs Ex. Servicemen Welfare			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
04	Balasaheb Thorat	Sangamner	Revenue Khar land Development Vimukta Jati Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs State Border Defence (First)		INC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
05	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	Shirdi	Agriculture Food and Drug Administration Marathi Language Other Backward Classes Special Backward Classes Welfare			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
06	Narayan Rane	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Industries. Mining Department. Ports Development Employment and Self-employment			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
07	Sunil Tatkare	Shrivardhan	Water Resources. Command Area Development. Earthquake Rehabilitation State Border Defence (Second)		NCP	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
08	Jayant Patil	Islampur	Rural Development. Panchayat Raj			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
09	Hasan Mushrif	MLA	Labour Special Assistance			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
09	Chhagan Bhujbal	Yevla	Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Tourism.			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
16	'Jaydutt Kshirsagar	Beed	Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
16	'Anil Deshmukh		Food and Civil Supplies			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
16	'Rajesh Tope		Higher and Technical Education			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
10	Patangrao Kadam	Palus-Kadegaon	Forests Department Social Justice Socially and Educationally Backward Classes		INC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
11	Rajendra Darda	Aurangabad East	School Education Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Sports and Youth Welfare			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
12	Varsha Gaikwad	Dharavi	Woman and Child Development.			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
13	Sanjay Deotale	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Environment and climate change. Cultural Affairs			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
14	Suresh Shetty	Andheri East	Public Health and Family Welfare Protocol			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
15	Naseem Khan (politician)	Paranda	Housing Textiles Minority Development and Aukaf Marketing			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
17	Madhukarrao Chavan	Tuljapur	Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Department (11 November 2010 - 07 June 2014) Transport. Majority Welfare Development (07 June 2014 – 26 September 2014)			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
18	Harshvardhan Patil	Indapur	Parliamentary Affairs. Co-operation			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
19	Abdul Sattar	Sillod	Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Department			7 June 2014	26 September 2014	111 days
20	Vijaykumar Gavit	Nandurbar	Medical Education Horticulture Employment Guarantee		NCP	11 November 2010	19 March 2014	0 days
21	Jitendra Awhad	Mumbra-Kalwa	Medical Education Horticulture Employment Guarantee			29 May 2014	26 September 2014	120 days
22	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) Soil and Water Conservation			11 November 2010	7 June 2013	2 years, 208 days
22	Shashikant Shinde	Koregaon	Ministry of Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) Soil and Water Conservation			11 June 2013	26 September 2014	1 year, 107 days
24	Babanrao Pachpute	Shrigonda	Tribal Development Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare			11 November 2010	7 June 2013	2 years, 208 days
25	Madhukar Pichad	Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha	Tribal Development Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare			11 June 2013	26 September 2014	1 year, 107 days
26	Laxman Dhobale	Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha	Water Supply Sanitation			11 November 2010	7 June 2013	2 years, 208 days
27	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	Barshi	Water Supply Sanitation		IND	11 June 2013	26 September 2014	1 year, 107 days

Ministers of state

Portfolio	Minister of state	Party		From	To
Urban Development	Uday Samant		NCP	11 June 2013	26 September 2014
Tourism	Amit Deshmukh		INC	2 June 2014	26 September 2014
Forests Ports, Khar Lands Parliamentary Affairs Sports & Youth Welfare Ex-Servicemen Welfare and Law & Judiciary	Bhaskar Jadhav		NCP	11 June 2013	26 September 2014
Revenue Rehabilitation and Relief Work Earthquake Rehabilitation, Co-operation Marketing and Textiles	Shri Prakash Solanke		NCP	11 June 2013	26 September 2014
Housing Slum Improvement House Repairs and Re-Construction Urban Land Ceiling, Industries, Mines Social Justice De-addiction Activities & Environment, and Welfare of Nomadic De-notified Tribes and other Backward Classes	Sachin Ahir		NCP	11 June 2013	26 September 2014
General Administration Information & Public Relations, Cultural Affairs Protocol School Education Women & Child Development Public Health & Family Welfare Minorities Development (Including Aukaf)	Fouzia Khan		NCP	11 June 2013	26 September 2014
Agriculture Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Water Conservation Employment Guarantee Scheme Employment & Self-Employment Transport	Gulabrao B. Devkar		NCP	11 June 2013	26 September 2014

By Departments

An alphabetical list of all the departments of Maharashtra Government with terms : Cabinet Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
General Administration	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Law and Judiciary	Prithviraj Chavan Chief_Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Information and Public Relations	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Information Technology	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Forests Department	Patangrao Kadam	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Home Affairs	R R Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
State Border Defence	Balasaheb Thorat (First)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
	Sunil Tatkare (Second)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Finance	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	11 November 2010	25 September 2012		NCP
	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	25 September 2012	7 December 2012		INC
	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	7 December 2012	26 September 2014		NCP
Planning	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	11 November 2010	25 September 2012		NCP
	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	25 September 2012	7 December 2012		INC
	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	7 December 2012	26 September 2014		NCP
State Excise	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Water Resources	Sunil Tatkare	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Command Area Development	Sunil Tatkare	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)	Chhagan Bhujbal	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)	Chhagan Bhujbal	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Urban Development	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Revenue	Balasaheb Thorat	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Industries	Narayan Rane	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Mining Department	Narayan Rane	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Marathi Language	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Energy, New and Renewable Energy	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	11 November 2010	25 September 2012		NCP
	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	25 September 2012	7 December 2012		INC
	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	7 December 2012	26 September 2014		NCP
Transport	Sachin Ahir	11 November 2010	7 June 2014		INC
	Madhukarrao Chavan	7 June 2014	26 September 2014		INC
Parliamentary Affairs	Harshvardhan Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Housing	Prithviraj Chavan (CM)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Woman and Child Development	Varsha Gaikwad	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Water Supply	Laxman Dhobale	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Chhagan Bhujbal Additional Charge	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		NCP
	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		Independent
Sanitation	Laxman Dhobale	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Chhagan Bhujbal Additional Charge	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		NCP
	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		Independent
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer	Balasaheb Thorat	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Tribal Development	Babanrao Pachpute	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Madhukarrao Chavan Additional Charge	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		INC
	Madhukar Pichad	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		NCP
Environment and Climate Change	Sanjay Deotale	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Tourism	Chhagan Bhujbal	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Protocol	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Medical Education	Vijaykumar Gavit	11 November 2010	19 March 2014		NCP
	Prithviraj Chavan Additional Charge Chief Minister	20 March 2014	29 May 2014		INC
	Jitendra Awhad	29 May 2014	26 September 2014		NCP
Cultural Affairs	Sanjay Deotale	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Higher and Technical Education	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Food and Drug Administration	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
School Education	Rajendra Darda	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Employment Guarantee	Vijaykumar Gavit	11 November 2010	19 March 2014		NCP
	Prithviraj Chavan Additional Charge Chief Minister	20 March 2014	29 May 2014		INC
	Jitendra Awhad	29 May 2014	26 September 2014		NCP
Horticulture	Vijaykumar Gavit	11 November 2010	19 March 2014		NCP
	Prithviraj Chavan Additional Charge Chief Minister	20 March 2014	29 May 2014		INC
	Jitendra Awhad	29 May 2014	26 September 2014		NCP
Co-operation	Narayan Rane	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Marketing	Naseem Khan (Acting)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Textiles	Naseem Khan (Acting)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Fisheries Department	Madhukarrao Chavan	11 November 2010	7 June 2014		INC
	Abdul Sattar	7 June 2014	26 September 2014		INC
Ports Development	Narayan Rane	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Public Health and Family Welfare	Suresh Shetty	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Other Backward Classes	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Agriculture	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Other Backward Bahujan Welfare	Babanrao Pachpute	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Madhukarrao Chavan Additional Charge	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		INC
	Madhukar Pichad	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		NCP
Ex. Servicemen Welfare	R R Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes	Patangrao Kadam	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Social Justice	Patangrao Kadam	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Vimukta Jati	Balasaheb Thorat	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Special Assistance	Patangrao Kadam	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Nomadic Tribes	Babanrao Pachpute	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Madhukarrao Chavan Additional Charge	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		INC
	Madhukar Pichad	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		NCP
Minority Development and Aukaf	Naseem Khan (Acting)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Special Backward Classes Welfare	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Animal Husbandry	Madhukarrao Chavan	11 November 2010	7 June 2014		INC
	Abdul Sattar	7 June 2014	26 September 2014		INC
Khar Land Development	Suresh Shetty	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Dairy Development	Madhukarrao Chavan	11 November 2010	7 June 2014		INC
	Abdul Sattar	7 June 2014	26 September 2014		INC
Earthquake Rehabilitation	Sunil Tatkare	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Dairy Development	Rajendra Darda	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Rajendra Darda	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Disaster Management	Sachin Ahir	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Ministry of Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) of Maharashtra	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Ajit Pawar Additional Charge Deputy Chief Minister	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		NCP
	Shashikant Shinde	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		NCP
Relief & Rehabilitation	Sachin Ahir	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Majority Welfare Development	Madhukarrao Chavan	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		INC
Soil and Water Conservation	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	11 November 2010	7 June 2013		NCP
	Ajit Pawar Additional Charge Deputy Chief Minister	7 June 2013	11 June 2013		NCP
	Shashikant Shinde	11 June 2013	26 September 2014		NCP
Rural Development	Jayant Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP
Labour	Jayant Patil	11 November 2010	26 September 2014		NCP

Guardian Ministers

Sr No.	District	Guardian_Minister
01.	Amaravati	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister		Nationalist Congress Party
02.	Yavatmal	[[]]
03.	Pune	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister
04.	Ahmednagar	Balasaheb Thorat		Indian National Congress
05.	Buldhana
06.	Nagpur
07.	Beed	R. R. Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
08.	Gadchiroli
09.	Mumbai City
10.	Bhandara	Jitendra Awhad
11.	Chandrapur
12.	Kolhapur	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil		Indian National Congress
13.	Palghar
14.	Raigad	Sunil Tatkare		Nationalist Congress Party
15.	Ratnagiri
16.	Akola	Jayant Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
17.	Sangli
18.	Aurangabad	Rajendra Darda		Indian National Congress
19.	Hingoli
20.	Dhule	Shashikant Shinde		Indian National Congress
21.	Gondiya
22.	Jalgaon	Vijaykumar Gavit		Nationalist Congress Party
23.	Jalna	Patangrao Kadam		Indian National Congress
24.	Osmanabad
25.	Latur	Harshvardhan Patil		Indian National Congress
26.	Mumbai Suburban	Naseem Khan (politician)		Indian National Congress
27.	Nanded	Madhukarrao Chavan		Nationalist Congress Party
28.	Nandurbar	Madhukar Pichad		Nationalist Congress Party
29.	Nashik	Chhagan Bhujbal		Nationalist Congress Party
30.	Parbhani	Sanjay Deotale		Indian National Congress
31.	Satara	Suresh Shetty		Indian National Congress
32.	Solapur	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal		Nationalist Congress Party
33.	Thane	Varsha Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
34.	Washim	Varsha Gaikwad
35.	Wardha	Sachin Ahir		Nationalist Congress Party
36.	Sindhudurg	Narayan Rane		Indian National Congress

Ministers by Party

Party		Cabinet Ministers	Minister of State	Total no.of Ministers
	Indian National Congress	14	1	15
	Nationalist Congress Party	13	1	14
	Independent	2	-	2

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