The Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department Maharashtra is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra.
It is currently headed by Girish Mahajan, a Cabinet Minister.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Rural Development01Shankarrao Chavan 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantParashuram Krishnaji Sawant05Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Sheshrao Krishnarao Wankhede 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Balasaheb Desai 19691972Indian National Congress08Abdul Rahman Antulay 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19731974Indian National Congress10Pratibha Patil 19741975Indian National Congress Minister of Rural Development and Minister of New Townships11Sundarrao Solanke (Minister of Rural Development) 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Rafiq Zakaria (Minister of New Townships) 19751977Indian National Congress13K. M. Patil (Minister of Rural Development) 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil14Narendra Mahipati Tidke (Minister of New Townships) 19771978Indian National Congress15Baburao Kale (Minister of Rural Development) 19781978Indian National CongressVasantdada II16Prabha Rau (Minister of New Townships) 19781978Indian National Congress (Indira) Minister of Rural Development 17Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar18Baburao Kale 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay19Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil 19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayat Raj20 Prataprao Baburao Bhosale (Minister of Rural Development) 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil21 Nanabhau Yambadwar (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19831985Indian National Congress22Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Minister of Rural Development) 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV23Jawaharlal Darda (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19851985Indian National Congress24Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Minister of Rural Development) 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar25Sushilkumar Shinde (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19851986Indian National Congress26Balachandra Bhai Sawant (Minister of Rural Development) 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan27Ram Meghe(Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19861988Indian National Congress28Sudhakarrao Naik (Minister of Rural Development) 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar29Kamalkishor Kadam (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19881990Indian National Congress30Shivajirao Deshmukh (Minister of Rural Development) 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III31Padamsinh Bajirao Patil (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19901991Indian National Congress32Datta Meghe (Minister of Rural Development) 19911991Indian National Congress33Abhaysinh Raje Bhosale (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19911991Indian National Congress34Vilasrao Deshmukh(Minister of Rural Development) 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik35Ramrao Adik (Minister of Panchayat Raj) 19911993Indian National Congress Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj36 Ranjeet Deshmukh 19931994Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar37Anna Dange 19951999Bharatiya Janata Party Joshi Manohar Joshi38Sudhir Joshi 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane39Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister)19991999Bharatiya Janata Party40 Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)19991999Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh41 R. R. Patil 19992003Nationalist Congress Party42 Ranjeet Deshmukh 20032003Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde43 Ajit Pawar 20032004Nationalist Congress Party 44 R. R. Patil (Deputy Chief Minister)20042004Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh45 Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil 20042008Nationalist Congress Party46 R. R. Patil 20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan47 Jayant Patil 20092010Nationalist Congress Party Ashok II48 Jayant Patil 20102014Nationalist Congress Party Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan49Pankaja Munde 20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis50 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II51Chhagan Bhujbal 20192019Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray52 Hasan Mushrif 20192022Nationalist Congress Party53 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde54Girish Mahajan 20222024Bharatiya Janata Party55Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis56 Jaykumar Gore 2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi 20192022Shiv Sena ThackerayHasan Mushrif Uddhav Thackeray02Satej Patil Additional_Charge20222022Indian National Congress Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Girish Mahajan (2022 - 2024) Eknath Shinde03Yogesh Kadam 2024IncumbentShiv Sena (Shinde Group) Fadnavis III Jaykumar Gore (2024–Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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