The Ministry of Special Assistance is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Narhari Zirwal is current Minister of Special Assistance.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Special Assistance01Balasaheb Shivram Bharde 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Niramala Raje Bhosale 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress Sawant IP. K. Sawant05 Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Pratibha Patil 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07D. S. Palaspagar 19691972Indian National Congress08M. B. Popat 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19731974Indian National Congress10Vasantdada Patil 19741975Indian National Congress11Pratibha Patil 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Yashwantrao Mohite 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Prabha Rau 19781978Indian National Congress (Indira)Vasantdada II14Uttamrao Patil 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar15Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19801981Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Nanabhau Yembadwar 19811982Indian National Congress17Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar 19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale18Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil19Jawaharlal Darda 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV20Balachandra Bhai Sawant 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar21Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan22Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar23Javed Iqbal Khan 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III24Sushilkumar Shinde 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik25Ramrao Adik 19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar26Manohar Joshi (Chief Minister)19951997Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi27Pramod Navalkar 19971999Shiv Sena28Sureshdada Jain 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane29Haribhau Bagade 19991999Bharatiya Janata Party30 Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)19992001Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh31 Madhukarrao Pichad 20012003Nationalist Congress Party32 Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil 20032003Nationalist Congress Party Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde33 Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil (Deputy Chief Minister)20032004Nationalist Congress Party32 R. R. Patil (Deputy Chief Minister)20042004Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh33 Jayant Patil 20042008Nationalist Congress Party34 Nawab Malik 20082009Nationalist Congress Party Ashok IAshok Chavan35 Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)20092010Nationalist Congress Party Ashok II36 Patangrao Kadam 20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan37 Vishnu Savara 20142014Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis38 Rajkumar Badole 20142019Bharatiya Janata Party39 Suresh Khade 20192019Bharatiya Janata Party40 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II41Chhagan Bhujbal 20192019Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray42 Dhananjay Munde 20192022Nationalist Congress Party43 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde44 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) 20222023Shiv Sena (2022–present) 45 Hasan Mushrif 20232024Nationalist Congress Party 46Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis47 Narhari Zirwal 2024IncumbentNationalist Congress Party
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Special Assistance Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi 20192022Shiv Sena ThackerayDhananjay Munde Uddhav Thackeray02Aditi Tatkare Additional_Charge20222022Nationalist Congress Party Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2023) Hasan Mushrif (2023 – 2024) Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis IIINarhari Zirwal (2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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