The Ministry of Information and Public Relations is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for preparing annual plans for the development of Maharashtra state.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Devendra Fadnavis is Current Minister of Information and Public Relations.
Head office
List of Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Information and Public Relations01 Yashwantrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02 Yashwantrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Marotrao Kannamwar 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress Sawant IP. K. Sawant05Vasantrao Naik 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19671972Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19721975Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao IShankarrao Chavan10Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil11Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19781978Indian National Congress (U)Vasantdada II12Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19781980Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar ISharad Pawar13Abdul Rahman Antulay (Chief Minister)19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay14Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale15Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil16Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19601962Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV17Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Chief Minister)19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar18Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan19Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar20Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III21Sudhakarrao Naik (Chief Minister)19911991Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik22Shivajirao Deshmukh 19911992Indian National Congress23Ramrao Adik 19921993Indian National Congress24Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar25Manohar Joshi Chief Minister)19951999Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi26Narayan Rane (Chief Minister)19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane27 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh28 Sushilkumar Shinde (Chief Minister)20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde29 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042007Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh30 Ashok Chavan (Chief Minister)20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan31 Ashok Chavan (Chief Minister)2009201pIndian National Congress Ashok II32 Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan33 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis34 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II35 Uddhav Thackeray (Chief Minister)20192019Shiv Sena Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray36 Uddhav Thackeray (Chief Minister)20192022Shiv Sena37 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde38 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) 20222024Shiv Sena (2022–present) 39Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Information and Public Relations The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 23 November 2019 To 28 November 201920192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Aditi Tatkare 20192022Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 30 June 2022 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis(2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
List of principal secretary Shri Sanjay Chahande, (IAS)
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