The Ministry of State Excise 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. Sunetra Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for State Excise.

Head office

Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of State Excise01T. R. Narawane 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Balasaheb Desai 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Abdul Kader Salebhoy 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress Sawant IP. K. Sawant05 D. S. Palaspagar 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Shantilal Shah 19671972Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Pratibha Patil 19721975Indian National Congress Vasantrao III08Vasantdada Patil 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao IShankarrao Chavan09Shankarrao Rakh 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil10Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19781978Indian National Congress (U)Vasantdada II11Sadanand Shankar Varde 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar12Abdul Rahman Antulay (Chief Minister)19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay13Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821982Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale14Pratibha Patil 19821983Indian National Congress15Baliram Waman Hiray 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil16V. Subramanian 19601962Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV17Jawaharlal Darda 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar18Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan19Chhedilal Gupta 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar20Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III21Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil 19911991Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik22Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe 19911993Indian National Congress23Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar24Jagannath Patil 19951999Bharatiya Janata Party Joshi Manohar Joshi25Narayan Rane (Chief Minister)19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane26Anna Dange 19991999Bharatiya Janata Party27 Vasant Chavan 19992003Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh28 Sushilkumar Shinde (Chief Minister)20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde29 Ganesh Naik 20042007Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh30 Ganesh Naik 20082009Nationalist Congress Party Ashok IAshok Chavan31 Ganesh Naik 2009201pNationalist Congress Party Ashok II32 Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)20102012Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan33 Ganesh Naik 20122014Nationalist Congress Party34 Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)20142014Indian National Congress35 Eknath Khadse 20142016Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis36 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20162016Bharatiya Janata Party37Chandrashekhar Bawankule 20162019Bharatiya Janata Party38 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II39 Chhagan Bhujbal 20192019Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray40 Dilip Walse-Patil 20192021Nationalist Congress Party41 Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)20212022Nationalist Congress Party42 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde43 Shambhuraj Desai 20222024Shiv Sena (2022–present) 44Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis45 Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)20242026Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group)46 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) Additional Charge20262026Bharatiya Janata Party47 Sunetra Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)2026IncumbentNationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group)

Ministers of State

No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of State Excise Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Shambhuraj Desai 20192022Shiv Sena ThackerayDilip Walse-Patil(2019 - 2021) Ajit Pawar (2021 - 2022) Uddhav Thackeray02Satej Patil Additional_Charge20222022Indian National Congress Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Shambhuraj Desai (2022–Present) Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis IIIAjit Pawar (2024 – 2026) Devendra Fadnavis Additional Charge(2026 – 2026) Sunetra Pawar (2026 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis

List Minister of Prohibition (1960 - 1995)

No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Prohibition Starting Date 1 May 196001T. R. Narawane 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Abdul Kader Salebhoy 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Abdul Kader Salebhoy 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress Sawant IP. K. Sawant05 D. S. Palaspagar 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Shantilal Shah 19671972Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Rafique Zakaria 19721975Indian National Congress Vasantrao III08Vasantdada Patil 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao IShankarrao Chavan09Shankarrao Rakh 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil10Baburao Kale 19781978Indian National Congress (U)Vasantdada II11Sadanand Shankar Varde 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar12Baliram Waman Hiray 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay13Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821982Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale14Pratibha Patil 19821983Indian National Congress15Baliram Waman Hiray 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil16V. Subramanian 19601962Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV17Jawaharlal Darda 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar18Balachandra Sawant 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan19Chhedilal Gupta 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar20Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III21Ramdas Athawale 19911993Republican Party of India (Athawale) Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik22Ramdas Athawale 19931995Republican Party of India (Athawale) Pawar IV Sharad Pawar Dissolved and Ending Date 14 March 1995

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