The Ministry of Command Area Development 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 Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Command Area Development Government of Maharashtrasince 05 December 2024.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Command Area Development01Sheshrao Krishnarao Wankhede 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Shankarrao Chavan 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantParashuram Krishnaji Sawant05Balasaheb Desai 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Shankarrao Chavan 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19691972Indian National Congress08Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Abdul Rahman Antulay 19731974Indian National Congress10Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19741975Indian National Congress11Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Hari Govindrao Vartak 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Purushottam Dekate 19781978Indian National Congress (Indira)Vasantdada II14Shankarrao Chavan 19781980Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar ISharad Pawar15Abdul Rahman Antulay (Chief Minister)19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil18Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV19Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar20Bhagwantrao Gaikwad 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan21Vilasrao Deshmukh 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar22Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III23Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik24Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19931994Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar25Mahadeorao Sukaji Shivankar 19951997Bharatiya Janata Party Joshi Manohar Joshi26Eknath Khadse 19971999Bharatiya Janata Party27Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister)19991999Bharatiya Janata Party Rane Narayan Rane28Narayan Rane (Chief Minister)19991999Shiv Sena29 Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 19992003Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh30 Sushilkumar Shinde (Chief Minister)20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde31 R. R. Patil (Deputy Chief Minister)20042004Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh32 Ajit Pawar 20042008Nationalist Congress Party33 Ajit Pawar 20082009Nationalist Congress Party Ashok IAshok Chavan34 Ajit Pawar 20092010Nationalist Congress Party Ashok II35 Sunil Tatkare 20102014Nationalist Congress Party Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan36 Bhaskar Jadhav 20142014Nationalist Congress Party37Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142014Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis38Girish Mahajan 20142019Bharatiya Janata Party39 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II40Chhagan Bhujbal 20192019Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray41 Jayant Patil 20192022Nationalist Congress Party42 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde43Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister)20222024Bharatiya Janata Party44Devendra 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 Command Area Development Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Omprakash Babarao Kadu 20192022Prahar Janshakti Party Supported Party (Shiv Sena) ThackerayJayant Patil Uddhav Thackeray02Satej Patil Additional_Charge20222022Indian National Congress Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Devendra Fadnavis (2022 – 2024) Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis(2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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