The Ministry of Special Backward Classes Welfare is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Devendra Fadnavis is Current Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Special Backward Classes Welfare Government of Maharashtra.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Special Backward Classes Welfare - SBCW01B. G. Gadhe 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02D. S. Palaspagar 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Keshavrao Sonawane 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantP. K. Sawant05Nirmala Raje Bhosale 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Nirmala Raje Bhosale 19691972Indian National Congress08Hari Govindrao Vartak 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Abdul Rahman Antulay 19731974Indian National Congress10M. B. Popat 19741975Indian National Congress11Vasantdada Patil 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Nashikrao Tirpude (Deputy Chief Minister)19781978Indian National Congress (Indira)Vasantdada II14Bhausaheb Surve 19781980Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar ISharad Pawar15Jawaharlal Darda 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Surupsingh Hirya Naik 19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17 Shantaram Gholap 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil18Balachandra Bhai Sawant 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV19 Jawaharlal Darda 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar20Sushilkumar Shinde 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan21Sudhakarrao Naik 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar22Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III23Sushilkumar Shinde 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik24Chhagan Bhujbal 19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar25Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister)19951999Bharatiya Janata Party Joshi Manohar Joshi26Babanrao Gholap 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane27Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister)19991999Bharatiya Janata Party28 Jaywantrao Awale 19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh29 Surupsingh Hirya Naik 20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde30 R. R. Patil (Deputy Chief Minister)20042004Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh31 Jayant Patil 20042008Nationalist Congress Party32 Ganesh Naik 20082009Nationalist Congress Party Ashok IAshok Chavan33 Shivajirao Moghe 20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II34 Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan35 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister)20142016Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis36 Chandrakant Patil 20162019Bharatiya Janata Party37 Sanjay Kute 20192019Bharatiya Janata Party38 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II39 Nitin Raut 20192019Indian National Congress Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray40 Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar 20192022Indian National Congress41 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde42 Atul Save 20222023Bharatiya Janata Party 43 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)20232024Shiv Sena (2022–present)44Devendra 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 Special Backward Classes Welfare - SBCW Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Omprakash Babarao Kadu 20192022Prahar Janshakti Party Supported Party Shiv Sena ThackerayVijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar Uddhav Thackeray02Dattatray Vithoba Bharne Additional_Charge20222022Nationalist Congress Party Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Atul Save (2023 – 2023) Eknath Shinde (2023 – 2024) Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis(2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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