The Ministry of Ports Development is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Nitesh Rane is Current Minister of Ports Development, Government of Maharashtra as in October 2025.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Ports Development01Vasantrao Naik 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03M. G. Mane 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantP. K. Sawant05 D. S. Palaspagar 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Balasaheb Desai 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07S. K. Wankhede 19691972Indian National Congress08Yashwantrao Mohite 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Abdul Rahman Antulay 19731974Indian National Congress10M. B. Popat 19741975Indian National Congress11Yashwantrao Mohite 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Hari Govindrao Vartak 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Sharad Pawar 19781978Indian National CongressVasantdada II14Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar15Jawaharlal Darda 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16S. M. I. Aseer 19821982Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17Pratibha Patil 19821983Indian National Congress18Surupsingh Hirya Naik 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil19Balachandra Bhai Sawant 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV20Balachandra Bhai Sawant 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar21Balachandra Bhai Sawant 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan22Waman Ramchandra Sherekar 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar23Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III24Datta Meghe 19911991Indian National Congress25Sudhakarrao Naik (Chief Minister)19911991Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik26Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil 19911993Indian National Congress27Prabhakar Dharkar 19931995Independent Supported party Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar28Ganesh Naik 19951999Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi29Diwakar Raote 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane30Narayan Rane (Chief Minister)19991999Shiv Sena31 Husain Dalwai 19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh32 Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)20032003Nationalist Congress Party Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde33 Chhagan Bhujbal 20032004Nationalist Congress Party34 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042004Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh35 Patangrao Kadam 20042008Indian National Congress36 Ravisheth Patil 20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan37 Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II38 Narayan Rane 20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan39 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis40 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II41Subhash Desai 20192019Shiv Sena Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray42 Aslam Shaikh 20192022Indian National Congress43 Eknath Shinde (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde44 Dadaji Bhuse 20222023Shiv Sena (2022–present) 45 Sanjay Bansode 20232024Nationalist Congress Party 46Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis47Nitesh Narayan Rane 2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Ports Development Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi 20192022Shiv Sena ThackerayAslam Shaikh Uddhav Thackeray02Aditi Tatkare Additional_Charge20222022Nationalist Congress Party Vacant 20222024'NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Dadaji Bhuse (2022 - 2023) Sanjay Bansode (2023 – 2024) Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis IIINitesh Rane (2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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