The Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Sanjay Rathod is Current Minister of Soil and Water Conservation Government of Maharashtra.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Soil and Water Conservation01S. K. Wankhede 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Abdul Kader Salebhoy 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Vasantrao Naik 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantP. K. Sawant05Shankarrao Chavan 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Balasaheb Desai 19691972Indian National Congress08Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19731974Indian National Congress10Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19741975Indian National Congress11Sundarrao Solanke 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Shivajirao Girdhar Patil 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Sudhakarrao Naik 19781978Indian National CongressVasantdada II14Sushilkumar Shinde 19781980Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar ISharad Pawar15Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Surupsingh Hirya Naik 19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17 Ramrao Adik (Deputy Chief Minister)19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil18V. Subramanian 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV19 Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar20Vilasrao Deshmukh 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan21Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar22Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III23Jawaharlal Darda 19911991Indian National Congress24Sudhakarrao Naik (Chief Minister)19911991Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik25Arun Mehta 19911993Indian National Congress26Harshvardhan Deshmukh 19931995 Independent Supported Party (Indian National Congress) Pawar IV Sharad Pawar27Shashikant Sutar 19951999Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi28Chandrakant Khaire 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane29Sureshdada Jain 19991999Shiv Sena30 Patangrao Kadam 19992001Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh31 Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 20012003Nationalist Congress Party32 Ganpatrao Deshmukh 20032004Peasants and Workers Party of India Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde33 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042004Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh34 Surupsingh Hirya Naik 20042008Indian National Congress35 Balasaheb Thorat 20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan36 Balasaheb Thorat 20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II37 Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar 20102013Nationalist Congress Party Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan38 Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)Additional Charge20132013Nationalist Congress Party39 Shashikant Shinde 20132014Nationalist Congress Party40 Pankaja Munde 20142016Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis41 Ram Shinde 20162019Bharatiya Janata Party42 Tanaji Sawant 20192019Shiv Sena43 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II44Eknath Shinde 20192019Shiv Sena (2022–present) Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray45 Shankarrao Gadakh 20192022Independent Supported Party (Shiv Sena)46 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde47 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)20222023Shiv Sena (2022–present)48 Sanjay Rathod 20232024Shiv Sena (2022–present) 49Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis50 Sanjay Rathod 2024IncumbentShiv Sena (Shinde Group)
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Soil and Water Conservation Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Dattatray Vithoba Bharne 20192022Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Shankarrao Gadakh Uddhav Thackeray Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2023) Sanjay Rathod (2023–2024) Eknath Shinde02Indranil Naik 2024IncumbentNationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group) Fadnavis III Sanjay Rathod (2024–Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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