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Maharashtra Council of Ministers

Emblem of Maharashtra
Agency overview
Formed	1 May 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-01)
Type	Highest executive body of the Government of Maharashtra
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Headquarters	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Agency executives	Devendra Fadnavis, Chairman Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chairman Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chairman
Child agencies	Cabinet Ministries of the Government of Maharashtra
Website	www.maharashtra.gov.in

The Maharashtra Council of Ministers, also called State Cabinet is the principal executive organ of the Government of Maharashtra, which functions as the senior decision-making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by the Chief Minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries. The council is subject to the Maharashtra Legislature.

A smaller executive body called the State Cabinet is the supreme decision-making body in Maharashtra; it is a subset of the Maharashtra Council of Ministers who hold important portfolios and ministries of the government.

Ranking

There are five categories of the council of ministers as given below, in descending order of rank:

• Chief Minister: Leader of the State Council of Ministers.
• Deputy Chief Minister (if any): Presides as chief minister in his absence or as the senior most cabinet minister.
• Cabinet Minister: A member of the State cabinet; leads a ministry.
• Minister of State (Independent charge): Junior minister not reporting to a Cabinet Minister.
• Minister of State (MoS): Deputy Minister reporting to a Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry.

Appointment

Pursuant to Article 75, a minister who works at the pleasure of the Governor, is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister. Since at least the turn of the millennia, evidence indicates that an MLA's electoral performance enhances the likelihood of being granted a ministerial portfolio.

Removal

• Upon death
• Upon self resignation, or resignation or death of the Chief Minister
• Upon dismissal by the Governor for minister's unconstitutional acts per Article 75(2)
• Upon direction from the Judiciary for committing violation of law
• Upon ceasing eligibility to be a member of Legislature
• Under the provision of "Collective Responsibility" under Article 75, the Chief Minister and the entire Council of Ministers resign if a Vote of No Confidence is passed in the Lower House (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly) of the Maharashtra Legislature

Council of Ministers in state governments

Every state in India is governed by its council of ministers with rules and procedures similar to the union council of ministers per Articles 163, 164 and 167(c).

In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India used its powers for the first time to do "complete justice" under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution to remove a minister functioning in the state of Manipur.

Council of Ministers

The cabinet expansion was took place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on 15 December 2024. Maharashtra can have a maximum of 43 ministers. 33 were inducted as Cabinet ministers, 6 were sworn in as ministers of state. 19 ministers from the BJP, 11 from the  Shiv Sena and 9 from the NCP taken oath as cabinet ministers.

Council portfolios are as follows

• Update = 15 December 2024

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State

References

1. Article 58 of the Constitution of India
2. Wikisource: Constitution of India/Part XVIII
3. Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Bangalore. ISSN 0971-751X. OCLC 13119119. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
4. Ladwig III, Walter C. (23 December 2019). "Executive Particularism and Ministerial Selection in India". Legislative Studies Quarterly. 44 (4): 469–493. doi:10.1111/lsq.12261. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. The Indian Express (15 December 2024). "Maharashtra cabinet expanded; here is the full list of ministers". Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
6. News18 (15 December 2024). "Maharashtra Cabinet Takes Shape After Massive Mandate In Assembly Polls | Check List Of Ministers". Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

v t e Maharashtra ministries
Bombay Presidency (1937–47)	Cooper Kher I Kher II
Bombay State (1947–60)	Kher Desai Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao II
Maharashtra (1960–)	Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao II Kannamwar Sawant Vasantrao I Vasantrao II Vasantrao III Shankarrao I Patil I Patil II Pawar I Antulay Bhosale Patil III Patil IV Nilangekar Shankarrao II Pawar II Pawar III Sudhakarrao Pawar IV Joshi Rane Deshmukh I Sushilkumar Deshmukh II Ashok I Ashok II Prithviraj Fadnavis I Fadnavis II Thackeray Eknath Fadnavis III

v t e Council of Ministers of India
Union ministry	Union Council of Ministers (Longest-serving)
State ministries	States Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Union territories Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Puducherry

v t e State of Maharashtra
Capital: Mumbai Second capital: Nagpur
Topics	History Geography Economy Tourism Highest point Marathi language Culture Marathi people Marathi literature Marathi cinema Maharashtrian cuisine Sports
Regions	Desh Khandesh Konkan Mumbai Metropolitan Region Marathwada Vidarbha North Maharashtra
Divisions and Districts	Amravati division Akola Amravati Buldhana Washim Yavatmal Konkan division Mumbai Mumbai Suburban Palghar Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Thane Aurangabad division Beed Aurangabad Osmanabad Hingoli Jalna Latur Nanded Parbhani Nagpur division Bhandara Chandrapur Gadchiroli Gondia Nagpur Wardha Nashik division Ahmednagar Dhule Jalgaon Nandurbar Nashik Pune division Kolhapur Pune Sangli Satara Solapur
Million-plus cities in Maharashtra	Mumbai Pune Nagpur Thane Pimpri-Chinchwad Nashik Kalyan-Dombivli Vasai-Virar Aurangabad Navi Mumbai
Other cities with municipal corporations	Ahmednagar Akola Amravati Bhiwandi Chandrapur Dhule Ichalkaranji Jalgaon Kolhapur Latur Malegaon Mira-Bhayandar Nanded Panvel Parbhani Sangli Solapur Ulhasnagar
Government	Chief Ministers Legislature (Legislative Council Legislative Assembly) Police Bombay High Court
Portal:India

• Government of Maharashtra
• State council of ministers of India
• 1960 establishments in Maharashtra
• Cabinets established in 1960