Mumbai, January 5: After Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday approved the allocation of portfolios as proposed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the Ministers in the state Cabinet have been allocated the ministries. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has got the Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Planning while Aaditya Thackeray has been allocated the portfolio of Environment, Tourism and Protocol. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will hold the charge of Ministry of General Administration, Information and Technology, Information and Public Relations, Law and Judiciary and other departments which have not been allocated to any other Minister.

Shiv Sena's Abdul Sattar has been appointed as Minister of State (MoS) of Revenue, Rural Development, Port Land Development and Special Assistance. Balasaheb Thorat has been allocated Revenue Ministry while Ministry of Industry & Mining and Ministry of Marathi language has been allocated to Subhash Desai.

Jayant Patil will hold the charge of Water Resources and Command Area Development. Ashok Chavan has been allocated the Ministry of Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings). Nawab Malik has been allocated portfolios of Minority Development and Aukaf, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Chhagan Bhujbal has been given ministries of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection.

Here is The List for Maharashtra Portfolio Allocation:

Party Leader Ministry
NCP Ajit Pawar Finance and Planning
NCP Anil Deshmukh Home
NCP Jayant Patil Water resources (irrigation)
NCP Chhagan Bhujbal Food and civil supplies
NCP Jitendra Awhad Housing
NCP Dhananjay Munde Social justice
NCP Dilip Walse-Patil Excise and labour
NCP Rajendra Shingne Food and drugs administration
NCP Rajesh Tope Health
Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde Urban development
Shiv Sena Dadaji Bhuse Agriculture
Shiv Sena Uday Samant Higher and technical education
Shiv Sena Anil Parab Transport and parliamentary affairs
Shiv Sena Subhash Desai Industries
Shiv Sena Sanjay Rathod Forest
Shiv Sena Sandipanrao Bhumre EGS
Shiv Sena Shankarrao Gadakh Water conservation
Shiv Sena Gulrabrao Patil Water supply
Congress Nitin Raut Energy
Congress Varsha Gaikwad School education
Congress Sunil Kedar Dairy development
Congress Yashomati Thakur Women and child welfare
Congress KC Padvi Tribal development
Congress Amit Deshmukh health education and culture
Congress Vijay Vadettiwar OBC welfare
Congress Aslam Shaikh Textiles, ports
Congress Ashok Chavan Public Works Department (PWD)
Congress Balasaheb Thorat Revenue

 

In Maharahstra, Shiv Sena has 56 MLAs, the NCP has 54 MLA, while the Congress has 44 lawmakers. Uddhav Thackeray was chosen as the leader of the Maha Vikas Agadi’ and was sworn in as the CM of the state on November 26, 2019, after a month-long political drama.

Here's the Complete List of Ministers With Portfolio in Uddhav Thackeray's Cabinet:

In Maharashtra, portfolios were allocated almost a week after the Maharashtra Cabinet expansion and induction of 36 ministers in Udhhav Thackeray government. According to reports, Thackeray will look after only the general administration department. Deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has been reportedly allocated Finance Ministry. Home Ministry also went to the NCP.

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