Maharashtra government announced

Ashok Chavan heads the State, with his 38-member council of ministers. The two-tier government has 27 Cabinet ministers and 11 ministers of State.

Following are the Maharashtra Cabinet ministers:

1) Ashok Chavan, chief minister
Portfolio: General Administration, Information and Publicity, Urban Development, Urban Land Ceiling, Housing, Slum Improvement, House Repairs and Reconstruction, Mines, Cultural Affairs and other departments, parts of departments or subjects not specifically allotted to any minister.

2) Chhagan Bhujbal, deputy chief minister
Portfolio: Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) and Special Assistance

3) Narayan Rane
Portfolio: Revenue and Khar Lands and Additional Charge of Rehabilitation and Relief Work, Earthquake Rehabilitation

4) RR Aba alias Raosaheb Ramrao Patil
Portfolio: Home

5) Patangrao Shripatrao Kadam
Portfolio: Forests

6) Shivajirao Shivaramji Moghe
Portfolio: Social Justice, Welfare of Nomadic De-Notified Tribes and Other Backward Classes and De-addiction Activities.

7) Ajit Anantrao Pawar
Portfolio: Water Resources (Excluding Krishna Valley Irrigation Corporation), Energy

8) Radhakrishna Eknathrao Vikhe-Patil
Portfolio: Transport and Ports and Additional charge of Law and Judiciary

9) Jayant Rajaram Patil
Portfolio: Rural Development

10) Harshwardhan Shahajirao Patil
Portfolio: Co-operation, Marketing, Parliamentary Affairs

11) Ganesh Ramchandra Naik
Portfolio: State Excise, Non-Conventional Energy

12) Vijay alias Balasaheb Bhausaheb Thorat
Portfolio: Agriculture, Water Conservation, Employment Guarantee Scheme and Additional charge of School Education

13) Laxmanrao Kondiba Dhobale
Portfolio: Water Supply and Sanitation

14) Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh
Portfolio: Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection.

15) Jaidatta Sonajirao Kshirsagar
Portfolios: Public Works (Public Undertakings)

16) Manoharrao Rajusingh Naik
Portfolio: Food and Drugs Administration

17) Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit
Portfolio: Medical Education, Horticulture and Tourism

18) Sunil Dattatraya Tatkare
Portfolio: Finance and Planning

19) Ramraje Pratapsinh Naik-Nimbalkar
Portfolio: Water Resources (Krishna Valley Irrigation Corporation)

20) Babanrao Bhikaji Pachpute
Portfolio: Tribal Development

21) Rajesh Ankushrao Tope
Portfolio: Higher and Technical Education

22) Rajendra Jawaharlal Darda
Portfolio: Industries, Employment and Self-Employment

23) Mohammad Arif Naseem Khan
Portfolio: Textiles, Minorities Development, Aukaf, Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare.

24) Suresh Hirayenna Shetty
Portfolios: Public Health and Family Welfare, Environment, Protocol and Additional charge of Sports and Youth Welfare

25) Hassan Miyanlal Mushrif
Portfolio: Labour

26) Nitin Kashinath Raut
Portfolio: Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries

27) Subhash Ramrao Jhanak
Portfolio: Women and Child Development

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Ministers of State:

1) Ranjit Prataprao Kamble
Portfolio: Rural Development, Horticulture, Water Supply and Sanitation

2) Vijay Namdeorao Wadettiwar
Portfolio: Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and Additional Charge of Finance, Planning and Energy

3) Bhaskar Bhaurao Jadhav
Portfolio: Urban Development, Forests, Ports, Khar Lands, Parliamentary Affairs, Sports and Youth Welfare and Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare.

4) Padmakar Vijaysing Valvi
Portfolio: Tribal Development, Labour and Command Area Development

5) Prakash Sundarrao Solanke
Portfolio: Revenue, Rehabilitation and Relief Work, Earthquake Rehabilitation, Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles

6) Sachin Mohan Ahir
Portfolio: Housing, Slum Improvement, Repairs and Reconstruction, Urban Land Ceiling, Industries, Mines, Social Justice, De-addiction Activities and Environment

7) Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi
Portfolio: Food and Civil Supplies and  Consumer Protection and Public Works

8) Foujiya Tahasin Khan
Portfolio: General Administration, Information and Publicity, Cultural Affairs, Protocol, School Education, Women and Child Development, Public Health and Family Welfare, Minorities Development (Including Aukaf)

9) Ramesh Anandrao Bagwe
Portfolio: Home (Urban), Food and Drugs Administration and Additional charge of Home (Rural), Jails and State Excise.

10) Varsha Eknath Gaikwad    
Portfolio: Medical Education, Higher and Technical Education, Tourism and Special Assistance

11) Gulabrao Baburao Deokar
Portfolio: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Water Conservation, Employment Guarantee Scheme, Employment and Self-Employment, Transport, Welfare of Nomadic, De-notified Tribes and Other Backward Classes.