Mumbai, November 19: The portfolios allocated to the 40-strong council of ministers headed by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan were announced here Friday evening.
Cabinet Ministers:
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan – Urban Development, General Admin, Law & Judiciary, Information & Publicity, and others.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar – Finance, Planning and Energy.
Narayan Rane – Industry, Ports, Employment & Self-Employment.
Chhagan Bhujbal – Public Works & Tourism.
R. R. Patil – Home.
Patangrao Kadam – Forests and Rehabilitation.
Shivajirao Moghe – Social Justice, Backward classes, etc.
Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil – Agriculture.
Jayant Patil – Rural Development.
Harshavardhan Patil – Cooperation and Legislative Affairs.
Ganesh Naik – Non-conventional Energy.
Balasaheb Thorat – Revenue, Salt Lands.
Laxman Dhobale – Water Supply & Sanitation.
Anil Deshmukh – Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs.
Jaidutta Kshirsagar – Public Works Infrastructure.
Manohar Naik – Food & Drugs Administration.
Vijaykumar Gavit – Medical Education, Horticulture.
Sunil Tatkare – Irrigation.
Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar – Irrigation, Krishna Valley Development.
Babbanrao Pachpute – Tribal Development.
Rajesh Tope – Higher & Technical Education.
Rajendra Darda – School Education.
M. Arif Naseem Khan – Textiles, Minority Affairs, Wakf.
Suresh Shetty – Public Health & Family Welfare.
Hasan Mushrif – Labour & Special Assistance.
Nitin Raut – Employment & Water Supply.
Madhukar Chavan – Animal husbandry and related departments.
Padmakar Walvi – Sports & Youth Welfare.
Sanjay Devtale – Environment & Cultural Affairs.
Varsha Gaekwad – Women & Child Welfare.
Ministers of State:
Ranjit Kamble – Water Supply & Sanitation, Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Public Works & Tourism.
Bhaskar Jadhav – Urban Development, Ports, Salt Lands, Forests, Parliamentary Affairs, Sports & Youth Welfare, Law & Judiciary and Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare.
Prakash Solanke – Revenue, Rehabilitation, Cooperation, Textiles.
Sachin Ahir – Housing Development, slum improvements, Industry, etc.
Gulabrao Devkar – Agriculture, Transport, Water Supply, etc.
Satej Patil – Housing (Rural & Urban), Food & Drugs Administration, Rural Development.
Rajendra Mulak – Finance & Planning, Energy, etc.
Rajendra Gavit – Tribal Development, Labour, Horticulture.
D.P. Sawant – Medical Education, Higher & Technical Education, Non-Conventional Energy, etc.
Fauzia Khan – General Administration, School Education, Public Health, Minority Affairs, Information & Publicity, Culture, Women & Child Welfare.
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