Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)

Minister of Agriculture
**मंत्री कृषी विभाग**
Minister of Agriculture; मंत्री कृषी विभाग
	Emblem of India
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Dhananjay Munde; since 14 July 2023
	Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)
Style	The Honourable
Abbreviation	Cabinet Minister
Member of	State Cabinet
Reports to	Chief Minister,; Maharashtra Legislature
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor on the advice of the ; Chief Minister
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi; (2022- 2023)
Inaugural holder	Balasaheb Desai; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD; since 29 June 2022

Ministry of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय कृषी विभाग महाराष्ट्र शासन
	Seal of the state of Maharashtra
	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Agency overview
Formed	1883
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Annual budget	State budget of Government of Maharashtra
Minister responsible	Dhananjay Munde, Cabinet Minister;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State;
Agency executive	Eknath Davale (IAS)[1], Secretary;
Website	http://krishi.maharashtra.gov.in/1001/Home

The Ministry of Agriculture, a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in the state of Maharashtra. Dhananjay Munde is the current minister heading this ministry.

Head office

List of cabinet ministers


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
1	Balasaheb Desai	INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	Balasaheb Desai		8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	Vasantrao Naik		20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-	Marotrao Kannamwar
4	M. D. Choudhary		25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-	P. K. Sawant
5	Pratibha Patil		5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967	-	Vasantrao Naik
6	Vasantdada Patil		1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972	-	Vasantrao Naik
7	A. R. Antulay		13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975	Third Vasantrao Naik ministry	Vasantrao Naik
8	Sharad Pawar		21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977	First Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
9	B. G. Vartak		17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978	First Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
10	Purushottam Dekate	INC (I)	7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
11	Arjunrao Kasture	INC (S)	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	Bhagwantrao Gaikwad	INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	A. R. Antulay
13	Bhagwantrao Gaikwad		13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
14	Nanabhau Yambadwar		7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
15	N. M. Tidke		12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
16	Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil		4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17	Bhagwantrao Gaikwad		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
18	Vilasrao Deshmukh		26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
19	Shivajirao Deshmukh		4 March 1990 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
20	Rohidas Patil		28 June 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
21	Harshvardhan_Deshmukh	IND	6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
22	Shashikant Sutar	SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
23	Gopinath Munde Deputy Chief Minister	BJP	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
24	Ranjeet Deshmukh	INC	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
25	Sushilkumar Shinde Chief Minister		18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
26	Balasaheb Thorat		1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
27	Balasaheb Thorat		8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
28	Balasaheb Thorat		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
29	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil		11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
30	Eknath Khadse	BJP	31 October 2014 – 4 June 2016	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
31	Pandurang Fundkar		8 July 2016 - 31 May 2018
32	Chandrakant Patil		01 June 2018 - 16 June 2019
33	Anil Sukhdevrao Bonde		17 June 2019 – 08 November 2019
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019				Second Fadnavis ministry
34	Subhash Desai	SHS	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
35	Dadaji Bhuse		30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022
36	Shankarrao Gadakh Additional Charge		27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister 30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022				Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde
37	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi	SHS (Shinde Group)	14 August 2022 - 14 July 2023
38	Dhananjay Munde	NCP (Ajit Pawar group)	14 July 2023 - Incumbent

List of ministers of state


No	Name	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Alliance		Chief minister
1	Vishwajeet_Kadam		INC	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC		Uddhav Thackeray
2	NA		SHS Eknath group BJP	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry		National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group		Eknath Shinde

List of principal secretary

History

Department of agriculture was established in 1883 after recommendation of Famine Commission(1881). Varies hybrid varieties of crops were deployed in 1965-66 which laid down the foundation of Green Revolution.[2]

Structure

Agriculture section has three different ministers and divisions.

Dadaji Bhuse, Minister of Agriculture
Sandipanrao Bhumre,[3] Minister of Horticulture
Shankarrao Gadakh,[4][5] Minister of Soil and Water Conservation

International Partnerships

Ministry signed an MoU with United States Department of Agriculture in June 2021 for better collaboration between United States of America and Government of Maharashtra.[6][7][8]

References

"कृषी सचिव डवले यांनी घेतला 'महाबीज'चा आढावा". Agrowon - Agriculture Marathi Newspaper (in Marathi). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
"About us : Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra".
"Maharashtra Portfolios Allocated, Who Gets What. Full List Of Ministers". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
author/lokmat-news-network (2019-12-30). "शंकरराव गडाख यांनी घेतली कॅबिनेट मंत्रीपदाची शपथ". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-06-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
"Maharashtra: Minister Shankarrao Gadakh joins Shiv Sena". www.timesnownews.com. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
Staff Reporter (2021-06-16). "Maharashtra ties up with U.S. to promote agribusiness investment". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
"Maharashtra inks MoU with US to promote Agri-business investment". krishijagran.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
"Maharashtra signs MoU with USA to boost agro-industry sector". The Indian Express. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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[1] "कृषी सचिव डवले यांनी घेतला 'महाबीज'चा आढावा". Agrowon - Agriculture Marathi Newspaper (in Marathi). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

[2] "About us : Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra".

[3] "Maharashtra Portfolios Allocated, Who Gets What. Full List Of Ministers". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

[4] uthor/lokmat-news-network (2019-12-30). "शंकरराव गडाख यांनी घेतली कॅबिनेट मंत्रीपदाची शपथ". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-06-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[5] "Maharashtra: Minister Shankarrao Gadakh joins Shiv Sena". www.timesnownews.com. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

[6] Staff Reporter (2021-06-16). "Maharashtra ties up with U.S. to promote agribusiness investment". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

[7] "Maharashtra inks MoU with US to promote Agri-business investment". krishijagran.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

[8] "Maharashtra signs MoU with USA to boost agro-industry sector". The Indian Express. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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