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The Maharashtra Council of Ministers

Following is the complete 55-member Council of Ministers of the Democratic Front
government in Maharashtra:

Name                    Party         Portfolios
 
Vilas Deshmukh          Congress      Urban development, co-operation,
Chief Minister                        general administration,
                                      information and public relations, 
                                      earthquake rehabilitation,
                                      urban land ceiling, mining,
                                      and any other portfolio which 
                                      has not been allocated.
Chhagan Bhujbal         NCP           Home and tourism Deputy CM

	       Cabinet ministers (total: 24)

Padamsinh Patil         NCP           Irrigation, energy and command 
                                      area development
Surupsing Naik          Congress      Forests and environment
Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil  NCP           Public works department
Rohidas Patil           Congress      Housing, house repairs and
                                      reconstruction, parliamentary 
                                      affairs
Madhukar Pichad         NCP           Tribal development and special 
                                      affairs
Ranjit Deshmukh         Congress      Agriculture and textiles 
Datta Meghe             NCP           Food and civil supplies, 
                                      consumer protection 
Patang Kadam            Congress      Industries and water conservation
Vasant Chavan           NCP           Excise, medicinal drugs, nomadic
                                      tribes development, backward 
                                      class welfare     
Shivaji Moghe           Congress      Transport, employment and
                                      self-employment
Ajit Pawar              NCP           Horticulture and irrigation 
                                      (Krishna Valley development 
                                      and Konkan Valley development)
Vilas Patil             Congress      Law and judiciary, rehabilitation
                                      and relief, ex-servicemen's welfare
Digvijay Khanvilkar     NCP           Public health, family welfare,
                                      medical education
Ashok Chavan            Congress      Revenue and protocol
Vikramsinh Patankar     NCP           Public works (public projects)
Anand Devkate           Congress      Animal husbandry and dairy
                                      development
R R Patil               NCP           Rural development, water supply
                                      and cleanliness 
Jayant Awale            Congress      Social welfare, women and child
                                      development, nomadic tribes and
                                      backward classes welfare
Dilip Valse-Patil       NCP           Higher and technical education
Ramkrishna More         Congress      School education, sports and youth
                                      welfare, cultural affairs
Jaywant Patil           NCP           Finance and planning
Ganpat Deshmukh         PWP           Marketing and guarantee scheme

Makhram Pawar           BBM           Trade and commerce
Husain Dalwai           Congress      Labour, wakf and ports 

             Ministers of state (total: 29)

A T Pawar               NCP           Animal husbandry and dairy 
                                      development
Manik Thakre            Congress      Home (rural), employment guarantee
                                      scheme and parliamentary affairs
Vasudha Deshmukh        Congress      Finance, planning and public works
Laxman Dhoble           NCP           General administration, social 
                                      welfare and marketing
Kripashankar Singh      Congress      Home (urban) and medicines
Babasaheb Kupekar       NCP           Co-operation 
Eknath Gaikwad          Congress      Public health, medical education,
                                      family welfare 
Anil Deshmukh           NCP           School education, information,
                                      sports and youth affairs
Balasaheb Thorat        Congress      Public works and command area
                                      development
Jaydutt Kshirsagar      NCP           Industries, parliamentary affairs,
                                      trade and commerce and mining
Chandrakant Shivarkar   Congress      Public Works (public projects)
                                      and state excise 
Hemant Deshmukh         NCP           Labour, employment and
                                      self-employment
Minakshi Patil          PWP           Cultural affairs and fisheries    
Vimal Mundada           NCP           Women and child welfare, law and 
                                      judiciary, earthquake
                                      rehabilitation and relief
Anees Ahmed             Congress      Higher and technical education
Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar  NCP           Revenue, rehabilitation
Rajendra Darda          Congress      Energy and tourism
Sunil Tatkare           NCP           Urban development, urban land
                                      ceiling and ports
Prakash Awade           Congress      Textiles, tribal development
                                      and special assistance
Subhas Thakre           NCP           Forests and environment
Sulekha Kumbhare        RPI-G         Water supply and cleanliness
Dr N P Hirani           NCP           Protocol and prohibition publicity
Mohan Mahadev Patil     PWP           Horticulture, nomadic tribes and
                                      backward class development
Dada Jadhavrao          JD-Secular    Agriculture and ex-servicemen's
                                      welfare
Ajit Ghorpade           Independent   Irrigation (Krishna Valley and
                                      Konkan Irrigation Corporation)
Nawab Malik             SP            Housing, slum development, house
                                      repairs and wakf
Basavraj Patil          Congress      Rural development
Mohammad Arif Khan      Congress      Food and civil supplies, 
                                      consumer protection
Gangadhar Gade          RPI-A         Transport

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