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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox government cabinet<br />
| cabinet_type = Ministry<br />
| cabinet_number = <br />
| jurisdiction = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| flag = <br />
| flag_border = true<br />
| incumbent = <br />
| image = File:Vilasrao_Deshmukh_at_Innovation_Partnerships_Event_May_8,_2012.jpg<br />
| image_size = 150px<br />
| caption = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]], Former [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] <br />
| date_formed = 18 October 1999 <br />
| date_dissolved = 16 January 2003<br />
| government_head = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]<br />
| government_head_history = <br />
| state_head = [[Governor of Maharashtra|Governor]] [[P. C. Alexander]] (1999–2002)<br /> Governor [[Mohammed Fazal]] (2002-03)<br />
| members_number = 26 Cabinet ministers<br />[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (12)<br />[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] (12)<br />[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWP]] (1)<br />[[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]] (1)<br />
| former_members_number = <br />
| total_number = <br />
| political_parties = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />Other smaller parties and independents<br />
| legislature_status = [[Coalition government|Coalition]] {{Composition bar|148|288|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}<br />
| opposition_cabinet = <br />
| opposition_party = [[Shiv Sena]]<br />[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| opposition_leader = [[Narayan Rane]] (Shiv Sena) ([[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Assembly]])<br />[[Nitin Gadkari]] (BJP) ([[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Council]])<br />
| election = [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br />
| last_election = <br />
| legislature_term = 5 years<br />
| budget = <br />
| advice_and_consent1 = <br />
| advice_and_consent2 = <br />
<!-- etc. --><br />
| incoming_formation = <br />
| outgoing_formation = <br />
| previous = [[Narayan Rane ministry]]<br />
| successor = [[Shinde ministry]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The [[Indian National Congress]] politician '''[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]''' formed his first government after the [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=Main>{{Cite news |title=Deshmukh sworn in Maharashtra CM |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct19/nation.htm#1 |date=19 October 1999 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> The government consisted of Deshmukh's Congress party, [[Nationalist Congress Party]], several smaller parties, and independent politicians.<ref name=Main /><ref name=MainR>{{Cite news |title=Congress, NCP agree to prune ministry |newspaper=[[Rediff News]] |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/oct/29maha.htm |date=October 29, 1999 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> Deshmukh was sworn in on October 18, 1999<ref name=Main /> and continued as [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] until his resignation on January 16, 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Deshmukh quits, Shinde to take over in Maharashtra |newspaper=[[Rediff News]] |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jan/16maha3.htm |date=16 January 2003 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Government formation==<br />
The [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999 elections]] had returned [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] as the largest legislative party with 75 out of the State's 288 [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] seats. Deshmukh, who had previously served as a cabinet minister in the State was subsequently supported by the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]], [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh]], [[Republican Party of India (Gavai)]], [[Republican Party of India (Athawale)]], [[Samajwadi Party]], [[Janata Dal (Secular)]], and [[Independent (politician)|Independents]].<ref name=MainR /> The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] supported the government from outside.<ref name=MainR /><br />
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The ministry had initially consisted of 61 member. However, coalition partner NCP was concerned with the large size of the cabinet. As a compromise, Deshmukh agreed that his Congress party would drop one cabinet minister and three ministers of state, while the NCP would ask two of its junior ministers to resign.<ref name=MainR /><br />
<br />
==List of ministers==<br />
The cabinet consisted of 55 members - Deshmukh, his [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Deputy]] [[Chhagan Bhujbal]], 24 [[cabinet ministers]], and 29 [[ministers of state]].<ref name=Final>{{Cite news |title=Deshmukh drops six ministers, allocates portfolios |newspaper=[[Rediff News]] |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/oct/31maha.htm |date=31 October 1999 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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===Cabinet ministers===<br />
The following ministers were allocated portfolios in October 1999.<ref name=OctList>{{Cite news |title=The Maharashtra Council of Ministers |newspaper=[[Rediff News]] |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/oct/31maha1.htm |date=31 October 1999 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><br />
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]<br />General Administration<br /> Information and Publicity<br /><small>Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister.</small><br />
| minister1 = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 18 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Minister]] , Home, Social Justice and Special Assistance<br />
| minister1 = [[Chhagan Bhujbal]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 18 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Environment and Forests<br />
| minister1 = [[Surupsingh Hirya Naik]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Industries<br />Water Conservation<br />
| minister1 = [[Patangrao Kadam]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Revenue<br />Protocol<br />
| minister1 = [[Ashok Chavan]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Labour<br />Wakf<br />Ports <br />
| minister1 = [[Husain Dalwai]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Social Welfare<br />Women and Child Development<br />Nomadic Tribes and Backward Classes Welfare<br />Skill Development and Entrepreneurship<br />
| minister1 = [[Jaywantrao Awale]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Transport<br />Employment and Self-employment<br />
| minister1 = [[Shivajirao Moghe]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Irrigation<br />Energy<br />Command Area Development<br />
| minister1 = [[Padamsinh Patil]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Public Works<br />
| minister1 = [[Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Tribal Development<br />Special Affairs<br />
| minister1 = Madhukar Pichad<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Horticulture<br />Irrigation <small>(Krishna Valley Development<br />and Konkan Valley Development)</small><br />
| minister1 = [[Ajit Pawar]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Public Works (Public Projects)<br />
| minister1 = [[Vikramsinh Patankar]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Marketing<br />Guarantee Schemes<br />Tourism<br />
| minister1 = [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 19 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Peasants and Workers Party of India<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Housing<br />House Repairs and Reconstruction<br />Parliamentary Affairs<br />
| minister1 = Rohidas Patil<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Agriculture<br />Textiles <br />
| minister1 = [[Ranjeet Deshmukh]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Law and Judiciary<br />Rehabilitation and Relief<br />Ex-servicemen's Welfare<br />
| minister1 = Vilas Patil<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Animal Husbandry<br />Dairy Development<br />
| minister1 = Anand Devkate<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = School Education<br />Sports and Youth Welfare<br />Cultural Affairs<br />
| minister1 = [[Ramkrishna More]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Food and Civil Supplies<br />Consumer Protection<br />Food and Drug Administration<br />
| minister1 = [[Datta Meghe]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Excise<br />Medicinal Drugs<br />Nomadic Tribes Development<br />Backward Classes Welfare<br />
| minister1 = [[Vasant Chavan]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Public Health and Family Welfare<br />Medical Education<br />
| minister1 = Digvijay Khanvilkar<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Rural Development<br />Water Supply and Cleanliness <br />
| minister1 = [[R. R. Patil]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Higher and Technical Education<br />
| minister1 = [[Dilip Walse-Patil]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Finance<br />Planning<br />
| minister1 = [[Jayant Patil]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Trade<br />Commerce<br />
| minister1 = Makhram Pawar<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2003<br />
| minister1_party = Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister without Portfolio<br />
| minister1 = [[Satish Chaturvedi]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 27 October 1999<br />
| minister1_termend = 31 October 1999<ref name=Final /><br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table end}}<br />
<br />
===Ministers of state===<br />
The ministers also included the following ministers of state.<ref name=OctList /><br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
|- style="background:#00f;"<br />
! style="text-align:center;"| Minister of state<br />
! style="text-align:center;"| Portfolio<br />
! style="text-align:center;"| Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[Manikrao Thakre]]<br />
| Home Affairs (Rural), Employment Guarantee Scheme, and Parliamentary Affairs<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Vasudhatai Pundlikrao Deshmukh]]<br />
| Finance, Planning, and Public Works<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kripashankar Singh]]<br />
| Home Affairs (Urban) and Medicines<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eknath Gaikwad]]<br />
| Public Health, Medical Education, and Family Welfare <br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Balasaheb Thorat]]<br />
| Public Works and Command Area Development<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| Chandrakant Shivarkar<br />
| Public Works (Public Projects) and Excise<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Anees Ahmed]]<br />
| Higher and Technical Education<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rajendra Darda]]<br />
| Energy and Tourism<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| Prakash Awade<br />
| Textiles, Tribal Development, and Special Assistance<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Basavraj Madhavrao Patil]]<br />
| Rural Development<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Naseem Khan (politician)|Mohammed Arif Khan]]<br />
| Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Arjun Tulshiram Pawar|A. T. Pawar]]<br />
| Tribal welfare<ref>{{Cite web|last1=May 11|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2017|last3=Ist|first3=09:42|title=8-time MLA, ex-minister A T Pawar passes away {{!}} Nashik News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/8-time-mla-ex-minister-a-t-pawar-passes-away/articleshow/58617223.cms|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| Laxman Dhoble<br />
| General Administration, Social Welfare, and Marketing <br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| Babasaheb Kupekar<br />
| Cooperation<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Anil Deshmukh]]<br />
| School Education, Information, Sports and Youth Affairs<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Jaydutt Kshirsagar]]<br />
| Industries, Parliamentary Affairs, Trade and Commerce, and Mining<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| Hemant Deshmukh<br />
| Labour, Employment and Self-employment<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Vimal Mundada]]<br />
| Women and Child Welfare, Law and Judiciary, Earthquake Rehabilitation and Relief<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]]<br />
| Revenue and Rehabilitation<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sunil Tatkare]]<br />
| Urban Development, Urban Land Ceiling, and Ports<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| Subhash Thakre<br />
| Forests and Environment<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| N. P. Hirani<br />
| Protocol and Prohibition Publicity<br />
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]<br />
|-<br />
| Minakshi Patil<br />
| Cultural Affairs and Fisheries<br />
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|Shekapa]]<br />
|-<br />
| Mohan Mahadev Patil<br />
| Horticulture, Nomadic Tribes, and Backward Class Development<br />
| [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|Shekapa]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sulekha Kumbhare]]<br />
| Water Supply and Cleanliness<br />
| [[Republican Party of India (Gavai)|RPI(G)]]<br />
|-<br />
| Dada Jadhavrao<br />
| Agriculture, and Ex-servicemen's Welfare<br />
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]]<br />
|-<br />
| Ajit Ghorpade<br />
| Irrigation (Krishna Valley and Konkan Irrigation Corporation)<br />
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nawab Malik]]<br />
| Housing, Slum Development, House Repairs, and Wakf<br />
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gangadhar Gade]]<br />
| Transport<br />
| [[Republican Party of India (Athawale)|RPI(A)]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Maharashtra state government ministries}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress]]<br />
[[Category:1999 in Indian politics]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra ministries|D]]<br />
[[Category:Nationalist Congress Party]]<br />
[[Category:Cabinets established in 1999]]<br />
[[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 2003]]</div>
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