Guardian minister (Maharashtra)

**Buldhana District**
बुलढाणा जिल्हा
Website	buldhana.gov.in/en/
District	Buldhana
Administrative Division	Amravati Division ; (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Buldhana City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 13 Buldhana; Chikhli; Deulgaon Raja; Khamgaon; Shegaon; Malkapur; Motala; Nandura; Mehkar; Lonar; Sindkhed Raja; Jalgaon Jamod; Sangrampur;
Government Body	Buldhana Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Dilip Walse-Patil; (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dr. Kiran Patil (IAS); (Collector and District Magistrate Buldhana)
Lok Sabha MPs	Raksha Khadse ; (04 Raver Lok Sabha); Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav ; (05 Buldhana Lok Sabha);
Assembly MLAs	Rajesh Panditrao Ekade; (21 Malkapur Assembly); Sanjay Gaikwad; (22 Buldhana Assembly); Shweta Mahale; (23 Chikhali Assembly); Rajendra Shingne; (24 Sindkhed Raja Assembly); Sanjay Bhashkar Raimulkar; (25 Mehkar Assembly); Akash Pandurang Fundkar; (26 Khamgaon Assembly); Sanjay Shriram Kute; (27 Jalgaon (Jamod) Assembly);
Area (km2)	9,661
Population (2011 Census)	2,586,258
% of State Population	2.30%

**Bhandara District**
भंडारा जिल्हा
Website	bhandara.gov.in/en/
District	Bhandara
Administrative Division	Nagpur Division ; (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Bhandara City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 07 Bhandara; Tumsar; Pauni; Mohadi; Sakoli; Lakhani; Lakhandur;
Government Body	Bhandara Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit; (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Yogesh Kumbhejkar (IAS); (Collector and District Magistrate Bhandara)
Lok Sabha MPs	Prashant Yadaorao Padole; (11 Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Raju Manikrao Karemore; (60 Tumsar Assembly); Narendra Bhondekar ; (61 Bhandara Assembly); Nana Patole; (62 Sakoli Assembly);
Area (km2)	3,717
Population (2011 Census)	2,585,049
% of State Population	2.30%

Guardian Ministers Maharashtra
पालकमंत्री महाराष्ट्र
Website	www.maharashtra.gov.in
Committee	District Planning Committee
Style	The Honourable
Status	Head of District
Appointed by	Governor of Maharashtra
Nominated	Chief Minister
Advice	Chief Minister
Reports to	Governor; Chief Minister; Deputy Chief Minister; State Cabinet Committee Members;
Member of	Maharashtra Legislative Council; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; StateCabinet Committee Members;
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits
Head of the State	Jishnu Dev Varma ,; (Governor of Maharashtra)
Head of Government	Devendra Fadnavis, ; (Chief Minister)
Deputy Head of Government	Eknath Shinde, ; (Deputy Chief Minister); Sunetra Pawar, ; (Deputy Chief Minister);
Seat of Committee	District Council Office; District Collector's Office; Division Commissioner's Office; And All Government Office;
Guardian Secretary	District Collector
Guardian Committee Members	President District Council; Vice-President District Council; Local Cabinet Minister's; Local Minister of State's; Local Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; Local Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha; Local Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council; Local Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; Chief Executive Officer District Council; District Superintendent of Police; Department Chairman District Council; Member of District Council; Chairman of Panchayat Samiti; Leader of the Opposition District Council; Nominated Member of Ex. MPs, Ex. MLAs, Ex. MLCs; Special Invite Member; Government Officers in District;

Guardian minister of Maharashtra is a cabinet-level minister in India appointed by a state government (Government of Maharashtra) to oversee the development of a specific district within the state. In Maharashtra state, the Third Devendra Fadnavis government has 20 guardian ministers, including the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister. The maximum number of ministers that the government can appoint is 43.^[1]^[2]

In Pune, the responsibilities of the Guardian minister extend beyond the typical duties. The minister is also required to lead the committee responsible for ensuring all necessary facilities during the annual pilgrimage from Alandi and Dehu to Pandharpur. The Guardian Minister also closely monitors the preparations during the Ganesh Festival.^[3]

A guardian minister is a cabinet-level minister in India appointed by a state government to oversee the development of a specific district within the state. The guardian minister oversees the execution of various state government schemes and programs in the district and ensures that the district's administration is functioning efficiently. The position is typically held by a senior politician from the ruling party who acts as a liaison between the central government and the district administration, ensuring that the district receives the necessary resources and support to meet its development goals. The individual who hold this position is typically an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Cabinet minister who is designated to bring the personal attention of a minister to the development of that district.^[4]

If a district does not have representation in the state cabinet, an outsider can be appointed to serve as the guardian minister for that district. A minister may serve as the guardian minister for multiple districts.^[3]

Roles and responsibilities[edit | edit source]

Guardian minister refers to a designated MLA (member of the legislative assembly) in a state government in India who is assigned responsibility for overseeing the development of a particular district. The role of the guardian minister is to bring personal attention and support to the district, working with the district collector and other officials to address local needs and promote growth.^{[citation needed]}

The guardian minister is also the ex-officio chairperson of the District Planning Committee (DPC), which is responsible for addressing issues of common interest between panchayats (local government bodies) and municipalities, such as infrastructure development, resource sharing and environmental protection. The exact role and responsibilities of the DPC may vary by state, with some states headed by elected representatives and others led by administrative officials.^{[citation needed]}

Guardian ministers are also responsible for coordinating solutions to various issues, including garbage disposal and facilitating land acquisition for large-scale projects such as highways, airports, industrial zones, waste processing plants, and water supply and sewage treatment. They are also tasked with monitoring the joint budget of all local civic bodies within the district.^[4]

They are expected to ensure the passing of a common draft budget and review its implementation quarterly. The Guardian Minister also plays a crucial role in ensuring the effective implementation of funds sanctioned by the central and state governments for various Schemes.^[4]^[5]

The Guardian minister is seen as a way for a political leader or party to increase their control over a district, as the minister is positioned close to the citizens and is able to interact with them directly.^[3]

Removal[edit | edit source]

Upon death
Upon self resignation, or resignation or death of the Chief Minister
Upon dismissal by the Governor for minister's unconstitutional acts per Article 75(2)
Upon direction from the Judiciary for committing violation of law

Guardian secretary[edit | edit source]

Guardian Secretary is a senior bureaucrat appointed by the state government, following the appointment of the guardian minister. Their role involves holding Lok Adalats, which are forums for addressing the grievances of citizens. The Guardian secretary is also responsible for coordinating with various government departments to resolve issues and ensure the implementation of development projects.^[3]

Currently Guardian Ministers[edit | edit source]

District	Minister	Took office	Left office
Ahilya Nagar	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Akola	Akash Fundkar	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Amravati	Chandrashekhar Bawankule	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Beed	Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister)	18 January 2025	28 January 2026	NCP
	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) Additional Charge	28 January 2026	03 February 2026	BJP
	Sunetra Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister)	03 February 2026	Incumbent	NCP
Bhandara	Sanjay Savkare	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Buldhana	Makrand Jadhav	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Nationalist Congress Party
Chandrapur	Ashok Uike	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar	Sanjay Shirsat	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Dharashiv	Pratap Sarnaik	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Dhule	Jayakumar Rawal	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Gadchiroli	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Gadchiroli	Ashish Jaiswal (co-in-charge)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Gondia	Indranil Naik	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Nationalist Congress Party
Hingoli	Narhari Zirwal	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Nationalist Congress Party
Jalgaon	Gulabrao Patil	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Jalna	Pankaja Munde	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Kolhapur	Prakashrao Abitkar	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Kolhapur	Madhuri Misal (co-in-charge)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Latur	Shivendra Raje Bhosale	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Mumbai City	Eknath Shinde (Dy Chief Minister)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Mumbai Suburban	Ashish Shelar	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Mumbai Suburban	Mangal Prabhat Lodha (co-in-charge)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Nagpur	Chandrashekhar Bawankule	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Nanded	Atul Save	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Nandurbar	Manikrao Kokate	18 January 2025	18 December 2025	NCP
	Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister) (Additional Charge)	18 January 2025	28 January 2026	NCP
	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) Additional Charge	28 January 2026	Incumbent	BJP
Nashik	Girish Mahajan	18 January 2025	29 January 2025	BJP
Nashik	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (Additional Charge)	29 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Palghar	Ganesh Naik	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Parbhani	Meghana Bordikar	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Pune	Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister)	18 January 2025	28 January 2026	Nationalist Congress Party
	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) Additional Charge	28 January 2026	03 February 2026	BJP
	Sunetra Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister)	03 February 2026	Incumbent	NCP
Raigad	Aditi Tatkare	18 January 2025	29 January 2025	NCP
	Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister) (Additional Charge)	29 January 2025	28 January 2026	NCP
	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) Additional Charge	28 January 2026	Incumbent	BJP
Ratnagiri	Uday Samant	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Sangli	Chandrakant Patil	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Satara	Shambhuraj Desai	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Sindhudurg	Nitesh Rane	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Solapur	Jaykumar Gore	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Thane	Eknath Shinde (Dy Chief Minister)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena
Wardha	Pankaj Bhoyar	18 January 2025	Incumbent	BJP
Washim	Hasan Mushrif	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Nationalist Congress Party
Yavatmal	Sanjay Rathod	18 January 2025	Incumbent	Shiv Sena

Ahilyanagar District[edit | edit source]

- Ahmednagar District

Ashok Chavan
(Cabinet Minister)
18 October 1999 - 16 January 2003

Shivajirao Moghe
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2003 - 01 November 2004

Balasaheb Thorat
(Cabinet Minister)
01 November 2004 - 04 December 2008

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009

Balasaheb Thorat
(Cabinet Minister)
07 November 2009 - 10 November 2010

Balasaheb Thorat
(Cabinet Minister)
11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014

Ram Shinde
(Minister of State 2014-2016) (Cabinet Minister 2016-2019)
31 October 2014 - 04 November 2019

Hasan Mushrif
(Cabinet Minister)
09 January 2020 - 29 June 2022

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
24 September 2022 - 26 November 2024

- Ahilyanagar District

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2025 - Incumbent

Akola District[edit | edit source]

Vasant Chavan
(Cabinet Minister)
18 October 1999 - 16 January 2003

Ranjeet Deshmukh
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2003 - 01 November 2004

Vimal Mundada
(Cabinet Minister)
01 November 2004 - 04 December 2008

Surupsingh Hirya Naik
(Cabinet Minister)
08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009

Subhash Zanak
(Cabinet Minister)
07 November 2009 - 10 November 2010

Jayant Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014

Ranjit Patil
(Minister of State)
31 October 2014 - 04 November 2019

Omprakash Babarao Kadu
(Minister of State)
09 January 2020 - 27 June 2022

Amit Deshmukh Additional charge
(Cabinet Minister)
27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022

Devendra Fadnavis
(Deputy Chief Minister)
27 September 2022 - 04 October 2023

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
04 October 2023 - 26 November 2024

Akash Pandurang Fundkar
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2025 - Incumbent

Amravati District[edit | edit source]

Chhagan Bhujbal
(Deputy Chief Minister)
18 October 1999 - 16 January 2003

Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil
(Cabinet Minister 2003-2004)
(Deputy Chief Minister 2004-2004)
18 January 2003 - 01 November 2004

Jayant Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
01 November 2004 - 04 December 2008

Chandrakant Handore
(Cabinet Minister)
08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009

Chhagan Bhujbal
(Deputy Chief Minister)
07 November 2009 - 10 November 2010

Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014

Pravin Mote
(Minister of State)
31 October 2014 - 04 November 2019

Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur
(Cabinet Minister)
09 January 2020 - 29 June 2022

Devendra Fadnavis
(Deputy Chief Minister)
27 September 2022 - 04 October 2023

Chandrakant Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
04 October 2023 - 26 November 2024

Chandrashekhar Bawankule
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2025 - Incumbent

Beed District[edit | edit source]

Dilip Walse-Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
18 October 1999 - 16 January 2003

Patangrao Kadam
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2003 - 01 November 2004

Nawab Malik
(Cabinet Minister)
01 November 2004 - 04 December 2008

Vimal Mundada
(Cabinet Minister)
08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009

Subhash Zanak
(Cabinet Minister)
07 November 2009 - 10 November 2010

R. R. Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014

Pankaja Munde
(Cabinet Minister)
31 October 2014 - 04 November 2019

Dhananjay Munde
(Cabinet Minister)
09 January 2020 - 29 June 2022

Atul Save
(Cabinet Minister)
27 September 2022 - 04 October 2023

Dhananjay Munde
(Cabinet Minister)
04 October 2023 - 26 November 2024

Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
18 January 2025 - 28 January 2026

Devendra Fadnavis Additional Charge
(Chief Minister)
28 January 2026 - 03 February 2026

Sunetra Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
03 February 2026 - Incumbent

Bhandara District[edit | edit source]

Buldhana District[edit | edit source]

Chandrapur District[edit | edit source]

**Chandrapur District**
चंद्रपूर जिल्हा

Website	chandrapur.gov.in/en/
District	Chandrapur
Administrative Division	Nagpur Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Chandrapur City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 15 Chandrapur Bhadravati Warora Chimur Nagbhid Bramhapuri Sindewahi Mul Saoli Gondpimpri Rajura Korpana Pomburna Ballarpur Jivati
Government Body	Chandrapur Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Prof.(Dr). Ashok Uike (Cabinet Minister and MLA 77 Ralegaon Assembly)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Sanjay Daine (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Chandrapur)
Lok Sabha MPs	Namdeo Kirsan (12 Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha) Pratibha Dhanorkar (13 Chandrapur Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Deorao Vithoba Bhongle (70 Rajura Assembly) Kishor Jorgewar (71 Chandrapur Assembly) Sudhir Mungantiwar (72 Ballarpur Assembly) Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar (73 Bramhapuri Assembly) Bunty Bhangdiya (74 Chimur Assembly) Karan Sanjay Deotale (75 Warora Assembly)
Area (km2)	11,443
Population (2011 Census)	2,204,307
% of State Population	1.96%
Municipal Corporation	Chandrapur Municipal Corporation

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District[edit | edit source]

**Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District**
छत्रपती संभाजी नगर जिल्हा

Website	aurangabad.gov.in/en/
District	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Previously Known	Aurangabad District औरंगाबाद जिल्हा
Administrative Division	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division (better known as Marathwada or Aurangabad division)
Headquarters	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 09 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Paithan Vaijapur Gangapur Khuldabad Phulambri Kannad Sillod Soegaon
Government Body	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Zilla Parishad Aurangabad
Currently Guardian Minister	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi Additional Charge (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dilip Swamy (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
Lok Sabha MPs	Kalyan Kale (18 Jalna Lok Sabha) Sandipanrao Bhumre (19 Aurangabad Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi (104 Sillod Assembly) Udaysingh Rajput (105 Kannad Assembly) Vacant (106 Phulambri Assembly) Pradeep Jaiswal (107 Aurangabad Central Assembly) Sanjay Shirsat (108 Aurangabad West Assembly) Atul Moreshwar Save (109 Aurangabad East Assembly) Vacant (110 Paithan Assembly) Prashant Bamb (111 Gangapur Assembly) Ramesh Bornare (112 Vaijapur Assembly)
Area (km2)	10,100
Population (2011 Census)	3,701,282
% of State Population	3.29%
Municipal Corporation	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation Aurangabad

Gondiya District[edit | edit source]

**Gondia District**
गोंदिया जिल्हा

Website	gondia.gov.in/en/
District	Gondia
Administrative Division	Nagpur Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Gondia City
Formed	01 May 1999
Tehsils	Total = 08 Gondia Goregaon Tirora Arjuni Morgaon Deori Amgaon Salekasa Sadak Arjuni
Government Body	Gondia Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Indranil Naik (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Prajit Nair (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Gondia)
Lok Sabha MPs	Prashant Yadaorao Padole (11 Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha) Namdeo Kirsan (12 Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Arjuni Morgaon (63 Arjuni Morgaon Assembly) Vijay Bharatlal Rahangdale (64 Tirora Assembly) Vinod Agrawal (65 Gondiya Assembly) Sahasram Maruti Korote (65 Amgaon Assembly)
Area (km2)	5,234
Population (2011 Census)	1,322,507
% of State Population	1.18%

Gadchiroli District[edit | edit source]

**Gadchiroli District**
गडचिरोली जिल्हा

Website	gadchiroli.gov.in/en/
District	Gadchiroli
Administrative Division	Nagpur Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Gadchiroli City
Formed	26 August 1982
Tehsils	Total = 12 Gadchiroli Armori Chamorshi Mulchera Aheri, Gadchiroli Sironcha Etapalli Bhamragad Desaiganj Dhanora Kurkheda Korchi
Government Body	Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Sanjay Daine (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Gadchiroli)
Lok Sabha MPs	Namdeo Kirsan (12 Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Krishna Damaji Gajbe (67 Armori Assembly) Deorao Madguji Holi (68 Gadchiroli Assembly) Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao Aatram (69 Aheri Assembly)
Area (km2)	14,412
Population (2011 Census)	1,072,942
% of State Population	0.95%

Dhule District[edit | edit source]

**Dhule District**
धुळे जिल्हा

Website	dhule.gov.in/en/
District	Dhule
Administrative Division	Nashik Division (better known as North Maharashtra or Khandesh)
Headquarters	Dhule City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 14 Dhule City Songir Kusumba Sakri Pimpalner Nizampur Dondaicha City Shindkheda Nardana Malpur Shirpur city Arthe Thalner Boradi
Government Body	Dhule Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Girish Mahajan (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Jitendra Papalkar. (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Dhule)
Lok Sabha MPs	Gowaal Padavi (01 Nandurbar Lok Sabha) Shobha Bachhav (02 Dhule Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Manjula Gavit (05 Sakri Assembly) Kunal Rohidas Patil (06 Dhule Rural Assembly) Shah Faruk Anwar (06 Dhule City Assembly) Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal (07 Sindkheda Assembly) Kashiram Vechan Pawara (08 Shirpur Assembly)
Area (km2)	7,195
Population (2011 Census)	2,050,862
% of State Population	1.83%

Dharashiv District[edit | edit source]

**Dharashiv District**
धाराशिव जिल्हा

Website	osmanabad.gov.in/en/
District	Dharashiv
Previously Known	Osmanabad District उस्मानाबाद जिल्हा
Administrative Division	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division (better known as Marathwada or Aurangabad division)
Headquarters	Dharashiv City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 08 Dharashiv Tuljapur Omerga Lohara Kalamb Bhoom Paranda Washi
Government Body	Dharashiv Zilla Parishad Osmanabad
Currently Guardian Minister	Tanaji Sawant (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dr. Sachin Ombase (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Dharashiv)
Lok Sabha MPs	Omraje Nimbalkar (40 Osmanabad Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Dnyanraj Chougule (240 Umarga Assembly) Ranajagjitsinha Patil (241 Tuljapur Assembly) Kailas Patil (242 Osmanabad Assembly) Tanaji Sawant (243 Paranda Assembly)
Area (km2)	7,569
Population (2011 Census)	1,657,576
% of State Population	1.48%

Hingoli District[edit | edit source]

**Hingoli District**
हिंगोली जिल्हा

Website	hingoli.gov.in/en/
District	Hingoli
Administrative Division	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division (better known as Marathwada or Aurangabad division)
Headquarters	Hingoli City
Formed	01 May 1999
Tehsils	Total = 06 Hingoli Kalamnuri Sengaon Aundha Nagnath Basmath
Government Body	Hingoli Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Abhinav Goel (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Hingoli)
Lok Sabha MPs	Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar (15 Hingoli Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Chandrakant Nawghare (92 Basmath Assembly) Santosh Bangar (93 Kalamnuri Assembly) Tanaji Sakharamji Mutkule (94 Hingoli Assembly)
Area (km2)	4,526
Population (2011 Census)	1,177,345
% of State Population	1.05%

Jalna District[edit | edit source]

**Jalna District**
जालना जिल्हा

Website	jalna.gov.in/en/
District	Jalna
Administrative Division	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division (better known as Marathwada or Aurangabad division)
Headquarters	Jalna City
Formed	01 May 1981
Tehsils	Total = 08 Jalna Ambad Bhokardan Badnapur Ghansawangi Partur Mantha Jafrabad
Government Body	Jalna Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Atul Save (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Shrikrishnath Panchal (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Jalna)
Lok Sabha MPs	Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav (17 Parbhani Lok Sabha) Kalyan Kale (18 Jalna Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Babanrao Lonikar (99 Partur Assembly) Rajesh Tope (100 Ghansawangi Assembly) Kailas Gorantyal (101 Jalna Assembly) Narayan Tilakchand Kuche (102 Badnapur Assembly) Santosh Danve (103 Bhokardan Assembly)
Area (km2)	7,687
Population (2011 Census)	1,959,046
% of State Population	1.74%
Municipal Corporation	Jalna Municipal Corporation

Jalgaon District[edit | edit source]

**Jalgaon District**
जळगाव जिल्हा

Website	jalgaon.gov.in/en/
District	Jalgaon
Administrative Division	Nashik Division (better known as North Maharashtra or Khandesh)
Headquarters	Jalgaon City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 15 Jalgaon Muktainagar Bhusawal Jamner Chalisgaon Bhadgaon Dharangaon Bodwad Yawal Raver Amalner Chopda Parola Pachora Erandol
Government Body	Jalgaon Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Gulab Raghunath Patil (Cabinet Minister and MLA 14 Jalgaon Rural Assembly)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Ayush Prasad (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Jalgaon)
Lok Sabha MPs	Smita Wagh (03 Jalgaon Lok Sabha) Raksha Khadse (04 Raver Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Latabai Sonawane (10 Chopda Assembly) Chaudhari Shirish Madhukarrao (11 Raver Assembly) Sanjay Waman Sawakare (12 Bhusawal Assembly) Suresh Damu Bhole (13 Jalgaon City Assembly) Gulab Raghunath Patil (14 Jalgaon Rural Assembly) Anil Bhaidas Patil (15 Amalner Assembly) Chimanrao Patil (16 Erandol Assembly) Mangesh Chavan (17 Chalisgaon Assembly) Kishor Appa Patil (18 Pachora Assembly) Girish Mahajan (19 Jamner Assembly) Chandrakant Nimba Patil (20 Muktainagar Assembly)
Area (km2)	11,765
Population (2011 Census)	4,229,917
% of State Population	3.76%
Municipal Corporation	Jalgaon Municipal Corporation

List[edit | edit source]

Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Jalgaon
01		Anand Devkate (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Solapur South Constituency No. 251- Solapur District (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Indian National Congress	Solapur District	Minister of Animal Husbandry Minister of Dairy Development	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		Jayant Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Walva Constituency No. 283- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Sangli District	Minister of Finance	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Sureshdada Jain (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Jalgaon District	Minister of Higher and Technical Education	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Babanrao Pachpute (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Shrigonda Constituency No. 226- Ahmednagar District (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ahmednagar District	Minister of Forests Minister of Earthquake Rehabilitation	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi (Minister of State)	(MLA for Sillod Constituency No. 104- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District Also Previously Known Aurangabad District (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District Also Previously Known Aurangabad District	Deputy Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Deputy Minister of Consumer Protection Deputy Minister of Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings)	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		Vijaykumar Gavit (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Nandurbar Constituency No. 03- Nandurbar District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	19 March 2014	3 years, 128 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nandurbar District	Minister of Medical Education Minister of Horticulture Minister of Employment Guarantee	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Dilip Gangadhar Sopal (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Barshi Constituency No. 246- Osmanabad District) (Legislative Assembly)	19 March 2014	26 September 2014	191 days	Independent Supported Party Indian National Congress	Osmanabad District	Minister of Water Supply Minister of Sanitation	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
08		Eknath Khadse (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Muktainagar Constituency No. 20- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 2014	04 June 2016	1 year, 182 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jalgaon District	Minister of Revenue Minister of Relief & Rehabilitation Minister of Disaster Management Minister of Horticulture Minister of Agriculture Minister of Earthquake Rehabilitation Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister for State Border Defence (First) Minister of Animal Husbandry Minister of Fisheries Minister of Dairying Minister of State Excise Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
09		Girish Mahajan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	04 June 2016	12 November 2019	3 years, 161 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jalgaon District	Minister of Medical Education Minister of Water Resources Minister of Command Area Development	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
10		Gulab Raghunath Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jalgaon Rural Constituency No. 14- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	27 June 2022	2 years, 169 days	Shiv Sena	Jalgaon District	Minister of Water Supply Minister of Sanitation	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
11		Aaditya Thackeray (Cabinet Minister) Additional Charge	(MLA for Worli Constituency No. 182- Mumbai City District (Legislative Assembly)	27 June 2022	29 June 2022	2 days	Shiv Sena	Mumbai City District	Minister of Environment and Climate Change Minister of Tourism Minister of Protocol Minister of Higher Education and Technical Education	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
12		Gulab Raghunath Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jalgaon Rural Constituency No. 14- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 72 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Jalgaon District	Minister of Water Supply Minister of Sanitation	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
(12)		Gulab Raghunath Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jalgaon Rural Constituency No. 14- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2025	Incubment	1 year, 193 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Jalgaon District	Minister of Water Supply Minister of Sanitation	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis

Kolhapur District[edit | edit source]

**Kolhapur District**
कोल्हापूर जिल्हा

Website	kolhapur.gov.in/en/
District	Kolhapur
Administrative Division	Pune Division (better known as Paschim Maharashtra or Desh)
Headquarters	Kolhapur City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 12 Gadhinglaj Karveer Bhudargad Panhala Kagal Shirol Hatkanangale Ajara Chandgad Gaganbawada Radhanagari Shahuwadi
Government Body	Kolhapur Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Prakashrao Abitkar (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Amol Yedge (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj (47 Kolhapur Lok Sabha) Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane (48 Hatkanangle Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Rajesh Narasingrao Patil (271 Chandgad Assembly) Prakashrao Abitkar (272 Radhanagari Assembly) Hasan Mushrif (273 Kagal Assembly) Ruturaj Patil (274 Kolhapur South Assembly) Vacant (275 Karvir Assembly) Jayshri Jadhav (276 Kolhapur North Assembly) Vinay Kore (277 Shahuwadi Assembly) Raju Awale (278 Hatkanangle Assembly) Prakashanna Awade (279 Ichalkaranji Assembly) Rajendra Patil (280 Shirol Assembly)
Area (km2)	7,685
Population (2011 Census)	3,876,001
% of State Population	3.45%
Municipal Corporation	Kolhapur Municipal Corporation Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation

Latur District[edit | edit source]

**Latur District**
लातूर जिल्हा

Website	latur.gov.in/en/
District	Latur
Administrative Division	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division (better known as Marathwada or Aurangabad division)
Headquarters	Latur City
Formed	16 August 1982
Tehsils	Total = 10 Latur Ahmadpur Ausa Nilanga Renapur Chakur Deoni Shirur Anantpal Udgir Jalkot
Government Body	Latur Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Girish Mahajan (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Varsha Thakur-Ghuge (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Latur)
Lok Sabha MPs	Shivaji Bandappa Kalge (41 Latur Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Dhiraj Deshmukh (234 Latur Rural Assembly) Amit Deshmukh (235 Latur City Assembly) Babasaheb Patil (236 Ahmedpur Assembly) Sanjay Bansode (237 Udgir Assembly) Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (238 Nilanga Assembly) Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar (239 Ausa Assembly)
Area (km2)	7,157
Population (2011 Census)	2,454,196
% of State Population	2.18%
Municipal Corporation	Latur Municipal Corporation

Mumbai City District[edit | edit source]

**Mumbai City District**
मुंबई शहर जिल्हा

Website	mumbaicity.gov.in/en/
District	Mumbai City
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Mumbai City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 00
Government Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Currently Guardian Minister	Deepak Kesarkar (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Sanjay Yadav (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Anil Desai (Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha) Arvind Sawant (Mumbai South Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Vacant (178 Dharavi Assembly) R. Tamil Selvan (179 Sion Koliwada Assembly) Kalidas Kolambkar (180 Wadala Assembly) Sada Sarvankar (181 Mahim Assembly) Aditya Thackeray (182 Worli Assembly) Ajay Choudhari (183 Shivadi Assembly) Yamini Jadhav (184 Byculla Assembly) Mangal Prabhat Lodha (185 Malabar Hill Assembly) Amin Patel (186 Mumbadevi Assembly) Rahul Narwekar (187 Colaba Assembly)
Area (km2)	157
Population (2011 Census)	3,085,411
% of state Population	2.75%
Municipal Corporation	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Mumbai City
01		R. R. Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Sangli District	Minister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayat Raj Minister of Water Supply Minister of Cleanliness	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		R. R. Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Sangli District	Minister for Home Affairs Minister of State Border Defence (First) Minister of Majority Welfare	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Chhagan Bhujbal (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nashik District	Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Jayant Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Walva Constituency No. 283- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Sangli District	Minister for Home Affairs	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Jayant Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Islampur Constituency No. 283- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Sangli District	Minister of Rural Development. Minister of Panchayat Raj Minister of Environment and Climate change. Minister for State Border Defence (Second)	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		R. R. Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Sangli District	Minister for Home Affairs Minister of Ex. Servicemen Welfare	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Subhash Desai (Cabinet Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council)	05 December 2014	12 November 2019	4 years, 342 days	Shiv Sena	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Industries Minister of Mining Department Minister of Majority Welfare Development	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08		Aslam Shaikh (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Malad West Constituency No. 162- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	29 June 2022	2 years, 171 days	Indian National Congress	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Textiles Minister of Fisheries Department Minister for Ports Development	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
09		Deepak Vasant Kesarkar (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Sawantwadi Constituency No. 270- Sindhudurg District) (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 72 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Sindhudurg District	Minister of School Education Minister of Marathi Language	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
10		Eknath Shinde (Deputy Chief Minister)	(MLA for Sawantwadi Constituency No. 270- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	16 January 2025	Incubment	1 year, 195 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Thane district	Minister of School Education Minister of Marathi Language	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Suburban District[edit | edit source]

**Mumbai Suburban District**
मुंबई उपनगर जिल्हा

Website	mumbaisuburban.gov.in/en/
District	Mumbai Suburban
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Bandra City
Formed	1 October 1990
Tehsils	Total = 03 Kurla Andheri Borivali
Government Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Currently Guardian Minister	Mangal Lodha (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Rajendra Shankar Kshirsagar (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Mumbai Suburban)
Lok Sabha MPs	Piyush Goyal (26 Mumbai North Lok Sabha) Ravindra Waikar (27 Mumbai North West Lok Sabha) Sanjay Dina Patil (28 Mumbai North East Lok Sabha) Varsha Gaikwad (29 Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Sunil Rane (152 Borivali Assembly) Manisha Chaudhary (153 Dahisar Assembly) Prakash Surve (154 Magathane Assembly) Mihir Kotecha (155 Mulund Assembly) Sunil Raut (156 Vikhroli Assembly) Ramesh Korgaonkar (157 Bhandup West Assembly) Vacant (158 Jogeshwari East Assembly) Sunil Prabhu (159 Dindoshi Assembly) Atul Bhatkhalkar (160 Kandivali East Assembly) Yogesh Sagar (161 Charkop Assembly) Aslam Shaikh (162 Malad West Assembly) Vidya Thakur (163 Goregaon Assembly) Bharati Hemant Lavekar (164 Versova Assembly) Ameet Bhaskar Satam (165 Andheri West Assembly) Rutuja Ramesh Latke (166 Andheri East Assembly) Parag Alavani (167 Vile Parle Assembly) Dilip Lande (168 Chandivali Assembly) Ram Kadam (169 Ghatkopar West Assembly) Parag Shah (170 Ghatkopar East Assembly) Abu Asim Azmi (171 Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly) Nawab Malik (172 Anushakti Nagar Assembly) Prakash Phaterpekar (173 Chembur Assembly) Mangesh Kudalkar (174 Kurla Assembly) Sanjay Potnis (175 Kalina Assembly) Zeeshan Siddique (176 Vandre East Assembly) Ashish Shelar (177 Vandre West Assembly)
Area (km2)	446
Population (2011 Census)	9,356,962
% of state Population	8.33%
Municipal Corporation	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Mumbai Suburban
01		Ranjeet Deshmukh (Cabinet Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 16 - Nagpur District) (Legislative Council)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Indian National Congress	Nagpur District	Minister of Agriculture Minister of Textile Minister of Khar Land Development	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		Husain Dalwai (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Khed Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister for State Border Defence (Second)	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Chandrakant Handore (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Chembur Constituency No. 173- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Indian National Congress	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Social Justice Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Anees Ahmed (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Nagpur Central Constituency No. 55- Nagpur District (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Indian National Congress	Sangli Nagpur	Minister of Textiles Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Chandivali Constituency No. 168- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Textiles Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Minister of Ex. Servicemen Welfare	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Chandivali Constituency No. 168- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Textiles Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister of Marketing	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Vinod Tawde (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Borivali Constituency No. 152- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 2014	12 November 2019	4 years, 342 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Higher and Technical Education Minister of Cultural Affairs Minister of Marathi Language Minister of Medical Education Minister of School Education Minister of Minister of Sports & Youth Welfare Minister for State Border Defence (First) Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08		Aaditya Thackeray (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Worli Constituency No. 182- Mumbai City District (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	29 June 2022	2 years, 171 days	Shiv Sena	Mumbai City District	Minister of Environment and Climate Change Minister of Tourism Minister of Protocol	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
09		Mangal Lodha (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Malabar Hill Constituency No. 185- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 72 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mumbai City District	Minister of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
10		Ashish Shelar (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Vandre West Constituency No. 177- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	1 year, 193 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mumbai Suburban district	Minister of Information Technology, Cultural Affairs	Fadnavis	Devendra Fadnavis

Nagpur District[edit | edit source]

**Nagpur District**
नागपूर जिल्हा

Website	nagpur.gov.in/en/
District	Nagpur
Administrative Division	Nagpur Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Nagpur City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 14 Ramtek Umred Kalameshwar Katol Kamthi Kuhi Narkhed Nagpur Nagpur (Rural) Parseoni Bhiwapur Mouda Savner Hingna
Government Body	Nagpur Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister and MLA Nagpur South West Assembly)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dr. Vipin Itankar (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve (09 Ramtek Lok Sabha) Nitin Gadkari (10 Nagpur Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Anil Deshmukh (48 Katol Assembly) Vacant (49 Savner Assembly) Sameer Meghe (50 Hingna Assembly) Vacant (51 Umred Assembly) Devendra Fadnavis (52 Nagpur South West Assembly) Mohan Mate (53 Nagpur South Assembly) Krishna Khopde (54 Nagpur East Assembly) Vikas Kumbhare (55 Nagpur Central Assembly) Vikas Pandurang Thakre (56 Nagpur West Assembly) Nitin Raut (57 Nagpur North Assembly) Tekchand Sawarkar (58 Kamthi Assembly) Ashish Jaiswal (59 Ramtek Assembly)
Area (km2)	9,892
Population (2011 Census)	4,653,570
% of State Population	4.14%
Municipal Corporation	Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Nanded District[edit | edit source]

Nandurbar District[edit | edit source]

**Nandurbar District**
नंदुरबार जिल्हा

Website	nandurbar.gov.in/en/
District	Nandurbar
Administrative Division	Nashik Division (better known as North Maharashtra or Khandesh)
Headquarters	Dhule City
Formed	01 July 1998
Tehsils	Total = 06 Shahada Nandurbar Navapur Taloda Akkalkuwa Dhadgaon
Government Body	Nandurbar Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Anil Bhaidas Patil (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dr. Mittali Sethi (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Nandurbar)
Lok Sabha MPs	Gowaal Padavi (01 Nandurbar Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Kagda Chandya Padvi (01 Akkalkuwa Assembly) Rajesh Padvi (02 Dhule Rural Assembly) Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit (03 Nandurbar Assembly) Shirishkumar Surupsing Naik (04 Navapur Assembly)
Area (km2)	5,955
Population (2011 Census)	1,648,295
% of State Population	1.47%

Nashik District[edit | edit source]

**Nashik District**
नाशिक जिल्हा

Website	nashik.gov.in/en/
District	Nashik
Administrative Division	Nashik Division (better known as North Maharashtra or Khandesh)
Headquarters	Nashik City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 15 Nashik Sinnar Igatpuri Trimbak Niphad Yeola Peth Dindori Chandwad Baglan Deola Kalwan Malegaon Nandgaon Surgana
Government Body	Nashik Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Dadaji Bhuse (Cabinet Minister and MLA 115 Malegaon Outer Assembly)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Jalaj Sharma (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Nashik)
Lok Sabha MPs	Rajabhau Waje (21 Nashik Lok Sabha) Bhaskar Bhagare (20 Dindori Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Suhas Kande (113 Nandgaon Assembly) Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique (114 Malegaon Central Assembly) Dadaji Bhuse (115 Malegaon Outer Assembly) Dilip Manglu Borse (116 Baglan Assembly) Nitin Arjun Pawar (117 Kalwan Assembly) Rahul Daulatrao Aher (118 Chandwad Assembly) Chaggan Bhujbal (119 Yevla Assembly) Manikrao Shivajirao Kokate (120 Sinnar Assembly) Diliprao Shankarrao Bankar (121 Niphad Assembly) Narhari Sitaram Zirwal (122 Dindori Assembly) Rahul Uattamrao Dhikle (123 Nashik East Assembly) Devyani Suhas Farande (124 Nashik Central Assembly) Seema Mahesh Hiray (125 Nashik West Assembly) Saroj Babulal Ahire (126 Deolali Assembly) Hiraman Bhika Khoskar (127 Igatpuri Assembly)
Area (km2)	15,582
Population (2011 Census)	6,107,187
% of State Population	5.43%
Municipal Corporation	Nashik Municipal Corporation

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Nashik
01		Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Mumbai City District	Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Social Justice Minister of Special Assistance Minister of Majority Welfare Development	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Mumbai City District	Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Minister of Social Justice Minister of Ports Development	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Chhagan Bhujbal (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nashik District	Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Chhagan Bhujbal (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nashik Nagpur	Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Minister of Tourism Minister of Other Backward Classes	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)	(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nashik District	Minister of Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Minister of Special Assistance	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		Chhagan Bhujbal (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nashik District	Minister of Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Minister of Tourism	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Girish Bapat (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Kasba Peth Constituency No. 215- Pune District (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 2014	04 June 2019	4 years, 181 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pune District	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Food, Civil Supplies Minister of Consumer Protection Minister of Food & Drug Administration	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08		Girish Mahajan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	04 June 2019	12 November 2019	161 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jalgaon District	Minister of Medical Education Minister of Water Resources Minister of Command Area Development	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
09		Chhagan Bhujbal (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	29 June 2022	2 years, 171 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Nashik District	Minister of Food, Civil Supplies Minister of Consumer Protection	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
10		Dadaji Bhuse (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Malegaon Outer Constituency No. 81- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 72 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Nashik District	Minister of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Minister of Employment Guarantee Minister of Horticulture	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
11		Girish Mahajan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Jamner Assembly constituency- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2025	Incumbent	1 year, 193 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jalgaon district	Minister of Water management	Fadnavis	Devendra Fadnavis

Palghar District[edit | edit source]

**Palghar District**
पालघर जिल्हा

Website	palghar.gov.in/en/
District	Palghar
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Palghar City
Formed	1 August 2014
Tehsils	Total = 08 Vasai Palghar Dahanu Talasari Vada Jawhar Mokhada Vikramgad
Government Body	Palghar Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Ravindra Chavan (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Govind Maruti Bodke (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Hemant Savara (22 Palghar Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Vinod Bhiva Nikole (128 Dahanu Assembly) Sunil Bhuasara (129 Vikramgad Assembly) Shrinivas Vanga (130 Palghar Assembly) Rajesh Raghunath Patil (131 Boisar Assembly) Kshitij Thakur (132 Nalasopara Assembly) Hitendra Thakur (133 Vasai Assembly)
Area (km2)	5,344
Population (2011 Census)	2,990,116
% of state Population	2.66%
Municipal Corporation	Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation

Parbhani District[edit | edit source]

**Parbhani District**
परभणी जिल्हा

Website	parbhani.gov.in/en/
District	Parbhani
Administrative Division	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Division (better known as Marathwada or Aurangabad division)
Headquarters	Parbhani City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 09 Parbhani Gangakhed Sonpeth Pathri Manwath Palam Sailu Jintur Purna
Government Body	Parbhani Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Sanjay Bansode (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Raghunath Gawade (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Parbhani)
Lok Sabha MPs	Sanjay Jadhav (17 Parbhani Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Meghana Bordikar (95 Jintur Assembly) Rahul Vedprakash Patil (96 Parbhani Assembly) Ratnakar Gutte (97 Gangakhed Assembly) Suresh Warpudkar (98 Pathri Assembly)
Area (km2)	6,251
Population (2011 Census)	1,836,086
% of State Population	1.63%
Municipal Corporation	Parbhani Municipal Corporation

Pune District[edit | edit source]

Ajit Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
18 October 1999 - 16 January 2003

Ajit Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
18 January 2003 - 01 November 2004

Ajit Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
01 November 2004 - 04 December 2008

Ajit Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009

Ajit Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
07 November 2009 - 10 November 2010

Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014

Girish Bapat
(Cabinet Minister)
31 October 2014 - 23 May 2019

Chandrakant Patil Additional Charge
(Cabinet Minister)
23 May 2019 - 04 November 2019

Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
09 January 2020 - 29 June 2022

Chandrakant Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
27 September 2022 - 04 October 2023

Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
04 October 2023 - 26 November 2024

Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
18 January 2025 - 28 January 2026

Devendra Fadnavis Additional Charge
(Chief Minister)

28 January 2026 - 03 February 2026

Sunetra Ajit Pawar
(Deputy Chief Minister)
03 February 2026 - Incumbent

Raigad District[edit | edit source]

**Raigad District**
रायगड जिल्हा

Website	raigad.gov.in/en/
District	Raigad
Previously Known	Colaba District
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Alibag City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 15 Alibag Panvel Murud Pen Uran Karjat Khalapur Mangaon Roha Sudhagad Pali Tala Mahad Mhasala Shrivardhan Poladpur
Government Body	Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag
Currently Guardian Minister	Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Kishan Narayanrao Jawale (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Raigad)
Lok Sabha MPs	Sunil Tatkare (Raigad) Shrirang Barne (Maval)
Assembly MLAs	Prashant Thakur (188 Panvel Assembly) Mahendra Thorve (189 Karjat Assembly) Mahesh Baldi (190 Uran Assembly) Ravisheth Patil (191 Pen Assembly) Mahendra Dalvi (192 Alibag Assembly) Aditi Sunil Tatkare (193 Shrivardhan Assembly) Bharatshet Gogawale (194 Mahad Assembly)
Area (km2)	7,152
Population (2011 Census)	2,634,200
% of state Population	2.34%
Municipal Corporation	Panvel Municipal Corporation Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Raigad
01		Rohidas Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Dhule Constituency No. 07- Dhule District (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Indian National Congress	Dhule District	Minister of Housing Minister of House Repairs and Reconstruction Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		Husain Dalwai (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Khed Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister of State Border Defence (Second)	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Sunil Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Mangaon Constituency No. 194- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Minister of Khar Land Development	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Sunil Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Mangaon Constituency No. 194- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Minister of Energy	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Sunil Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Minister of Finance Minister of Planning	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		Sunil Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Minister of Water Resources. Minister of Command Area Development. Minister of Earthquake Rehabilitation Minister of State Border Defence (Second)	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Prakash Mehta (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ghatkopar East Constituency No. 170- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	31 October 2014	16 June 2019	4 years, 228 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Housing Minister of Labour Minister of Mining Department Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08		Ravindra Chavan (Minister of State)	(MLA for Dombivli Constituency No. 143- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	16 June 2019	12 November 2019	149 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Thane District	Deputy Minister of Ports Deputy Minister of Medical Education Deputy Minister of Information and Technology Deputy Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Deputy Minister of Consumer Protectionon	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
09		Aditi Sunil Tatkare (Minister of State)	(MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	29 June 2022	2 years, 171 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Deputy Minister of Law and Judiciary. Deputy Minister of Industries. Deputy Minister of Mining Department. Deputy Minister of Tourism. Deputy Minister of Horticulture Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Deputy Minister of Information and Public Relations. Deputy Minister of Protocol	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
10		Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 72 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Industries	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
		Aditi Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA	18 January 2025	Incubment	1 year, 193 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad district	Minister of Water Supply Minister of Sanitation	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis

Ratnagiri District[edit | edit source]

**Ratnagiri District**
रत्नागिरी जिल्हा

Website	ratnagiri.gov.in/en/
District	Ratnagiri
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Ratnagiri City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 09 Mandangad Dapoli Khed Guhagar Chiplun Ratnagiri Sangmeshwar Lanja Rajapur
Government Body	Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Devender Singh (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Ratnagiri)
Lok Sabha MPs	Narayan Rane (46 Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha) Sunil Tatkare (32 Raigad Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Yogesh Kadam (263 Dapoli Assembly) Bhaskar Jadhav (263 Guhagar Assembly) Shekhar Govindrao Nikam (264 Chiplun Assembly) Uday Samant (265 Ratnagiri Assembly) Rajan Salvi (266 Rajapur Assembly)
Area (km2)	8,208
Population (2011 Census)	1,615,069
% of state Population	1.44%
Municipal Corporation	--

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri
01		Ganpatrao Deshmukh (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Sangola Constituency No. 235- Solapur District (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Peasants and Workers Party of India	Solapur District	Minister of Marketing Minister of Employment Guarantee Minister of Tourism Minister of Woman and Child Development	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		Vasant Chavan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLC for Governor Nominated Constituency No. 11 - Pune District) (Legislative Council)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Pune District	Minister of Food and Drug Administration Minister of Mining	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Anees Ahmed (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Nagpur Central Constituency No. 55- Nagpur District (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Indian National Congress	Nagpur District	Minister of Minority Development and Waqfs Minister of Animal Husbandry Minister of Dairy Development	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Ganesh Naik (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Belapur Constituency No. 151- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thane District	Minister of Environment Minister of State Excise Minister of Special Backward Classes Welfare	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Sunil Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Minister of Finance Minister of Planning	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		Sunil Tatkare (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Raigad District	Minister of Water Resources. Minister of Command Area Development. Minister of Earthquake Rehabilitation Minister of State Border Defence (Second)	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Ravindra Waikar (Minister of State)	(MLA for Jogeshwari East Constituency No. 158- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 12 days	Shiv Sena	Mumbai Suburban District	Deputy Minister of Housing Deputy Minister of Higher and Technical Education	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08		Anil Parab (Cabinet Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 07 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)	09 January 2020	29 June 2022	2 years, 171 days	Shiv Sena	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Transport. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
09		Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	18 January 2025	3 years, 309 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Industries	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
09		Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 309 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Industries	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis

Sangli District[edit | edit source]

**Sangli District**
सांगली जिल्हा

Website	sangli.gov.in/en/
District	Sangli
Administrative Division	Pune Division (better known as Paschim Maharashtra or Desh)
Headquarters	Sangli City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 09 Miraj Palus Tasgaon Kavathe-Mahankal Jat, Sangli Khanapur Atpadi Walwa Kadegaon
Government Body	Sangli Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Suresh Khade (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dr. Raja Dayanidhi (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Vishal Patil (44 Sangli Lok Sabha) Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane (48 Hatkanangle Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Suresh Khade (281 Miraj Assembly) Sudhir Gadgil (282 Sangli Assembly) Jayant Patil (283 Islampur Assembly) Mansing Fattesingrao Naik (284 Shirala Assembly) Vishwajeet Kadam (285 Palus-Kadegaon Assembly) Vacant (286 Khanapur Assembly) Suman Patil (287 Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Assembly) Vikramsinh Balasaheb Sawant (288 Jat Assembly)
Area (km2)	8,578
Population (2011 Census)	2,822,143
% of State Population	2.51%
Municipal Corporation	Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad City Municipal Corporation

Satara District[edit | edit source]

**Satara District**
सातारा जिल्हा

Website	satara.gov.in/en/
District	Satara
Administrative Division	Pune Division (better known as Paschim Maharashtra or Desh)
Headquarters	Satara City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 11 Satara Karad Wai Mahabaleshwar Phaltan Maan Khatav Koregaon Patan Jaoli Khandala
Government Body	Satara Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Shambhuraj Desai (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Jitendra Dudi (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Dhairyasheel Patil (43 Madha Lok Sabha) Udayanraje Bhosale (45 Satara Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Dipak Pralhad Chavan (255 Phaltan Assembly) Makrand Jadhav - Patil (256 Wai Assembly) Mahesh Shinde (257 Koregaon Assembly) Jaykumar Gore (258 Man Assembly) Shamrao Pandurang Patil (259 Karad North Assembly) Prithviraj Chavan (260 Karad South Assembly) Shambhuraj Desai (261 Patan Assembly) Shivendra Raje Bhosale (262 Satara Assembly)
Area (km2)	10,480
Population (2011 Census)	3,003,741
% of State Population	2.67%

Sindhudurg District[edit | edit source]

**Sindhudurg District**
सिंधुदुर्ग जिल्हा

Website	sindhudurg.gov.in/en/
District	Sindhudurg
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Oros, Sindhudurg City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 08 Dodamarg Sawantwadi Vengurla Kudal Malvan Kankavli Devgad Vaibhavwadi
Government Body	Sindhudurg Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Ravindra Chavan (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Kishor Tawade (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Sindhudurg)
Lok Sabha MPs	Narayan Rane (46 Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Nitesh Narayan Rane (268 Kankavli Assembly) Vaibhav Naik (269 Kudal Assembly) Deepak Vasant Kesarkar (270 Sawantwadi Assembly)
Area (km2)	5,207
Population (2011 Census)	849,651
% of state Population	0.76%
Municipal Corporation	--

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait		Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait		Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Sindhudurg
01			Eknath Gaikwad (Minister of State)	(MLA for Dharavi Constituency No. 178- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Indian National Congress	Mumbai City District	Deputy Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare Deputy Minister of Medical Education	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02			Anand Devkate (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Solapur South Constituency No. 251- Solapur District (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Solapur District	Minister of Animal Husbandry Department Minister of Dairy Development Minister of House Repairs and Reconstruction	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03			Vinay Kore (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Shahuwadi Constituency No. 277- Kolhapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Jan Surajya Shakti	Kolhapur District	Minister of Non-conventional Energy Minister of Horticulture	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04			Harshvardhan Patil (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Indapur Constituency No. 200- Pune District (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Independent Supported Party Indian National Congress	Pune Nagpur	Minister of Cooperation Minister of Cultural Affairs	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05			Narayan Rane (Cabinet Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 03 - Sindhudurg District) (Legislative Council)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Sindhudurg District	Minister of Revenue Minister of Earthquake Rehabilitation Minister of Khar land Development Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06			Narayan Rane (Cabinet Minister)	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 03 - Sindhudurg District) (Legislative Council)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Sindhudurg District	Minister of Industries Minister of Mining Department Minister of Ports Development Minister of Employment and Self-employment	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07			Deepak Vasant Kesarkar (Minister of State)	(MLA for Sawantwadi Constituency No. 270- Sindhudurg District) (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 2014	12 November 2019	4 years, 342 days	Shiv Sena	Sindhudurg District	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (Rural) Deputy Minister of Finance Deputy Minister of Planning	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08			Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	27 June 2022	2 years, 169 days	Shiv Sena	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Higher and Technical Education	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
09			Anil Parab (Cabinet Minister) Additional Charge	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 07 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)	27 June 2022	29 June 2022	2 days	Shiv Sena	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Transport Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Water Supply Minister of Sanitation	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
10			Ravindra Chavan (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Dombivli Constituency No. 143- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	24 Sepbember 2022	5 December 2025	2 years, 72 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Thane District	Minister of Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings)	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
		Nitesh Rane (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Dombivli Constituency No. 143- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	24 Sepbember 2022	5 December 2025	2 years, 72 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Thane District	Minister of Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings)	Fadnavis 3

Solapur District[edit | edit source]

**Solapur District**
सोलापूर जिल्हा

Website	solapur.gov.in/en/
District	Solapur
Administrative Division	Pune Division (better known as Paschim Maharashtra or Desh)
Headquarters	Solapur City'
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 11 North Solapur South Solapur Akkalkot Barshi Mangalwedha Pandharpur Sangola Malshiras Mohol Madha Karmala
Government Body	Solapur Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Chandrakant Patil (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Kumar Ashirwad (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Omprakash Rajenimbalkar (40 Osmanabad Lok Sabha) Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde (42 Solapur Lok Sabha) Dhairyasheel Patil (43 Madha Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	narayn patil (244 Karmala Assembly) abhijeet patil (245 Madha Assembly) dilip sopal (246 Wadala Assembly) Yashwant Mane (247 Mohol Assembly) Vijay Deshmukh (248 Solapur City North Assembly) Vacant (249 Solapur City Central Assembly) Sachin Kalyanshetti (250 Akkalkot Assembly) Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh (251 Solapur South Assembly) Samadhan Autade (252 Pandharpur Assembly) Deshmukh (253 Sangola Assembly) uttam jankar (254 Malshiras Assembly)
Area (km2)	14,895
Population (2011 Census)	4,317,756
% of State Population	3.84%
Municipal Corporation	Solapur Municipal Corporation

Thane District[edit | edit source]

**Thane District**
ठाणे जिल्हा

Website	thane.gov.in/en/
District	Thane
Administrative Division	Konkan Division
Headquarters	Thane City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 07 Thane Kalyan Murbad Bhiwandi Shahapur Ulhasnagar Ambarnath
Government Body	Thane Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Shambhuraj Desai (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Ashok Shingare (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate)
Lok Sabha MPs	Suresh Mhatre (23 Bhiwandi Lok Sabha) Shrikant Shinde' (24 Kalyan Lok Sabha) Naresh Mhaske (25 Thane Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Shantaram Tukaram More (134 Bhiwandi Rural Assembly) Daulat Daroda (135 Shahapur Assembly) Mahesh Prabhakar Choughule (136 Bhiwandi West Assembly) Rais Shaikh (137 Bhiwandi East Assembly) Vishwanath Bhoir (138 Kalyan West Assembly) Kisan Kathore (139 Murbad Assembly) Balaji Kinikar (140 Ambernath Assembly) Kumar Ailani (141 Ulhasnagar Assembly) Ganpat Gaikwad (142 Kalyan East Assembly) Ravindra Chavan (143 Dombivli Assembly) Pramod Ratan Patil (144 Kalyan Rural Assembly) Geeta Bharat Jain (145 Mira Bhayandar Assembly) Pratap Sarnaik (146 Ovala-Majiwada Assembly) Eknath Shinde (147 Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly) Sanjay Mukund Kelkar (148 Thane Assembly) Jitendra Awhad (149 Mumbra-Kalwa Assembly) Ganesh Naik (150 Airoli Assembly) Manda Vijay Mhatre (151 Belapur Assembly)
Area (km2)	5,344
Population (2011 Census)	2,990,116
% of state Population	2.66%
Municipal Corporation	Thane Municipal Corporation Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation

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Guardian Minister Update = 24 September 2022

No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Guardian_Minister	Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Home District	Portfolio	Ministry	Chief Minister
Guardian Minister of Thane
01		Husain Dalwai (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Ratnagiri Khed Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Indian National Congress	Ratnagiri District	Minister of Labour Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Minister of Ports	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
02		Patangrao Kadam (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Palus-Kadegaon Constituency No. 285- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Sangli District	Minister of Energy Minister of New and Renewable Energy	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
03		Ganesh Naik (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Belapur Constituency No. 151- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thane District	Minister of State Excise Minister of Environment Minister of Vimukta Jati	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
04		Ganesh Naik (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Belapur Constituency No. 151- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thane District	Minister of Environment Minister of State Excise Minister of Special Backward Classes Welfare	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
05		Ganesh Naik (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Belapur Constituency No. 151- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thane District	Minister of State Excise	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
06		Varsha Gaikwad (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Dharavi Constituency No. 178- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Mumbai City District	Minister of Woman and Child Development	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
07		Eknath Shinde (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 12 days	Shiv Sena	Thane District	Minister of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
08		Eknath Shinde (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 January 2020	27 June 2022	2 years, 169 days	Shiv Sena	Thane District	Minister of Urban Development Minister of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Minister for State Border Defence (Second)	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
09		Subhash Desai (Cabinet Minister) Additional Charge	(MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council)	27 June 2022	29 June 2022	2 days	Shiv Sena	Mumbai Suburban District	Minister of Industries Minister of Mining Department Minister of Marathi Language Minister of Urban Development Minister of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Minister for State Border Defence (Second)	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
10		Eknath Shinde (Cabinet Minister)	(MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	24 September 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 72 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Thane District	Minister of State Excise Minister for State Border Defence (Second)	Fadnavis 3

Wardha District[edit | edit source]

**Wardha District**
वर्धा जिल्हा

Website	wardha.gov.in/en/
District	Wardha
Administrative Division	Nagpur Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Wardha City
Formed	1 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 08 Wardha Deoli Seloo Arvi Ashti Karanja Hinganghat Samudrapur
Government Body	Wardha Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Sudhir Mungantiwar (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Rahul Kardile (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Wardha)
Lok Sabha MPs	Amar Sharadrao Kale (08 Wardha Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Dadarao Keche (44 Arvi Assembly) Ranjit Prataprao Kamble (45 Deoli Assembly) Samir Trimbakrao Kunawar (46 Hinganghat Assembly) Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar (47 Wardha Assembly)
Area (km2)	6,310
Population (2011 Census)	1,300,774
% of State Population	1.16%

Washim District[edit | edit source]

**Washim District**
वाशिम जिल्हा

Website	washim.gov.in/en/
District	Washim
Administrative Division	Amravati Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Washim City
Formed	01 July 1998
Tehsils	Total = 06 Malegaon Mangrulpir Karanja Manora Washim Risod
Government Body	Washim Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Hasan Mushrif (Cabinet Minister)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Buvaneshwari S. (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Washim)
Lok Sabha MPs	Anup Dhotre (06 Akola Lok Sabha) Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh (14 Yavatmal–Washim Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Amit Subhashrao Zanak (33 Risod Assembly) Lakhan Sahadeo Malik (34 Washim Assembly) Vacant (35 Karanja Assembly)
Area (km2)	5,150
Population (2011 Census)	1,197,160
% of State Population	1.07%

Yavatmal District[edit | edit source]

**Yavatmal District**
यवतमाळ जिल्हा

Website	yavatmal.gov.in/en/
District	Yavatmal
Administrative Division	Amravati Division (better known as Vidarbha)
Headquarters	Yavatmal City
Formed	01 May 1960
Tehsils	Total = 16 Arni Umarkhed Kalamb Pandharkaoda-Kelapur Ghatanji Zari Jamani Darwha Digras Ner Pusad Babhulgaon Mahagaon Maregaon Yavatmal Ralegaon Wani
Government Body	Yavatmal Zilla Parishad
Currently Guardian Minister	Sanjay Rathod (Cabinet Minister and MLA 79 Digras Assembly)
Currently Guardian Secretary	Dr. Pankaj Aashiya (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Yavatmal)
Lok Sabha MPs	Pratibha Dhanorkar (13 Chandrapur Lok Sabha) Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh (14 Yavatmal–Washim Lok Sabha) Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar (15 Hingoli Lok Sabha)
Assembly MLAs	Sanjay Derkar (76 Wani Assembly) Ashok Uike (77 Ralegaon Assembly) Balasaheb Mangulkar (78 Yavatmal Assembly) Sanjay Rathod (79 Digras Assembly) Raju Narayan Todsam (80 Arni Assembly) Indranil Naik (81 Pusad Assembly) Kisan Wankhede (82 Umarkhed Assembly)
Area (km2)	13,582
Population (2011 Census)	2,772,348
% of State Population	2.47%

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Maharashtra CM appoints guardian ministers of districts, Dy CM Fadnavis to be in charge of several Vidarbha areas". The Economic Times. 24 September 2022.
↑ "Maharashtra districts suffer for want of guardian ministers". New Indian Express. 22 September 2022.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Jadhav, Ajay (9 June 2019). "No rule for appointment: Guardian minister is ex-officio chairperson of district planning panel". Indian Express.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "क्या आप जानते है क्या है जिले के पालकमंत्री का काम ?" (in Hindi). Mumbai Live. 13 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Bombay High Court". Indian Kanoon. 1 April 2021.

[1] "Maharashtra CM appoints guardian ministers of districts, Dy CM Fadnavis to be in charge of several Vidarbha areas". The Economic Times. 24 September 2022.

[2] "Maharashtra districts suffer for want of guardian ministers". New Indian Express. 22 September 2022.

[B2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Jadhav, Ajay (9 June 2019). "No rule for appointment: Guardian minister is ex-officio chairperson of district planning panel". Indian Express.

[A1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "क्या आप जानते है क्या है जिले के पालकमंत्री का काम ?" (in Hindi). Mumbai Live. 13 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[5] "Bombay High Court". Indian Kanoon. 1 April 2021.

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Website	www.maharashtra.gov.in
Committee	District Planning Committee
Style	The Honourable
Status	Head of District
Appointed by	Governor of Maharashtra
Nominated	Chief Minister
Advice	Chief Minister
Reports to	Governor Chief Minister Deputy Chief Minister State Cabinet Committee Members
Member of	Maharashtra Legislative Council Maharashtra Legislative Assembly StateCabinet Committee Members
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits
Head of the State	Jishnu Dev Varma , (Governor of Maharashtra)
Head of Government	Devendra Fadnavis, (Chief Minister)
Deputy Head of Government	Eknath Shinde, (Deputy Chief Minister) Sunetra Pawar, (Deputy Chief Minister)
Seat of Committee	District Council Office District Collector's Office Division Commissioner's Office And All Government Office
Guardian Secretary	District Collector
Guardian Committee Members	President District Council Vice-President District Council Local Cabinet Minister's Local Minister of State's Local Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Local Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Local Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council Local Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Chief Executive Officer District Council District Superintendent of Police Department Chairman District Council Member of District Council Chairman of Panchayat Samiti Leader of the Opposition District Council Nominated Member of Ex. MPs, Ex. MLAs, Ex. MLCs Special Invite Member Government Officers in District