Government of Maharashtra

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Government of Maharashtra
महाराष्ट्र शासन

Emblem of Maharashtra
Flag of India
Formation	1 May 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-01) (Maharashtra Day)
Country	Republic of India
Website	www.maharashtra.gov.in
Seat of Government	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Legislative Branch
Legislature	Maharashtra Legislature
Upper House	Maharashtra Legislative Council
Chairperson of the House	Neelam Gorhe, (SS) (Additional Charge)
Deputy Chairperson of the House	Neelam Gorhe, (SS)
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis, (BJP) (Dy Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of the House	Uday Samant, (SS) (Cabinet Minister) (Additional Charge)
Leader of the Opposition	Ambadas Danve, (SS (UBT))
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhai Jagtap, (INC)
Members in Council	78
Lower House	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the House	Rahul Narwekar, (BJP)
Deputy Speaker of the House	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal, (NCP)
Leader of the House	Eknath Shinde, (SS) (Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis, (BJP) (Dy Chief Minister) Ajit Pawar, (NCP) (Dy Chief Minister)
Leader of the Opposition	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar, (INC)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Jitendra Awhad, (NCP (SP)) Ajay Choudhari, (SS (UBT))
Members in Assembly	288
Meeting Place	Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai (Budget Session, Monsoon Session, and All Special Session) Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur (Winter Session)
Executive Branch
Governor (Head of the State)	C. P. Radhakrishnan, (BJP)
Chief Minister (Head of Government)	Eknath Shinde, (SS)
Deputy Chief Minister (Deputy Head of Government)	Devendra Fadnavis, (BJP) Ajit Pawar, (NCP)
Chief Secretary (Head of Civil Service)	Ms. Sujata Saunik, (IAS) (Chief secretaries of Maharashtra)
State Cabinet	Eknath Shinde ministry
Meeting place	Mantralaya (Mumbai)
Ministry (Government Department)	68
Total No. of Ministers Members	(Chief Minister 01) (Dy Chief Minister 02) (Cabinet Minister 25) (Minister of State 00) Total = 28
Responsible for This	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Judiciary Branch
High Court	Bombay High Court
Chief Justice	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya

The Government of Maharashtra is the executive governing authority of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The government is led by the chief minister (currently Eknath Shinde since 30 June 2022) who selects all the other ministers. The state has had a Shiv Sena-led government since 2022. The chief ministers and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet.

Ministers are responsible to the House in which they sit; they make statements in that House and take questions from members of that House. For most senior ministers this is usually the directly elected Legislative Assembly rather than the indirectly elected Legislative Council. The government is dependent on the Legislature to make primary legislation, and general elections are held every five years (at most) to elect a new Legislative Assembly. After an election, the Governor selects as chief minister the leader of the party or alliance commanding the confidence of the Legislative Assembly, usually by possessing a majority of MLAs.

House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan		27 July 2024
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde[1]		30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis (First)[1]		30 June 2022
Deputy Chief Minister	Ajit Pawar (Second)[1]		2 July 2023
Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe (Additional Charge)		7 July 2022
Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Rahul Narwekar		3 July 2022
Deputy Chairman Maharashtra Legislative Council	Neelam Gorhe		8 September 2020
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal		14 March 2020
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Eknath Shinde		3 July 2022
Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council	Devendra Fadnavis		17 August 2022
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Devendra Fadnavis (First)		3 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Ajit Pawar (Second)		17 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the House of Maharashtra Legislative Council	Uday Samant (Acting)		17 August 2022
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar		3 August 2023
Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council	Ambadas Danve		9 August 2022
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Jitendra Awhad (First)		3 August 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)	Ajay Choudhari (Second)		3 August 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Maharashtra Legislative Council)	Bhai Jagtap		17 August 2022
Chief Secretary of Maharashtra	Sujata Saunik		1 July 2024

On 30 June 2022 Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 30 June 2022, on resignation of his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde leads a government consisting of his Shiv Sena (Shinde group) party, Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar group) and Bharatiya Janata Party as Eknath Shinde ministry

Council portfolios are as follows

• • Update = 16 August 2024

An alphabetical list of all the departments of Maharashtra Government with terms : Cabinet Ministers Update = 16 August 2024

• Council of Ministers (Maharashtra)
• Guardian Ministers (Maharashtra)

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