Department of Animal Husbandry (Maharashtra)

Ministry of Animal Husbandry Department
Government of Maharashtraमंत्रालय पशुसंवर्धन विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन

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Department overview
Jurisdiction|  Maharashtra
Headquarters| Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible|

* Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil,
Cabinet Minister

Deputy Minister responsible|

* Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022,
Minister of State

Department executive|

* Anoop Kumar, IAS, Secretary

Parent department| Government of Maharashtra
Website| ahd.maharashtra.gov.in

The Ministry of Department of Animal Husbandry is a department of Government of Maharashtra to regulate animal husbandry in Maharashtra.

The department is headed by the cabinet level minister. The Minister of State assists cabinet minister. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is current Minister for Husbandry.

## Head office[edit]

Minister of Animal Husbandry
मंत्री पशुसंवर्धन विभाग

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Incumbent
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
since 14 August 2022

Ministry of Animal Husbandry (Maharashtra)
Style| The Honourable
Abbreviation| Cabinet Minister
Member of| State Cabinet
Reports to| Chief Minister,
Maharashtra Legislature
Seat| Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer| Governor on the advice of the
Chief Minister
Term length| 5 years
Precursor|

* Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar

(2019- 2022)
Inaugural holder|

* Balasaheb Desai

(1960-1962)
Formation| 1 May 1960
Deputy|

* Vacant, TBD

since 29 June 2022

## List of cabinet ministers[edit]

No  | Name
(Constituency)  | Party  | Term of office  | Ministry  | Chief minister

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1  | Balasaheb Desai |  | INC | 1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962  | \-  |  | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2  | 8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962  | Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra) | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3  | S. K. Wankhede | 20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963  | \-  | Marotrao Kannamwar
4  | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil | 25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963  | \-  | P. K. Sawant
5  | R. J. Deotale | 5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967  | \-  | Vasantrao Naik
6  | Rafiq Zakaria | 1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972  | \-  | Vasantrao Naik
7  | Shankarrao Chavan | 13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975  | Third Vasantrao Naik ministry | Vasantrao Naik
8  | S. B. Patil | 21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977  | First Shankarrao Chavan ministry | Shankarrao Chavan
9  | Vasantdada Patil
Chief Minister | 17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978  | First Vasantdada Patil ministry | Vasantdada Patil
10  | Sudhakarrao Naik | 7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978  | Second Vasantdada Patil ministry |  | Vasantdada Patil
11  | N. D. Patil |  | PWPI | 18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980  | First Pawar ministry |  | Sharad Pawar
12  | Shivajirao B. Patil |  | INC | 9 June 1980 – 12 January 1982  | Antulay ministry |  | A. R. Antulay
13  | Baliram Hiray | 13 January 1982 – 1 February 1983  | Bhosale ministry | Babasaheb Bhosale
14  | Sudhakarrao Naik | 7 February 1983 – 5 March 1985  | Third Vasantdada Patil ministry |  Vasantdada Patil
15  | Vasantdada Patil
Chief Minister | 12 March 1985 – 1 June 1985  | Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry |  Vasantdada Patil
16  | Anantrao Thopte | 4 June 1985 – 6 March 1986  | Nilangekar ministry | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17  | Bhagwantrao_Gaikwad | 12 March 1986 – 26 June 1988  | Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry |  Shankarrao Chavan
18  | Datta Meghe | 26 June 1988 – 3 March 1990  | Second Pawar ministry |  Sharad Pawar
19  | Vilasrao Deshmukh
(MLA for Latur City Constituency\- Latur district) | 4 March 1990 – 25 January 1991  | Third Pawar ministry |  Sharad Pawar
20  | Anantrao Thopate | 25 January 1991 – 24 June 1991
21  | Vilarsao Patil | 28 June 1991 – 22 February 1993  | Sudhakarrao Naik ministry | Sudhakarrao Naik
22  | Madhukar Pichad | 6 March 1993 – 14 March 1995  | Fourth Pawar ministry |  Sharad Pawar
23  | Narayan Rane |  | SHS | 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999  | Manohar Joshi ministry |  | Manohar Joshi
24  | Babanrao Gholap | 1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999  | Narayn Rane Ministry |  Narayan Rane
25  | Anand Devkate |  | INC | 27 October 1999 – 16 January 2003  | First Deshmukh ministry |  |  Vilasrao Deshmukh
26  | Ramkrishna More | 18 January 2003 – 19 October 2004  | Sushilkumar Shinde ministry |  Sushilkumar Shinde
27  | Anees Ahmed | 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008  | Second Deshmukh ministry |  Vilasrao Deshmukh
28  | Ravisheth Patil | 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009  | First Ashok Chavan ministry |  Ashok Chavan
29  | Nitin Raut
(MLA for Nagpur North Constituency\- Nagpur District) | 7 November 2009 – 10 November 2010  | Second Ashok Chavan ministry
30  | Madhukarrao Chavan | 11 November 2010 – 7 June 2014  | Prithviraj Chavan ministry |  Prithviraj Chavan
31  | Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi | 7 June 2014 – 26 September 2014
32  | Eknath Khadse
(MLA for Muktainagar-Jalgaon District) |  | BJP | 31 October 2014 – 4 June 2016  | Devendra Fadanvis Ministry |  |  Devendra Fadnavis
33  | Mahadev Jankar |  | RSP | 04 June 2016 – 08 November 2019
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister
23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019  | Second Fadnavis ministry
34  | Balasaheb Thorat
(MLA for Sangamner-Ahmednagar District) |  | INC | 28 November 2019 – 30 December 2019  | Uddhav Thackrey Ministry |  |  Uddhav Thackeray
35  |
Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar | 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister
30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022  | Eknath Shinde Ministry |  |
Eknath Shinde
36  | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
(MLA for Shirdi-Ahmednagar District) |  |

BJP

| 14 August 2022 - Incumbent

## List of ministers of state[edit]

No  | Name  | Party  | Term of office  | Ministry  | Alliance  | Chief minister

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1  | Dattatray Vithoba Bharne |  | NCP | 30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022  | Uddhav Thackrey Ministry |  |

* United Progressive Alliance
* Maha Vikas Aghadi
* SHS+NCP+INC

|  |  Uddhav Thackeray
3  | NA |  |

* SHS Eknath group
* BJP
* NCP Ajit group

| NA | Eknath Shinde Ministry |  |

* National Democratic Alliance
* Mahayuti
* BJP
* SHS Eknath group
* NCP Ajit group

|  | Eknath Shinde

## List of principal secretary[edit]

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## Animal husbandry in Maharashtra[edit]

Many farmers in Maharashtra depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. In addition to supplying milk, meat, eggs, wool, their castings (dung) and hides, animals, mainly bullocks, are the major source of power for both farmers and drayers. Thus, animal husbandry plays an important role in the rural economy. The national gross value of output from this sector was 8,123 billion Rupees in FY 2015–16.[1]

## Organisational structure[edit]

Department is further divided into following sub-departments for ease of administration.[2]

* Maharashtra Veterinary State Council, Nagpur[3]
* Maharashtra Livestock Development Board Akola[4]
* Sheep & Goat Development Corporation, Pune

### Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University[edit]

Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University is an agriculture state university headquartered from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It was established under The Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998.[5] It was officially established on 3 December 2000 by carving seven colleges out of the other four state agriculture universities in Maharashtra.[6]

## See also[edit]

* Ministry of General Administration (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Information and Public Relations (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Information Technology (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Law and Judiciary (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Home Affairs (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Finance (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Planning (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Special Assistance (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Social Justice (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Forests Department (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Energy (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Water Resources (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Command Area Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Public Health (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Housing (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Urban Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Rural Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Co-operation (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Marketing (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Transport (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Mining Department (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Protocol (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Tourism (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Marathi Language (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Water Supply (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Sanitation (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Woman and Child Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Medical Education (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Ex. Servicemen Welfare (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Animal Husbandry Department (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Dairy Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Horticulture (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Fisheries Department (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Ports Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Disaster Management (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Relief & Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Khar Land Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Earthquake Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Employment Guarantee (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Majority Welfare Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Tribal Development (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Vimukta Jati (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Nomadic Tribes (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Other Backward Classes (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Other Backward Bahujan Welfare (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Special Backward Classes Welfare (Maharashtra)
* Ministry of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (Maharashtra)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Basic Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Statistics 2017" (PDF).
2. ^ "About us". Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09.
3. ^ "महाराष्ट्र राज्य पशुवैद्यक परिषद, नागपूर, भारत". msvc.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
4. ^ "Maharashtra Livestock Development Board". mldb.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
5. ^ "Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998". www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
6. ^ "Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University". www.mafsu.in. Retrieved 2021-02-03.

## External links[edit]

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