Ministry of Planning (Maharashtra)

Maharashtra government ministry responsible for planning

Ministry of Planning, Government of Maharashtraमंत्रालय नियोजन विभाग महाराष्ट्र शासन

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

* Ajit Pawar,
Deputy Chief Minister

Deputy Minister responsible|

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

Ministry executive|

* (IAS)

Parent department| Government of Maharashtra
Website| plan.maharashtra.gov.in/default.aspx

The Ministry of Planning is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for preparing annual plans for the development of Maharashtra state.[1][2]

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Ajit Pawar is Current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra And Minister of Planning.

## Head office[edit]

Minister of Planning
नियोजन मंत्री

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Incumbent
Ajit Pawar
Deputy Chief Minister
since 14 July 2023

Ministry of Planning (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| Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy Chief Minister
(2022-2023)
Inaugural holder| Yashwantrao Chavan
(1960-1962)
Formation| 1 May 1960
Deputy|

* Vacant, TBD

since 29 June 2022

## List of cabinet ministers[edit]

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

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1  |  | Yashwantrao Chavan
Chief Minister |  | INC | 1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962  | \-  |  | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2  |  | Yashwantrao Chavan
Chief Minister | 8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962  | Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra) | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3  |  | Marotrao Kannamwar
Chief Minister | 20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963  | \-  | Marotrao Kannamwar
4  |  | P. K. Sawant
Chief Minister | 25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963  | \-  | P. K. Sawant
5  |  | A. R. Antulay | 5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967  | \-  | Vasantrao Naik
6  |  | Shankarrao_Chavan | 1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972  | \-  | Vasantrao Naik
7  |  | Vasantrao Naik
Chief Minister | 13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975  | Third Vasantrao Naik ministry | Vasantrao Naik
8  |  | Shankarrao Chavan
Chief Minister | 21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977  | First Shankarrao Chavan ministry |  Shankarrao Chavan
9  |  | N. M. Tidke | 17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978  | First Vasantdada Patil ministry |  Vasantdada Patil
10  |  | Vasantdada Patil
Chief Minister | 7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978  | Second Vasantdada Patil ministry |  Vasantdada Patil
11  |  | Sharad Pawar
Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District) |  | INC (S) | 18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980  | First Pawar ministry |  |  Sharad Pawar
12  |  | A. R. Antulay
Chief Minister |  | INC | 9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982  | Antulay ministry |  | A. R. Antulay
13  |  | V. Subramaniam | 13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983  | Bhosale ministry | Babasaheb Bhosale
14  |  | Sushilkumar Shinde | 7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985  | Third Vasantdada Patil ministry | Vasantdada Patil
15  |  | 12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985  | Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry | Vasantdada Patil
16  |  | 4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986  | Nilangekar ministry | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17  |  | 12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988  | Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry | Shankarrao Chavan
18  |  | 26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990  | Second Pawar ministry | Sharad Pawar
19  |  | Ramrao Adik | 4 March 1990 - 24 June 1991  | Third Pawar ministry | Sharad Pawar
20  |  | 25 June 1991 - 22 February 1993  | Sudhakarrao Naik ministry | Sudhakarrao Naik
21  |  | Sharad Pawar
Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District) | 6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995  | Fourth Pawar ministry | Sharad Pawar
22  |  | Hashu Advani |  | BJP | 14 March 1995 - 18 November 1995  | Manohar Joshi ministry |  | Manohar Joshi
23  |  | Eknath Khadse | 18 November 1995 - 17 October 1999
24  |  | Eknath Khadse | 1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999  | Narayn Rane Ministry |  Narayan Rane
25  |  | Jayant Patil
(MLA for Islampur-Sangli District) |  | NCP | 27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003  | First Deshmukh ministry |  |  Vilasrao Deshmukh
26  |  | Sushilkumar Shinde
Chief Minister |  | INC | 27 December 2003 - 19 October 2004  | Sushilkumar Shinde ministry |  Sushilkumar Shinde
27  |  | Vilasrao Deshmukh
Chief Minister | 1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008  | Second Deshmukh ministry |  Vilasrao Deshmukh
28  |  | Dilip Walse-Patil |  | NCP | 8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009  | First Ashok Chavan ministry | Ashok Chavan
29  |  | Sunil Tatkare | 7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010  | Second Ashok Chavan ministry
30  |  | Ajit Pawar
Deputy Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District) | 11 November 2010 - 25 September 2012  | Prithviraj Chavan ministry |  Prithviraj Chavan
31  |  | Prithviraj Chavan
Chief Minister |  | INC | 25 September 2012 - 7 December 2012
32  |  | Ajit Pawar
Deputy Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District) |  | NCP | 7 December 2012 - 26 September 2014
33  |  | Sudhir Mungantiwar |  | BJP | 31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019  | Devendra Fadanvis Ministry |  |  Devendra Fadnavis
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister
23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019  | Second Fadnavis ministry
34  |  | Jayant Patil
(MLA for Islampur-Sangli District) |  | NCP | 28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019  | Uddhav Thackrey Ministry |  |  Uddhav Thackeray
35  |  | Ajit Pawar
Deputy Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District) | 30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister
30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022  | Eknath Shinde Ministry |  |
Eknath Shinde
36  |  | Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy Chief Minister
(MLA for Nagpur South West\- Nagpur District) |  | BJP | 14 August 2022 - 14 July 2023
37  |  | Ajit Pawar
Deputy Chief Minister
(MLA for Baramati-Pune District) |  | NCP (Ajit Pawar group)  | 14 July 2023 - Incumbent

## List of ministers of state[edit]

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

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1  |  | Shambhuraj Desai |  | SHS | 30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022  | Uddhav Thackrey Ministry |  |

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

|  |  Uddhav Thackeray
2  |  | Vishwajeet Kadam
Additional charge |  | INC | 27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
3  |  | NA |  |

* SHS Eknath group
* BJP

| NA | Eknath Shinde Ministry |  |

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

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Eknath Shinde

## List of principal secretary[edit]

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## Organizational structure[edit]

Cabinet minister is head of the department. Cabinet minister is assisted by the Minister of State. Secretary from Indian Administrative Service cadre is responsible for execution of policies.[3]

## Directorate of Economics and Statistics[edit]

Special directorate is responsible for collecting statistics in Maharashtra for planning purpose.
Functions of DES[4]

* Collect official statistics
* Data collection through surveys,
* Censuses
* Publish statistical publications regularly[5]
* Offer training to statistical personnel
* Co-ordinate the work of statistical sections in different departments

Directorate also acts as liaison between Government of India and Government of Maharashtra.[6]

## Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC)[edit]

MRSAC is an autonomous body under Ministry of Planning.[7] MRSAC is a Nodal Agency for designing a Maharashtra Geo-Spatial Digital Database System-(MGDDS).[8][9] Farm yields are improved in Maharashtra using artificial intelligence and satellite images.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Objectives of Planning Department, Government of Maharashtra" (PDF).
2. ^ "Directorate of Economics and Statistics". Planning Department, Government of Maharashtra, India.
3. ^ "Structure of Planning Department" (PDF). Department of Planning, Government of Maharashtra.
4. ^ "Directorate of Economics and Statistics". mahades.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
5. ^ "Mumbai: Govt sets up panel to publish state-level IIP". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
6. ^ "Statistics play important role in good governance: Gowda". The Indian Express. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
7. ^ "Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Center". MRSAC, Government of Maharashtra.
8. ^ "History of MRSAC". MRSAC Government of Maharashtra.
9. ^ Anjaya Anparthi (May 2, 2016). "Govt plans to map whole state through satellite images | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
10. ^ "Satellite imagery, artificial intelligence to improve farm yields in Maharashtra". The Indian Express. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2021-07-01.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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State agencies of Maharashtra

Ministries|

* Agriculture
* Co-operation
* Command Area Development
* Cultural Affairs
* Dairy Development
* Disaster Management
* Earthquake Rehabilitation
* Employment Guarantee
* Energy, New and Renewable Energy
* Environment and Climate Change
* Ex. Servicemen Welfare
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* Forests
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* Parliamentary Affairs
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* State Excise
* Textiles
* Transport
* Tribal Development
* Urban Development
* Vimukta Jati
* Water Resources
* Water Supply
* Woman and Child Development

Public sector
undertakings|

* City and Industrial Development Corporation
* Food and Drug Administration
* Lokayukta
* Knowledge Corporation (MKCL)
* Electricity Board (MSEB)
* Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC)
* Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)
* Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC)
* Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)
* Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC)

Board|

* Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
* Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)

Autonomous bodies|

* Information Commission
* Election Commission

Nodal agencies|

* Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
* Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)
* Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA)
* Pimpri-Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (PCNTDA)
* Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)

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