Maharashtra ministers portfolios allocations were announced on Saturday and CM Devendra Fadnavis has kept the Home Department with himself, Ajit Pawar has got Finance and Eknath Shinde was given the Urban Development.
CM Fadnavis and his deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar were sworn in on December 5, and 39 ministers were inducted ahead of the Winter Session on December 15.
However, portfolio allocation in the Mahayuti government took place on December 21.
The Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), secured a landslide victory in the November 20 assembly polls by winning 230 out of 288 seats.
BJP-led alliance ministry in Maharashtra was expanded with 39 ministers being sworn in, taking its strength to 42.
In the expansion, BJP got 19 ministerial berths, followed by 11 to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and nine for Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party. While 33 legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers, six took oath as ministers of state.
Governor P C Radhakrishnan administered the oath to the new ministers at the ceremony held on the eve of the state legislature`s winter session that began in Nagpur on December 16.
| Name | Portfolio |
| Devendra Fadnavis | Home, Energy (Excluding Renewable Energy), Law & Judiciary, General Administration Dept., Information & Publicity |
| Eknath Shinde | Urban Development, Housing, Public Works (Public Enterprises) |
| Ajit Pawar | Finance & Planning, State Excise |
| Chandrashekhar Bawankule | Revenue |
| Radhakrushna Vikhe-Patil | Water Resources (Godavari & Krishna Valley Development Corporation) |
| Hasan Mushrif | Medical Education |
| Chandrakant Patil | Higher & Technical Education Parliamentary Affairs |
| Girish Mahajan | Water Resources (Vidharbha, Tapi, Konkan Devclopment Corporation), Disaster Management |
| Ganesh Naik | Forests |
| Gulabrao Patil | Water Supply & Sanitation |
| Dadaji Bhuse | School Education |
| Sanjay Rathod | Soil & Water Conservation |
| Dhananjay Munde | Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection |
| Mangalprabhat Lodha | Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship & Innovation |
| Uday Samant | Industries, Marathi Language |
| Jaykumar Rawal | Marketing, Protocol |
| Pankaja Munde | Environment & Climate Change, Animal Husbandry |
| Atul Save | OBC Welfare, Dairy Development & Renewable Energy |
| Ashok Uike | Tribal Development |
| Shambhuraj Desai | Tourism, Mining, Ex- Servicemen Welfare |
| Ashish Shelar | Information Technology, Cultural Affairs |
| Dattatray Bharane | Sports & Youth welfare, Minorities Development & Aukaf |
| Aditi Tatkare | Women & Child Development |
| Shivendrasingh Bhosale | Public Works (Excluding Public Enterprises) |
| Manikrao Kokate | Agriculture |
| Jaykumar Gore | Rural Development & Panchayati Raj |
| Narhari Zirwal | Food & Drug Administration, Special Assistance |
| Sanjay Savkhare | Textiles |
| Sanjav Shirsat | Social Justice |
| Pratap Sarnaik | Transport |
| Bharatsheth Gogawale | Employment Guarantee, Horticulture, Salt Pan Land Development |
| Makarand Jadhav (Patil) | Relief & Rehabilitation |
| Nitesh Rane | Fisheries, Ports |
| Aakash Fundkar | Labour |
| Babasaheb Patil | Co-operation |
| Prakash Abitkar | Public Health & Family Welfare |
The BJP led with 132 seats, followed by Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena with 57 and Ajit Pawar`s NCP getting 41.
The results of the elections were declared on November 23.
Leaders of the Mahayuti alliance were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur last Sunday.
Portfolios allocated to BJP ministers
Chandrashekhar Bawankule (Revenue), Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (Water Resources- Krishna and Godavari Valley Development corporation), Chandrakant Patil (Higher and Technical Education, Parliamentary affairs), Girish Mahajan (Water Resources- Vidarbha , Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation and Disaster Management), Ganesh Naik has been given Forests, Mangal Prabhat Lodha Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Jaykumar Raval Marketing and Protocol, Pankaja Munde Environment and Climate Change, Animal Husbandry; Atul Save OBC Welfare, Dairy Development and Renewable Energy. Ashok Uike has been given Tribal Development, Ashish Shelar Cultural Affairs and Information Technology, Shivendrasinh Bhosale Public Works. Jaykumar Gore has been given Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sanjay Savkare Textiles, Nitesh Rane Fisheries and Ports, Akash Fundkar Labour.
Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Ministers` portfolios
Gulabrao Patil Water Supply and Sanitation, Dadaji Bhuse School Education, Sanjay Rathod Soil and Water Conservation, Uday Samant Industries and Marathi language, Shambhuraj Desai Tourism, Mining, Ex-servicemen Welfare, Sanjay Shirsat Social Justice, Pratap Sarnaik Transport, Bharat Gogawale Employment Guarantee, Horticulture, Salt Pan Lands Development; Prakash Abitkar Public Health and Family Welfare.
Ajit Pawar-led NCP ministers` portfolios:
Hasan Mushrif Medical Education, Dhananjay Munde Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Dattatrey Bharne Sports ,Youth welfare and Minority Development and Aukaf, Aditi Tatkare Women and Child Development , Manikrao Kokate Agriculture. Narhari Zirwal has been given Food and Drug Administration, Special assistance. Makrand Patil has been given Relief and Rehabilitation, while Babasaheb Patil was allocated Cooperation.
Meanwhile, as many as six ministers of state were also announced on Saturday night.
| Name | Portfolio |
| Ashish Jaiswal | Finance & Planning, Agriculture, Relief & Rehabilitation, Law & Judiciary, Labour |
| Madhuri Misal | Urban Development, Transport, Social Justice, Medical Education, Minorities Development & Aukaf |
| Dr. Pankaj Bhoyar | Home (Rural), Housing, School Education, Co-operation, Mining |
| Meghna Bordikar | Public Health & Family Welfare, Water Supply & Sanitation, Energy, Women & Child Development, Public Works (Public Enterprises) |
| Indranil Naik | Industries, Public Works, Higher & Technical Education, Tribal Development, Tourism, Soil & Water Conservation |
| Yogesh Kadam | Home (Urban), Revenue, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection, Food & Drug Administration |
