Ministry of Horticulture (Maharashtra)

The Ministry of Horticulture is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra state.

Ministry of Horticulture Government of Maharashtra

मंत्रालय फलोत्पादन विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
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Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Sandipanrao Bhumre, Cabinet Minister
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State
Ministry executive	(IAS)
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Sandipanrao Bhumre is Current Minister of Horticulture Government of Maharashtra.

Head office

Minister of Horticulture मंत्री फलोत्पादन विभाग
Emblem of India
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Incumbent Sandipanrao Bhumre since 14 August 2022
Ministry of Horticulture (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	Shankarrao Gadakh Additional charge (2022- 2022)
Inaugural holder	M. D. Choudhary (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022

List of cabinet ministers

No	Name (Constituency)	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Chief minister
1	M. D. Choudhary		INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-		Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	M. D. Choudhary			8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)		Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	Niramala Raje Bhosale			20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-		Marotrao Kannamwar
4	Balasaheb Desai			25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-		P. K. Sawant
5	Rafiq Zakaria			5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967	-		Vasantrao Naik
6	Shankarrao Bajirao Patil			1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972	-		Vasantrao Naik
7	A. R. Antulay			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	Sharad Pawar (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)			17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978	First Vasantdada Patil ministry		Vasantdada Patil
10	Prabha Rau		INC (I)	7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry		Vasantdada Patil
11	Ganpatrao_Deshmukh		PWPI	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry		Sharad Pawar
12	Babasaheb Bhosale		INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry		Abdul Rahman Antulay
13	Baliram Hiray			13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983	Bhosale ministry		Babasaheb Bhosale
14	Nanabhau Yambadwar			7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry		Vasantdada Patil
15	Jawaharlal Darda			12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry		Vasantdada Patil
16	Sudhakarrao Naik			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	Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency- Latur District)			26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry		Sharad Pawar
19	Shivajirao Deshmukh			4 March 1990 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry		Sharad Pawar
20	Rohidas Patil			25 June 1991 - 3 November 1992	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry		Sudhakarrao Naik
21	Prabhakar Dharkar			6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry		Sharad Pawar
22	Shashikant Sutar		SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry		Manohar Joshi
23	Eknath Khadse (MLA for Muktainagar-Jalgaon District)		BJP	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry		Narayan Rane
24	Ajit Pawar (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)		NCP	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry		Vilasrao Deshmukh
25	Ajit Pawar (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)			27 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry		Sushilkumar Shinde
26	Vinay Kore		IND	1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry		Vilasrao Deshmukh
27	Vinay Kore			8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry		Ashok Chavan
28	Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit		NCP	7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
29	Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit			11 November 2010 - 19 May 2014	Prithviraj Chavan ministry		Prithviraj Chavan
30	Jitendra Awhad			29 May 2014 - 26 September 2014
31	Girish Bapat		BJP	31 October 2014 – 9 June 2019	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry		Devendra Fadnavis
32	Jaydutt Kshirsagar		SHS	9 June 2019 - 8 November 2019
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019					Second Fadnavis ministry		Devendra Fadnavis
33	Subhash Desai (MLC for Elected by MLAs constituency-Mumbai Suburban District)		SHS	29 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		Uddhav Thackeray
34	Sandipanrao Bhumre			30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022
35	Shankarrao Gadakh Additional charge			27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister 30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022					Eknath Shinde Ministry		Eknath Shinde
36	Sandipanrao Bhumre		SHS (Shinde Group)	14 August 2022 - Incumbent

List of ministers of state

No	Name (Constituency)	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Alliance		Chief minister
1	Aditi Sunil Tatkare (MLA for Shrivardhan- Raigad District)		NCP	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC		Uddhav Thackeray
2	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