Ministry of Dairy Development (Maharashtra)

The Ministry of Dairy Development is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra state.

Ministry of Dairy Development Government of Maharashtra

मंत्रालय दुग्ध व्यवसाय विकास विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
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Ministry 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
Ministry executive	(IAS)
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is Current Minister of Dairy Development Government of Maharashtra.

Head office

Minister of Dairy Development मंत्री दुग्ध व्यवसाय विकास विभाग
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Flag of India
Incumbent Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil since 14 August 2022
Ministry of Dairy Development (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

No	Name (Constituency)	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Chief minister
1	Balasaheb Desai		INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-		Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	Balasaheb Desai			8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)		Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	Shankarrao Chavan			20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-		Marotrao Kannamwar
4	Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan			25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-		P. K. Sawant
5	Sharad Pawar (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)			5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967	-		Vasantrao Naik
6	Yashwantrao Mohite			1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972	-		Vasantrao Naik
7	Vasantdada Patil			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	Sundarrao Solanke			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		Abdul Rahman 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			25 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	Ganesh Naik			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	Anand Devkate			27 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	08 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

No	Name	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Alliance		Chief minister
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
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