Uddhav-led Maharashtra govt allocates portfolios; NCP gets home, finance

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has approved the allocation of portfolios as proposed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said on Sunday. The list of portfolios to be allocated to ministers was sent to the governor on Saturday evening, state NCP chief Jayant Patil earlier said.

The governor has approved the allocation of portfolios, a spokesperson of the Raj Bhavan said. The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government is facing criticism from the opposition BJP for delay in the allocation of portfolios despite being in power for over a month now. Chief Minister Thackeray and six of his council members - two each from the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress - took oath on November 28.

Thackeray expanded his month-old ministry on December 30 by inducting 36 ministers.

As per the new allocation, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar gets finance ministry while Anil Deshmukh, also of the NCP will be the Home minister. Congress' Balasaheb Thorat gets revenue ministry.

Maharashtra Government Portfolio Allocation: Who Got What?

Shiv Sena

Eknath Shinde - Urban Development
Subhash Desai - Industries
Sanjay Rathod - Forest Minister
Anil Parab - Transit
Uday Samant - High-Tech (Tech) Education
Aditya Thackeray - Environment
Grandfather Bhushan - Ministry of Agriculture
Gulabrao Patil - Water Supply
Sandipan Bhumre - Employment
Shankar Gadakh - Water conservation

NCP

Ajit Pawar - Finance Minister
Anil Deshmukh - Home Minister
Chhagan Bhujbal - Civil Supplies of Food
Jayant Patil - Water Resources
Dhananjay Munde - Social Justice
Dilip Valase Patil - Excise duty
Nawab Malik - Ministry of Minorities
Balasaheb Patil - For cooperation
Jitendra Awhad - Housing
Hasan Musrif - Village Development
Rajesh Tope - Health
Rajendra Shingane - Food and medicine

Congress

Balasaheb Thorat - Revenue
Ashok Chavan - Public Works (PWD)
Nitin Raut - Energy
Varsha Gaikwad - Schooling
KCPadvi - Tribal Development
Amit Deshmukh - Medical (HEALTH) education and cultural
Vijay Vadetwar - Help and Rehabilitation
Yashomati Thakur - Women's Child Development
Aslam Shaikh - Monkey Disorders, Textile Industry, Fisheries Conservation
Sunil Kedar - Dairy Development and Animal Husbandry

Ministers of State

Shambhuraj Desai - Minister of Home Affairs (Rural)
Abdul Sattar - Revenue, Rural Development
Baby Bitter - Water Resources, School Education, Workers
Satej Patil - Minister of State for Home (City)
Vishwajit Kadam - Agriculture & Cooperation
Rajendra Yadravkar - Health, Cultural, Food Medicine
Aditi Tatkare - Minister of State for Industry, Tourism, Sports
Payment of water - water retention, general administration
Sanjay Bansode - Environment, Water Supply, Public Works
Prajakta Tanpure - Minister of State for Urban Development, Energy, High-Tech Education