# Ministry of Special Assistance (Maharashtra)

The Ministry of Special Assistance is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Narhari Zirwal is current Minister of Special Assistance.

## Cabinet Ministers

| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Constituency) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Chief Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Constituency) | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Chief Minister |
| Minister of Special Assistance ||||||||||
| 01 | | | Balasaheb Shivram Bharde (MLA for Ahmednagar South Constituency No. 224- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 01 May 1960 | 07 March 1962 | 1 year, 310 days | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao I | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| 02 | | | Niramala Raje Bhosale (MLA for Satara Constituency No. 268- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly) | 08 March 1962 | 19 November 1962 | 256 days | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao II | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| 03 | | | Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari (MLA for Raver Constituency No. 11- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly) | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | 1 year, 4 days | Indian National Congress | Kannamwar l | Marotrao Kannamwar |
| 04 | | | P. K. Sawant (MLA for Chiplun Constituency No. 265- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly) (Interim Chief Minister) | 25 November 1962 | 04 December 1963 | 9 days | Indian National Congress | Sawant I | P. K. Sawant |
| 05 | | | Narendra Mahipati Tidke (MLA for Savner Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 05 December 1963 | 01 March 1967 | 3 years, 86 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao I | Vasantrao Naik |
| 06 | | | Pratibha Patil (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly) | 01 March 1967 | 09 September 1969 | 2 years, 192 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao II | Vasantrao Naik |
| 07 | | | D. S. Palaspagar (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Bhandara District) (Legislative Council) | 09 September 1969 | 13 March 1972 | 2 years, 186 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao II | Vasantrao Naik |
| 08 | | | M. B. Popat (MLA for Dhobitalao Constituency No. 160- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly) | 13 March 1972 | 04 April 1973 | 1 year, 32 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | Vasantrao Naik |
| 09 | | | Narendra Mahipati Tidke (MLA for Savner Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 04 April 1973 | 17 Match 1974 | 347 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | Vasantrao Naik |
| 10 | | | Vasantdada Patil (MLA for Sangli Constituency No. 282 - Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) | 17 Match 1974 | 21 February 1975 | 341 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | Vasantrao Naik |
| 11 | | | Pratibha Patil (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly) | 21 February 1975 | 16 April 1977 | 2 years, 54 days | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao I | Shankarrao Chavan |
| 12 | | | Yashwantrao Mohite (MLA for Karad South Constituency No. 260- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly) | 17 April 1977 | 07 March 1978 | 1 year, 324 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada I | Vasantdada Patil |
| 13 | | | Prabha Rau (MLA for Pulgaon Constituency No. 41- Wardha District) (Legislative Assembly) | 07 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 133 days | Indian National Congress (Indira) | Vasantdada II | Vasantdada Patil |
| 14 | | | Uttamrao Patil (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Jalgaon District) (Legislative Council) | 18 July 1978 | 17 February 1980 | 1 year, 214 days | Janata Party | Pawar I | Sharad Pawar |
| 15 | | | Narendra Mahipati Tidke (MLA for Savner Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 09 June 1980 | 09 March 1981 | 273 days | Indian National Congress | Antulay | Abdul Rahman Antulay |
| 16 | | | Nanabhau Yembadwar (MLC for Bhandara - Gondia Local Authorities Constituency No. 14 - Gondia District) (Legislative Council) | 09 March 1981 | 21 January 1982 | 318 days | Indian National Congress | Antulay | Abdul Rahman Antulay |
| 17 | | | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (MLA for Nilanga Constituency No. 238- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 21 January 1982 | 02 February 1983 | 1 year, 12 days | Indian National Congress | Bhosale | Babasaheb Bhosale |
| 18 | | | Narendra Marutrao Kamble (MLC for Elected by Governor Nominated No. 10 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council) | 07 February 1983 | 05 March 1985 | 2 years, 26 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada III | Vasantdada Patil |
| 19 | | | Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council) | 12 March 1985 | 03 June 1985 | 83 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada IV | Vasantdada Patil |
| 20 | | | Balachandra Bhai Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council) | 03 June 1985 | 12 March 1986 | 282 days | Indian National Congress | Nilangekar | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar |
| 21 | | | Shankarrao Chavan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 08 - Nanded District) (Legislative Council) (Chief Minister) | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao II | Shankarrao Chavan |
| 22 | | | Narendra Marutrao Kamble (MLC for Elected by Governor Nominated No. 10 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council) | 26 June 1988 | 03 March 1990 | 1 year, 250 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar II | Sharad Pawar |
| 23 | | | Javed Iqbal Khan (MLA for Trombay Constituency No. 177- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly) | 04 March 1990 | 25 June 1991 | 1 year, 113 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar III |
| 24 | | | Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA for Solapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | 1 year, 242 days | Indian National Congress | Sudhakarrao | Sudhakarrao Naik |
| 25 | | | Ramrao Adik (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 05 - Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Council) | 06 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 2 years, 8 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar IV | Sharad Pawar |
| 26 | | | Manohar Joshi (MLA for Dadar Constituency No. 181- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) | 14 March 1995 | 19 October 1997 | 2 years, 219 days | Shiv Sena | Joshi | Manohar Joshi |
| 27 | | | Pramod Navalkar (MLC for Mumbai Graduates Constituency No. 06 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council) | 19 October 1997 | 01 February 1999 | 1 year, 105 days | Shiv Sena | Joshi | Manohar Joshi |
| 28 | | | Sureshdada Jain (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly) | 01 February 1999 | 11 May 1999 | 99 days | Shiv Sena | Rane | Narayan Rane |
| 29 | | | Haribhau Bagade (MLA for Aurangabad East Constituency No. 109- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District Also Previously Known Aurangabad District (Legislative Assembly) | 11 May 1999 | 17 October 1999 | 159 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rane | Narayan Rane |
| 30 | | | Chhagan Bhujbal (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council) (Deputy Chief Minister) | 19 October 1999 | 03 May 2001 | 1 year, 194 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh I | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 31 | | | Madhukarrao Pichad (MLA for Akole Constituency No. 213- Ahmednagar District (Legislative Assembly) | 03 May 2001 | 16 January 2003 | 1 year, 257 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh I | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 32 | | | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil (MLA for Malshiras Constituency No. 254- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 18 January 2003 | 23 December 2003 | 346 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Sushilkumar | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| 33 | | | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil (MLA for Malshiras Constituency No. 254- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister) | 23 December 2003 | 01 November 2004 | 314 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Sushilkumar | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| 32 | | | R. R. Patil (MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister) | 01 November 2004 | 09 November 2004 | 8 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh II | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 33 | | | Jayant Patil (MLA for Walva Constituency No. 283- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) | 09 November 2004 | 01 December 2008 | 4 years, 22 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh II | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 34 | | | Nawab Malik (MLA for Anushakti Nagar Constituency No. 172- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly) | 08 December 2008 | 06 November 2009 | 333 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Ashok I | Ashok Chavan |
| 35 | | | Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister) | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Ashok II | Ashok Chavan |
| 36 | | | Patangrao Kadam (MLA for Palus-Kadegaon Constituency No. 285- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) | 11 November 2010 | 26 September 2014 | 3 years, 319 days | Indian National Congress | Prithviraj | Prithviraj Chavan |
| 37 | | | Vishnu Savara (MLA for Vikramgad Constituency No. 129- Palghar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 31 October 2014 | 05 December 2014 | 35 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 38 | | | Rajkumar Badole (MLA for Arjuni-Morgaon Constituency No. 63- Gondiya District) (Legislative Assembly) | 05 December 2014 | 16 June 2019 | 4 years, 193 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 39 | | | Suresh Khade (MLA for Miraj) Constituency No. 281- Sangli District (Legislative Assembly) | 16 June 2019 | 12 November 2019 | 149 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 40 | | | Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) (In Charge) | 23 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 5 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 41 | | | Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly) | 28 November 2019 | 30 December 2019 | 32 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 42 | | | Dhananjay Munde (MLA for Parli Constituency No. 233- Beed District) (Legislative Assembly) | 30 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 181 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 43 | | | Eknath Shinde (MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) (In Charge) | 30 June 2022 | 14 August 2022 | 45 days | Shiv Sena (Shinde Group) | Eknath | Eknath Shinde |
| 44 | | | Eknath Shinde (MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) | 14 August 2022 | 14 July 2023 | 334 days | Shiv Sena (Shinde Group) | Eknath | Eknath Shinde |
| 45 | | | Hasan Mushrif (MLA for Kagal Constituency No. 273- Kolhapur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 14 July 2023 | 26 November 2024 | 1 year, 135 days | Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group) | Eknath | Eknath Shinde |
| 46 | | | Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief_Minister) In Charge | 05 December 2024 | 21 December 2024 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis III | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 47 | | | Narhari Zirwal (MLA for Dindori Constituency No. 122- Nashik District (Legislative Assembly) | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | 20 days | Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group) | Fadnavis III | Devendra Fadnavis |

## Ministers of State

| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Deputy Minister (Constituency) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Minister | Chief Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Deputy Minister (Constituency) | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Minister | Chief Minister |
| Deputy Minister of Special Assistance |||||||||||
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | 23 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 5 days | NA | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 01 | | | Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi (MLA for Sillod Constituency No. 104- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District Also Previously Known Aurangabad District (Legislative Assembly) | 30 December 2019 | 27 June 2022 | 2 years, 179 days | Shiv Sena | Thackeray | Dhananjay Munde | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 02 | | | Aditi Tatkare (MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly) Additional_Charge | 27 June 2022 | 29 June 2022 | 2 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Dhananjay Munde | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 194 days | NA | Eknath | Eknath Shinde (2022 - 2023) Hasan Mushrif (2023 - Present) | Eknath Shinde |