# Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection (Maharashtra)

The Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. The ministry is responsible for consumer protection and regulating food and civil supply issues in Maharashtra.

## 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 Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection ||||||||||
| 01 | | | Sultan. G. Kazi (MLC for Elected by Local Authorities Constituency No. 14 - Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Council) | 01 May 1960 | 07 March 1962 | 1 year, 310 days | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao I | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| 02 | | | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 22 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council) | 08 March 1962 | 19 November 1962 | 256 days | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao II | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| 03 | | | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 22 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council) | 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 | P. K. Sawant |
| 05 | | | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 22 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council) | 05 December 1963 | 01 March 1967 | 3 years, 86 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao I | Vasantrao Naik |
| 06 | | | Keshavrao Sonawane (MLA for Latur Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 01 March 1967 | 27 October 1969 | 2 years, 240 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao II | Vasantrao Naik |
| 07 | | | Shankarrao Chavan (MLA for Bhokar Constituency No. 85- Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly) | 27 October 1969 | 13 March 1972 | 2 years, 138 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao II | Vasantrao Naik |
| 08 | | | Vasantrao Patil (MLA for Sangli Constituency No. 282 - Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) | 13 March 1972 | 04 April 1973 | 1 year, 32 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | Vasantrao Naik |
| 09 | | | Anant Namjoshi (MLA for Girgaon Constituency No. 185- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly) | 04 April 1973 | 17 Match 1974 | 347 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | Vasantrao Naik |
| 10 | | | Vasantrao Naik (MLA for Pusad Constituency No. 81- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) | 17 Match 1974 | 21 February 1975 | 341 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | Vasantrao Naik |
| 11 | | | Ratnappa Kumbhar (MLA for Shirol Constituency No. 280- Kolhapur District (Legislative Assembly) | 21 February 1975 | 16 April 1977 | 2 years, 54 days | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao I | Shankarrao Chavan |
| 12 | | | Shankarrao Gedam (MLA for Katol Constituency No. 48- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 17 April 1977 | 07 March 1978 | 1 year, 324 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada I | Vasantdada Patil |
| 13 | | | Yashwantrao Mohite (MLA for Karad South Constituency No. 260- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly) | 07 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 133 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada II | Vasantdada Patil |
| 14 | | | Jagannathrao Jadhav (MLA for Sangameshwar Constituency No. 173- Ratnagiri District (Legislative Assembly) | 18 July 1978 | 17 February 1980 | 1 year, 214 days | Janata Party | Pawar I | Sharad Pawar |
| 15 | | | Bhikajirao Jijaba Khatal-Patil (MLA for Sangamner Constituency No. 217- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 09 June 1980 | 21 January 1982 | 1 year, 226 days | Indian National Congress | Antulay | Abdul Rahman Antulay |
| 16 | | | V. Subramaniam (MLA for South Mumbai Constituency No. 121- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly) | 21 January 1982 | 02 February 1983 | 1 year, 12 days | Indian National Congress | Bhosale | Babasaheb Bhosale |
| 17 | | | Pratibha Patil (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly) | 07 February 1983 | 05 March 1985 | 2 years, 26 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada III | Vasantdada Patil |
| 18 | | | Surupsingh Hirya Naik (MLA for Navapur Constituency No. 04- Nandurbar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 12 March 1985 | 03 June 1985 | 83 days | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada IV | Vasantdada Patil |
| 19 | | | Shivajirao Deshmukh (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 18 - Sangli District) (Legislative Council) | 03 June 1985 | 12 March 1986 | 282 days | Indian National Congress | Nilangekar | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar |
| 20 | | | V. Subramanian (MLA for South Mumbai Constituency No. 121- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly) | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao II | Shankarrao Chavan |
| 21 | | | Datta Meghe (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 15 - Wardha District) (Legislative Council) | 26 June 1988 | 03 March 1990 | 1 year, 250 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar II | Sharad Pawar |
| 22 | | | Surupsingh Hirya Naik (MLA for Navapur Constituency No. 04- Nandurbar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 03 March 1990 | 25 January 1991 | 328 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar III | Sharad Pawar |
| 23 | | | Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council) | 25 January 1991 | 25 June 1991 | 151 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar III | Sharad Pawar |
| 24 | | | Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council) | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | 1 year, 242 days | Indian National Congress | Sudhakarrao | Sudhakarrao Naik |
| 25 | | | Sarawan Parate (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 14 - Kolhapur District) (Legislative Council) | 06 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 2 years, 8 days | Indian National Congress | Pawar IV | Sharad Pawar |
| 26 | | | Shobha Fadnavis (MLA for Saoli Constituency No. 82 - Chandrapur district) (Legislative Assembly) | 14 March 1995 | 01 February 1999 | 3 years, 324 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Joshi | Manohar Joshi |
| 27 | | | Shobha Fadnavis (MLA for Saoli Constituency No. 82 - Chandrapur district) (Legislative Assembly) | 01 February 1999 | 11 May 1999 | 99 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rane | Narayan Rane |
| 28 | | | Mahadeo Shivankar (MLA for Amgaon Constituency No. 66 - Gondia district) (Legislative Assembly) | 11 May 1999 | 17 October 1999 | 159 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rane | Narayan Rane |
| 29 | | | Chhagan Bhujbal (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council) (Deputy Chief Minister) | 19 October 1999 | 27 October 1999 | 8 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh I | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 30 | | | Datta Meghe (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 15 - Wardha District) (Legislative Council) | 27 October 1999 | 16 January 2003 | 3 years, 81 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh I | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 31 | | | Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA for Solapur South Constituency No. 251- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) | 18 January 2003 | 01 November 2004 | 1 year, 295 days | Indian National Congress | 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 | | | Sunil Tatkare (MLA for Mangaon Constituency No. 194- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly) | 09 November 2004 | 01 December 2008 | 4 years, 22 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Deshmukh II | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 34 | | | Ramesh Bang (MLA for Hingna Constituency No. 50- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 08 December 2008 | 06 November 2009 | 333 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Ashok I | Ashok Chavan |
| 35 | | | Anil Deshmukh (MLA for Katol Constituency No. 48- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Ashok II | Ashok Chavan |
| 36 | | | Balasaheb Thorat (MLA for Sangamner Constituency No. 217- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 11 November 2010 | 26 September 2014 | 3 years, 319 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Prithviraj | Prithviraj Chavan |
| 37 | | | Vishnu Savara (MLA for Vikramgad Constituency No. 129- Palghar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 31 October 2014 | 04 December 2014 | 34 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 38 | | | Girish Bapat (MLA for Kasba Peth Constituency No. 215- Pune District (Legislative Assembly) | 05 December 2014 | 04 June 2019 | 4 years, 181 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 39 | | | Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief_Minister) Additional Charge | 04 June 2019 | 16 June 2019 | 12 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 40 | | | Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (MLA for Nilanga Constituency No. 238- Latur District (Legislative Assembly) | 16 June 2019 | 12 November 2019 | 149 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 41 | | | 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 |
| 42 | | | Jayant Patil (MLA for Islampur Constituency No. 283- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) | 28 November 2019 | 30 December 2019 | 32 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 43 | | | Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly) | 30 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 181 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 44 | | | 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 |
| 45 | | | Ravindra Chavan (MLA for Dombivli Constituency No. 143- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly) | 14 August 2022 | 14 July 2023 | 334 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Eknath | Eknath Shinde |
| 46 | | | Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly) | 14 July 2023 | 26 November 2024 | 1 year, 135 days | Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group) | Eknath | Eknath Shinde |
| 47 | | | 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 |
| 48 | | | Dhananjay Munde (MLA for Parli Constituency No. 233- Beed District) (Legislative Assembly) | 21 December 2024 | 04 March 2025 | 73 days | Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group) | Fadnavis III | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 49 | | | Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief_Minister) Additional Charge | 04 March 2025 | 06 March 2025 | 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis III | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 50 | | | Ajit Pawar (MLA for Baramati Constituency No. 201- Pune District (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister) | 07 March 2025 | Incumbent | 4 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 Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs |||||||||||
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | 23 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 5 days | NA | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 01 | | | Vishwajeet Kadam (MLA for Palus-Kadegaon Constituency No. 285- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) | 30 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 181 days | Indian National Congress | Thackeray | Chhagan Bhujbal | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 253 days | NA | Eknath | Eknath Shinde (2022 - 2022) Ravindra Chavan (2022 - 2023) Chhagan Bhujbal (2023 - Present) | Eknath Shinde |

## History

Food and Civil Supplies department came into existence in March 1965. Before 1965, Food and Civil Supply came under Agriculture, Food and Cooperation Department.

## Jurisdiction

Ministry looks after Maharashtra. Department works in alignment with the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

## Consumer protection

Department is further divided into following offices for administrative purpose.
State and District level consumer protection :
* Consumer Welfare Advisory Committee
* District Consumer Protection Councils
* State Consumer Protection Council
* Jurisdiction of the State Commission & District Forum
* District Fora
* Circuit Bench
* State Commission
Composition of State Commission The State Commission consists of
* five Members
* one President (sitting or retired High Court Judge)
* one is judicial member (sitting or retired District Court Judge)
* and one is lady member.
* two members with adequate knowledge of consumer protection laws