Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Maharashtra)

Minister of Environment and Climate Change
**मंत्री पर्यावरण आणि हवामान बदल**
Minister of Environment and Climate Change; मंत्री पर्यावरण आणि हवामान बदल
	Emblem of India
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Eknath Shinde; Chief Minister; since 14 August 2022
	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
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	Aaditya Thackeray; (2019-2022)
Inaugural holder	Vasantrao Naik; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Sanjay Bansode

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय पर्यावरण आणि हवामान बदल विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
	Seal of the state of Maharashtra
	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Eknath Shinde, ; Chief Minister of Maharashtra;
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State;
Ministry executive	(IAS);
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	envd.maharashtra.gov.in/default.aspx

The Ministry of Environment is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. The ministry is responsible for promoting environmental issues in Maharashtra.

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Eknath Shinde is current Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

Head office

List of cabinet ministers


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
1	Vasantrao Naik	INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	Vasantrao Naik		8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	P. K. Sawant		20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-	Marotrao Kannamwar
4	Balasaheb Desai		25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-	P. K. Sawant
5	Sundarrao Solanke		5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967	-	Vasantrao Naik
6	Pratibha 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	Sharad Pawar		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	Purushottam_Dekate	INC (I)	7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
11	Pramila Tople	INC (S)	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	N. M. Tidke	INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	A. R. Antulay
13	Babasaheb Bhosale Chief Minister		13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
14	Vasantdada Patil Chief Minister		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	Sushilkumar Shinde		4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17	V. Subramanian		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
18	Abhaysinh Raje Bhosale		26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
19	Sharad Pawar Chief Minister		4 March 1990 - 25 January 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
20	Jawaharlal Darda		25 January 1991 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
21	Jawaharlal Darda		26 December 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
22	Vilasrao Deshmukh		6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
23	Ganesh Naik	SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
24	Ganesh Naik	SHS	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
25	Surupsingh Hirya Naik	INC	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
26	Sushilkumar Shinde Chief Minister	INC	27 December 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
27	Ganesh Naik	NCP	1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
28	Ganesh Naik		8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
29	Jayant Patil		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
30	Sanjay Deotale	INC	11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
31	Ramdas Kadam	SHS	31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019				Second Fadnavis ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
32	Eknath Shinde	SHS	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
33	Aaditya Thackeray	SHS	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister 30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022				Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde
34	Eknath Shinde Chief Minister	SHS (Shinde Group)	14 August 2022 - Incumbent	Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde

List of ministers of state


No	Name	Party		Term of office	Ministry	Alliance		Chief minister
1	Sanjay_Bansode		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	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry		National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS		Eknath Shinde

History

Ministry of Environment was renamed as Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in 2020.[1]

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is execution wing of the ministry.[2]
MPCB is responsible for implementation of -

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Water (Cess) Act, 1977
Few provisions under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986
Biomedical Waste (M&H) Rules, 1998,
Hazardous Waste (M&H) Rules, 2000,
Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000 etc.

MPCB is an ISO 9000 and ISO 27001 certified organization.[3]

Composition of the MPCB[4]

As per provisions of section 4 of the Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 and section 5 of Air (P&CP) Act, 1981), board consists of -

Chairman,
Member Secretary
Official and Non-Official Members

References

"Maharashtra renames its environment ministry as 'Environment and Climate Change Ministry'". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
"Introduction | Maharashtra Pollution Control Board". www.mpcb.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
"MPCB gets ISO 9000, ISO 27001 Certification". The Hitavada.
"Establishment of MPCB | Maharashtra Pollution Control Board". www.mpcb.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Maharashtra renames its environment ministry as 'Environment and Climate Change Ministry'". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

[2] "Introduction | Maharashtra Pollution Control Board". www.mpcb.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

[3] "MPCB gets ISO 9000, ISO 27001 Certification". The Hitavada.

[4] "Establishment of MPCB | Maharashtra Pollution Control Board". www.mpcb.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

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