Ministry of Special Assistance (Maharashtra)

Minister of Special Assistance
**विशेष सहाय्य मंत्री**
Minister of Special Assistance; विशेष सहाय्य मंत्री
	Emblem of India
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Hasan Mushrif; since 14 July 2023
	Ministry of Special Assistance (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	Eknath Shinde; Chief Minister (2022-2023)
Inaugural holder	Niramala Raje Bhosale; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD; since 29 June 2022

Ministry of Special Assistance, Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय विशेष सहाय्य विभाग महाराष्ट्र शासन
	Seal of the state of Maharashtra
	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Ministry overview
Formed	1928[1]
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Hasan Mushrif, ; Gabinet Minister;
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, ; Minister of State;
Ministry executive	Shyam Tagare (IAS)[2];
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	sjsa.maharashtra.gov.in/en

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.[3]

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Hasan Mushrif is current Minister of Special Assistance.

Head office

List of cabinet ministers


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
1	Niramala Raje Bhosale	INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	Niramala Raje Bhosale		8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	Keshavrao Sonawane		20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-	Marotrao Kannamwar
4	D. S. Palaspagar		25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-	P. K. Sawant
5	Balasaheb Desai		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	Vasantdada Patil		21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977	First Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
9	Yashwantrao Mohite		17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978	First Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
10	Prabha Rau	INC (I)	7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
11	Uttamrao Patil	JP	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	N. M. Tidke	INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	Abdul Rahman Antulay
13	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar		13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
14	N. M. Kamble		7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
15	Jawaharlal Darda		12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
16	Balachandra Sawant		4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17	Shankarrao Chavan Chief Minister		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
18	N. M. Kamble		26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
19	Javed Khan		4 March 1990 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
20	Sushilkumar Shinde		26 December 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
21	Ramrao Adik		6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
22	Manohar Joshi Chief Minister	SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
23	Gopinath Munde Deputy Chief Minister	BJP	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
24	Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister	NCP	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
25	Sushilkumar Shinde Chief Minister	INC	18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
26	Jayant Patil	NCP	1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
27	Nawab Malik		8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
28	Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
29	Patangrao Kadam	INC	11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
30	Vishnu Savara	BJP	31 October 2014 - 04 December 2014	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
31	Rajkumar Badole		04 December 2014 – 11 June 2019
32	Suresh Khade		11 June 2019 - 08 November 2019
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019				Second Fadnavis ministry
33	Chhagan Bhujbal	NCP	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
34	Dhananjay Munde	NCP	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
35	Eknath Shinde Chief Minister	SHS (Shinde Group)	14 August 2022 - 14 July 2023
36	Hasan Mushrif	NCP (Ajit Pawar group)	14 July 2023 - Incumbent

List of ministers of state


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
1	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi	SHS	30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC	Uddhav Thackeray
2	Aditi Sunil Tatkare Additional_charge	NCP	27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		Uddhav Thackeray
3	NA	SHS Eknath group BJP	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry	National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group	Eknath Shinde

References

"History : Social Justice Department". Ministry of Social Justice, Government of Maharashtra.
"World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 'Cases of abuse underreported, data unreliable'". The Indian Express. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
Jog, Sanjay (2018-04-14). "Maharashtra government plan to help victims of atrocity". DNA India. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

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[history-1] "History : Social Justice Department". Ministry of Social Justice, Government of Maharashtra.

[2] "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 'Cases of abuse underreported, data unreliable'". The Indian Express. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

[3] Jog, Sanjay (2018-04-14). "Maharashtra government plan to help victims of atrocity". DNA India. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

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