The Maharashtra Council of Ministers, also called State Cabinet is the principal executive organ of the Government of Maharashtra, which functions as the senior decision-making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by the Chief Minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries. The council is subject to the Maharashtra Legislature.
A smaller executive body called the State Cabinet is the supreme decision-making body in Maharashtra; it is a subset of the Maharashtra Council of Ministers who hold important portfolios and ministries of the government.
There are five categories of the council of ministers as given below, in descending order of rank:
Pursuant to , a minister who works at the pleasure of the Governor, is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister. Since at least the turn of the millennia, evidence indicates that an MLA's electoral performance enhances the likelihood of being granted a ministerial portfolio.
Every state in India is governed by its council of ministers with rules and procedures similar to the union council of ministers per .
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India used its powers for the first time to do "complete justice" under of the Indian Constitution to remove a minister functioning in the state of Manipur.
The cabinet expansion took place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on 15 December 2024. Maharashtra can have a maximum of 43 ministers. 33 were inducted as Cabinet ministers, 6 were sworn in as ministers of state. 19 ministers from the BJP, 11 from the ÃÂ Shiv Sena and 9 from the NCP taken oath as cabinet ministers.
Cabinet ministers portfolios where allocated on 21 December 2024.<br> Council portfolios are as follows
Update = 31 January 2026