Department of Animal Husbandry (Maharashtra)

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Animal Husbandry Department
Government of Maharashtra
पशुसंवर्धन विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
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Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Department overview
JurisdictionIndia Maharashtra
HeadquartersMantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Anoop Kumar, IAS, Secretary
Parent departmentGovernment of Maharashtra
Websiteahd.maharashtra.gov.in

The Department of Animal Husbandry is a department of Government of Maharashtra to look after animal husbandry in Maharashtra.[1]

Department is headed by the cabinet level minister. Minister of State assists cabinet minister. Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar is current Minister for Husbandry.[2][3]

List of Cabinet Ministers[]

No Name Party Term of office Ministry Chief minister
1 Shivajirao B. Patil INC 09 June 1980 - 12 January 1982 Antulay ministry A. R. Antulay
2 Baliram Hiray 13 January 1982 - 01 February 1983 Bhosale ministry Babasaheb Bhosale
3 Sudhakarrao Naik 07 February 1983 - 05 March 1985 Third Vasantdada Patil ministry Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpgVasantdada Patil
4 Vasantdada Patil
Chief Minister 		12 March 1985 - 01 June 1985 Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry Vasantdada Patil (1977).jpgVasantdada Patil
5 Anantrao Thopte 04 June 1985 - 06 March 1986 Nilangekar ministry Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
6 Bhagwantrao_Gaikwad 12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988 Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpgShankarrao Chavan
7 Datta Meghe 26 June 1988 - 03 March 1990 Second Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpgSharad Pawar
8 Vilasrao Deshmukh 4 March 1990 - 25 January 1991 Third Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpgSharad Pawar
9 Anantrao Thopate 25 January 1991 - 24 June 1991
10 Vilarsao Patil 28 June 1991 - 22 February 1993 Sudhakarrao Naik ministry Sudhakarrao Naik
11 Madhukar Pichad 06 March 1993 - 14 March 1995 Fourth Pawar ministry Sharad Govindrao Pawar.jpgSharad Pawar
12 Narayan Rane SHS 14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999 Manohar Joshi ministry Shri.Manohar Joshi.jpg Manohar Joshi
13 Babanrao Gholap 1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999 Narayn Rane Ministry Narayan Rane (cropped).jpg Narayan Rane
14 Anand Devkate INC 27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003 First Deshmukh ministry Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh
15 Ramkrishna More 18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004 Sushilkumar Shinde ministry Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi on August 06, 2009 (cropped).jpg Sushilkumar Shinde
16 Anees Ahmed 1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008 Second Deshmukh ministry Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh
17 Ravisheth Patil 8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009 First Ashok Chavan ministry Ashok Chavan 2010 - still 114915 crop.jpg Ashok Chavan
18 Balasaheb Thorat 7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010 Second Ashok Chavan ministry
19 Madhukarrao Chavan 11 November 2010 - 7 June 2014 Prithviraj Chavan ministry Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg Prithviraj Chavan
20 Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi 07 June 2014 - 26 September 2014
21 Eknath Khadse BJP 31 October 2014 – 4 June 2016 Devendra Fadanvis Ministry Devendra Fadnavis @Vidhan Sabha 04-03-2021.jpg Devendra Fadnavis
22 Ram Shinde 4 June 2016 – 8 November 2019
23 Balasaheb Thorat
(Acting) 		INC 28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019 Uddhav Thackrey Ministry The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg Uddhav Thackeray
24 Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar 30 December 2019 - Incumbent

List of Ministers of State[]

No Name Party Term of office Ministry Chief minister
1 Dattatray Vithoba Bharne NCP 30 December 2019 - Incumbent Uddhav Thackrey Ministry The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg Uddhav Thackeray

Animal husbandry in Maharashtra[]

Many farmers in Maharashtra depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. In addition to supplying milk, meat, eggs, wool, their castings (dung) and hides, animals, mainly bullocks, are the major source of power for both farmers and drayers. Thus, animal husbandry plays an important role in the rural economy. The national gross value of output from this sector was 8,123 billion Rupees in FY 2015–16.[4]

Organizational structure[]

Department is further divided into following sub-departments for ease of administration.[1]

  • Maharashtra Veterinary State Council, Nagpur[5]
  • Maharashtra Livestock Development Board Akola[6]
  • Sheep & Goat Development Corporation, Pune

Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University[]

Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University is an agriculture state university headquartered from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It was established under the The Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998.[7] It was officially established on 3 December 2000 by carving seven colleges out of the other four state agriculture universities in Maharashtra.[8]

See All Ministry[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About us". Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09.
  2. ^ Assainar, Raina (2021-06-19). "Dairy dept. to give land for NDRF base camp in Mahad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. ^ "Maharashtra: To Increase Milk Production, Artificial Insemination To Produce 90% Female Calves". Punekar News. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. ^ "Basic Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Statistics 2017" (PDF).
  5. ^ "महाराष्ट्र राज्य पशुवैद्यक परिषद, नागपूर, भारत". msvc.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. ^ "Maharashtra Livestock Development Board". mldb.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. ^ "Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998". www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University". www.mafsu.in. Retrieved 2021-02-03.

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