Ministry of Tourism (Maharashtra)

The Ministry of tourism is a ministry in the Government of Maharashtra. The Ministry is responsible for promotion of travel and tourism in Maharashtra.

Ministry of Tourism Department
Government of Maharashtra

मंत्रालय पर्यटन विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Shambhuraj Desai, Cabinet Minister
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State
Ministry executive	Mr. Valsa Nair Singh, Principal Secretary
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	www.maharashtratourism.gov.in

The Ministry is headed by the Cabinet level Minister. Shambhuraj Desai is current Minister of Tourism since December 2024.

Tourism in Maharashtra

Maharashtra attracts drug tourists from different states and foreign countries.^[1] It was the second most visited Indian state by foreigners and fourth most visited state by domestic tourists in the country in 2014.^[2] Aurangabad is the tourism capital of Maharashtra.^[3]

Head office

Minister of Tourism मंत्री पर्यटन
Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent Shambhuraj Desai since 21 December 2024
Ministry of Tourism
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	Devendra Fadnavis (2024-2024)
Inaugural holder	Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022

Cabinet Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Tourism
01			Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 22 - Mumbai Suburban 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
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			Balasaheb Desai (MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 March 1967	27 October 1969	2 years, 240 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
07			P. K. Sawant (MLA for Chiplun Constituency No. 265- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly)	27 October 1969	13 March 1972	2 years, 138 days	Indian National Congress
08			Vasantrao Naik (MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	13 March 1972	04 April 1973	1 year, 32 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao III
09			Yashwantrao Mohite (MLA for Karad South Constituency No. 260- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	04 April 1973	17 Match 1974	347 days	Indian National Congress
10			Vasantrao Patil (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 20 - Sangli District) (Legislative Council)	17 Match 1974	21 February 1975	341 days	Indian National Congress
11			Shankarrao Chavan (MLA for Bhokar Constituency No. 85- Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	21 February 1975	05 May 1976	2 years, 54 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao I	Shankarrao Chavan
12			Rafiq Zakaria (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 16 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council)	05 May 1976	16 April 1977	346 days	Indian National Congress
13			Nashikrao Tirpude (MLA for Bhandara Constituency No. 61- Bhandara District) (Legislative Assembly)	17 April 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada I	Vasantdada Patil
14			Prabha Rau (MLA for Pulgaon Constituency No. 41- Wardha District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Vasantdada II
15			Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA for Solapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	1 year, 214 days	Indian Congress (Socialist)	Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
16			Jayant Shridhar Tilak (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 02 - Pune District) (Legislative Council)	09 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	Indian National Congress	Antulay	Abdul Rahman Antulay
17			Baliram Waman Hiray (MLA for Dabhadi Constituency No. 74- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Bhosale	Babasaheb Bhosale
18			Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA for Solapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada III	Vasantdada Patil
19			Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council)	12 March 1985	03 June 1985	83 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada IV
19			Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council)	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress	Nilangekar	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
20			Ram Meghe (MLA for Daryapur Constituency No. 40- Amravati District) (Legislative Assembly)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao II	Shankarrao Chavan
21			Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar II	Sharad Pawar
22			Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	03 March 1990	25 January 1991	328 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar III
23			Anantrao Thopate (MLA for Bhor Constituency No. 203- Pune District (Legislative Assembly)	25 January 1991	25 June 1991	151 days
24			Sudhakarrao Naik (MLA for Pusad Constituency No. 81- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	25 June 1991	30 December 1991	188 days	Indian National Congress	Sudhakarrao	Sudhakarrao Naik
25			Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil (MLA for Malshiras Constituency No. 254- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 54 days
26			Prabhakar Dharkar (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 16 - Pune District) (Legislative Council)	06 March 1993	18 November 1994	1 year, 257 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
27			Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 November 1994	14 March 1995	116 days	Indian National Congress
28			Jagannath Patil (MLA for Kalyan Constituency No. 145- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Shiv Sena	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
29			Pramod Navalkar (MLC for Mumbai Graduates Constituency No. 06 - Mumbai City District) (Legislative Council)	01 February 1999	11 May 1999	99 days	Shiv Sena	Rane	Narayan Rane
30			Eknath Khadse (MLA for Muktainagar Constituency No. 20- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 May 1999	17 October 1999	159 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
38			Ganpatrao Deshmukh (MLA for Sangola Constituency No. 235- Solapur District (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Peasants and Workers Party of India	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
32			Shivajirao Moghe (MLA for Arni Constituency No. 80- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
33			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
34			Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil (MLA for Malshiras Constituency No. 254- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 22 days	Nationalist Congress Party
35			Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
36			Vijaykumar Gavit (MLA for Nandurbar Constituency No. 03- Nandurbar District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ashok II
37			Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla Constituency No. 119- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
39			Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	31 October 2014	04 June 2016	1 year, 217 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
40			Pankaja Munde (MLA for Parli Constituency No. 233- Beed District) (Legislative Assembly)	04 June 2016	08 July 2016	34 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
42			Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal (MLA for Sindkheda Constituency No. 06- Dhule District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 July 2016	12 November 2019	3 years, 127 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
43			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
44			Eknath Shinde (MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly)	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Shiv Sena	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
45			Aaditya Thackeray (MLA for Worli Constituency No. 182- Mumbai City District (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Shiv Sena
46			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
47			Mangal Lodha (MLA for Malabar Hill Constituency No. 185- Mumbai City District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 August 2022	14 July 2023	334 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
48			Girish Mahajan (MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 July 2023	26 November 2024	1 year, 135 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
49			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
50			Shambhuraj Desai (MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 December 2024	Incumbent	239 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait		Deputy Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Minister	Chief Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Tourism
Vacant				23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	NA	Fadnavis II	Devendra Fadnavis	Devendra Fadnavis
01			Aditi Tatkare (MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thackeray	Aaditya Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
Vacant				30 June 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 48 days	NA	Eknath	Eknath Shinde (2022 - 2022) Mangal Lodha (2022 - 2023) Girish Mahajan (2023 - Present)	Eknath Shinde

List of principal secretary

• Mr. Valsa Nair Singh IAS

MTDC

Main article: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation

Ministry has separate wing which looks after tourism development. Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation commonly abbreviated as MTDC, is a body of the Ministry of Tourism responsible for development of tourism in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It has been established under the Companies Act, 1956, (fully owned by Govt. of Maharashtra) for systematic development of tourism on commercial lines, with an authorized share capital of Rs. 25 crore. The paid up share capital of the corporation as on 31 March 2013 is Rs. 1538.88 lakhs.^[4]

See also

• Ministry of General Administration (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Information and Public Relations (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Information Technology (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Law and Judiciary (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Home Affairs (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Finance (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Planning (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Special Assistance (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Social Justice (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Forests Department (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Energy (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Water Resources (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Command Area Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Public Health (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Housing (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Urban Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Rural Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Co-operation (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Marketing (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Transport (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Mining Department (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Protocol (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Tourism (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Marathi Language (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Water Supply (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Sanitation (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Woman and Child Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Medical Education (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Ex. Servicemen Welfare (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Animal Husbandry Department (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Dairy Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Horticulture (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Fisheries Department (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Ports Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Disaster Management (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Relief & Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Khar Land Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Earthquake Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Employment Guarantee (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Majority Welfare Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Tribal Development (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Vimukta Jati (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Nomadic Tribes (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Other Backward Classes (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Other Backward Bahujan Welfare (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Special Backward Classes Welfare (Maharashtra)
• Ministry of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (Maharashtra)