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.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister.
Dhananjay Munde is current Minister of Special Assistance.
List of Cabinet Ministers
N. M. Tidke	, INC
25 September 1980 - 	12 January 1982
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, 	INC
25 January 1982	 -01 February 1983
N. M. Kamble, INC
07 February 1983 - 	05 March 1985
Jawaharlal Darda	, INC
12 March 1985	- 01 June 1985
Balachandra Sawant, 	INC
04 June 1985	- 06 March 1986
Shankarrao Chavan, INC
12 March 1986 - 	26 June 1988
N. M. Kamble, 	INC
02 November 1989 - 03 March 1990
Javed Khan	 , INC
04 March 1990	- 24 June 1991
Sushilkumar Shinde	, INC
25 June 1991 - 	01 June 1992
Ramrao Adik, 	INC
06 March 1993 - 14 March 1995
Manohar Joshi, SS
14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999
Gopinath Munde, BJP
01 February 1999 - 17 October 1999
Chhagan Bhujbal,  NCP
27 October 1999 - 	16 January 2003
Sushilkumar Shinde, 	INC
18 January 2003 	- 04 November 2004
Jayant Patil, NCP
09 November 2004 - 01 December 2008
Nawab Malik,  NCP
08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009
Chhagan Bhujbal,   NCP
7 November 2009	 - 10 November 2010
Patangrao Kadam,  INC
11 November 2010	 - 26 September 2014
Rajkumar Badole, BJP
31 October 2014 - 11 June 2019
Suresh Khade, BJP
11 June 2019 - 08 November 2019
Chhagan Bhujbal, 	NCP (Acting)
28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019
Dhananjay Munde, 	NCP
30 December 2019 - Incumbent List of Minister of State
Abdul Sattar, SS
30 December 2019 - Incumbent See All Ministry
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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 Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection (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 Tourism (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Animal Husbandry Department (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Water Resources (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Command Area Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Public Health (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Energy (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Rural Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Urban Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Medical Education (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Protocol (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Housing (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Marathi Language (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Woman and Child Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Water Supply (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Dairy Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Disaster Management (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Relief & Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Other Backward Classes (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Vimukta Jati (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Nomadic Tribes (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Special Backward Classes Welfare (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Khar Land Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Earthquake Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Majority Welfare Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Ex.
Servicemen Welfare (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Sanitation (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Tribal Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Employment Guarantee (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Horticulture (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Co-operation (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Marketing (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Transport (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Fisheries Department (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Ports Development (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Mining Department (Maharashtra)
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