| Type: | Department |
| Ministry of Animal Husbandry Department Government of Maharashtra | |
| Native Name: | मंत्रालय पशुसंवर्धन विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन |
| Seal: | Seal of Maharashtra.svg |
| Jurisdiction: |  Maharashtra |
| Headquarters: | Mantralay, Mumbai |
| Region Code: | IN |
| Minister1 Name: | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Cabinet Minister |
| Deputyminister1 Name: | Vacant, TBDsince 29 June 2022 |
| Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Minister of State |
| Chief1 Name: | Anoop Kumar, IAS |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
| Parent Department: | Government of Maharashtra |
The Ministry of Department of Animal Husbandry is a department of Government of Maharashtra to regulate animal husbandry in Maharashtra.
The department is headed by the cabinet level minister. The Minister of State assists cabinet minister. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is current Minister for Husbandry.
| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Insignia: | Seal of Maharashtra (1).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of India |
| Department: | Ministry of Animal Husbandry (Maharashtra) |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Post: | मंत्री पशुसंवर्धन विभाग |
| Incumbent: | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil |
| Incumbent Since: | 14 August 2022 |
| Member Of: | State Cabinet |
| Reports To: | Chief Minister, Maharashtra Legislature |
| Seat: | Mantralaya, Mumbai |
| Appointer: | Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Inaugural: |
(1960-1962) |
| Precursor: |
(2019- 2022) |
| Deputy: |
since 29 June 2022 |
| Formation: | 1 May 1960 |
| Flag: | Flag of India.svg |
| Flagsize: | 110px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Abbreviation: | Cabinet Minister |
| Incumbentsince: | 14 August 2022 |
| No. | Portrait | Deputy Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Minister | Chief Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Deputy Minister of Animal Husbandry | ||||||||||
| Vacant | 2019 | 2019 | NA | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis | Devendra Fadnavis | ||||
| 01 | Dattatray Vithoba Bharne | 2019 | 2022 | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar | Uddhav Thackeray | |||
| Vacant | 2022 | Incumbent | NA | Eknath |
| Eknath Shinde | ||||
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.[1]
Department is further divided into following sub-departments for ease of administration.[2]
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University is an agriculture state university headquartered from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It was established under The Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998.[5] It was officially established on 3 December 2000 by carving seven colleges out of the other four state agriculture universities in Maharashtra.[6]