Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra)

Minister of Food and Drug Administration
**मंत्री अन्न व औषध प्रशासन विभाग**
Minister of Food and Drug Administration; मंत्री अन्न व औषध प्रशासन विभाग
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	Incumbent; Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao Aatram; since 14 July 2023
	Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra)
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	Sanjay Rathod; (2022- 2023)
Inaugural holder	M. G. Maney; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD; since 29 June 2022

Ministry of Food and Drug Administration, Government of Maharashtra
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Ministry overview
Formed	1970
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao Aatram, Cabinet Minister;
Deputy Minister responsible	NA, Minister of State;
Ministry executive	Saurabh Vijay (IAS);
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	fda.maharashtra.gov.in/aboutus.html

The Ministry of Food and Drug Administration is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. The ministry is responsible for consumer protection and regulating food and drug related issues in Maharashtra^[1]^[4]^[5]

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao Aatram is current Minister of Food and Drugs Administration.^[6]

History

Directorate of Drugs Control was renamed as Food and Drug Administration in 1970. Scope of FDA was increased to cover adulterated food as well as tobacco products. Various circle offices were opened in 1971 at city levels. Expansion took place in 1975 and posts of commissioners as well as joint commissioners were created to grant licenses at divisional levels.^[1]

Structure

Ministry controls Food and Drug Administration Department. The department acts as execution wing to take actions. Cabinet level minister is assisted by the minister of state for administration.

Authorities

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 gives powers to various authorities to regulate food and drug related issues.

Commissioner

Commissioner is head of

Drug Control Laboratory
Food Health Authority
Drug Administration

Joint commissioners

Several joint commissioners are appointed to oversee

Food
Drugs
Law

Divisional joint commissioners

Administrative head for the Division and Licensing Authority for grant of Drugs Manufacturing Licenses (As per Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.)

Head office

List of cabinet ministers


No	Name (Constituency)		Term of office	Ministry
1	M. G. Maney	INC	1 May 1960 - 8 March 1962	-	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
2	M. G. Maney		8 March 1962 - 19 November 1962	Second Yashwantrao Chavan ministry (Maharashtra)	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
3	Shantilal Shah		20 November 1962 - 24 November 1963	-	Marotrao Kannamwar
4	S. K. Wankhede		25 November 1963 - 4 December 1963	-	P. K. Sawant
5	Rafiq Zakaria		5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967	-	Vasantrao Naik
6	Sharad Pawar (MLA for Baramati-Pune District)		1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972	-	Vasantrao Naik
7	A. R. Antulay		13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975	Third Vasantrao Naik ministry	Vasantrao Naik
8	Ratnappa Kumbhar		21 February 1975 - 16 April 1977	First Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
9	K. M. Patil		17 April 1977 - 6 March 1978	First Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
10	Prabha Rau	INC (I)	7 March 1978 - 18 July 1978	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
11	Hashmukhbhai_Upadhaya	JP	18 July 1978 - 18 February 1980	First Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
12	Jawaharlal Darda	INC	9 June 1980 - 12 January 1982	Antulay ministry	A. R. Antulay
13	V. Subramaniam		13 January 1982 - 1 February 1983	Bhosale ministry	Babasaheb Bhosale
14	Ramprasad Borade		7 February 1983 - 5 March 1985	Third Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
15	Surupsingh Hirya Naik		12 March 1985 - 1 June 1985	Fourth Vasantdada Patil ministry	Vasantdada Patil
16	Shivajirao Deshmukh		4 June 1985 - 6 March 1986	Nilangekar ministry	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
17	V. Subramanian		12 March 1986 - 26 June 1988	Second Shankarrao Chavan ministry	Shankarrao Chavan
18	Prabha Rau		26 June 1988 - 3 March 1990	Second Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
20	Javed Khan		4 March 1990 - 24 June 1991	Third Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
21	Ramrao Adik		25 June 1991 - 22 February 1993	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry	Sudhakarrao Naik
22	Arun Gujarathi		6 March 1993 - 14 March 1995	Fourth Pawar ministry	Sharad Pawar
23	Diwakar Raote	SHS	14 March 1995 - 31 January 1999	Manohar Joshi ministry	Manohar Joshi
24	Diwakar Raote	SHS	1 February 1999 - 17 October 1999	Narayn Rane Ministry	Narayan Rane
25	Datta Meghe	NCP	27 October 1999 - 16 January 2003	First Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
26	Vasant Chavan		18 January 2003 - 19 October 2004	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry	Sushilkumar Shinde
27	Manohar Naik		1 November 2004 - 4 December 2008	Second Deshmukh ministry	Vilasrao Deshmukh
28	Manohar Naik		8 December 2008 - 6 November 2009	First Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
29	Manohar Naik		7 November 2009 - 10 November 2010	Second Ashok Chavan ministry	Ashok Chavan
30	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (MLA for Shirdi-Ahmednagar District)	INC	11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014	Prithviraj Chavan ministry	Prithviraj Chavan
31	Girish Bapat	BJP	04 December 2014 – 04 June 2019	Devendra Fadanvis Ministry	Devendra Fadnavis
32	Devendra Fadnavis In-Charge Chief Minister (MLA for Nagpur South West-Nagpur District)		04 June 2019 - 16 June 2019
33	Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal		16 June 2019 - 12 November 2019
Incharge Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019				Second Fadnavis ministry
34	Chhagan Bhujbal (MLA for Yevla-Nashik District)	NCP	28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
35	Rajendra Shingne	NCP	30 December 2019 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	Uddhav Thackeray
Incharge Eknath Shinde Chief Minister 30 June 2022 to 14 August 2022				Eknath Shinde Ministry	Eknath Shinde
36	Sanjay Rathod	SHS (Shinde Group)	14 August 2022 - 14 July 2023
37	Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao Aatram	NCP (Ajit Pawar group)	14 July 2023 - Incumbent

List of ministers of state


No	Name		Term of office	Ministry
1	Rajendra_Patil Yadravkar	SHS	30 December 2019 - 27 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry	United Progressive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi SHS+NCP+INC	Uddhav Thackeray
2	Satej Patil Additional_charge	INC	27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022	Uddhav Thackrey Ministry		Uddhav Thackeray
3	NA	SHS Eknath group BJP NCP Ajit group	NA	Eknath Shinde Ministry	National Democratic Alliance Mahayuti BJP SHS Eknath group NCP Ajit group	Eknath Shinde

List of principal secretary

References

1 2 3 "FDA | About Us". fda.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
↑ "Maharashtra FDA issues showcause notices to 17 cough syrup manufacturers, 108 firms to be inspected". cnbctv18.com. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
↑ "License of food adulterers will be revoked, says MoS Food and Drug Administration Rajendra Patil". Mumbai Live. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
↑ "Maharashtra FDA issues notice to 2 e-commerce portals for delivering banned tobacco products". The Indian Express. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
↑ "Maharashtra FDA asks 4 companies - 3 of them in Mumbai Metropolitan Region - to stop making cough syrups". The Times of India. 2023-03-06. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
↑ "Why Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod is in controversy again". India Today. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

External links

Official website

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[about_us-1] 1 2 3 "FDA | About Us". fda.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[2] "Maharashtra FDA issues showcause notices to 17 cough syrup manufacturers, 108 firms to be inspected". cnbctv18.com. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

[3] "License of food adulterers will be revoked, says MoS Food and Drug Administration Rajendra Patil". Mumbai Live. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[4] "Maharashtra FDA issues notice to 2 e-commerce portals for delivering banned tobacco products". The Indian Express. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[5] "Maharashtra FDA asks 4 companies - 3 of them in Mumbai Metropolitan Region - to stop making cough syrups". The Times of India. 2023-03-06. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

[6] "Why Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod is in controversy again". India Today. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

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