<p>Mumbai: Much on expected lines, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has retained the Home ministry while Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was given the Urban Development and Ajit Pawar was allocated the Finance and Planning portfolios.</p><p>Fadnavis has kept half a dozen ministries including Home, Law and Judiciary, General Administration Department, Energy (Excluding Renewable Energy) and Information and Publicity. </p><p>Besides Urban Development, Shinde, the Shiv Sena chief, has managed to secure Housing and Public Works (Public Enterprises).</p>.Modi govt amends election rules restricting public access to certain poll documents.<p>In addition to the Finance and Planning Portfolio, Pawar, the NCP president, will also head the State Excise.</p><p>The portfolios were allocated on Saturday night a week after the ministerial expansion.</p><p>State BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule has been given the Revenue Ministry, while Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil the Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development Corporation). </p><p>Senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil was allotted the crucial ministries of Parliamentary Affairs and Higher and Technical Education.</p><p>Fadnavis aide Girish Mahajan was given the Water Resources (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation) and Disaster Management.</p><p>Veteran Ganesh Naik of BJP was given the Forest portfolio. </p><p>Shinde aides - Gulabrao Patil was allocated the Water Supply and Sanitation, while Dada Bhuse was given School Education.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Much on expected lines, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has retained the Home ministry while Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was given the Urban Development and Ajit Pawar was allocated the Finance and Planning portfolios.</p><p>Fadnavis has kept half a dozen ministries including Home, Law and Judiciary, General Administration Department, Energy (Excluding Renewable Energy) and Information and Publicity. </p><p>Besides Urban Development, Shinde, the Shiv Sena chief, has managed to secure Housing and Public Works (Public Enterprises).</p>.Modi govt amends election rules restricting public access to certain poll documents.<p>In addition to the Finance and Planning Portfolio, Pawar, the NCP president, will also head the State Excise.</p><p>The portfolios were allocated on Saturday night a week after the ministerial expansion.</p><p>State BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule has been given the Revenue Ministry, while Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil the Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development Corporation). </p><p>Senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil was allotted the crucial ministries of Parliamentary Affairs and Higher and Technical Education.</p><p>Fadnavis aide Girish Mahajan was given the Water Resources (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation) and Disaster Management.</p><p>Veteran Ganesh Naik of BJP was given the Forest portfolio. </p><p>Shinde aides - Gulabrao Patil was allocated the Water Supply and Sanitation, while Dada Bhuse was given School Education.</p>