The much-awaited list of Guardian Ministers for 36 districts of Maharashtra was announced on Saturday. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has been named the Guardian Minister for Gadchiroli.  Deputy CM Eknath Shinde will serve Thane and Mumbai city,  while Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has become Guardian Minister for Beed district and Pune, reported Zee News.

Full List of Maharashtra Guardian Ministers : 

Gadchiroli - Devendra Fadnavis 

Thane - Eknath Shinde  

Mumbai City - Eknath Shinde  

Pune - Ajit Pawar  

Beed - Ajit Pawar  

Nagpur - Chandrashekhar Bawankule  

Amravati: Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Ahilya Nagar: Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Washim: Hasan Mushrif

Sangli: Chandrakant Patil

Nashik: Girish Mahajan

Palghar: Ganesh Naik

Jalgaon: Gulabrao Patil

Yavatmal: Sanjay Rathod

Mumbai Suburbs: Ashish Shelar, Mangal Prabhat Lodha

Ratnagiri: Uday Samant

Dhule: Jaykmar Raval

Jalna: Pankaja Munde

Nanded: Atul Save

Chandrapur: Ashok Uike

Satara: Shambhuraj Desai

Ragaid: Atiti Tatkare

Latur: Shivendrasinh Bhosale

Nandurbar: Manikrao Kokata

Solapur: Jaikumar Gore

Hingoli: Narhari Zhirwal

Bhandara: Sanjay Savkare

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Sanjay Shirsat

Dharashiv: Pratap Sarnaik

Buldhana: Makarand Jadhav (Patil)

Sindhudurg: Nitesh Rane

Akola: Akash Phundkar

Gondia: Babasaheb Patil

Kolhapur: Prakash Abitkar, Madhuri Misal

Wardha: Pankaj Bhuyar

Parbhani: Meghana Sakore Bordikar

Guardian ministers  manage the District Planning and Development Council (DPDC) funds. These funds are used for various development and beautification projects in the district.