| Type: | ministry |
| Ministry of Textiles Government of Maharashtra | |
| Native Name: | मंत्रालय वस्त्रोद्योग विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन |
| Seal: | File:Seal of Maharashtra.svg |
| Picture Caption: | Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai |
| Jurisdiction: |  Maharashtra |
| Headquarters: | Mantralay, Mumbai |
| Region Code: | IN |
| Minister1 Name: | Chandrakant Patil |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Cabinet Minister |
| Deputyminister1 Name: | Vacant, TBDsince 29 June 2022 |
| Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Minister of State |
| Parent Department: | Government of Maharashtra |
The Ministry of Textiles is a ministry in the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for the promotion of the textile industry in Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Chandrakant Patil is current Minister of Textiles. The Cabinet Minister is assisted by the Minister of State.
| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Insignia: | Seal of Maharashtra (1).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of India |
| Department: | Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra) |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Post: | मंत्री वस्त्रोद्योग विभाग |
| Incumbent: | Chandrakant Patil |
| Incumbent Since: | 14 August 222 |
| 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 Textiles | ||||||||||
| Vacant | 2019 | 2019 | NA | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis | Devendra Fadnavis | ||||
| 01 | Rajendra Patil Yadravkar | 2019 | 2022 | Shiv Sena | Thackeray | Aslam Shaikh | Uddhav Thackeray | |||
| 02 | Prajakt Tanpure Additional_Charge | 2022 | 2022 | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||||
| Vacant | 2022 | Incumbent | NA | Eknath |
| Eknath Shinde | ||||
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Chief Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Printing Presses | |||||||||
| 01 | Sultan. G. Kazi | 1960 | 1962 | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao I | Yashwantrao Chavan | |||
| 02 | Shankarrao Chavan | 1962 | 1962 | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao II | ||||
| 03 | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan | 1962 | 1963 | Indian National Congress | Kannamwar l | Marotrao Kannamwar | |||
| 04 | P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister) | 1962 | 1963 | Indian National Congress | Sawant I | P. K. Sawant | |||
| 05 | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan | 1963 | 1967 | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao I | Vasantrao Naik | |||
| 06 | D. S. Palaspagar | 1967 | 1969 | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao II | ||||
| 07 | Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar | 1969 | 1972 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 08 | M. B. Popat | 1972 | 1974 | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | ||||
| 09 | Shankarrao Chavan | 1974 | 1975 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 10 | Narendra Mahipati Tidke | 1975 | 1977 | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao I | Shankarrao Chavan | |||
| 11 | Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe | 1977 | 1978 | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada I | Vasantdada Patil | |||
| Ending on 07 March 1978 | |||||||||
In the second half of the 19th century, a large textile industry grew up in the Mumbai city and surrounding towns, operated by Indian entrepreneurs. Simultaneously a labour movement was organized. Starting with the Factory Act of 1881, the state government played an increasingly important role in regulating the industry. The Bombay presidency set up a factory inspection commission in 1884. There were restrictions on the hours of children and women. An important reformer was Mary Carpenter, who wrote factory laws that exemplified Victorian modernization theory of the modern, regulated factory as vehicle of pedagogy and civilizational uplift. Laws provided for compensation for workplace accidents.[1]
The Great Bombay Textile Strike brought changes in textile industry. It was a textile strike called on 18 January 1982 by the mill workers of Mumbai under trade union leader Dutta Samant. The purpose of the strike was to obtain bonus and increase in wages. The majority of the over 80 textile mills in Central Mumbai closed during and after the strike, leaving more than 150,000 workers unemployed.[2] The textile industry in Mumbai has largely disappeared, reducing labour migration after the strikes.[3]
As one of the consequence of the strike, the textile industries in Mumbai shut down and moved to the periphery or to other states as the land became real estate gold mine. Mumbai's functional nature changed from being industrial to commercial.[4]
Maharashtra government is planning to set up 9 textile parks.[5]