Detailed Profile, Biography of Maharashtra Chief Minister – Prithviraj Chavan

Detailed Profile, Biography of Maharashtra Chief Minister – Prithviraj Chavan

Updated on Thursday, April 21, 2011

Name - Prithviraj Chavan

Father's Name - Late D.R.Chavan

Mother's Name - Premlabai Chavan

Date of Birth - 17/3/1946

Birth Place - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)

Educational Qualifications - B.E.(Hons), M.S. Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani, Rajasthan and University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.



Martial Status - Married On 16 December 1976

Spouse Name - Shrimati Satvasheela

No. of Children - one Daughter One Son

State Name - Maharashtra

Party Name - Indian National Congress

Permanent Address - Patan Colony, Shaniwar Peth, Karad, Distt.-Satara, Maharashtra 415410

Telephone : (Tel. {02164} 220222, 220950)

Present Address - 11, Race Course Road, New Delhi 110001

Telephone : (Tel. 23013132, 23013124, Fax 23017839)

Email id - chavanprithviraj@sansad.nic.in


Profession - Politics , Engineer, Technologist

Positions Held –

Member, Indian National Congress since 1973; Special Invitee
Congress Working Committee;
Was Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegations to
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
and (ii) Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA); was Member of first ever Parliamentary Delegation to Pakistan

1991- May 1996 Member,

Tenth Lok Sabha 1991-96 Member,

Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science and Technology,

Electronics, Atomic Energy 1992-93 Member,

Committee on Science and Technology,

Environment and Forests 1994-96 Member,

Standing Committee on Finance and Planning Member,

Standing Committee on Rural and Urban Development 1995-96 Member,

Committee on Public Undertakings Member,

Committee on Subordinate Legislation Special Invitee, Business Advisory Committee 1996-97 Member,

Eleventh Lok Sabha Deputy Chief Whip,
Lok Sabha,
Congress Parliamentary Party Member,
Committee on Energy Member,
Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance 1996-97 and 1998-2000 Member, Committee on Public Accounts 1996-98 Secretary,
Congress Parliamentary Party 1996-99 Member,

Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament 1997 Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Science and Technology 1998-99 Member,

Twelfth Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs Member, Committee on Government Assurances (resigned on 20 November 1998) 1998-99 and April 2002-Feb.2004 Member,

Committee on Finance 2000-01 Spokesperson, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) April 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2002-Feb. 2004 Member,

Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence May 2004-22 May 2009 and 28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office September 2007 onwards Member,
Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.) General-Secretary, AICC April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha April 2008-22 May 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel,

Public Grievances and Pensions (Additional charge) 28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

10 November 10, 2010 – Becomes chief Minister of Maharashtra –


Controversies and Maharashtra Chief Minister – Prithviraj Chavan –

Bt Brinjal –
He is supporter of Bt Brinjal
Mr. Chavan pushed for Bt Brinjal in a letter he copied word for word from a study funded by biotech seed companies, including Monsanto.
He is presenting an undemocratic GM bill to ease the legalisation of Bt Brinjal, rice, and more—without any public input. Mr. Chavan is supposed to serve the people of India. Instead, he’s serving the interests of biotech seed corporations. The accusations were made by the Green Peace.

Flat Benefits – Enjoyed by New Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan

RTI activist Anil Galgali, who blew the lid on the ingenious scam, said: "I had filed an RTI application to find out what happened to the flats allotted under the Chief Minister's Discretionary Quota Scheme. A majority of the flats had been allotted to politicians and their close relatives."

The Chief Minister's Discretionary Quota Scheme, 1976, was originally meant for citizens from the economically weaker sections to apply for flats surrendered by developers.
According to the Maharashtra Urban Land Ceiling Act (repealed in 2007), it was mandatory for realtors to keep some flats vacant in lieu of constructing on government land.
The idea was to facilitate mass housing for the poor.
Apart from members of the economically backward community, the discretionary quota allowed journalists, artists and ex- servicemen to apply for flats.

Prithviraj Chavan admitted that he had been allotted a flat at Bhakti Park in Wadala in 2003 under the Chief Minister's Discretionary Quota.
Media has reported that there is confusion regarding salary showed by him.
Somewhere I read that flats were meant for MLA and he was MP.

Good thing is New CM has not sold his flat. Normally they purchase flat and make huge profits.

Example – Purchase the flat at the Rate of 100 Rs. Per sq,ft and sell that same flat at the Rate of 6000 or 10, 000 Rs. Sq,ft.

Updated on Thursday, April 21, 2011

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Properties and Assets

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan declared collective assets of Rs 6.81 crore including Rs 42,27,810 of his wife Satvasheela.

Movable property worth in the name of Chavan is worth Rs 4,18,17,779
While it is worth Rs 30,42,810 for his wife.
The immovable property being held by the chief minister is Rs 2,21,30,000
And Rs 8,25,000 by his wife.

Chavan holds 4,14,298 shares in Applied Electro Magnetics Pvt Ltd at the market value of Rs 3.18 crore while his wife holds 3,000 shares in the same company at valued
at Rs 2,30,866

He owns Maruti Esteem.
the chief minister also holds shares in companies like HPCL, Hindustan Lever, Lohia Machine and Uniabex Alloy Product.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan possesses 11.5 kg silver utensils worth Rs 6.32 lakh and 250 gm gold worth Rs five lakh while Satvasheela Chavan owns 80 tolas of jewelery worth Rs 16 lakh

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has accounts in the State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Bank of India in Karad, Delhi and Noida branches respectively.

The chief minister has inherited two plots of six-acre and 3.5-acre of agricultural land that are collectively worth Rs 14.30 lakh in Satara district and the non-agricultural land of 2,534 square feet worth Rs 15 lakh.

Below is photo of Maharashtra Chief Minister – Prithviraj Chavan –



Reality views by sm –
Wednesday, November 10, 2010