He is the current Cabinet Minister in the State of Government of Uttarakhand, serving as the Minister for Tourism, Irrigation, Culture, and has been appointed at the chief executive for the development in the district of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. During his whole tenure, his main focus was for the land of Uttarakhand, India. Since Early ages Satpal Maharaj was focused and dedicated for the overall development of the uttarakhand state which includes the following few :  Satpal Maharaj had played a vital role in the formation of Uttarakhand. As an MP and a Union Minister he had knocked at the doors of then Prime Ministers H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral and West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu to press for the creation of the separate state of Uttarakhand. When the Centre was contemplating granting a Union Territory status to Uttarakhand in 1996, it was he who had convinced H D Deve Gowda that the demand for a separate state of Uttarakhand will keep raising its head if it was granted just a UT status, the Pauri MP said. It was due to his efforts that Gowda accepted the proposal to grant statehood to Uttarakhand and made an announcement in this regard from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15 August 1996. Satpal Maharaj inaugurated the survey to this project as a Union Minister, and Minister of Railways of State of Uttar Pradesh (Now, in Uttarakhand) way back in 1996. This project got budget allocation and other clearances from the government, it is said to be the longest tunnel rail project in the country, which will play a vital role in the security of the country, and livelihood of the people of uttarakhand. The Rishikesh to Karnprayag Rail Line is proposed to serve very vital role in the country, for prompt movement of Army (as geographical location of the line is near India-China Border), pilgrims and locals. The foundation stone for the project survey was led down by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, way back on 9 November 2011 at Rishikesh, this was a 125-kilometre railway line project. The survey of the project completed somewhere by the year 2013, however the project was delayed as the state ministers delayed to provide necessary land to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for commencement of the project construction due to non finalisation of land acquisition rules of Uttarakhand. Member of Parliament from Pauri Garhwal, Shri Satpal Maharaj brought a private member's bill to include Garhwali and Kumaoni language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India.