Government of Tamil Nadu

Government of Tamil Nadu
Seat of Government	Fort St. George, Chennai
Legislative branch
Assembly	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	M. Appavu, DMK
Deputy Speaker	K. Pitchandi, DMK
Members in Assembly	234
Executive branch
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin, DMK
Chief Secretary	V. Irai Anbu, IAS
Judiciary
High Court	Madras High Court
Chief Justice	Sanjib Banerjee

Fort St George, Chief Secretariat, Govt of Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu is the governing authority for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India.^[2]

Structure[]

The Governor is the constitutional head of state while the Chief Minister heads the council of ministers. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court is the head of the judiciary.

Officials[]

Presently Banwarilal Purohit is the governor and M. K. Stalin is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.^[3]^[4] Sanjib Banerjee is the current Chief Justice of Madras High Court.^[5]^[6] The chief secretary is , IAS .^[7]

Administrative divisions[]

The state of Tamil Nadu has a population of 72,138,959 as per the 2011 Census^[8] and covers an area of 130,058 km². The major administrative units of the state constitute 38districts, 76 revenue divisions, 220 taluks, 21 municipal corporations, 150 municipalities, 385 panchayat unions (blocks), 561 town panchayats and 12,524 village panchayats.^[9]^[10]

E-governance[]

The Tamil Nadu E-Governance Agency is the entity that facilitates e-governance efforts in Tamil Nadu. As part of the e-governance initiative, a large part of government records like land ownership records have been digitised. All major administrative offices like local governance bodies and various government departments have been computerised.^[11]^[12]

Council of Ministers[]

S.no	Name	Constituency	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	M. K. Stalin	Kolathur	Chief Minister	Public Home Police General Administration Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service All India Service District Revenue Officers Special Initiatives Special Programme Implementation Welfare of Differently abled persons.	DMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Durai Murugan	Katpadi	Minister for Water Resources	Irrigation Projects including small Irrigation Legislative Assembly Governor and Ministry Elections and Passports Minerals and Mines.	DMK
3.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Finance Planning Personnel and Administrative Reforms Pensions and Pension allowances.	DMK
4.	K. N. Nehru	Tiruchirappalli West	Minister for Municipal Administration	Municipal Administration Urban Water Supply.	DMK
5.	I. Periyasamy	Athoor	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation Statistics Ex-Servicemen Welfare	DMK
6.	K. Ponmudy	Tirukkoyilur	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education Technical Education Electronics Science and Technology	DMK
7.	E. V. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Buildings Highways Minor Ports	DMK
8.	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Excise Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development	DMK
9.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Aruppukkottai	Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Disaster Management	DMK
10.	Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	Minister for Industries	Industries Tamil Official Language Tamil Culture Archeology.	DMK
11.	S. Regupathy	Thirumayam	Minister for Law	Law Courts Prisons Prevention of Corruption	DMK
12.	S. Muthusamy	Erode West	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Rural Housing Town Planning projects Housing Development Accommodation Control Town Planning Urban Development Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.	DMK
13.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur	Minister for Rural Development	Rural Development Panchayats Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness	DMK
14.	T. M. Anbarasan	Alandur	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including cottage industries Small Industries Slum Clearance Board.	DMK
15.	M. P. Saminathan	Kangayam	Minister for Information & Publicity	Information & Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Newsprint Control Stationery Printing Government Press.	DMK
16.	P. Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment	Women and Children Welfare including Social Welfare Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development Scheme Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme	DMK
17.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry	Fisheries Fisheries Development Corporation Animal Husbandry	DMK
18.	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Mudukulathur	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act	DMK
19.	K. Ramachandran	Coonoor	Minister for Forests	Forests	DMK
20.	R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control	DMK
21.	V. Senthil Balaji	Karur	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise	Electricity Non Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise Molasses	DMK
22.	R. Gandhi	Ranipet	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles Khadi Village Industries Board Boodhan and Gramadhan.	DMK
23.	M. Subramaniam	Saidapet	Minister for Medical and Family Welfare	Health Medical Education Family Welfare	DMK
24.	P. Moorthy	Madurai East	Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration	Commercial Taxes Registration and Stamp Act Weights and Measures Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending Chits and Registration of Companies	DMK
25.	S. S. Sivasankar	Kunnam	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare Denofied Communities Welfare	DMK
26.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Harbour	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious Charitable Endowments	DMK
27.	S.M. Nasar	Avadi	Minister for Milk & Dairy	Development Milk and Diary Development	DMK
28.	K. S. Masthan		Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare	Minorities Welfare Non Resident Tamils Welfare Refugees & Evacuees Wakf Board	DMK
29.	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Thiruverumbur	Minister for School Education	School Education	DMK
30.	Siva. V. Meyyanathan	Alangudi	Minister for Environment - Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development	Environment and Pollution Control Youth Welfare Sports Development	DMK
31.	C.V. Ganesan	Tittakudi	Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development	Labour Welfare Population Employment and Training Census Urban and Rural Employment	DMK
32.	Mano Thangaraj	Padmanabhapuram	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology	DMK
33.	Dr.M. Mathiventhan	Rasipuram	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation	DMK
34.	N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Dharapuram	Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare.	DMK

References[]

^ "TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "The State Legislature – Origin and Evolution". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
^ "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.
^ "Chief Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "New Chief Justice for Madras HC". The Hindu. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Madras High Court - Profile of Chief Justice". www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ "Senior IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan is new Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary". The News Minute. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Provisional population totals of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). O/o the Registrar and Census commissioner.
^ "Administrative Units in Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu". Comm. of Municipal Admin., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
^ "Tamilnadu e-Governance Agency". TneGA, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ Haque, M. Shamsul (2002). "E-governance in India: its impacts on relations among citizens, politicians and public servants" (PDF). International Review of Administrative Sciences. London, Thousand Oaks, California, and New Delhi: Sage Publications. 68 (2): 231–250. doi:10.1177/0020852302682005. S2CID 17927204. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

External links[]

[1] "TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[2] "The State Legislature – Origin and Evolution". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

[3] "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.

[4] "Chief Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[5] "New Chief Justice for Madras HC". The Hindu. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[6] "Madras High Court - Profile of Chief Justice". www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[7] "Senior IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan is new Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary". The News Minute. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[8] "Provisional population totals of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). O/o the Registrar and Census commissioner.

[9] "Administrative Units in Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[10] "List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu". Comm. of Municipal Admin., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

[11] "Tamilnadu e-Governance Agency". TneGA, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[12] Haque, M. Shamsul (2002). "E-governance in India: its impacts on relations among citizens, politicians and public servants" (PDF). International Review of Administrative Sciences. London, Thousand Oaks, California, and New Delhi: Sage Publications. 68 (2): 231–250. doi:10.1177/0020852302682005. S2CID 17927204. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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Executive	Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
Council of Ministers	Edappadi K. Palanisamy O. Panneerselvam Dindigul C. Sreenivasan K. A. Sengottaiyan Sellur K. Raju P. Thangamani S. P. Velumani D. Jayakumar C. Ve. Shanmugam K. P. Anbalagan Dr. V. Saroja M. C. Sampath K. C. Karuppannan R. Kamaraj O. S. Manian Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Dr. C. Vijaya Baskar R. Doraikkannu Kadambur C. Raju R. B. Udhaya Kumar Vellamandi N. Natarajan K. C. Veeramani K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji P. Benjamin M. R. Vijayabhaskar Dr. M. Manikandan V. M. Rajalakshmi K. Pandiarajan Sevvoor S. Ramachandran S. Valarmathi P. Balakrishna Reddy
Legislature	Speaker: P. Dhanapal Deputy Speaker: V. Jayaraman
Judiciary	Chief Justice of the Madras High Court: Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
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