Palaniswami ministry

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Palaniswami ministry
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20th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
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Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Date formed17 February 2017
Date dissolved02 May 2021
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor C. Vidyasagar Rao (till 6 October 2017)
Governor Banwarilal Purohit
Head of governmentEdappadi K. Palaniswami
No. of ministers32
Member partiesAIADMK
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition partyDMK
Opposition leaderM. K. Stalin
History
Election(s)2016
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorThird Panneerselvam ministry
SuccessorStalin ministry

Edappadi K. Palaniswami was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 16 February 2017. [1][2][3][4]

He was elected as the leader of AIADMK Legislature Party on 14 February 2017, after Chief minister elect V. K. Sasikala was convicted by the Supreme Court of India in the 20 year old disproportionate assets case, following the resignation of Chief minister O. Panneerselvam.

The Following List Of Ministers[5]

Council of Ministers[]

S.No Name Constituency Department Party
1. Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Chief Minister 		Edappadi
  • Public
  • Home.
  • Police
  • Indian Administrative Service.
  • Indian Police Service.
  • Indian Forest Service.
  • General Administration.
  • District Revenue Officers.
  • Irrigation
    (including Minor Irrigation).
  • Programme Works.
  • Public Works.
  • Highways and Minor Ports.
  • Other departments not allocated to any Minister.
 AIADMK
Deputy Chief Minister
2. O. Panneerselvam Bodinayakkanur
  • Finance.
  • Planning.
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Elections.
  • Passports.
  • Housing
  • Rural Housing and Housing Development.
  • Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control.
  • Town Planning.
  • Urban Development.
  • Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
 AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
3. Dindigul C. Sreenivasan Dindigul
  • Forests.
 AIADMK
4. K. A. Sengottaiyan Gobichettipalayam
  • School Education.
  • Youth Welfare and Sports.
 AIADMK
5. Sellur K. Raju Madurai West
  • Co-operation.
  • Statistics.
  • Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
 AIADMK
6. P. Thangamani Kumarapalayam
  • Electricity.
  • Prohibition and Excise.
  • Non-Conventional Energy.
  • Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act.
 AIADMK
7. S. P. Velumani Thondamuthur
  • Municipal Administration.
  • Rural Development.
  • Panchayats and Panchayat Unions.
  • Poverty Alleviation Programmes.
  • Rural Indebtedness.
  • Urban and Rural Water Supply.
  • Implementation of Special Programme.
 AIADMK
8. D. Jayakumar Royapuram
  • Fisheries.
  • Personnel.
  • Administrative Reforms.
 AIADMK
9. C. Ve. Shanmugam Villupuram
  • Law.
  • Courts and Prisons.
  • Mines and Minerals.
 AIADMK
10. K. P. Anbalagan Palacode
  • Higher Education.
  • Technical Education.
  • Electronics.
  • Science and Technology.
  • Agriculture.
  • Agricultural Engineering.
  • Agro Service Co-operatives.
  • Horticulture.
  • Sugarcane Cess.
  • Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development.
 AIADMK
11. V. Saroja Rasipuram
  • Social Welfare.
  • Womens and Childrens Welfare.
  • Orphanages and Correctional Administration.
  • Integrated Child Development.
 AIADMK
12. M. C. Sampath Cuddalore
  • Industries.
  • Steel Control.
 AIADMK
13. K. C. Karuppannan Bhavani
  • Environment and Pollution Control.
 AIADMK
14. R. Kamaraj Nannilam
  • Food.
  • Civil Supplies.
  • Consumer Protection.
  • Price Control.
 AIADMK
15. O. S. Manian Vedaranyam
  • Handlooms and Textiles.
 AIADMK
16. Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Udumalaipettai
  • Animal Husbandry.
 AIADMK
17. C. Vijaya Baskar Viralimalai
  • Health.
  • Medical Education.
  • Family Welfare.
 AIADMK
18. Kadambur Raju Kovilpatti
  • Information and Publicity.
  • Film Technology and Cinematograph Act.
  • Stationery and Printing
  • Government Press.
 AIADMK
19. R. B. Udhaya Kumar Tirumangalam
  • Revenue.
  • District Revenue Establishment.
  • Deputy Collectors.
  • Weights and Measures.
  • Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending.
  • Chits.
  • Registration of Companies and Disaster Management.
  • Information Technology.
 AIADMK
20. Vellamandi N. Natarajan Tiruchirappalli East
  • Tourism.
  • Tourism Development Corporation.
 AIADMK
21. K.C. Veeramani Jolarpet
  • Commercial Taxes.
  • Registration and Stamp Act.
 AIADMK
22. K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Sivakasi
  • Milk and Dairy Development.
 AIADMK
23. P. Benjamin Maduravoyal
  • Rural Industries.
  • Small Industries.
 AIADMK
24. M. R. Vijayabhaskar Karur
  • Transport.
  • Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act.
 AIADMK
25. Nilofer Kafeel Vaniyambadi
  • Labour.
  • Population.
  • Employment and Training.
  • Newsprint Control.
  • Census.
  • Urban and Rural Employment
  • Wakf Board.
 AIADMK
26. V. M. Rajalakshmi Sankarankoil
  • Adi Dravidar Welfare.
  • Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour.
 AIADMK
27. K. Pandiarajan Avadi
  • Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture.
  • Archaeology.
 AIADMK
28. G. Baskaran Sivaganga
  • Khadi and Village Industries Board.
  • Bhoodan and Gramadhan.
 AIADMK
29. Sevvoor S. Ramachandran Arani
  • Hindu Religious.
  • Charitable Endowments.
 AIADMK
30. S. Valarmathi Srirangam
  • Backward Classes.
  • Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities.
  • Overseas Indians.
  • Refugees and Evacuees and Minorities Welfare.
 AIADMK

Former Ministers[]

S.No Name Constituency Department Party
1. R. Doraikkannu Papanasam
  • Agriculture.
  • Agricultural Engineering.
  • Agro Service.
  • Cooperative.
  • Horticulture.
  • Sugarcane Cess.
  • Sugarcane Development.
  • Waste Land Development.
 AIADMK
2. Dr. M. Manikandan Ramanathapuram
  • Information Technology.
 AIADMK

References[]

  1. ^ 31-member Palaniswami cabinet to be sworn-in at 4.30pm
  2. ^ Edappadi Palaniswami sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM, Sasikala’s family takes front row seats
  3. ^ Five wise men holding Sasikala's flock of lawmakers together
  4. ^ As rumours swell, Sengottaiyan denies he is CM candidate
  5. ^ "Council of Ministers | Tamil Nadu Government Portal".
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