Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers

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

The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Tamil Nadu and headed by State Chief Minister M. K. Stalin who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of ministers to be sworn-in on 7 May 2021, after 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Tamil Nadu cadre.^{[citation needed]} The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of Government is Chief Secretary to the State Government.
The current Chief Secretary is V. Irai Anbu IAS

Constitutional requirement[]

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor[]

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,

# There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.

The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

For other provisions as to Ministers[]

According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,

# The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.
The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.

A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.

The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

Chief Minister[]

Like any Indian state, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet.

Deputy Chief Minister[]

Like any state, Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the deputy head of the government and senior minister of cabinet after the Chief Minister and mostly the position was vacant.

State Cabinet[]

As per Indian Constitution, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister. |-

Twenty first and Present 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.	K. N. Nehru	Tiruchirappalli West	Minister for Municipal Administration	Municipal Administration Urban Water Supply.	DMK
4.	I. Periyasamy	Athoor	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation Statistics Ex-Servicemen Welfare	DMK
5.	K. Ponmudy	Tirukkoyilur	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education Technical Education Electronics Science and Technology	DMK
6.	E. V. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Buildings Highways Minor Ports	DMK
7.	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
8.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Aruppukkottai	Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Disaster Management	DMK
9.	Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	Minister for Industries	Industries Tamil Official Language Tamil Culture Archeology.	DMK
10.	S. Regupathy	Thirumayam	Minister for Law	Law Courts Prisons Prevention of Corruption	DMK
11.	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
12.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	Minister for Rural Development	Rural Development Panchayats Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness	DMK
13.	T. M. Anbarasan	Alandur	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including cottage industries Small Industries Slum Clearance Board.	DMK
14.	M. P. Saminathan	Kangayam	Minister for Information & Publicity	Information & Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Newsprint Control Stationery Printing Government Press.	DMK
15.	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
16.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry	Fisheries Fisheries Development Corporation Animal Husbandry	DMK
17.	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Mudukulathur	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act	DMK
18.	K. Ramachandran	Coonoor	Minister of Environment and Forests Department	Forests	DMK
19.	R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control	DMK
20.	V. Senthil Balaji	Karur	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise	Electricity Non Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise Molasses	DMK
21.	R. Gandhi	Ranipet	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles Khadi Village Industries Board Boodhan and Gramadhan.	DMK
22.	M. Subramaniam	Saidapet	Minister for Medical and Family Welfare	Health Medical Education Family Welfare	DMK
23.	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
24.	S. S. Sivasankar	Kunnam	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare Denofied Communities Welfare	DMK
25.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Harbour	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious Charitable Endowments	DMK
26.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Finance Planning Personnel and Administrative Reforms Pensions and Pension allowances.	DMK
27.	S.M. Nasar	Avadi	Minister for Milk & Dairy	Development Milk and Diary Development	DMK
28.	K. S. Masthan	Gingee	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.	M. Mathiventhan	Rasipuram	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation	DMK
34.	N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Dharapuram	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare.	DMK

Past Ministries of Tamil Nadu Government[]

Sl. no	Chief Minister	Ministry	Party	Election
20.	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Palaniswami ministry	AIADMK	2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
19.	O. Panneerselvam	Third Panneerselvam ministry
18.	J. Jayalalithaa	Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry
17.	J. Jayalalithaa	Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry		2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
16.	O. Panneerselvam	Second Panneerselvam ministry
15.	J. Jayalalithaa	Fourth Jayalalithaa ministry
14.	M. Karunanidhi	Fifth Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
13.	J. Jayalalithaa	Third Jayalalithaa ministry	AIADMK	2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
12.	O. Panneerselvam	First Panneerselvam ministry
11.	J. Jayalalithaa	Second Jayalalithaa ministry
10.	M. Karunanidhi	Fourth Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
9.	J. Jayalalithaa	First Jayalalithaa ministry	AIADMK	1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
8.	M. Karunanidhi	Third Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
7.	V. N. Janaki	Janaki Ramachandran ministry	AIADMK	1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Interim	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	Second Nedunchezhiyan ministry
6.	M. G. Ramachandran	Third Ramachandran ministry
5.		Second Ramachandran ministry		1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
4.		First Ramachandran ministry		1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
3.	M. Karunanidhi	Second Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
2.	M. Karunanidhi	First Karunanidhi ministry		1967 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Interim	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	First Nedunchezhiyan ministry
1.	C. N. Annadurai	Annadurai ministry

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