Government of Tamil Nadu
 State Emblem |
|
| Seat of Government | Chennai |
|---|---|
| Executive | |
| Governor | K. Rosaiah |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Legislature | |
| Speaker | D. Jayakumar |
| Council | None |
| Chairman | None |
| Judiciary | |
| High Court | Madras High Court |
| Chief Justice | M. Y. Eqbal |
| http://www.tn.gov.in/ | |
The Government of Tamil Nadu, headquartered at Chennai is the governing authority for the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at the Fort St. George. Tamil Nadu had a bicameral legislature until 1986, when it was replaced with a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Structure
The Governor is the constitutional head of the state while the Chief minister is the head of the government and heads the council of ministers. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court is the head of the judiciary.
[edit] Officials
Presently K. Rosaiah and J. Jayalalithaa are the Governor and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively.[2][3] M. Y. Eqbal is the current Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.[4]
[edit] Administrative divisions
Tamil Nadu State has a population of 7,21,38,95[5] as per Census 2011 and covers an area of 130,058 km². The major administrative units of the state constitutes 32 Districts, 76 Revenue divisions, 220 Taluks, 10 Municipal corporations, 125 Municipalities, 385 Panchayat unions (Blocks), 529 Town panchayats and 12,524 Village panchayats.[6][7]
[edit] 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.[8][9]
[edit] Council of Ministers
Source: Government of Tamil Nadu, Council of Ministers
| Portfolio | Minister | Departments |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa | Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home |
| Finance | O. Panneerselvam | Finance, Planning, Legislative Assembly, Elections and Passports |
| Revenue | K. A. Sengottaiyan | Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits, Registration of Companies |
| Electricity and Prohibition and Excise | R. Viswanathan | Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses |
| Municipal Administration and Rural Development | K. P. Munusamy | Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness, Urban and Rural Water Supply |
| Housing and Urban Development | R. Vaithilingam | Housing, Rural Housing and Housing Development, Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority |
| School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare | N. R. Sivapathi | School Education and Archaeology, Sports and Youth Welfare, Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, |
| Higher Education | P. Palaniappan | Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology |
| Commercial Taxes and Registration and Law, Courts and Prisons | C. Ve. Shanmugam | Commercial Taxes and Registration and Stamp Act, Law, Courts and Prisons, Personnel and Administrative Reforms and Prevention of Corruption |
| Cooperation | Sellur K. Raju | Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare |
| Forests | K. T. Pachaimal | Forests and Cinchona |
| Highways & Minor Ports | K. Palanisamy | Highways and Minor Ports |
| Public Works | K. V. Ramalingam | Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works |
| Information Technology | Mukkur N. Subramanian | Information Technology |
| Animal Husbandry | T. K. M. Chinnayya | Animal Husbandry |
| Rural Industries and Nutritious Noon Meal | M. C. Sampath | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries and Small Industries and Nutritious Noon Meal |
| Industries | P. Thangamani | Industries, Steel Control, Mines and Minerals, and Special Initiatives |
| Khadi and Village Industries | P. Chendur Pandian | Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoothan and Gramadhan |
| Tourism | S. Gokula Indira | Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation |
| Environment | B. V. Ramanaa | Environment and Pollution Control |
| Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare | N. Subramanian | Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour |
| Transport | V. Senthil Balaji | Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act |
| Fisheries | K. A. Jayapal | Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation |
| Labour | S. T. Chellapandian | Labour, Population, Employment and Training, Newsprint Control, Census and Urban and Rural Employment |
| Health | V. S. Vijay | Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare |
| Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare | A. Mohammedjan | Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees & Evacuees, Minorities Welfare including Wakf |
| Agriculture | S. Damodaran | Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development |
| Food | R. Kamaraj | Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control |
| Handlooms and Textiles | S. Sundararaj | Handlooms and Textiles |
| Milk and Dairy Development | V. Moorthy | Milk and Dairy Development |
| Information, Special Programme Implementation | K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | Information and Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press, Implementation of Special Programmes including implemenation of the Election manifesto |
| Social Welfare | B. Valarmathi | Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes, Welfare of the Differently abled and Social Reforms |
| HR & CE | M. S. M. Anandan | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) |
|
This article is part of the series: |
|
State Government
|
[edit] See also
- Legislature of Tamil Nadu
- List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
- Graphical list of chief ministerial tenures and important events of Tamil Nadu
- Government of India
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm
- ^ "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_governor.html.
- ^ "Chief Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_cm.html.
- ^ "Chief Justice, Madras High Court". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_cj.html.
- ^ "Provisional population totals of Tamil Nadu". O/o the Registrar and Census commissioner. http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/tamilnadu/2-FIGURES%20AT%20A%20GLANCE-tn.pdf.
- ^ "Administrative Units in Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. http://www.tn.gov.in/govt_aboutTN.html.
- ^ "List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu". Comm. of Municipal Admin., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. http://www.tn.gov.in/cma/municipalities/municipalities_alphawise.html. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "e-Governance in Tamil Nadu". TneGA, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. http://www.tnega.in/index.php.
- ^ . http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/polhaque/iras-egov.pdf.
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||||
