Palaniswami ministry

Palaniswami ministry
Palaniswami ministry
; 20th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
	File:EdappadiKPalaniswami.jpg K. Palaniswami
Date formed	17 February 2017
Date dissolved	02 May 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao (till 6 October 2017); Governor Banwarilal Purohit
Head of government	K. Palaniswami
No. of ministers	32
Member parties	AIADMK
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	DMK
Opposition leader	M. K. Stalin (Deputy Durai Murugan )
History
Election	2016
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Third Panneerselvam ministry
Successor	Stalin ministry

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.	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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