Government of Tamil Nadu

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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.^[1]

Structure

The Governor is the constitution head of the 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 Vidyasagar Rao is the acting governor and J.Jayalalithaa is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.^[2]^[3] Sanjay Kishan Kaul is the current Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.^[4]

Administrative divisions

The state of Tamil Nadu has a population of 7,21,38,958 as per the 2011 Census^[5] and covers an area of 1,30,058 km². The major administrative units of the state constitute 32 districts, 76 revenue divisions, 220 taluks, 12 municipal corporations, 148 municipalities, 385 panchayat unions (blocks), 561 town panchayats and 12,524 village panchayats.^[6]^[7]

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]

Council of Ministers

Sl.no.	Minister's name	Photos	Constituency	Portfolio	Tamil Nadu Government departments & works allotted
1.	J.Jayalaithaa	File:Jayalalithaa1.jpg	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	Chief Minister	Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home
2.	O. Panneerselvam		Bodinayakkanur	Minister for Finance & Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives & Minister for Personnel and Administrative Reforms & Minister for Legislative Assembly & Minister for Public & Minister for Home	Finance & Planning & Personnel and Administrative Reforms Personnel and Administrative Reforms Training, & Legislative Assembly Elections Passports & Public & Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home
3.	Dindigul C.Sreenivasan		Dindigul	Minister for Forests	Forests
4.	Edappadi K.Palanisamy		Edappadi	Minister for Public Works, & Minister for Highways and Minor Ports	Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works, & Highways and Minor Ports
5.	Sellur K. Raju		Madurai West	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
6.	P. Thangamani		Kumarapalyam	Minister for Electricity & Minister for Prohibition and Excise	Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, & Prohibition and Excise, Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
7.	S. P. Velumani		Thondamuthur	Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply & Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj & Minister for Special Programme Implementation	Municipal Administration, Urban and Rural Water Supply, & Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness, & Implementation of Special Programme
8.	D. Jayakumar		Royapuram	Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
9.	C. Ve. Shanmugam		Villuppuram	Minister for Law	Law, Courts and Prisons
10.	K. P. Anbalagan		Palacode	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology
11.	Dr. V. Saroja		Rasipuram	Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme & Minister for Welfare of Differently Abled Persons & Minister for Social Reforms	Social Welfare including Womens and Childrens Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes, Nutritious Noon Meal Programme & Welfare of the Differently Abled & Social Reforms
12.	M. C. Sampath		Cuddalore	Minister for Industries	Industries, Steel Control, Mines and Minerals and Special Initiatives
13.	K. C. Karuppannan		Bhavani	Minister for Environment and Pollution Control	Environment and Pollution Control
14.	R. Kamaraj		Nannilam	Minister for Food and Consumer Protection	Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control
15.	O. S. Manian		Vedaranyam	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
16.	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan		Udumalaipettai	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing, Rural Housing and Housing Development, Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
17.	Dr. C. Vijaya Baskar		Viralimalai	Minister for Health and Family Welfare	Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
18.	R. Doraikkannu		Papanasam	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development
19.	Kadambur C. Raju		Kovilpatti	Minister for Information and Publicity	Information and Publicity, Flim Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press
20.	R. B. Udhaya Kumar		Thirumangalam	Minister for Revenue	Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending, Chits, Registration of Companies
21.	Vellamandi N. Natarajan		Tiruchirappalli (East)	Minister for Tourism	Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation
22.	K. C. Veeramani		Jolarpet	Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration	Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act
23.	K. Pandiarajan		Avadi	Minister for School Education & Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare	School Education & Archaeology, Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department
24.	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji		Sivakasi	Minister for Milk and Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development
25.	P. Benjamin		Maduravoyal	Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, Small Industries
26.	Dr. Nilofer kafeel		Vaniyambadi	Minister for Labour and Employment & Minister for Wakf Board & Hajj	Labour, Population, Newsprint Control, Census Employment and Training, Urban and Rural Employment, & Wakf Board
27.	M. R. Vijayabhaskar		Karur	Minister for Transport	Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
28.	Dr. M. Manikandan		Ramanathapuram	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
29.	V. M. Rajalakshmi		Sankarankovil	Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour
30.	G. Baskaran		Sivaganga	Minister for Khadi and Village Industries	Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoodhan and Gramadhan
31.	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran		Aarani	Minister for Culture & Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments & Minister for Tamil Development	Tamil Culture & Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments & Tamil Official Language
32.	S. Valarmathi		Srirangam	Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare	Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees and Evacuees and Minorities Welfare
33.	P. Balakrishna Reddy		Hosur	Minister for Animal Husbandry	Animal Husbandry

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References

^ "The State Legislature - Origin and Evolution". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "Chief Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "Chief Justice, Madras High Court". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "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 August 9, 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "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. 68. London, Thousand Oaks, California, and New Delhi: Sage Publications: 231–250. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ Cabinet Ministers portfolios
^ Four more ministers into TN Cabinet

External links

Official website

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[1] "The State Legislature - Origin and Evolution". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[2] "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

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

[4] "Chief Justice, Madras High Court". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

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

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

[7] "List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu". Comm. of Municipal Admin., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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

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

[10] Cabinet Ministers portfolios

[11] Four more ministers into TN Cabinet

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