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	R. N. Ravi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Judiciary
High Court	Madras High Court
Chief Justice	D. Krishnakumar (Acting)

The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of the Government of Tamil Nadu and is headed by the State's Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of ministers were sworn in on 7 May 2021, following the 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 the Tamil Nadu cadre of the IAS. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of the Government is the Chief Secretary to the State Government, with Thiru. Shiv Das Meena being the current holder of that position.

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.

1. 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.
2. 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.

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.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

Main article: Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

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

Main article: Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

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.

Council of Ministers

S.No	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	Party
1.	M. K. Stalin	Kolathur	Chief Minister	Public General Administration Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service All India Service District Revenue Officers Police Home 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.	Udhayanidhi Stalin	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	Deputy Chief Minister	Youth Development Sports Development Special Programme Implementation Department Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness Planning and development		DMK
4.	K. N. Nehru	Tiruchirappalli West	Minister for Municipal Administration	Municipal Administration Urban Water Supply.		DMK
5.	I. Periyaswamy	Athoor	Minister for Rural Development	Rural Development Panchayats Panchayat Unions		DMK
6.	Dr. K. Ponmudy	Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency	Minister for Forests	Forests		DMK
7.	E. V. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Buildings Highways Minor Ports		DMK
8.	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Waste Land Development		DMK
9.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Aruppukottai	Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Disaster Management		DMK
10.	Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	Minister for Finance and Environment Climate Change	Finance Pensions and Pensionary benefits. Environment Pollution Control Board and Climate Change Archeology		DMK
11.	S. Regupathy	Thirumayam	Minister for Law	Law Courts Prisons Prevention of Corruption		DMK
12.	S. Muthusamy	Erode West	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Rural Housing Town Planning projects Housing Development Accommodation Control Town Planning Urban Planning Urban Development		DMK
13.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation		DMK
14.	T. M. Anbarasan	Alandur	Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MS&ME)	Rural Industries including cottage industries Small Industries Urban Habitat Development Board		DMK
15.	M. P. Saminathan	Kangayam	Minister for Tamil Development, Information & Publicity	Information & Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Newsprint Control Stationery and Printing Government Press Tamil Official Language Tamil Culture		DMK
16.	P. Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment	Social Welfare including Women and Children Welfare Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development Scheme Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme		DMK
17.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry	Fisheries Fisheries Development Corporation Animal Husbandry		DMK
18	R.S.Rajakannappan	Mudukulathur	Minister for Milk & Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development Khadi and Village Industries Board		DMK
19	R. Rajendran	Salem North	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation Sugar Sugarcane Excise Sugarcane Development		DMK
20	R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control		DMK
21.	V.Senthilbalaji	Karur	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise	Electricity Non Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise, Molasses		DMK
22.	R. Gandhi	Ranipet	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles Boodhan and Gramadhan.		DMK
23.	M. Subramaniam	Saidapet	Minister for Medical and Family Welfare	Health Medical Education Family Welfare		DMK
24.	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
25.	S. S. Sivasankar	Kunnam	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act		DMK
26.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Harbour	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious Charitable Endowments Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (Additional charge)		DMK
27.	Dr. Govi Chezhian	Thiruvidamarudur	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education including Technical Education Electronics, Science and Technology		DMK
28.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology and Digital Services		DMK
29.	S.M. Nasar	Avadi	Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare	Minorities Welfare Non Resident Tamils Welfare Refugees & Evacuees Wakf Board		DMK
30.	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Thiruverumbur	Minister for School Education	School Education		DMK
31.	Siva. V. Meyyanathan	Alangudi	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare Denofied Communities Welfare		DMK
32.	C.V. Ganesan	Tittakudi	Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development	Labour Welfare Population Employment and Training Census Urban and Rural Employment		DMK
33.	Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa	Mannargudi	Minister for Industries, Investment Promotions and Commerce.	Industries Investment Promotions Commerce Airports State Public Sectors .		DMK
34.	M. Mathiventhan	Rasipuram	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare		DMK
35.	N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Dharapuram	Minister for Human Resources Management	Human Resources Management Ex-Servicemen Welfare		DMK

Past Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

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.		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	V. N. 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

See also

• Government of Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
• List of Tamil Nadu governmental organisations
• Tamil Nadu Government's Departments
• Government of India
• Cabinet of India

External links

• http://www.tn.gov.in/ministerslist
• Tamil Nadu ministers list 2017