Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers
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The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Tamil Nadu and headed by State Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa who is the real head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of ministers was sworn-in 23 May 2016, after Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016. 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 Thiru K.Gnanadesikan 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 Ministers 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. The current Chief Minister is Selvi J.Jayalalitha.
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.
Fifteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2016 - Council of Ministers
Source: Government of Tamil Nadu, Council of Ministers
| Sl.No | Minister's Name | Photos | Portfolio | Tamil Nadu Government Departments & Works Allotted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | J.Jayalaithaa | File:Jayalalithaa1.jpg | Chief Minister | Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home |
| 2. | O.Panneerselvam | File:Panneerselvam.jpg | Minister for Finance, Personnel and Administrative Reforms | Finance Planning Legislative Assembly Elections and Passports Personnel and Administrative Reforms Personnel and Administrative Reforms Training, Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home |
| 3. | Dindigul C.Sreenivasan | 
|
Minister for Forests | Forests |
| 4. | Edappadi K.Palaniswami | Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports | Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works, Highways and Minor Ports | |
| 5. | Sellur K.Raju | Minister for Co-operation | Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare | |
| 6. | P.Thangamani | Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise | Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act | |
| 7. | S.P.Velumani | Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme | Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness, Urban and Rural Water Supply, Implementation of Special Programme | |
| 8. | D.Jayakumar | Minister for Fisheries | Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation | |
| 9. | C.Ve.Shanmugam | Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons | Law, Courts and Prisons | |
| 10. | K.P.Anbalagan | Minister for Higher Education | Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology | |
| 11. | Dr.V.Saroja | Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme | 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 and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme | |
| 12. | M.C.Sampath | Minister for Industries | Industries, Steel Control, Mines and Minerals and Special Initiatives | |
| 13. | K.C.Karuppannan | Minister for Environment | Environment and Pollution Control | |
| 14. | R.Kamaraj | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies | Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control | |
| 15. | O.S.Manian | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles | |
| 16. | Udumalai K.Radhakrishnan | 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 | Minister for Health and Family Welfare | Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare | |
| 18. | R.Doraikkannu | Minster for Agriculture | Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development | |
| 19. | Kadambur Raju | Minister for Information and Publicity | Information and Publicity, Flim Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press | |
| 20. | R.B.Udhayakumar | 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 | Minister for Tourism | Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation | |
| 22. | K.C.Veeramani | Minister for Commercial Taxes | Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act | |
| 23. | K.Pandiarajan | Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare | School Education, Archaeology, Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department | |
| 24. | K.T.Rajenthra Bhalaji | Minister for Milk and Dairy Development | Milk and Dairy Development | |
| 25. | P.Benjamin | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, Small Industries | |
| 26. | Dr.Nilofer kafeel | Minister for Labour | Labour, Population, Employment and Training, Newsprint Control, Census and Urban and Rural Employment and Wakf Board | |
| 27. | M.R.Vijayabhaskar | Minister for Transport | Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act | |
| 28. | Dr.M.Manikandan | Minister for Information Technology | Information Technology | |
| 29. | V.M.Rajalakshmi | Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour | |
| 30. | G.Baskaran | Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board | Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoodhan and Gramadhan | |
| 31. | Sevvoor S.Ramachandran | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments and Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture | |
| 32. | S.Valarmathi | 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 | Minister for Animal Husbandry | Animal Husbandry |
Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2011 - Council of Ministers
Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]
3 July 2011
22 October 2011
4 November 2011
- C. Shanmugavelu.[3]
- R. B. Udhaya Kumar.[3]
- S. P. Shanmuganathan.[3]
- N. R. Sivapathi.[3]
- G. Senthamizhan.[3]
- Budhichandhiran.[3]
9 December 2011
26 January 2012
18 July 2012
6 October 2012
History
Thirteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2006 - Council of Ministers
Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]
| Sl.No. | Minister's Name | Photo's | Potfolio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Karunanidhi | 
|
Chief Minister |
| 2 | Arcot N. Veeraswami | Deputy Chief and Electricity | |
| 3 | Ko. Si. Mani | Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen | |
| 4 | Veerapandi S. Arumugam | Agriculture | |
| 5 | M. Karunanidhi | Public works and Law | |
| 6 | K. Ponmudy | Higher Education | |
| 7 | K. N. Nehru | Transport | |
| 8 | M. R. K. Paneerselvam | Health | |
| 9 | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry | |
| 10 | I. Periasami | Revenue and Housing | |
| 11 | N. Suresh Rajan | Tourism and Registration | |
| 12 | Parithi Ilamvazhuthi | Information | |
| 13 | E. V. Velu | Food | |
| 14 | Suba Thangavelan | Slum clearance and Accommodation | |
| 15 | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | Backward Classes | |
| 16 | T. M. Anbarasan | Labour | |
| 17 | K. R. Periyakaruppan | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | |
| 18 | Thangam Thennarasu | School Education | |
| 19 | S. N. M Ubayadullah | Commercial Taxes | |
| 20 | T. P. M. Mohideen Khan | Environment | |
| 21 | N. Selvaraj | Forests | |
| 22 | Vellakoil Saminathan | Highways | |
| 23 | Poongothai Aladi Aruna | Information Technology | |
| 24 | Geetha Jeevan | Social Welfare | |
| 25 | Tamilarasi | Adi-Dravidar welfare | |
| 26 | K. P. P. Samy | Fisheries | |
| 27 | U. Mathivanan | Dairy Development | |
| 28 | K. Ramachandran | Khadi |
Twelfth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2001 - Council of Ministers
| Department | Minister |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Deputy Chief Minister | None |
| Finance and Law | C. Ponnaiyan |
| Public Accounts | S.R. Balasubramoniyan |
| Public Undertakings | R. Jeevanantham M.C. Sampath |
| Department | Minister |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister | O. Panneerselvam J. Jayalalithaa |
| Deputy Chief Minister | None |
| Finance and Law | C. Ponnaiyan |
| Public Accounts | S.R. Balasubramoniyan |
| Public Undertakings | R. Jeevanantham M.C. Sampath |
Eleventh Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1996 - Council of Ministers
13 May 1996
| Minister Name | Portfolio | Departments and Works Allotted |
|---|---|---|
| M. Karunanidhi | Chief Minister | Public, Home, Tamil Nadu Police, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, General Administration, Finance, Industries, Prohibition and Excise, Commercial Taxes, Planning |
| K. Anbazhagan | Minister for Education, M (Edn.) | Higher Education, Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology, Youth Welfare and Sports, Legislative Assembly, Elections and Passports, Ex- Servicemen's Welfare |
| Arcot N. Veeraswami | Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Electricity (H & E) | Health, Medical Education, Family Welfare and Electricity |
| Nanjil K. Manoharan (1996-2000) | Minister for Revenue | Revenue, Board of Revenue, District Revenue Establishment and Deputy Collector |
| Ko. Si. Mani | Minister for Rural Development Development and Local Administration (RD & LA) | Municipal Administration, Community Development, Panchayats, Panchayat Unions and Rural Indebtedness and Urban and Rural Water Supply |
| Veerapandy S. Arumugam | Minister for Agriculture M (A) | Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development |
| Durai Murugan | Minister for Public Works, M(PW) | Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation and Programme Work |
| Dr. Ponmudi (alias) Deivasigamani | Minister for Transport, M (T) | Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act, Ports & Highways and Madras Metropolitan Development Authority |
| M. Tamilkudimagan | Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture M (TOL & TC) | Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture |
| K. N. Nehru | Minister for Food and Public Distribution System System, M(Food & PDS) | Food, Price Control & Civil Supplies and Public Distribution System |
| K Sundaram | Minister for Milk M (Milk) | Milk and Dairy Development, Slum Clearance and Accommodation Control |
| A. Rahman Khan | Minister for Labour, M (Lr) | Labour, Census, Employment and Training, Iron and Steel Control, Newsprint Control and Waqf |
| Aladi Aruna | Minister for Law, M(L) | Law, Courts, Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of Companies, Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending and Legislation on Chits |
| V. Thangapandian | Minister for Co-operation. M (C) | Co-operation and Statistic |
| Ko. Si. Mani | Minister for Rural Development Development and Local Administration (RD & LA) | Municipal Administration, Community Development, Panchayats, Panchayat Unions and Rural Indebtedness and Urban and Rural Water Supply |
| Veerapandy S. Arumugam | Minister for Agriculture M (A) | Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development |
| Durai Murugan | Minister for Public Works, M(PW) | Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation and Programme Work |
| Dr. Ponmudi (alias) Deivasigamani | Minister for Transport, M (T) | Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act, Ports & Highways and Madras Metropolitan Development Authority |
| M. Tamilkudimagan | Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture M (TOL & TC) | Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture |
| K. N. Nehru | Minister for Food and Public Distribution System System, M(Food & PDS) | Food, Price Control & Civil Supplies and Public Distribution System |
| K Sundaram | Minister for Milk M (Milk) | Milk and Dairy Development, Slum Clearance and Accommodation Control |
Fifth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1971 - Council of Ministers
| Minister | Portfolios |
|---|---|
| M. Karunanidhi | Chief Minister |
| V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | Education and Revenue |
| K. Rajaram | Backward Classes |
| K. Anbazhagan | Public Health |
| Anbil P. Dharmalingam | Agriculture |
| S. J. Sadiq Pasha | Public Works |
| Satyavani Muthu | Harijan Welfare |
| M. Kannappan | Religious Endowments |
| S. Madhavan | Industries |
| N. V. Natarajan | Labour |
| O. P. Raman | Electricity |
| S. P. Adithanar | Cooperation |
| S. Ramachandran | Transport |
See also
- Government of Tamil Nadu
- Legislature of Tamil Nadu
- Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu Government Organizations
- Tamil Nadu Government's Departments
- Government of India
- Cabinet of India
References
- ^ a b "Home Page of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly". Assembly.tn.gov.in. Cite error: The named reference "assembly.tn.gov.in" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "TN Cabinet reshuffle on July 03, 2011". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "6 ministers leave TN Cabinet on 4 November, 2011" (PDF). Ttnrajbhavan.gov.in/. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Chief Minister Jayalalithaa reshuffles Cabinet again". NDTV.com. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "S. S. Krishnamoorthy sacked from TN Cabinet on January 26, 2012" (PDF). Tnrajbhavan.gov.in. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "S. P. Velumani removed from Revenue Portfolio on January 26, 2012" (PDF). The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Sengottaiyan sacked on July 17, 2012". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "C. V. Shanmugam dropped from cabinet on October 6, 2012" (PDF). www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
