Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers

The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Tamil Nadu and headed by State Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy 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 2016 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 IAS Tamil Nadu cadre. 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. Shanmugam IAS

Government of Tamil Nadu
Seat of GovernmentFort St. George, Chennai
Executive
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterEdappadi K. Palanisamy
Deputy Chief MinisterO. Panneerselvam
Legislature
Assembly
SpeakerP. Dhanapal
Deputy SpeakerV. Jayaraman
Members in Assembly234
Judiciary
High CourtMadras High Court
Chief JusticeAmreshwar Pratap Sahi

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.

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.

  1. The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 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. The current Chief Minister is Edappadi K. Palanisamy.

Deputy Chief Minister

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. The current Deputy Chief Minister is Panneerselvam.O

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 2017 – Council of Ministers

Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministry

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]

Sl. No Name Photos Designation Portfolios
1. Edappadi K. Palaniswami Chief Minister Public,
Indian Administrative Service,
Indian Police Service,
Indian Forest Service,
General Administration,
District Revenue Officers,
Police and
Home,
Public Works,
Irrigation including Minor Irrigation,
Programme Works,
Highways and Minor Ports
2. O. Panneerselvam Deputy Chief Minister Finance,
Planning,
Legislative Assembly,
Elections and
Passports,
Housing,
Rural Housing and Housing Development,
Slum Clearance Board and
Accommodation Control,
Town Planning,
Urban Development and
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
3 Dindigul C. Sreenivasan Minister for Forests Forests
4. K. A. Sengottaiyan Minister for School Education,Youth welfare and Sports Development School Education,Youth welfare and Sports Development
5 Sellur K. Raju Minister for Co-operation Co-operation,
Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
6. P. Thangamani 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 Minister for Municipal Administration,
Minister for 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
Minister for Personnel and Administrative Reforms
Fisheries and
Fisheries Development Corporation
Personnel and Administrative Reforms,
Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Training)
9. C. Ve. Shanmugam Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons,
Minister for Mines and Minerals
Law, Courts and Prisons,
Mines and Minerals
10. K. P. Anbalagan Minister for Higher Education

Minister for Agriculture

Higher Education including Technical Education,
Electronics,
Science and Technology

Agriculture,
Agricultural Engineering,
Agro Service Cooperatives,
Horticulture,
Sugarcane Cess,
Sugarcane Development and
Waste Land Development

11. 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, Steel Control and Special Initiatives Industries,
Steel Control 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 Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry
17. C. Vijaya Baskar Minister for Health and Family Welfare Health,
Medical Education and
Family Welfare
18. Kadambur Raju Minister for Information and Publicity Information and Publicity
Film Technology and Cinematograph Act,
Stationery and Printing and
Government Press
19. R. B. Udhayakumar Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management Revenue,
District Revenue Establishment,
Deputy Collectors,
Weights and Measures,
Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending,
Chits,
Registration of Companies,

Disaster Management

20. Vellamandi N. Natarajan Minister for Tourism Tourism,
Tourism Development Corporation
21. K. C. Veeramani Minister for Commercial Taxes Commercial Taxes,
Registration and Stamp Act
22. K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Minister for Milk and Dairy Development Milk and Dairy Development
23. P. Benjamin Minister for Rural Industries Rural Industries including Cottage Industries,
Small Industries
24. M. R. Vijayabhaskar Minister for Transport Transport,
Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
25. Nilofer Kafeel Minister for Labour Labour,
Population,
Employment and Training,
Newsprint Control,
Census and
Urban and Rural Employment and
Wakf Board
26. V. M. Rajalakshmi Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Adi Dravidar Welfare,
Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour
27. K. Pandiarajan Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture Tamil Official Language and
Tamil Culture and Archaeology
28. G. Baskaran Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board Khadi and Village Industries Board,
Bhoodhan and Gramadhan
29. Sevvoor S. Ramachandran Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
30. 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

Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2011 – Council of Ministers

Jayalalithaa ministry

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]

3 July 2011

22 October 2011

4 November 2011

9 December 2011

26 January 2012

18 July 2012

6 October 2013

8 February 2013

Thirteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2006 – Council of Ministers

Karunanidhi ministry

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]

Sl.No Department Minister
1 Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
2 Deputy Chief Minister M. K. Stalin
3 Finance K. Anbazhagan
4 Electricity Arcot N. Veeraswami
5 Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Ko. Si. Mani
6 Agriculture Veerapandi S. Arumugam
7 Public works and Law Durai Murugan
8 Higher Education K. Ponmudy
9 Transport K. N. Nehru
10 Health M. R. K. Paneerselvam
11 Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry Pongalur N. Palanisamy
12 Revenue and Housing I. Periasami
13 Tourism and Registration N. Suresh Rajan
14 Information Parithi Ilamvazhuthi
15 Food E. V. Velu
16 Slum clearance and Accommodation Suba Thangavelan
17 Backward Classes K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
18 Labour T. M. Anbarasan
19 Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments K. R. Periyakaruppan
20 School Education Thangam Thennarasu
21 Commercial Taxes S. N. M Ubayadullah
22 Environment T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
23 Forests N. Selvaraj
24 Highways Vellakoil Saminathan
25 Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna
26 Social Welfare Geetha Jeevan
27 Adi-Dravidar welfare Tamilarasi
28 Fisheries K. P. P. Samy
29 Dairy Development U. Mathivanan
30 Khadi K. Ramachandran

Twelfth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2001 – Council of Ministers

O. Panneerselvam & Jayalalithaa ministry

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]

Sl.No Department Minister
1 Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
2 Deputy Chief Minister None
3 Finance and Law C. Ponnaiyan
4 Public Accounts S.R. Balasubramoniyan
5 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

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