Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers

Government of Tamil Nadu
Seat of Government Chennai
Executive
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Legislature
Assembly
Speaker P. Dhanapal
Members in Assembly 234
Judiciary

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 16 May 2011, after Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, 2011. 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.Gnanadesikan IAS

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,

“
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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,

“
  1. 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.
  2. The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2011 - Council of Ministers

Present Cabinet

Source: Government of Tamil Nadu, Council of Ministers

Minister Name Photos Portfolio Departments & Works Allotted
J. Jayalalithaa Chief Minister Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home
O. Panneerselvam Finance Minister Finance, Planning, Legislative Assembly, Elections and Passports, Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation and Programme Works
R. Viswanathan Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Non-Conventional Energy Development
S. P. Velumani Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development Rural Development
R. Vaithilingam Minister for Housing and Urban Development Town Planning
P.Mohan Minister for Rural Industries Rural Industries
Cottage Industries
Small Industries
B. Valarmathi Minister for Social Welfare & Nutritious Noon Meal Social Welfare
Women's and Children's Welfare
Orphanages and Correctional Administration
Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes
Welfare of the Differently abled and Social Reforms
Nutritious Noon Meal
P. Palaniappan Minister for Higher Education Department of Higher Education (Tamil Nadu)
Technical Education
Electronics
Science and Technology
R. Vaithilingam Minister for Agriculture Department of Agriculture (Tamil Nadu)
Agricultural Engineering
Agro Service Cooperatives
Horticulture
Sugarcane Cess
Sugarcane Development
Waste Land Development
Sellur K. Raju Minister for Cooperation Department of Cooperation
Department of Economics and Statistics (Tamil Nadu)
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (Tamil Nadu)
M.S.M Anandhan Minister for Forests Department of Forests
Edappadi K. Palanisamy Minister for Highways & Minor Ports Department of Minister for Highways & Minor Ports (Tamil Nadu)
R. Kamaraj Minister for Food Food
Civil Supplies
Consumer Protection
Price Control
B. V. Ramanaa Minister for Milk and Dairy Development Department of Milk and Dairy Development
S.Gokula Indira Minister for Rural Industries and Nutritious Noon Meal Rural Industries(including Cottage Industries)
Small Industries
Nutritious Noon Meal
O.Paneer Selvam Minister for Public Works Department of Public Works (Tamil Nadu)
Irrigation including Minor Irrigation
Programme Works
T. K. M. Chinnayya Minister for Animal Husbandry Department of Animal Husbandry
P. Thangamani Minister for Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu) Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu)
Steel Control
Mines and Minerals
Special Initiatives
T.P Poonachi Minister for Handlooms and Textiles Department of Handlooms and Textiles
P. Chendur Pandian Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Khadi and Village Industries
Bhoothan and Gramadhan
S.P.Shanmuganathan Minister for Tourism Tourism
Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation
M. C. Sampath Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration, Law, Courts and Prisons Commercial Taxes
Registration and Stamp Act
Law Department
Prison Department
Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department
Prevention of Corruption
N. Subramanian Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Adi Dravidar Welfare
Tribal & Hill TribeS Welfare
Bonded Labour
S.P. Thangamani Minister for Transport Transport
Nationalised Transport
Motor Vehicles Act
K. A. Jayapal Minister for Fisheries Fisheries
Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation Limited (TNFDC)
Sundaraj Sports and Youth Welfare School Education
Sports and Youth Welfare
Department of Archaeology (Tamil Nadu)
Department of Tamil Official Language (Tamil Nadu)
Tamil Culture
Mukkur N. Subramanian Minister for Information Technology Department of Information Technology (Tamil Nadu)
K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Minister for Information & Special Programme Implementation Information and Publicity (Information and Public Relations Department)
Film Technology and Cinematograph Act
Department of Stationery and Printing (Stationery and Printing and Government Press)
Department of Special Programme Implementation (Tamil Nadu)
Including implementation of the Election manifesto
P.Mohan Minister for Labour Department of Labour and Employment (Tamil Nadu)
Department of Labour
Population
Census
Newsprint Control
Urban and Rural Employment
Vijayabhaskar Minister for Health Health
Medical Education
Family Welfare
Abdul Rahim Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Backward Classes Welfare
Most Backward Classes Welfare
Denotified Communities Welfare
Overseas Indians
Department of Rehabilitation - Refugees & Evacuees
Minorities Welfare
Wakf
Rajendra Balaji Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Hindu Religious
Charitable Endowments
R.B Udhaya Kumar Minister for Revenue Department of Revenue (Tamil Nadu)
District Revenue Establishment
Deputy Collectors
Weights and Measures
Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits
Registration of Companies

Previous Members of Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2011 - Council of Ministers

3 July 2011

22 October 2011

4 November 2011

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[8]

Department Minister
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
Deputy Chief and Electricity Arcot N. Veeraswami
Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Ko. Si. Mani
Agriculture Veerapandi S. Arumugam
Public works and Law M. Karunanidhi
Higher Education K. Ponmudy
Transport K. N. Nehru
Health M. R. K. Paneerselvam
Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry Pongalur N. Palanisamy
Revenue and Housing I. Periasami
Tourism and Registration N. Suresh Rajan
Information Parithi Ilamvazhuthi
Food E. V. Velu
Slum Clearance and Accommodation Suba Thangavelan
Backward Classes K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Labour T. M. Anbarasan
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments K. R. Periyakaruppan
School Education Thangam Thennarasu
Commercial Taxes S. N. M Ubayadullah
Environment T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
Forests N. Selvaraj
Highways Vellakoil Saminathan
Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna
Social Welfare Geetha Jeevan
Adi-Dravidar welfare Tamilarasi
Fisheries K. P. P. Samy
Dairy Development U. Mathivanan
Khadi K. Ramachandran

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

References

  1. ↑ "TN Cabinet reshuffle on July 03, 2011". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "6 ministers leave TN Cabinet on 4 November, 2011" (PDF). Ttnrajbhavan.gov.in/. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  3. 1 2 "Chief Minister Jayalalithaa reshuffles Cabinet again". NDTV.com. 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  4. ↑ "S. S. Krishnamoorthy sacked from TN Cabinet on January 26, 2012" (PDF). Tnrajbhavan.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  5. ↑ "S. P. Velumani removed from Revenue Portfolio on January 26, 2012" (PDF). The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  6. ↑ "Sengottaiyan sacked on July 17, 2012". The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  7. ↑ "C. V. Shanmugam dropped from cabinet on October 6, 2012" (PDF). www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  8. ↑ "Home Page of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly". Assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

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