Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers

Government of Tamil Nadu
Seat of Government Chennai
Executive
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
Legislature
Assembly
Speaker P. Dhanapal
Deputy Speaker V. Jayaraman
Members in Assembly 235
Judiciary
High Court Madras High Court
Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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. 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.

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 Chief Minister Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home
2. O.Panneerselvam 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

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

References

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

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