Third Panneerselvam ministry

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Third Panneerselvam ministry

19th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Date formed5 December 2016
Date dissolved15 February 2017
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor C. Vidyasagar Rao
Head of governmentO. Panneerselvam
No. of ministers32
Member partiesAIADMK
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyDMK
Opposition leaderM. K. Stalin
History
Election(s)2016
Legislature term(s)5 Years
PredecessorSixth Jayalalithaa ministry
SuccessorPalaniswami ministry

Jayalalithaa.[1][2]

Cabinet ministers

Ministers sworn on 6 December 2016:[3]

S.no Name Constituency Designation Portfolios Party
Chief Minister
1. O. Panneerselvam
Bodinayakkanur
Chief Minister
  • Public
  • Police
  • Home
  • Indian Administrative Service
  • Indian Police Service
  • Indian Forest Service
  • District Revenue Officers
  • General Administration
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Elections and Passports
  • Finance
  • Planning
  • Personnel and Administrative Reforms,Training
AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.
Dindigul C. Sreenivasan
Dindigul
Minister for Forests
  • Forests
AIADMK
3.
Edappadi Palaniswami
Edappadi
Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports
  • Public Works
  • Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works
  • Highways
  • Minor Ports
4. Sellur K. Raju
Madurai West
Minister for Co-operation
  • Co-operation
  • Statistics
  • Ex-Servicemen Welfare
5. P. Thangamani
Kumarapalayam
Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise
  • Electricity
  • Non-Conventional Energy Development
  • Prohibition and Excise
  • Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
6. S. P. Velumani
Thondamuthur
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
7. D. Jayakumar
Royapuram
Minister for Fisheries
  • Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
8. C. Shanmugam
Villupuram
Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons
  • Law
  • Courts
  • Prisons
9. K. P. Anbalagan
Palacode
Minister for Higher Education
  • Higher Education including Technical *Education
  • Electronics
  • Science and Technology
10. Dr. V. Saroja
Rasipuram
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
  • Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
11. M. C. Sampath
Cuddalore
Minister for Industries
  • Industries
  • Steel Control
  • Mines and Minerals
  • Special Initiatives
12. K. C. Karuppannan
Bhavani
Minister for Environment
  • Environment
  • Pollution Control
13. R. Kamaraj
Nannilam
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
  • Food
  • Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Protection and Price Control
14. O. S. Manian
Vedaranyam
Minister for Handlooms and Textiles
  • Handlooms and Textiles
15. Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan
Udumalaipettai
Minister for Housing and Urban Development
  • Housing
  • Rural Housing and Housing Development
  • Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control
  • Town Planning
  • Urban Development
  • Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
16. C. Vijayabaskar
Karur
Minister for Health and Family Welfare
  • Health
  • Medical Education
  • Family Welfare
17. R. Doraikkannu
Papanasam
Minister for Agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agro Service Cooperatives, *Horticulture
  • Sugarcane Cess
  • Sugarcane Development
  • Waste Land Development
18. Kadambur Raju
Kovilpatti
Minister for Information and Publicity
  • Information and Publicity
  • Film Technology and Cinematograph Act
  • Stationery
  • Printing and Government Press
19.
R. B. Udhayakumar
Tirumangalam
Minister for Revenue
  • Revenue
  • District Revenue Establishment
  • Deputy Collectors
  • Weights and Measures
  • Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money lending
  • Chits
  • Registration of Companies
20. Vellamandi N. Natarajan
Tiruchirappalli (East)
Minister for Tourism
  • Tourism
  • Tourism Development Corporation
21. K. C. Veeramani
Jolarpet
Minister for Commercial Taxes
  • Commercial Taxes
  • Registration and Stamp Act
22. K. Pandiarajan
Avadi
Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare
  • School Education
  • Archaeology
  • Youth Welfare
  • Sports Development Department
23. K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji
Sivakasi
Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
  • Milk and Dairy Development
24. P. Benjamin
Maduravoyal
Minister for Rural Industries
  • Rural Industries including Cottage Industries
  • Small Industries
25. Dr. Nilofer Kafeel
Vaniyambadi
Minister for Labour
  • Labour
  • Population
  • Employment and Training
  • Newsprint Control
  • Census
  • Urban and Rural Employment
  • Wakf Board
26. M.R.Vijayabhaskar
Karur
Minister for Transport
  • Transport
  • Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
27. Dr. M. Manikandan
Ramanathapuram
Minister for Information Technology
  • Information Technology
28. V. M. Rajalakshmi
Sankarankoil
Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
  • Adi Dravidar Welfare
  • Hill Tribes
  • Bonded Labour
29. G. Baskaran
Sivaganga
Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board
  • Khadi and Village Industries Board, *Bhoodhan and Gramadhan
30. Sevvoor S. Ramachandran
Arani
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
  • Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
  • Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture
31. S. Valarmathi
Srirangam
Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare
  • Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
  • Overseas Indians
  • Refugees and Evacuees
  • Minorities Welfare
32. P. Balakrishna Reddy
Hosur
Minister for Animal Husbandry
  • Animal Husbandry

References

  1. ^ "O Panneerselvam holds first cabinet meeting after Jayalalithaa's demise". India.com. 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ sworn in as new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, retains Jaya Cabinet, O Panneerselvam (6 December 2016). "O Panneerselvam sworn in as new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, retains Jaya Cabinet". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ^ Government of Tamil Nadu, Council of Ministers