Government of Tamil Nadu

Government of Tamil Nadu
Seat of Government	Fort St. George, Chennai
Executive
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit
Chief Minister	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Deputy Chief Minister	O. Panneerselvam
Chief Secretary	Rajeev Ranjan, I.A.S.
Legislature
Assembly	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	P. Dhanapal
Deputy Speaker	Pollachi V. Jayaraman
Members in Assembly	234
Judiciary
High Court	Madras High Court
Chief Justice	Sanjib Banerjee

The Government of Tamil Nadu is the governing authority for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India.^[2]

Fort St George, Chief Secretariat, Govt of Tamil Nadu

StructureEdit

The Governor is the constitutional head of state while the Chief Minister heads the council of ministers. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court is the head of the judiciary.

OfficialsEdit

Presently Banwarilal Purohit is the governor and Edappadi K. Palanisamy is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.^[3]^[4] Sanjib Banerjee is the current Chief Justice of Madras High Court.^[5]^[6] The chief secretary is Rajeev Ranjan.^[7]

Administrative divisionsEdit

The state of Tamil Nadu has a population of 72,138,959 as per the 2011 Census^[8] and covers an area of 130,058 km². The major administrative units of the state constitute 38districts, 76 revenue divisions, 220 taluks, 15 municipal corporations, 148 municipalities, 385 panchayat unions (blocks), 561 town panchayats and 12,524 village panchayats.^[9]^[10]

E-governanceEdit

The Tamil Nadu E-Governance Agency is the entity that facilitates e-governance efforts in Tamil Nadu. As part of the e-governance initiative, a large part of government records like land ownership records have been digitised. All major administrative offices like local governance bodies and various government departments have been computerised.^[11]^[12]

Council of MinistersEdit

Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministryEdit

Source: Government of Tamil Nadu, Council of Ministers

Portfolios	Name	Constituency
Chief Minister	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Edappadi
Public
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Police Service
Indian Forest Service
General Administration
District Revenue Officers
Police and Home
Public Works
Highways and Minor Ports
Irrigation including Minor Irrigation
Programme Works
Deputy Chief Minister	O. Panneerselvam	Bodinayakkanur
Finance
Planning
Legislative Assembly
Elections and Passports
Housing
Rural Housing and Housing Development
Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control
Town Planning Urban Development
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Minister for Health and Family Welfare	C. Vijaya Baskar	Viralimalai
Minister for School Education Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development	K. A. Sengottaiyan	Gobichettipalayam
Minister for Higher Education Minister for Agriculture	K. P. Anbalagan	Palacode
Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons Minister for Mines and Minerals	C. Ve. Shanmugam	Villupuram
Minister for Forests	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	Dindigul
Minister for Co-operation	Sellur K. Raju	Madurai West
Minister for Electricity, Minister for Prohibition and Excise	P. Thangamani	Kumarapalayam
Minister for Municipal Administration, Minister for Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme	S. P. Velumani	Thondamuthur
Minister for Fisheries Minister for Personnel and Administrative Reforms	D. Jayakumar	Royapuram
Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme	V. Saroja
Minister for Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives	M. C. Sampath	Cuddalore
Minister for Environment	K. C. Karuppannan	Bhavani
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	R. Kamaraj	Nannilam
Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	O. S. Manian	Vedaranyam
Minister for Animal Husbandry	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	Udumalpet
Minister for Information and Publicity	Kadambur Raju	Kovilpatti
Minister for Revenue	R. B. Udhayakumar	Tirumangalam
Minister for Tourism	Vellamandi N. Natarajan	Tiruchirappalli (East)
Minister for Commercial Taxes	K. C. Veeramani	Jolarpet
Minister for Milk and Dairy Development	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji	Sivakasi
Minister for Rural Industries	P. Benjamin	Maduravoyal
Minister for Transport	M. R. Vijayabhaskar	Karur
Minister for Labour	Nilofer Kafeel
Minister for Information Technology	Dr. M. Manikandan	Ramanathapuram
Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	V. M. Rajalakshmi	Sankarankoil
Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture	K. Pandiarajan	Avadi
Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board	G. Baskaran
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran	Arni
Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare	S. Valarmathi	Srirangam

ReferencesEdit

^ "TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "The State Legislature – Origin and Evolution". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
^ "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.
^ "Chief Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "New Chief Justice for Madras HC". The Hindu. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Madras High Court - Profile of Chief Justice". www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ "Senior IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan is new Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary". The News Minute. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Provisional population totals of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). O/o the Registrar and Census commissioner.
^ "Administrative Units in Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ "List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu". Comm. of Municipal Admin., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
^ "Tamilnadu e-Governance Agency". TneGA, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
^ Haque, M. Shamsul (2002). "E-governance in India: its impacts on relations among citizens, politicians and public servants" (PDF). International Review of Administrative Sciences. London, Thousand Oaks, California, and New Delhi: Sage Publications. 68 (2): 231–250. doi:10.1177/0020852302682005. S2CID 17927204. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

External linksEdit

[1] "TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[2] "The State Legislature – Origin and Evolution". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

[3] "Governor of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.

[4] "Chief Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[5] "New Chief Justice for Madras HC". The Hindu. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[6] "Madras High Court - Profile of Chief Justice". www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[7] "Senior IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan is new Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary". The News Minute. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[8] "Provisional population totals of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). O/o the Registrar and Census commissioner.

[9] "Administrative Units in Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[10] "List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu". Comm. of Municipal Admin., Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

[11] "Tamilnadu e-Governance Agency". TneGA, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

[12] Haque, M. Shamsul (2002). "E-governance in India: its impacts on relations among citizens, politicians and public servants" (PDF). International Review of Administrative Sciences. London, Thousand Oaks, California, and New Delhi: Sage Publications. 68 (2): 231–250. doi:10.1177/0020852302682005. S2CID 17927204. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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