Government of Tamil Nadu

Department of Economics and Statistics

Statistical Hand Book 2007

GENERAL INFORMATION

HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR OF TAMIL NADU
THIRU SURJIT SINGH BARNALA


COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WITH THEIR PORTFOLIOS AS ON 20.11.2007
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1. Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi
  Chief Minister
Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Other All India Services, Prevention of Corruption, District Revenue Officers, Home, Police, Industries, Information Technology, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses, Minorities Welfare, Tamil Official Language & Tamil Culture, Passports and Special Initiatives. 
2. Thiru K. Anbazhagan
Minister for Finance  
Finance, Planning, Legislative Assembly and Elections.
3. Thiru Arcot N. Veerasamy
  Minister for Electricity
Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Personnel and Administrative Reforms.
4. Thiru M.K. Stalin
  Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration 
Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness, Urban and Rural Water Supply.  
5. Thiru Ko.Si. Mani
  Minister for Cooperation  
Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
6. Thiru Veerapandi S. Arumugam
Minister for Agriculture
Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development.  
7. Thiru Durai Murugan
  Minister for Public Works
Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works, Law and Courts.  
8. Dr.  K. Ponmudi
  Minister for Higher Education 
Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology, Mines and Minerals.  
9. Thiru  K.N. Nehru
  Minister for Transport
Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act  
10. Thiru M. R. K. Panneerselvam
  Minister for Health 
Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
11. Thiru Pongalur N. Palanisamy
Minister for Rural Industries
Rural Industries including Cottage Industries and Small Industries.
12. Thiru I. Periasami
  Minister for Revenue and Law 
Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Prisons, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation of Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies, Housing, Rural Housing, Housing Development.  
13. Thiru N. Suresh Rajan
  Minister for Tourism  
Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation and Registration and Stamp Act.
14. Thiru Parithi Ilamvazhuthi
Minister for Information
Information, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.  
15. Thiru A.V. Velu
  Minister for Food
Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control.  
16. Thiru Suba Thangavelan
  Minister for Housing and Slum Clearance
Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control.  
17. Thiru K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran
  Minister for Backward Classes
Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees and Evacuees.
18. Thiru T.M. Anbarasan
  Minister for Labour
Labour, Population, Employment and Training, Steel Control and Newsprint Control, Census and Urban & Rural Employment.  
19. Thiru K.R. Periakaruppan
  Minister for Hindu Religions and Charitable Endowments    
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE).  
20. Thiru N. K. K. P. Raja
  Minister for Handlooms   
Handlooms and Textiles.  
21. Thiru Thangam Thennarasu
  Minister for School Education   
School Education and Archaeology.
22. Thiru S. N. M. Ubayadullah
  Minister for Commercial Taxes  
Commercial Taxes.
23. Thiru T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
Minister for Environment
Sports and Youth Welfare, Environment and Pollution Control and Wakfs  
24. Thiru N. Selvaraj
  Minister for Forests  
Forests and Cinchona.
25. Thiru Vellakoil Saminathan
  Minister for Highways 
Highways and Ports.
26. Dr. (Tmt.) Poongothai
  Minister for Social Welfare
Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare, Nutritious Noon Meal, Welfare of the Disabled, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes.  
27. Tmt. Geetha Jeevan
  Minister for Animal Husbandry  
Animal Husbandry.
28. Tmt. Tamilarasi
   Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare 
Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour.
29. Thiru K. P. P. Sami
  Minister for Fisheries
Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation. 
30. Thiru U. Mathivanan
  Minister for Dairy Development 
Milk and Dairy Development.
31. Thiru K. Ramachandran
  Minister for Khadi 
Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoodhan and Gramadhan

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