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

O. Panneerselvam was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 6 December 2016. O. Panneerselvam was elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following the death of incumbent Chief Minister 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
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