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Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers

Executive branch of Indian state government

Summary

Executive branch of Indian state government

Field	Value
government_name	Government of Tamil Nadu
image	[[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg	200px]]
division_type	Seat of Government
division	Fort St. George, Chennai
leader_type	Governor
leader_title	R. N. Ravi
leader_type2	Chief Minister
leader_title2	M. K. Stalin	leader_type3 = Deputy Chief Minister
leader_title3	Udhayanidhi Stalin
legislature_label	Assembly
legislature
speaker_label	Speaker
speaker	M. Appavu
deputy_speaker_label	Deputy Speaker
deputy_speaker	K. Pichandi
members_in_assembly_label	Members in Assembly
members_in_assembly	234
branch4	Judiciary
court_name	High Court
court	Madras High Court
chief_justice_label	Chief Justice
chief_justice	D. Krishnakumar (Acting)

The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of the Government of Tamil Nadu and is headed by the State's Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of ministers were sworn in on 7 May 2021, following the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. 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 the Tamil Nadu cadre of the IAS. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of the Government is the Chief Secretary to the State Government, with Thiru. Shiv Das Meena being the current holder of that position.

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,

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.
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.
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.

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.

The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
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.
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.
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

Main article: Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

Like any Indian state, Chief Minister 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.

Deputy Chief Minister

Main article: Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Like any state, Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the deputy head of the government and senior minister of cabinet after the Chief Minister and mostly the position was vacant until September 28, 2024 as Udhaiyanidhi Stalin, MLA of Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni Constituency became the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

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.

Council of Ministers

S.No	Name	Constituency	Designation
1.	M. K. Stalin	Kolathur	Minister
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Durai Murugan	Katpadi	Minister for Water Resources
3.	Udhayanidhi Stalin	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	Deputy Chief Minister
4.	K. N. Nehru	Tiruchirappalli West	Minister for Municipal
5.	I. Periyaswamy	Athoor	Minister for Rural Development
6.	E. V. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	Minister for Public Works
7.	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare
8.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Aruppukottai	Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management
9.	Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	Minister for Finance and Environment Climate Change
10.	S. Regupathy	Thirumayam	Minister for Natural Resources
11.	S. Muthusamy	Erode West	Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise
12.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)	Minister for Co-operation
13.	T. M. Anbarasan	Alandur	Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MS&ME)
14.	M. P. Saminathan	Kangayam	Minister for Tamil Development, Information & Publicity
15.	P. Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment
16.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry
17.	R.S.Rajakannappan	Mudukulathur	Minister for Forests and Khadi
18.	R. Rajendran	Salem North	Minister for Tourism
19.	R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
20.	R. Gandhi	Ranipet	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles
21.	M. Subramaniam	Saidapet	Minister for Medical and Family Welfare
22.	P. Moorthy	Madurai East	Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration
23.	S. S. Sivasankar	Kunnam	Minister for Transport and Electricity
24.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Harbour	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
25.	Dr. Govi Chezhian	Thiruvidamarudur	Minister for Higher Education
26.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	Minister for Information Technology
27.	S.M. Nasar	Avadi	Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare
28.	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Thiruverumbur	Minister for School Education
29.	Siva. V. Meyyanathan	Alangudi	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare
30.	C.V. Ganesan	Tittakudi	Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development
31.	T. Mano Thangaraj	Padmanabhapuram	Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
32.	Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa	Mannargudi	Minister for Industries, Investment Promotions and Commerce.
33.	M. Mathiventhan	Rasipuram	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare
34.	N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Dharapuram	Minister for Human Resources Management

Past Cabinets of Tamil Nadu

Sl. no	Chief Minister	Ministry	Party	Election
20.	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Palaniswami ministry	AIADMK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
19.	O. Panneerselvam	Third Panneerselvam ministry
18.	J. Jayalalithaa	Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry
17.	Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry	2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
16.	O. Panneerselvam	Second Panneerselvam ministry
15.	J. Jayalalithaa	Fourth Jayalalithaa ministry
14.	M. Karunanidhi	Fifth Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
13.	J. Jayalalithaa	Third Jayalalithaa ministry	AIADMK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
12.	O. Panneerselvam	First Panneerselvam ministry
11.	J. Jayalalithaa	Second Jayalalithaa ministry
10.	M. Karunanidhi	Fourth Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
9.	J. Jayalalithaa	First Jayalalithaa ministry	AIADMK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
8.	M. Karunanidhi	Third Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
7.	V. N. Janaki	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran ministry	AIADMK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
Interim	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	Second Nedunchezhiyan ministry
6.	M. G. Ramachandran	Third Ramachandran ministry
5.	Second Ramachandran ministry	1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
4.	First Ramachandran ministry	1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
3.	M. Karunanidhi	Second Karunanidhi ministry	DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"
2.	M. Karunanidhi	First Karunanidhi ministry	1967 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Interim	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	First Nedunchezhiyan ministry
1.	C. N. Annadurai	Annadurai ministry

Oath as the state chief minister/minister

References

"Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM, 33 ministers take oath".
(Nov 2017). "The Secretariat Office Manual". [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].
"Dr V Irai Anbu is new chief secretary of Tamil Nadu".
"Council of Ministers {{!}} Tamil Nadu Government Portal".
(2024-09-29). "Tamil Nadu Cabinet reshuffle: Senthilbalaji, three others sworn-in as Ministers". The Hindu.
(2024-09-29). "Udhayanidhi Stalin is Deputy Chief Minister, Senthil Balaji back as Minister".
Bureau, Dt Next. "Udhayanidhi's entry marks shuffle in TN Cabinet ministry".
"Council of Ministers {{!}} Tamil Nadu Government Portal".
"Council of Ministers {{!}} Tamil Nadu Government Portal".

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