The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which swept to power in Tamil Nadu by winning the recently held assembly elections in the southern state, on Thursday released a list of 34 ministers, a day before the swearing-in of the new government is scheduled to take place.
List of portfolio of new Ministers
Name | Designation | Portfolios |
M.K. Stalin | Chief Minister | Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Other All India Service, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home, Special Initiatives, Special Programme Implementation, Welfare of Differently abled persons. |
Duraimurugan | Minister for Water Resources | Irrigation Projects including small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Minerals and Mines. |
K.N. Nehru | Minister for Municipal Administration | Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply. |
I. Periyasamy | Minister for Co-operation | Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare |
K. Ponmudi | Minister for Higher Education | Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology |
E.V. Velu | Minister for Public Works | Public Works (Buildings, Highways and Minor Ports) |
M.R.K. Panneerselvam | Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare | Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Co-operatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Excise, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development |
K.K.S.S.R Ramachandran | Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management | Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Disaster Management |
Thangam Thennarasu | Minister for Industries | Industries, Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Archeology. |
S. Reghupathy | Minister for Law | Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention of Corruption |
S. Muthusamy | Minister for Housing and Urban Development | Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. |
K.R. Periakaruppan | Minister for Rural Development | Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness. |
T.M. Anbarasan | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including cottage industries, small Industries, Slum Clearance Board. |
M.P. Saminathan | Minister for Information & Publicity | Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press. |
P. Geetha Jeevan | Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment | Women and Children Welfare including Social Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme |
Anitha R. Radhakrishnan | Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry | Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation and Animal Husbandry |
S.R. Rajakannappan | Minister for Transport | Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act. |
K. Ramachandran | Minister for Forests | Forests |
R. Sakkarapani | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies | Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control |
V. Senthilbalaji | Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise | Electricity, Non Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses |
R. Gandhi | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village Industries Board, Boodhan and Gramadhan. |
Ma. Subramanian | Minister for Medical and Family Welfare | Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare |
P. Moorthy | Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration | Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies |
S.S. Sivasankar | Minister for Backward Classes Welfare | Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and Denofied Communities Welfare |
P.K. Sekarbabu | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments |
Palanivel Thiagarajan | Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management | Finance, Planning, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Pensions and Pension allowances. |
S.M. Nasar | Minister for Milk & Dairy Development | Milk and Diary Development |
Gingee K.S. Masthan | Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare | Minorities Welfare, Non Resident Tamils Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees and Wakf Board |
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi | Minister for School Education | School Education |
Siva. V. Meyyanathan | Minister for Environment – Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development | Environment and Pollution Control, Youth Welfare and Sports Development |
C.V. Ganesan | Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development | Labour Welfare, Population, Employment and Training, Census, Urban and Rural Employment |
T. Mano Thangaraj | Minister for Information Technology | Information Technology |
M. Mathiventhan | Minister for Tourism | Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation |
N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Welfare. |
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