Edappadi Palaniswami ministry (2017-)

K Palaniswami was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 16 February 2017. ^[1][2][3][4] He was elected as the leader of AIADMK Legislature Party on February 14, 2017 after incumbent V. K. Sasikala was convicted by the Supreme Court of India in the 20-year old disproportionate assets case.

Council of Ministers

Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministry

Source: Government of Tamil Nadu, Council of Ministers

Sl. No	Name	Photos	Designation	Portfolios
1.	Edappadi K. Palaniswami [5]		Chief Minister	Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home, Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works, Highways and Minor Ports
2.	O. Panneerselvam[6]		Deputy Chief Minister	Finance, Planning, Legislative Assembly, Elections and Passports, Housing, Rural Housing and Housing Development, Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
3	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		Minister for Forests	Forests
4.	K. A. Sengottaiyan		Minister for School Education	School Education
5	Sellur K. Raju		Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
6.	P. Thangamani		Minister for Electricity, Minister for Prohibition and Excise	Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
7.	S. P. Velumani		Minister for Municipal Administration, Minister for 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
8.	D. Jayakumar		Minister for Fisheries Minister for Personnel and Administrative Reforms	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Training)
9.	C. Ve. Shanmugam		Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, Minister for Mines and Minerals	Law, Courts and Prisons, Mines and Minerals
10.	K. P. Anbalagan		Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology
11.	V. Saroja		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 and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
12.	M. C. Sampath		Minister for Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives	Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives
13.	K. C. Karuppannan		Minister for Environment	Environment and Pollution Control
14.	R. Kamaraj		Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control
15.	O. S. Manian		Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
16.	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan		Minister for Animal Husbandry	Animal Husbandry
17.	C. Vijaya Baskar		Minister for Health and Family Welfare	Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
18.	R. Doraikkannu		Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development
19.	Kadambur Raju		Minister for Information and Publicity	Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press
20.	R. B. Udhayakumar		Minister for Revenue	Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending, Chits, Registration of Companies
21.	Vellamandi N. Natarajan		Minister for Tourism	Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation
22.	K. C. Veeramani		Minister for Commercial Taxes	Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act
23.	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji		Minister for Milk and Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development
24.	P. Benjamin		Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, Small Industries
25.	M. R. Vijayabhaskar		Minister for Transport	Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
26.	Nilofer Kafeel		Minister for Labour	Labour, Population, Employment and Training, Newsprint Control, Census and Urban and Rural Employment and Wakf Board
27.	Dr. M. Manikandan		Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
28.	V. M. Rajalakshmi		Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour
29.	K. Pandiarajan		Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture	Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture and Archaeology
30.	G. Baskaran		Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board	Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoodhan and Gramadhan
31.	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran		Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
32.	S. Valarmathi		Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare	Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees and Evacuees and Minorities Welfare
33.	P. Balakrishna Reddy		Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development	Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department

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