Palaniswami ministry

The First Ministry of Palaniswami was the Council of Ministers, headed by Edappadi K. Palaniswami, that was formed after the fifteenth legislative assembly election, which was held in two phases on 16th of May 2016. The results of the election were announced on 19 May 2016, and this led to the formation of the 15th Assembly. On 16 February 2017, the Council took office.[1][2]

Palaniswami Ministry

20th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Head of the government
Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Dr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Date formed17 February 2017
Date dissolved2 May 2021
People and organisations
GovernorC. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief MinisterEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Chief Minister's historyIndian Agriculturist
Total no. of members32
Member party  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Status in legislatureMajority
135 / 234 (58%)
Opposition party  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Opposition leaderM. K. Stalin
History
Election(s)2016
Outgoing election2011
Legislature term(s)4 years, 75 days
PredecessorThird Panneerselvam ministry
SuccessorStalin ministry

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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 Odisha, 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Council of Ministers
No. Name Constituency Department Political party
1 Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Chief Minister		 Edappadi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Deputy Chief Minister
2. O. Panneerselvam Bodinayakkanur
  • Finance.
  • Planning.
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Elections.
  • Passports.
  • Housing
  • Rural Housing and Housing Development.
  • Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control.
  • Town Planning.
  • Urban Development.
  • Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
 AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
3. Dindigul C. Sreenivasan Dindigul
  • Forests.
 AIADMK
4. K. A. Sengottaiyan Gobichettipalayam
  • School Education.
  • Youth Welfare and Sports.
 AIADMK
5. Sellur K. Raju Madurai West
  • Co-operation.
  • Statistics.
  • Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
 AIADMK
6. P. Thangamani Kumarapalayam
  • Electricity.
  • Prohibition and Excise.
  • Non-Conventional Energy.
  • Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act.
 AIADMK
7. S. P. Velumani Thondamuthur
  • Municipal Administration.
  • Rural Development.
  • Panchayats and Panchayat Unions.
  • Poverty Alleviation Programmes.
  • Rural Indebtedness.
  • Urban and Rural Water Supply.
  • Implementation of Special Programme.
 AIADMK
8. D. Jayakumar Royapuram
  • Fisheries.
  • Personnel.
  • Administrative Reforms.
 AIADMK
9. C. Ve. Shanmugam Villupuram
  • Law.
  • Courts and Prisons.
  • Mines and Minerals.
 AIADMK
10. K. P. Anbalagan Palacode
  • Higher Education.
  • Technical Education.
  • Electronics.
  • Science and Technology.
  • Agriculture.
  • Agricultural Engineering.
  • Agro Service Co-operatives.
  • Horticulture.
  • Sugarcane Cess.
  • Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development.
 AIADMK
11. V. Saroja Rasipuram
  • Social Welfare.
  • Women's and Children's Welfare.
  • Orphanages and Correctional Administration.
  • Integrated Child Development.
 AIADMK
12. M. C. Sampath Cuddalore
  • Industries.
  • Steel Control.
 AIADMK
13. K. C. Karuppannan Bhavani
  • Environment and Pollution Control.
 AIADMK
14. R. Kamaraj Nannilam
  • Food.
  • Civil Supplies.
  • Consumer Protection.
  • Price Control.
 AIADMK
15. O. S. Manian Vedaranyam
  • Handlooms and Textiles.
 AIADMK
16. Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Udumalaipettai
  • Animal Husbandry.
 AIADMK
17. C. Vijaya Baskar Viralimalai
  • Health.
  • Medical Education.
  • Family Welfare.
 AIADMK
18. Kadambur Raju Kovilpatti
  • Information and Publicity.
  • Film Technology and Cinematograph Act.
  • Stationery and Printing
  • Government Press.
 AIADMK
19. R. B. Udhaya Kumar Tirumangalam
  • Revenue.
  • District Revenue Establishment.
  • Deputy Collectors.
  • Weights and Measures.
  • Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending.
  • Chits.
  • Registration of Companies and Disaster Management.
  • Information Technology.
 AIADMK
20. Vellamandi N. Natarajan Tiruchirappalli East
  • Tourism.
  • Tourism Development Corporation.
 AIADMK
21. K.C. Veeramani Jolarpet
  • Commercial Taxes.
  • Registration and Stamp Act.
 AIADMK
22. K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Sivakasi
  • Milk and Dairy Development.
 AIADMK
23. P. Benjamin Maduravoyal
  • Rural Industries.
  • Small Industries.
 AIADMK
24. M. R. Vijayabhaskar Karur
  • Transport.
  • Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act.
 AIADMK
25. Nilofer Kafeel Vaniyambadi
  • Labour.
  • Population.
  • Employment and Training.
  • Newsprint Control.
  • Census.
  • Urban and Rural Employment
  • Wakf Board.
 AIADMK
26. V. M. Rajalakshmi Sankarankoil
  • Adi Dravidar Welfare.
  • Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour.
 AIADMK
27. K. Pandiarajan Avadi
  • Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture.
  • Archaeology.
 AIADMK
28. G. Baskaran Sivaganga
  • Khadi and Village Industries Board.
  • Bhoodan and Gramadhan.
 AIADMK
29. Sevvoor S. Ramachandran Arani
  • Hindu Religious.
  • Charitable Endowments.
 AIADMK
30. S. Valarmathi Srirangam
  • Backward Classes.
  • Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities.
  • Overseas Indians.
  • Refugees and Evacuees and Minorities Welfare.
 AIADMK

Former Ministers
S.No Name Constituency Department Party
1. R. Doraikkannu Papanasam
  • Agriculture.
  • Agricultural Engineering.
  • Agro Service.
  • Cooperative.
  • Horticulture.
  • Sugarcane Cess.
  • Sugarcane Development.
  • Waste Land Development.
 AIADMK
2. Dr. M. Manikandan Ramanathapuram
  • Information Technology.
 AIADMK

Achievements

The Government introduced various schemes like Kudimaramaththu Work, FAME India scheme and Amma Patrol in Tamil Nadu to ascertain the security of women and children in public places.

In 2019, The Chief Minister went on a 13-day tour in the United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates to promote foreign investment in Tamil Nadu. While there he launched the Yaadhum Oore programme (lit. all countries, based on Puranauru 192) to encourage the Tamil diaspora to re-invest in Tamil Nadu.[3] During trip he secured 3 lakh crores worth of foreign investment, a greater amount than even his predecessor Jayalalithaa did.

In February 2020, Palaniswami led Tamil Nadu government declared the Cauvery delta region as a Protected Special Agriculture Zone. The announcement was widely hailed by political parties and farmers organisations.[4][5][6]

In 2020, Palaniswami led AIADMK government passed order for 7.5% Quota in Medical Admissions for Govt. School Students.[7] He took action to set up government medical colleges in newly formed 11 districts which offered 1,650 more seats to then existing 3,400 seats.[8][9]

Under this governance, Tamil Nadu was rated as the best governed state based on a composite index in the context of sustainable development according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public Affairs Centre in Oct. 2020. Palaniswami is also praised for his administration during the coronavirus pandemic. Tamil Nadu was one of the few states that did not register negative growth in the period of pandemic.

During this regime, Tamil Nadu was the best performing big state overall from the year 2018 to 2021. With a gross state domestic product of $290 billion or Rs 21.6 lakh crore, Tamil Nadu became India's second-largest economy.[10][11][12]

In 2020, the study “States of the State” of India Today, said that Palaniswami led Tamil Nadu has topped in 11 categories from a total of 12, including economy, tourism, infrastructure, inclusive development, law and order, along with entrepreneurship, cleanliness, environment, health, education and agriculture. Tamil Nadu had been chosen for this recognition for the third consecutive year.[12]

References
  1. "Council of Ministers | Tamil Nadu Government Portal".
  2. 31-member Palaniswami cabinet to be sworn-in at 4.30pm
  3. "After tapping silicon valley, TN eyes Tamil diaspora in 38 countries". The New Indian Express. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. "Cauvery delta to be declared a protected agriculture zone". The Hindu. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Tamil Nadu declares Cauvery delta a protected agricultural zone". hindustan times. 10 February 2020.
  6. "Rules notified for Delta Agri Zone Act". new indian express. 27 August 2020.
  7. PTI (29 October 2020). "Tamil Nadu Govt Passes Order for 7.5% Quota in Medical Admissions for Govt School Students". News18. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  8. IANS (26 October 2020). "Tamil Nadu govt to set up medical colleges in 11 districts, add 1,650 seats". Business Standard. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  9. "Tamil Nadu has 3,400 MBBS seats now and will add 1,650 in future: CM". The Hindu. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  10. Menon, Amarnath (27 November 2021). "Best performing big state overall: Tamil Nadu". India Today. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  11. "T.N. tops in 'State of the States' study". The Hindu. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  12. "Tamil Nadu bags best performer award, again". New Indian Express. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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