M. K. Stalin ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry
M. K. Stalin ministry
; 21st Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Date formed	7 May 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Banwarilal Purohit (7 May – 10 September 2021) ; R. N. Ravi (10 September 2021 –)
Head of government	M. K. Stalin
No. of ministers	35
Total no. of members	35
Member parties	DMK
Status in legislature	Majority 159 / 234 (68%)
Opposition party	AIADMK
Opposition leader	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
History
Election(s)	2021
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Incoming formation	16th Tamil Nadu Assembly
Outgoing formation	15th Tamil Nadu Assembly
Predecessor	Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry,[1] is the Council of Ministers headed by M. K. Stalin that was formed after the DMK won the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections. The new assembly formed was 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly. The Council assumed office on 7 May 2021.[2] The ministry had a total of 34 ministers in the Cabinet[3][4] at the time of swearing in compared to 30 ministers in the previous government. M. K. Stalin sworn in as 21st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, 8th person to hold this position.[5]

Council of Ministers

S.No	Name	Designation	Departments	Party
1.	M. K. Stalin Chief Minister	Chief Minister	Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service District Revenue Officers General Administration Special Initiatives Welfare Of Differently-abled Persons	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2.	Durai Murugan	Minister for Water Resources	Irrigation Projects Legislative Assembly Governor and Ministry Elections and Passports Minerals And Mines
3.	K. N. Nehru	Minister for Municipal Administration	Municipal Administration Urban & Water Supply
4.	I. Periyasamy	Minister for Rural Development	Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Union
5.	K. Ponmudi	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education Electronics Science and Technology
6.	E. V. Velu	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Buildings, Highways and Minor Ports
7.	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Excise Sugarcane Development Waste Land Development
8.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management	Revenue Disaster Management District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors
9.	Thangam Thennarasu	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Finance Planning Human Resources Management Pensions and Pensionary benefits Statistics Archeology
10.	Udhayanidhi Stalin	Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development	Youth Welfare Sports Development Special Programme Implementation Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness
11.	S. Regupathy	Minister for Law	Law Courts Prison Prevention of Corruption
12.	S. Muthusamy	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Rural Housing Town Planning projects and Housing Development Accommodation Control Town Planning Urban Development
13.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation
14.	T. M. Anbarasan	Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MS&ME)	Rural Industries Cottage Industries Small Industries Slum Clearance Board
15.	M. P. Saminathan	Minister for Tamil Development & Information & Publicity	Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Newsprint Control Stationery And Printing Government Press Tamil Language and Tamil Culture
16.	P. Geetha Jeevan	Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment	Women and Children Welfare Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes Social Reforms Nutritious Meal Programme
17.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation Animal Husbandry
18.	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare Denofied Communities Welfare Khadi Village Industries Board
19.	K. Ramachandran	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
20.	R. Sakkarapani	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control
21.	V. Senthil Balaji	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise	Electricity Non Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise Molasses
22.	R. Gandhi	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles Boodhan and Gramadhan
23.	Ma. Subramanian	Minister for Medical and Family Welfare	Health Medical Education Family Welfare
24.	P. Moorthy	Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration	Commercial Taxes Registration and Stamp Act Weights and Measures Debt Relief Chits Registration of Companies
25.	S. S. Sivasankar	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act
26.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious Charitable Endowments Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
27.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Minister for Information Technology & Digital Services	Information Technology and Digital Services Department
28.	K. S. Masthan	Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare	Minorities Welfare Refugees & Evacuees Wakf Board
29.	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Minister for School Education	School Education.
30.	Meyyanathan Siva V	Minister for Environment and Climate Change	Environment and Pollution Control Ex-Servicemen Welfare
31.	C. V. Ganesan	Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development	Labour Welfare Non Resident Tamils Welfare Population Employment and Training Census Urban and Rural Employment
32.	Mano Thangaraj	Minister for Milk & Dairy Delopment	Milk and Diary Development
33.	Dr. T.R.B.Rajaa	Minister for Industries	Industries
34.	M. Mathiventhan	Minister for Forests	Forests
35.	Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare

Cabinet Reshuffle 2022

29 March 2022

Based on the recommendations of the Hon'ble Chief Minister the portfolios of "Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act" dealt with by Thiru R.S. Rajakannappan has been allocated to Thiru S.S.Sivasankar and re-designated him as Minister for Transport and the portfolios of "Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and Denotified Communities Welfare" dealt with by Thiru S.S.Sivasankar has been allocated to Thiru R.S.Rajakannappan and re-designated him as Minister for Backward Classes Welfare.


S.No	Name of the Minister Tvl.	Existing Designation	Proposed Designation	Proposed allocation of portfolios
1.	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Minister for Transport	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare De-notified Communities Welfare
2.	S. S. Sivasankar	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act

14 December 2022

On the recommendation of the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Hon'ble Governor has approved the change of portfolios and subject allocations of the following Ministers:-


S.No	Name of the Minister Tvl.	Existing Designation	Proposed Designation	Proposed allocation of portfolios
1.	Udhayanidhi Stalin		Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development	Youth Welfare Sports Deve lopment Special Programme Implementation Department Poverty Alleviation Programme Rural Indebtedness
2.	I. Periyasamy	Minister for Co-operation	Minister for Rural Development	Rural Development Panchayats Panchayat Union
3.	S. Muthusamy	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Rural Housing Town Planning Projects and Housing Development Accommodation Control Urban Planning and Urban Development
4.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Minister for Rural Development	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation
5.	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare De-notified Communities Welfare Khadi & Village Industries Board
6.	K. Ramachandran	Minister for Forests	Minister for Tourism	Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation
7.	R. Gandhi	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles Boodhan and Gramadhan
8.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious Charitable Endowments CMDA
9.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Finance Planning Human Resources Management Pensions and Pensionary benefits Statistics
10.	Meyyanathan Siva V	Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development	Minister for Environment and Climate Change	Environment Pollution Control Ex-Servicemen
11.	M. Mathiventhan	Minister for Tourism	Minister for Forests	Forests

Cabinet Reshuffle 2023

11 May 2023

On the recommendation of the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Hon'ble Governor has approved the change of portfolios and subject allocations of the following Ministers:-


S.No	Name of the Minister Tvl.	Existing Designation	Proposed Designation	Proposed allocation of portfolios
1.	Dr T R B Rajaa		Minister for Industries	Industries
2.	Thangam Thennarasu	Minister for Industries	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Finance Planning Human Resources Management Pensions and Pensionary benefits Statistics Archeology
3.	M. P. Saminathan	Minister for Information & Publicity	Minister for Tamil Development & Information & Publicity	Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Newsprint Control Stationery And Printing Government Press Tamil Language and Tamil Culture
4.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Minister for Information Technology & Digital Services	Information Technology & Digital Services
5.	Mano Thangaraj	Minister for Information Technology & Digital Services	Minister for Milk & Dairy Development	Milk & Dairy Development
6.	S. M. Nasar	Minister for Milk & Dairy Development

Work

In June 2021, CM Stalin announced that the law ministry will review the legal cases filed by the previous government. The Tamil Nadu government under Stalin withdrew legal cases against the press and the protestors seeking the repeal of the three farm laws promulgated by the Union government, Citizenship Amendment Act, methane extraction, neutrino project, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and the Chennai-Salem Expressway project.[6][7]

References

Ministers, Council of. "Council of Ministers". assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 15 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
DMK president M.K. Stalin sworn-in as Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu government swearing-in ceremony live (7 May 2021). "Tamil Nadu government swearing-in ceremony live | DMK president M.K. Stalin sworn-in as Chief Minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
this is what his cabinet looks like, MK Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (7 May 2021). "MK Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister; this is what his cabinet looks like". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
Names of MK Stalin’s cabinet colleagues revealed, DMK govt in Tamil Nadu (7 May 2021). "DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed". Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
THEIR TENURE PERIODS, LIST OF CHIEF MINISTERS OF TAMIL NADU. "LIST OF CHIEF MINISTERS OF TAMIL NADU & THEIR TENURE PERIODS". oneindia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Tamil Nadu to withdraw cases against anti-CAA protesters, lockdown violators". 19 February 2021.
"Tamil Nadu drops cases against farm law and anti-CAA protesters | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.

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[1] Ministers, Council of. "Council of Ministers". assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 15 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] DMK president M.K. Stalin sworn-in as Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu government swearing-in ceremony live (7 May 2021). "Tamil Nadu government swearing-in ceremony live | DMK president M.K. Stalin sworn-in as Chief Minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[3] this is what his cabinet looks like, MK Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (7 May 2021). "MK Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister; this is what his cabinet looks like". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[4] Names of MK Stalin’s cabinet colleagues revealed, DMK govt in Tamil Nadu (7 May 2021). "DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed". Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[5] THEIR TENURE PERIODS, LIST OF CHIEF MINISTERS OF TAMIL NADU. "LIST OF CHIEF MINISTERS OF TAMIL NADU & THEIR TENURE PERIODS". oneindia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[6] "Tamil Nadu to withdraw cases against anti-CAA protesters, lockdown violators". 19 February 2021.

[7] "Tamil Nadu drops cases against farm law and anti-CAA protesters | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.