The Tamil Nadu ministries are alloted under the supervision of the council of ministers. There are different ministries under which lie the different departments. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. M. Karunanidhi is himself responsible for the development of the Public Ministry, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Other All India Services, Prevention of Corruption, District Revenue Officers, Home, Police, Industries, Information Technology, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses, Minorities Welfare, Tamil Official Language & Tamil Culture and the Passports and Special Initiatives departments.
The Finance Minister of the state, Prof. K. Anbazhagan is responsible for the departments of Finance, Planning, Legislative Assembly and Elections.
The Ministry of Electricity has the Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development and Personnel and Administrative Reforms departments allotted under it.
The Tamil Nadu Government has the Ministry for Rural Development and Local Administration under which lie the various departments of Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programs, Rural Indebtedness and Urban and Rural Water Supply.
Another chief ministry of the Tamil Nadu state is the Ministry of Agriculture. Under this ministry lie the various departments of Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development.
Thiru Durai Murugan, is the Minister for Public Works and Law. He supervises the departments of Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Program Works and Law and Courts.
The Ministry of Rural Industries include the small and cottage industries departments as well.
Other than these, the Tamil Nadu Ministries and Departments include:
- Ministry for Higher Education with departments of Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology and Mines and Minerals.
- Ministry for Revenue and Prisons which includes the departments of District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Prisons, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies
- Ministry for Tourism and the Tourism Development Corporation
- Ministry for Information with the departments of Film Technology and Cinematography Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
- Ministry for Health. This includes the departments of Medical Education and Family Welfare.
- Ministry for Adi Dravidar Welfare. This has the Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labor departments under it.
The various Tamil Nadu Ministries and Departments are supervised by the Council of Ministers and works efficiently with the help of the bureaucrats.
