Lying on the southernmost tip of the Peninsular India, Tamil Nadu, one of the 28 states in India, had a bicameral legislature till the year 1986, after which it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, like the other Indian states.

The Tamil Nadu Local Government comprises of the 'Governor' Thiru Surjit Singh Barnala who happens to be the Constitutional head of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi who heads the Council of Ministers and the government and the Council of ministers. The head of the judiciary is Justice M.Y. Eqbal, the Chief-Justice of the Chennai high-court.

The administrative units of Tamil Nadu comprises of:

Districts: 32
Revenue Divisions: 76
Firkas: 1,127
Taluks: 220
Revenue Villages: 16,564
Municipalities: 148
Municipal Corporations: 10
Panchayat Unions (Blocks): 385
Village Panchayats: 12,618
Town Panchayats: 561
Lok Sabha Constituencies: 39
Assembly Constituencies: 234

Tamil Nadu Local Government has pioneered the initiatives of the E-Governance in India. A major portion of the local government of Tamil Nadu records such as land ownership etc has been digitalized and the important offices of the state government such as the Urban Local Bodies, Municipal Office activities, revenue collection, the Corporations etc, transport offices, land registration offices and several others have been computerized. This has led to quality services coupled with transparent operations.

The state of Tamil Nadu consists of 10 city corporations namely, Coimbatore, Chennai, Madurai, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupur, Vellore, Erode and Thoothukudi. The Corporation of Chennai (capital and the largest city of Tamil Nadu) that came into existence in the year 1688 is the oldest Municipal Corporation of India. Tamil Nadu's present Director General of Police is Latika Saran.

Council of Ministers in the Tamil Nadu

Name of the Ministers	Department
Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister	Public, Indian Police Service, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Forest Service, Police, Home and Prohibition and Excise, Prevention of Corruption, Molasses, Public Works, Tamil Official Language & Tamil Culture, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Welfare of the Differently abled, Programme Works,
Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance	Legislative Assembly and Elections, Finance, Planning, Thiru Arcot N. Veerasamy, Minister for Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development, Electricity,
Thiru M.K. Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister	General Administration, Industries, District Revenue Officers, Passports, Special Initiatives, Minorities Welfare, Social Reforms, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Municipal Administration, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Urban and Rural Water Supply, Rural Indebtedness
Thiru Veerapandi S. Arumugam, Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development
Thiru Ko.Si. Mani, Minister for Cooperation	Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
Dr. K. Ponmudy, Minister for Higher Education	Electronics, Science and Technology, Higher Education including Technical Education, Mines and Minerals
Thiru Durai Murugan Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons	Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Law, Courts and Prisons,
Thiru M. R. K. Panneerselvam, Minister for Health	Family Welfare, Health, Medical Education
Thiru K.N. Nehru, Minister for Transport	Nationalized Transport, Transport, Motor Vehicles Act
Thiru I. Periasami, Minister for Revenue and Housing	District Revenue Establishment, Revenue, Deputy Collectors, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Weights and Measures, Chits, Housing, Registration of Companies, Rural Housing and Housing Development
Thiru Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Minister for Rural Industries & Animal Husbandry	Small Industries and Animal Husbandry, Rural Industries including Cottage Industries
Thiru Parithi Ellamvazhuthi, Minister for Information	Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Information and Publicity, Stationery and Printing and Government Press, Urban Development, Town Planning and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Thiru N. Suresh Rajan, Minister for Tourism and Registration	Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation and Registration and Stamp Act
Thiru A.V. Velu, Minister for Food	Civil Supplies, Food, Consumer Protection and Price Control
Thiru T.M. Anbarasan, Minister for Labour	Labour, Employment and Training, Population, Steel Control and Newsprint Control, Census and Urban and Rural Employment
Thiru K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, Minister for Backward Classes	Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Backward Classes, Refugees & Evacuees, Overseas Indians, Handlooms & Textiles
Thiru K.R. Periakaruppan, Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE)
Thiru S. N. M. Ubayadullah, Minister for Commercial Taxes	Commercial Taxes
Thiru Thangam Thennarasu, Minister for School Education	School Education and Archaeology
Thiru N. Selvaraj, Minister for Forests	Forests and Cinchona
Thiru T. P. M. Mohideen Khan, Minister for Environment	Environment and Pollution Control and Wakfs, Sports and Youth Welfare,
Dr. (Tmt.) Poongothai, Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
Thiru Vellakoil Saminathan, Minister for Highways & Minor Ports	Highways and Minor Port
Tmt. Tamilarasi, Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour, Adi Dravidar Welfare,
Thiru K. P. P. Sami, Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
Tmt. Geetha Jeevan, Minister for Social Welfare	Nutritious Noon Meal, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare, Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes
Thiru K. Ramachandran, Minister for Khadi	Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoodhan and Grama
Thiru U. Mathivanan, Minister for Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development

Last Updated on 2/15/2011

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