Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry

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Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry
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18th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
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J. Jayalalithaa
Date formed23 May 2016
Date dissolved5 December 2016
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor
Head of government J. Jayalalithaa
No. of ministers28
Member parties AIADMK
136 / 234 (58%)
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party  DMK
Opposition leader M. K. Stalin
History
Election(s) 2016
Outgoing election 2011
Legislature term(s)5 Years
Incoming formation 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly
Outgoing formation 14th Tamil Nadu Assembly
Predecessor Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry
Successor Third Panneerselvam ministry

J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 23 May 2016. [1] Two major political parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) faced the assembly election held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in the state since 1984 with a simple majority. [2] On 22 September 2016, Jayalalithaa was hospitalised as her health condition worsened. Her official duties were handed over to her aide O. Panneerselvam on 12 October 2016, though she continued to remain as the chief minister of the state. [3] On 5 December 2016, the hospital announced her death and O. Panneerselvam sworn in as her successor. [4]

Contents

Cabinet ministers

S.noNameConstituencyDesignationPortfoliosParty
Chief Minister
1. J. Jayalalithaa Radhakrishnan Nagar Chief Minister
  • Public
  • Home
  • Police
  • Indian Administrative Service
  • Indian Police Service
  • Indian Forest Service
  • District Revenue Officers
  • General Administration
 AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2. O. Panneerselvam Bodinayakkanur Minister for Finance
  • Finance
  • Personnel and Administrative Reforms
 AIADMK
3. Dindigul C. Sreenivasan Dindigul Minister for Forests
  • Forests
4. Edappadi Palaniswami Edappadi Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports
  • Public Works
  • Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works
  • Highways
  • Minor Ports
5. Sellur K. Raju Madurai West Minister for Co-operation and Labour
  • Labour
  • Co-operation
  • Statistics
  • Ex-Servicemen Welfare
6. P. Thangamani Kumarapalayam Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise
  • Electricity
  • Non-Conventional Energy Development
  • Prohibition and Excise
  • Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
7. S. P. Velumani Thondamuthur Minister for Municipal Administration, 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 Royapuram Minister for Fisheries
  • Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
9. C. Shanmugam Villupuram Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons
  • Law
  • Courts
  • Prisons
10. K. P. Anbalagan Palacode Minister for Higher Education
  • Higher Education including Technical *Education
  • Electronics
  • Science and Technology
11. Dr. V. Saroja Rasipuram 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
  • Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
12. M. C. Sampath Cuddalore Minister for Industries
  • Industries
  • Steel Control
  • Mines and Minerals
  • Special Initiatives
13. K. C. Karuppannan Bhavani Minister for Environment
  • Environment
  • Pollution Control
14. R. Kamaraj Nannilam Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
  • Food
  • Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Protection and Price Control
15. O. S. Manian Vedaranyam Minister for Handlooms and Textiles
  • Handlooms and Textiles
16. Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Udumalaipettai Minister for Housing and Urban Development
  • Housing
  • Rural Housing and Housing Development
  • Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control
  • Town Planning
  • Urban Development
  • Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
17. Dr. C. Vijayabaskar Karur Minister for Health
  • Health
  • Medical Education
  • Family Welfare
18. R. Doraikkannu Papanasam Minister for Agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agro Service Cooperatives
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Horticulture
  • Sugarcane Cess
  • Sugarcane Development
  • Waste Land Development
19. Kadambur Raju Kovilpatti Minister for Information and Publicity
  • Information and Publicity
  • Film Technology and Cinematograph Act
  • Stationery
  • Printing and Government Press
20. R. B. Udhayakumar Tirumangalam Minister for Revenue
  • Revenue
  • District Revenue Establishment
  • Deputy Collectors
  • Weights and Measures
  • Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money lending
  • Chits
  • Registration of Companies
21. S. P. Shunmuganathan Srivaikuntam Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
  • Milk and Dairy Development
22. Vellamandi N. Natarajan Tiruchirappalli (East) Minister for Tourism
  • Tourism
  • Tourism Development Corporation
23. K. C. Veeramani Jolarpet Minister for Commercial Taxes
  • Commercial Taxes
  • Registration and Stamp Act
24. K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Sivakasi Minister for Rural Industries
  • Rural Industries
25. P. Benjamin Maduravoyal Minister for School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare
  • School Education
  • Sports
  • Youth Welfare
26. M.R.Vijayabhaskar Karur Minister for Transport
  • Transport
  • Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
27. Dr. M. Manikandan Ramanathapuram Minister for Information Technology
  • Information Technology
28. V. M. Rajalakshmi Sankarankoil Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
  • Adi Dravidar Welfare
  • Hill Tribes
  • Bonded Labour
29. S. Valarmathi Srirangam Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare
  • Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
  • Overseas Indians
  • Refugees and Evacuees
  • Minorities Welfare

Achievements

The government within 100 days of resuming power on 23 May 2016, wrote off the outstanding crop loans given by cooperative banks to over 16.94 lakh farmers, gave free power to households to extent of first 100 units and gave free power to handloom weavers to extent of 200 units, gave 750 units of power to power loom weavers, implemented closure of 500 liquor shops and reduction of working hours of liquor outlets emergence of power surplus states. The establishment of first 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at Kudankulam is also regarded as one of the achievements. [5] Jayalalithaa Government increased the freedom fighters monthly pension to Rs 12,000, family pension and increased special pension to Rs 6,000. [6] On 21 September 2016 Jayalalithaa Government inaugurated two Chennai Metro rail lines by way of video conferencing. [7]

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