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{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name = Department of Transport of state of Tamil Nadu
|nativename =
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|logo = TamilNadu Logo.svg
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|formed = 1811
|preceding1 =
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|jurisdiction = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|headquarters = [[Chennai]]
|employees =
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|minister1_name = [[Raja Kannappan|R. S. Raja kannappan]]
|minister1_pfo = Minister for Transport Department
|minister2_name =
|minister3_pfo =
|chief1_name = '''Chandrakant B Kamble, IAS'''
|chief1_position = Principal Secretary to Government
|chief2_name = '''P.Sezhian'''
|chief2_position = Deputy Secretary
|chief3_name = '''V. Mohanraj, IAS'''
|chief3_position = Deputy Secretary
|parent_agency = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
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|website = [http://www.tn.gov.in/department/33 Transport Department]
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The '''Department of Transport of state of Tamil Nadu''' is one of the Department of [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]

== Objective and functions ==
Transport Department is essential convenience with which people not just connect but progress. Throughout history, people’s progress has been sustained on the convenience, speed and safety of the modes of transport. Road Transport occupies a primary place in today’s world as it provides a reach unparalleled by any other contemporary mode of transport. The Transport Department has control over 7 Transport Undertakings, Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation Limited, Pallavan
Transport Consultancy Services Limited, Institute of Road Transport and Motor Vehicles Maintenance Department. The Transport Department is also the Nodal Agency of the State Government in respect of projects implemented by the Southern Railway, Department of Postal and Telecommunications and the Civil Aviation of the Government of India <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/transport/handbook-transport.pdf|publisher=www.tn.gov.in|title= Objective of Departments|accessdate=2012-10-07}}</ref>

== Subdepartments ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Website
! scope="col"|Established
! scope="col"|Functions & Organisations
! scope="col"|Location
|-
|Commissionerate of Transport(State Transport Authority)
|[http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/ www.tn.gov.in/sta/]
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|[[Ezhilagam]], [[Chepauk]]
|-
|Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Maintenance Department
|[http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/ www.tn.gov.in/sta/]
|
|
|}

== Undertakings and bodies ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Department
! scope="col"|Functions & Division
! scope="col"|Website
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]]
|rowspan=7|
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation|TNSTC]]
|[http://www.tnstc.in/]
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] V puram
|[http://tnstcvpm.com/ ]
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] kmk
|[http://www.taicobank.com/ www.taicobank.com]
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] cbe
|[http://www.editn.in/ www.editn.in]
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] Mdu
|[http://www.tnstcmadurai.in/]
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] Tvl
|
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] Slm
|
|-
|[[State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu)]]
|
|
|[http://www.tnstc.in/]
|-
|[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]]
|
|
|[http://www.mtcbus.org/]
|-
|Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation Limited, Chennai
|
|
|[http://www.tdfc.in/]
|-
|Pallavan Transport Consultancy Services Limited
|
|
|[http://www.indcoserve.com/ www.indcoserve.com]
|-
|The Institute of Road Transport (IRT)
|
|
|http://www.irtchennai.in/
|-
|Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA)
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|
|
|-
|Chennai Mono Rail Transport Authority (CMRTA)
|
|
|
|}

== Present Ministers for Transport ==
[[R. S. Raja Kannappan]]

=== Former Ministers for Transport ===
* 2006 - 2011:
** [[K. N. Nehru]] - Minister for transportation
** [[R. Viswanathan]] - Minister for Prohibition and Excise
* 2011 - 2016:
** [[V. Senthil Balaji]],
** [[P. Mohan (politician)]], Minister for Rural Industries

== See also ==
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Government's Departments]]
* [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
* [[Department of Finance (Kerala)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links ==
* http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/transport.html (Official Website of the Transport Department, Tamil Nadu)
* http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu)
* http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proact_transport.htm (Tamil Nadu Transport Department RTI)

{{Government Departments of Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Tamil Nadu state government departments]]
[[Category:Transport in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Road authorities]]
[[Category:Transport organisations based in India]]
[[Category:1811 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Subnational transport ministries|Tamil Nadu]]

Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu) - Revision history

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