M. K. Stalin Ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry, 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. The ministry had a total of 34 ministers in the Cabinet 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.

M. K. Stalin Ministry
21st Ministry of Tamil Nadu
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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	34
Total no. of members	34
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
Predecessor	Edappadi K. Palaniswami ministry

Council of Ministers

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S.No	Name	Departments	Term start	Term over	Party
1.	M. K. Stalin Chief Minister	Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service District Revenue Officers General Administration Special Initiatives Special Programme Implementation Welfare Of Differently-abled Persons			DMK
2.	Durai Murugan	Irrigation Projects. Legislative Assembly. Governor And Ministry. Elections And Passports. Minerals And Mines.
3.	K. N. Nehru	Municipal Administration. Urban & Water Supply.
4.	I. Periyasamy	Co-operation. Statistics. Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
5.	K. Ponmudi	Higher Education. Electronics. Science and Technology.
6.	E. V. Velu	Public Works. Buildings,Highways and Minor Ports.
7.	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Agriculture. Agricultural Engineering. Agro Service Co-operatives. Horticulture. Sugarcane Excise. Sugarcane Development. Waste Land Development.
8.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Revenue. Disaster Management. District Revenue Establishment. Deputy Collectors.
9.	Thangam Thennarasu	Industries. Air Transport Tamil Language and Tamil Culture. Archeology.
10.	S. Regupathy	Law. Courts. Prison. Prevention of Corruption.
11.	S. Muthusamy	Housing. Rural Housing. Town Planning projects and Housing Development. Accommodation Control. Town Planning. Urban Development. Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
12.	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Rural Development. Panchayats and Panchayat Union. Poverty Alleviation Programmes. Rural Indebtedness.
13.	T. M. Anbarasan	Rural Industries. Cottage Industries. Small Industries. Slum Clearance Board.
14.	M. P. Saminathan	Information and Publicity. Film Technology and Cinematograph Act. Newsprint Control. Stationery And Printing. Government Press.
15.	P. Geetha Jeevan	Women and Children Welfare. Orphanages and Correctional Administration. Integrated Child Development Scheme &Beggar Homes. Social Reforms. Nutritious Meal Programme.
16.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation. Animal Husbandry.
17.	S. S. Sivasankar	Transport. Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act.
18.	K. Ramachandran	Forests.
19.	R. Sakkarapani	Food and Civil Supplies. Consumer Protection. Price Control.
20.	V. Senthil Balaji	Electricity. Non Conventional Energy Development. Prohibition and Excise. Molasses.
21.	R. Gandhi	Handlooms and Textiles. Khadi. Village Industries Board. Boodhan and Gramadhan.
22.	Ma. Subramanian	Health. Medical Education. Family Welfare.
23.	P. Moorthy	Commercial Taxes. Registration and Stamp Act. Weights and Measures. Debt Relief. Chits. Registration of Companies.
24.	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Backward Classes Welfare. Most Backward Classes Welfare. Denofied Communities Welfare.
25.	P. K. Sekar Babu	Hindu Religious. Charitable Endowments.
26.	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Finance. Planning. Personnel and Administrative Reforms. Pensions and Pension allowances.
27.	S. M. Nasar	Milk and Diary Development.
28.	K. S. Masthan	Minorities Welfare Refugees & Evacuees. Wakf Board.
29.	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	School Education.
30.	Meyyanathan Siva V	Environment and Pollution Control. Youth Welfare. Sports Development.
31.	C. V. Ganesan	Labour Welfare. Non Resident Tamils Welfare. Population. Employment and Training Census. Urban and Rural Employment.
32.	Mano Thangaraj	Information Technology and Digital Services Department
33.	M. Mathiventhan	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
34.	Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Adi Dravidar Welfare. Hill Tribes. Bonded Labour Welfare.

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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.