Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (Tamil Nadu)

Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj of state of Tamil Nadu

Agency overview
Formed	1811
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Minister responsible	k.r. periya karupan, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
Agency executives	Hans Raj Verma, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government A.Suganthi, IAS, Additional Secretary to Government
Parent agency	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department

The Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

Sub - Departments

Name	Website	Established	Functions & Organisations
Commissionerate of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj	www.tnrd.gov.in/index.html
Directorate of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (Training)	www.tnrd.gov.in/index.html

Additional Works Allocated

Name	Website	Established	Functions & Organisations
Directorate of Pudu Vazhvu
Directorate of Tsunami Project Implementation Unit(Tsunami Precaution Project)

Undertakings & Bodies

Name	Department	Website
Tamil Nadu State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD)		www.sird.tn.nic.in
Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of women Limited (TNCDW)		www.tamilnadumahalir.org

Ministers for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj

Name	year
K. R. Periyakaruppan	2021 - (Incumbent)
S. P. Velumani	2014 - 2021
Veerapandy S. Arumugam	1989 – 1990
M.K.Stalin	2006 - 2011
P. Mohan (politician)	2011 - 2012
K. P. Munusamy	2012 - 2016

See also

• Government of Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Nadu Government's Departments
• Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• Department of Finance (Kerala)

External links

• http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/rd.html (Official Website of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Tamil Nadu -1)
• http://www.tnrd.gov.in/ (Official Website of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Tamil Nadu - 2)
• http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu)
• http://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proact_rural.htm (Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department RTI)