M. K. Stalin ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry is the Council of Ministers headed by M. K. Stalin, who was sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections. The 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly was formed after the elections, and the council assumed office on 7 May 2021.

Council of Ministers

M. K. Stalin ministry

<table><thead><tr><th>Sr. No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Portfolio(s)</th><th>Party</th><th>Term of office</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Took office</td><td>Duration</td></tr><tr><td>Chief Minister</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>M. K. Stalin</td><td>Kolathur</td><td>Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, other All India Service, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home, and Welfare of Differently abled persons</td><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>7 May 2021</td><td>4 years, 327 days</td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Chief Minister</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Udhayanidhi Stalin</td><td>Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni</td><td>Youth Welfare, Sports Development, Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives</td><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>14 December 2022</td><td>3 years, 106 days</td></tr><tr><td>Cabinet Ministers</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>Katpadi</td><td>Irrigation Projects including Small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Law</td><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>7 May 2021</td><td>4 years, 327 days</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>K. N. Nehru</td><td>Tiruchirappalli West</td><td>Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td>Athoor</td><td>Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Union</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>E. V. Velu</td><td>Tiruvannamalai</td><td>Public Works (Buildings), Highways and Minor Ports</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>M. R. K. Panneerselvam</td><td>Kurinjipadi</td><td>Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Co-operatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Excise, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran</td><td>Aruppukottai</td><td>Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Disaster Management</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Thangam Thennarasu</td><td>Tiruchuli</td><td>Finance, Statistics, Archaeology, Environment and Climate Change</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>S. Regupathy</td><td>Tirumayam</td><td>Courts, Prisons, Prevention of Corruption and Minerals And Mines</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>S. Muthusamy</td><td>Erode West</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>K. R. Periyakaruppan</td><td>Tiruppattur</td><td>Co-operation</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T. M. Anbarasan</td><td>Alandur</td><td>Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, Small Industries, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>M. P. Saminathan</td><td>Kangayam</td><td>Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>P. Geetha Jeevan</td><td>Thoothukkudi</td><td>Social Welfare including Women and Children Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Anitha R. Radhakrishnan</td><td>Tiruchendur</td><td>Fisheries, Fisheries Development Corporation and Animal Husbandry</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Raja Kannappan</td><td>Mudukulathur</td><td>Forests, Khadi and Village Industries Board</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>R. Rajendran</td><td>Salem North</td><td>Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation</td><td>28 September 2024</td><td>1 year, 183 days</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>R. Sakkarapani</td><td>Oddanchatram</td><td>Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control</td><td>7 May 2021</td><td>4 years, 327 days</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>R. Gandhi</td><td>Ranipet</td><td>Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Ma. Subramanian</td><td>Saidapet</td><td>Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td>Madurai East</td><td>Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>S. S. Sivasankar</td><td>Kunnam</td><td>Transport, Nationalized Transport and Motor Vehicles Act, Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>P. K. Sekar Babu</td><td>Harbour</td><td>Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, CMDA</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Govi. Chezhian</td><td>Thiruvidamarudur</td><td>Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology</td><td>28 September 2024</td><td>1 year, 183 days</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Palanivel Thiagarajan</td><td>Madurai Central</td><td>Information Technology & Digital Services</td><td>7 May 2021</td><td>4 years, 327 days</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>S. M. Nasar</td><td>Avadi</td><td>Minorities Welfare, Non-Resident Tamils, Refugees & Evacuees and Wakf Board</td><td>28 September 2024</td><td>1 year, 183 days</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi</td><td>Thiruverumbur</td><td>School Education</td><td>7 May 2021</td><td>4 years, 327 days</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Siva V. Meyyanathan</td><td>Alangudi</td><td>Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and De-notified Communities Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>C. V. Ganesan</td><td>Tittakudi</td><td>Labour Welfare, Population, Employment and Training, Census, Urban and Rural Employment</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Mano Thangaraj</td><td>Padmanabhapuram</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td><td>28 April 2025</td><td>336 days</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>T.R.B.Rajaa</td><td>Mannargudi</td><td>Industries</td><td>7 May 2021</td><td>4 years, 327 days</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>M. Mathiventhan</td><td>Rasipuram</td><td>Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>N. Kayalvizhi</td><td>Dharapuram</td><td>Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Ex-Servicemen</td></tr></tbody></table>

Cabinet Reshuffles

29 March 2022

Name	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
Raja Kannappan	Transport, Nationalized Transport, Motor Vehicles Act	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare
S. S. Sivasankar	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare	Transport, Nationalized Transport, Motor Vehicles Act

14 December 2022

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Existing Portfolios</th><th>Proposed Portfolios</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td>Co-operation</td><td>Rural Development, Panchayats, Panchayat Union</td></tr><tr><td>K. R. Periyakaruppan</td><td>Rural Development, Panchayats, Panchayat Union</td><td>Cooperation</td></tr><tr><td>K. Ramachandran</td><td>Forests</td><td>Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation</td></tr><tr><td>M. Mathiventhan</td><td>Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation</td><td>Forests</td></tr><tr><td>Meyyanathan Siva V</td><td>Environment and Pollution Control, Youth Welfare and Sports Development</td><td>Environment and Pollution Control, Ex-Servicemen Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>P. K. Sekar Babu</td><td>Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments</td><td>Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, CMDA</td></tr><tr><td>Palanivel Thiagarajan</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics</td></tr><tr><td>R. Gandhi</td><td>Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi & Village Industries Board</td><td>Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan</td></tr><tr><td>Raja Kannappan</td><td>Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare</td><td>Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Khadi & Village Industries Board</td></tr><tr><td>S. Muthusamy</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development, CMDA</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development</td></tr><tr><td>Udhayanidhi Stalin</td><td>Inducted</td><td>Youth Welfare, Sports Development, Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness</td></tr></tbody></table>

11 May 2023

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Existing Portfolios</th><th>Proposed Portfolios</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>M. P. Saminathan</td><td>Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press</td><td>Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press</td></tr><tr><td>Mano Thangaraj</td><td>Information Technology and Digital Services</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td></tr><tr><td>Palanivel Thiagarajan</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits and Statistics</td><td>Information Technology and Digital Services</td></tr><tr><td>Thangam Thennarasu</td><td>Industries, Tamil Language, Tamil Culture, Archeology</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology</td></tr><tr><td>S. M. Nasar</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td><td>Dropped</td></tr><tr><td>T.R.B.Rajaa</td><td>Inducted</td><td>Industries</td></tr></tbody></table>

16 June 2023

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Existing Portfolios</th><th>Proposed Portfolios</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>S. Muthusamy</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses</td></tr><tr><td>Thangam Thennarasu</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology, Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development</td></tr><tr><td>V. Senthil Balaji</td><td>Electricity and Non-Conventional Energy, Prohibition & Excise, Molasses</td><td>No portfolio</td></tr></tbody></table>

21 December 2023

Name	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
R. Gandhi	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan, Khadi and Village Industries Board
Raja Kannappan	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Khadi and Village Industries Board	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Higher Education, Electronics, Science and Technology
K. Ponmudy	Higher Education, Electronics, Science and Technology	Dropped

12 February 2024

Name	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
V. Senthil Balaji	No portfolio	OK

22 March 2024

Name	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
R. Gandhi	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan, Khadi and Village Industries Board	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan
Raja Kannappan	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Higher Education, Electronics, Science and Technology	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Khadi and Village Industries Board
K. Ponmudy	Inducted	Higher Education, Electronics, Science and Technology

28 September 2024

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Existing Portfolios</th><th>Proposed Portfolios</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Udhayanidhi Stalin</td><td>Youth Welfare, Sports Development, Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness</td><td>Deputy Chief Minister Youth Welfare, Sports Development, Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness, Planning and Statistics</td></tr><tr><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>Higher Education</td><td>Forests</td></tr><tr><td>M. Mathiventhan</td><td>Forests</td><td>Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>Meyyanathan Siva V</td><td>Environment and Climate Change</td><td>Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>N. Kayalvizhi</td><td>Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare</td><td>Human Resources Management and Ex-Servicemen Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>Raja Kannappan</td><td>Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Khadi & Village Industries</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development and Khadi & Village Industries</td></tr><tr><td>Thangam Thennarasu</td><td>Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology, Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development</td><td>Finance, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Archaeology, Environment and Climate Change</td></tr><tr><td>K. Ramachandran</td><td>Tourism</td><td>Dropped</td></tr><tr><td>K. S. Masthan</td><td>Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>Mano Thangaraj</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td></tr><tr><td>Govi. Chezhian</td><td>Inducted</td><td>Higher Education</td></tr><tr><td>R. Rajendran</td><td>Tourism</td></tr><tr><td>S. M. Nasar</td><td>Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare</td></tr><tr><td>V. Senthil Balaji</td><td>Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development</td></tr></tbody></table>

13 February 2025

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Existing Portfolios</th><th>Proposed Portfolios</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Raja Kannappan</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development and Khadi & Village Industries</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td></tr><tr><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>Forests</td><td>Forests, Khadi & Village Industries</td></tr></tbody></table>

27 April 2025

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Existing Portfolios</th><th>Proposed Portfolios</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>S. S. Sivasankar</td><td>Transport, Nationalized Transport, Motor Vehicles Act</td><td>Transport, Nationalized Transport, Motor Vehicles Act, Electricity and Non-Conventional Energy</td></tr><tr><td>S. Muthusamy</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development</td><td>Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses</td></tr><tr><td>Raja Kannappan</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td><td>Forests and Khadi</td></tr><tr><td>V. Senthil Balaji</td><td>Electricity and Non-Conventional Energy, Prohibition & Excise, Molasses</td><td>Resigned</td></tr><tr><td>K. Ponmudy</td><td>Forests, Khadi & Village Industries</td></tr><tr><td>Mano Thangaraj</td><td>Inducted</td><td>Milk and Dairy Development</td></tr></tbody></table>

8 May 2025

Name	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
Durai Murugan	Irrigation Projects including Small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Minerals And Mines	Irrigation Projects including Small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention of Corruption
S. Regupathy	Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention of Corruption	Minerals And Mines

Demographics

M. K. Stalin ministry

S.No.	District	Ministers	Name
1	Ariyalur
2	Chengalpattu
3	Chennai	5
4	Coimbatore
5	Cuddalore	2
6	Dharmapuri
7	Dindigul	2
8	Erode	1
9	Kallakurichi
10	Kanchipuram
11	Kanniyakumari	1
12	Karur
13	Krishnagiri
14	Madurai	2
15	Mayiladuthurai
16	Nagapattinam
17	Namakkal	1
18	Nilgiris
19	Perambalur	1
20	Pudukkottai	2
21	Ramanathapuram	1
22	Ranipet	1
23	Salem	1
24	Sivagangai	1
25	Tenkasi
26	Thanjavur	1
27	Theni
28	Thoothukudi	2
29	Tiruchirappalli	2
30	Tirunelveli
31	Tirupathur
32	Tiruppur	2
33	Tiruvallur	1
34	Tiruvannamalai	1
35	Tiruvarur	1
36	Vellore	1
37	Viluppuram
38	Virudhunagar	2