M. K. Stalin ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry
21st Cabinet of State of Tamil Nadu
M. K. Stalin Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Date formed	7 May 2021
People and organisations
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit (Till 18 September 2021) R. N. Ravi (Since 18 September 2021)
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin (DMK)
Member parties	DMK
Status in legislature	Majority 158 / 234 (68%)
Opposition party	AIADMK
Opposition leader	Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Since 11 May 2021)
History
Election	2021
Legislature terms	3 years, 107 days
Predecessor	Palaniswami ministry

M. K. Stalin ministry is the Council of Ministers headed by M. K. Stalin that was formed after the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections. The new assembly was the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly and the council assumed office on 7 May 2021. M. K. Stalin of the DMK was sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and is the 8th to hold the position.

Council of Ministers

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio(s)	Party		Term of office
						Took office	Left office	Duration
Chief Minister
1	M. K. Stalin	Kolathur	Public Home Police General Administration Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service, Other All India Service, District Revenue Officers Special Initiatives Welfare of Differently Abled Persons			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
Cabinet Ministers
2	Durai Murugan	Katpadi	Irrigation Projects including Small Irrigation Legislative Assembly Governor and Ministry Elections and Passports Minerals And Mines		DMK	7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
3	K. N. Nehru	Tiruchirappalli West	Municipal Administration Urban Water Supply			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
4	I. Periyasamy	Athoor	Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Union			7 May 2021	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
5	K. Ponmudi	Tirukkoyilur	Higher Education Technical Education Electronics Science and Technology			22 March 2024	Incumbent	153 days
6	E. V. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	Public Works (Buildings) Highways and Minor Ports			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
7	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Excise Sugarcane Development Waste Land Development			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
8	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Aruppukottai	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Disaster Management			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
9	Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	Finance Planning Human Resources Management Pensions and Pensionary benefits Statistics and Archaeology			11 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 103 days
			Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development			16 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 67 days
10	Udhayanidhi Stalin	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	Youth Welfare Sports Development Special Programme Implementation Department Poverty Alleviation Programme Rural Indebtedness			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
11	S. Regupathy	Tirumayam	Law Courts Prisons Prevention of Corruption			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
12	S. Muthusamy	Erode West	Housing, Rural Housing Town Planning Projects Housing Development Accommodation Control Urban Planning Urban Development			11 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 103 days
			Prohibition and Excise Molasses			16 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 67 days
13	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur	Co-operation			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
14	T. M. Anbarasan	Alandur	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Industries Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
15	M. P. Saminathan	Kangayam	Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture Information & Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Newsprint Control Stationery and Printing Government Press			11 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 103 days
16	P. Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	Social Welfare including Women and Children Welfare Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
17	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Mudukulathur	Backward Classes Welfare Most Backward Classes Welfare De-notified Communities Welfare			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
			Khadi and Village Industries Board			22 March 2024	Incumbent	153 days
18	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	Fisheries Fisheries Development Corporation Animal Husbandry			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
19	K. Ramachandran	Coonoor	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
20	R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
21	R. Gandhi	Ranipet	Handlooms and Textile Boodhan and Gramadhan			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
22	Ma. Subramanian	Saidapet	Health Medical Education Family Welfare			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
23	P. Moorthy	Madurai East	Commercial Taxes Registration and Stamp Act Weights and Measures Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending Chits and Registration of Companies			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
24	S. S. Sivasankar	Kunnam	Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act			29 March 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 146 days
25	P. K. Sekar Babu	Harbour	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
24	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	Information Technology Digital Services			11 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 103 days
27	K. S. Masthan	Gingee	Minorities Welfare Non-Resident Tamils Refugees & Evacuees Wakf Board			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
28	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Thiruverumbur	School Education			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
29	Siva V. Meyyanathan	Alangudi	Environment and Pollution Control Ex-Servicemen			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
30	C. V. Ganesan	Tittakudi	Labour Welfare Population, Employment and Training Census Urban and Rural Employment			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days
31	Mano Thangaraj	Padmanabhapuram	Milk and Dairy Development			11 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 103 days
32	T.R.B.Rajaa	Mannargudi	Industries Investment Promotions Commerce Airports and State Public Sectors			11 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 103 days
33	M. Mathiventhan	Rasipuram	Forests			14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 252 days
34	N. Kayalvizhi	Dharapuram	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Welfare			7 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 107 days

Cabinet Reshuffles

29 March 2022

S.No.	Name of the Minister	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
1	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Transport, Nationalized Transport, Motor Vehicles Act	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare
2	S. S. Sivasankar	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare	Transport, Nationalized Transport, Motor Vehicles Act

14 December 2022

S.No.	Name of the Minister	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
1	Udhayanidhi Stalin	--Inducted into the council--	Youth Welfare, Sports Development, Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness
2	I. Periyasamy	Co-operation	Rural Development, Panchayats, Panchayat Union
3	S. Muthusamy	Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development,CMDA	Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development
4	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Rural Development, Panchayats, Panchayat Union	Cooperation
5	R. S. Raja Kannappan	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare, De-notified Communities Welfare, Khadi & Village Industries Board
6	K. Ramachandran	Forests	Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation
7	R. Gandhi	Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan
8	P. K. Sekar Babu	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, CMDA
9	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits	Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics
10	Meyyanathan Siva V	Environment and Pollution Control, Youth Welfare and Sports Development	Environment and Pollution Control, Ex-Servicemen Welfare
11	M. Mathiventhan	Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation	Forests

11 May 2023

S.No.	Name of the Minister	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
1	T.R.B.Rajaa	--Inducted into the council--	Industries
2	Thangam Thennarasu	Industries, Tamil Language, Tamil Culture, Archeology	Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology
3	M. P. Saminathan	Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press	Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press
4	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits and Statistics	Information Technology and Digital Services
5	Mano Thangaraj	Information Technology and Digital Services	Milk and Dairy Development
6	S. M. Nasar	Milk and Dairy Development	--Dropped from the council--

16 June 2023

S.No.	Name of the Minister.	Existing Designation	Proposed Portfolios
1	V. Senthil Balaji	Electricity and Non-Conventional Energy, Prohibition & Excise, Molasses	---Minister without a portfolio---
2	Thangam Thennarasu	Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology	Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archaeology, Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development
3	S. Muthusamy	Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development	Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses

21 December 2023

Source:

S.No.	Name of the Minister	Existing Portfolios	Proposed Portfolios
1	R. S. 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
2	R. Gandhi	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan, Khadi and Village Industries Board
3	K. Ponmudy	Higher Education, Electronics, Science and Technology	--Dropped from the council--

12 February 2024

S.No.	Name of the Minister.	Existing Designation	Proposed Portfolios
1	V. Senthil Balaji	---Minister without a portfolio---	--Resigned from the council--

22 March 2024

S.No.	Name of the Minister.	Existing Designation	Proposed Portfolios
1	K. Ponmudy	--Inducted into the council--	Higher Education, Electronics, Science and Technology

Demographics

Updated as of 21 December 2023

Ministers by district

S.No.	District	Ministers	Name
1	Ariyalur
2	Chengalpattu
3	Chennai	5	M. K. Stalin (Chief Minister) Udhayanidhi Stalin T. M. Anbarasan Ma. Subramanian P. K. Sekar Babu
4	Coimbatore
5	Cuddalore	2	M. R. K. Panneerselvam C. V. Ganesan
6	Dharmapuri
7	Dindigul	2	I. Periyasamy R. Sakkarapani
8	Erode	1	S. Muthusamy
9	Kallakurichi
10	Kanchipuram
11	Kanniyakumari	1	Mano Thangaraj
12	Karur
13	Krishnagiri
14	Madurai	2	P. Moorthy Palanivel Thiagarajan
15	Mayiladuthurai
16	Nagapattinam
17	Namakkal	1	M. Mathiventhan
18	Nilgiris	1	K. Ramachandran
19	Perambalur	1	S. S. Sivasankar
20	Pudukkottai	2	S. Regupathy Meyyanathan Siva V
21	Ramanathapuram	1	R. S. Raja Kannappan
22	Ranipet	1	R. Gandhi
23	Salem
24	Sivagangai	1	K. R. Periyakaruppan
25	Tenkasi
26	Thanjavur
27	Theni
28	Thoothukudi	2	P. Geetha Jeevan Anitha R. Radhakrishnan
29	Tiruchirappalli	2	K. N. Nehru Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
30	Tirunelveli
31	Tirupathur
32	Tiruppur	2	M. P. Saminathan Kayalvizhi Selvaraj
33	Tiruvallur
34	Tiruvannamalai	1	E. V. Velu
35	Tiruvarur	1	T.R.B.Rajaa
36	Vellore	1	Durai Murugan
37	Viluppuram	1	K. S. Masthan K. Ponmudy
38	Virudhunagar	2	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Thangam Thennarasu