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| Seat of Government | Chennai |
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| Executive | |
| Governor | S. S. Barnala |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| Deputy Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Legislature | |
| Assembly | Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
| Speaker | Aavudaiappan |
| Council | None |
| Chairman | None |
| Judiciary | |
| High Court | Madras High Court |
| Chief Justice | Thiru Ajit Prakash Shah |
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Tamil Nadu had a bicameral legislature until 1986, when it was replaced with a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India.[1]
The 'Governor' is the Constitutional head of the state while the 'Chief minister' is the head of the government and the head of the council of ministers. The Chief-Justice of the Chennai high-court is the head of the judiciary. The present Governor, Chief-minister and the Chief-Justice are S. S. Barnala, M. Karunanidhi and A. P. Shah respectively. The major administrative units of the state constitutes 39 Lok Sabha constituencies, 234 Assembly constituencies, 31 districts (One more in the making), 10 municipal corporations, 149 municipalities, 561 town panchayats and 12,618 village panchayats.
Tamil Nadu has been a pioneering state in E-Governance initiatives in India. A large part of the government records like land ownership records are already digitised and all major offices of the state government like Urban Local Bodies - All the Corporations and Municipal Office activities - revenue collection etc, land registration offices, and transport offices have been computerised, thereby improving the quality of service and transparency in operations.
The 2006 elections were won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which since it had defeated Indian National Congress in 1969 under C. N. Annadurai has governed Tamil Nadu intermittently, competing with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
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Ministers[2]
As of 2009, the government of Tamil Nadu consists of 31 ministers. Besides familiar portfolios like Transport, Agriculture or Health, there are also ministries dedicated to special topics that are typically incorporated into other ministries (such as "Handlooms" and "Khadi" besides Labour, "Commercial Taxes" besides Finance, "Animal Husbandry" and "Dairy Development" besides Agriculture etc.)
| Department | Minister |
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| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| Deputy Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Finance | K. Anbazhagan |
| Electricity | Arcot N. Veeraswami |
| Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen | Ko. Si. Mani |
| Agriculture | Veerapandi S. Arumugam |
| Law | Durai Murugan |
| Higher Education | K. Ponmudy |
| Transport | K. N. Nehru |
| Health | M. R. K. Paneerselvam |
| Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry | Pongalur N. Palanisamy |
| Revenue and Housing | I. Periasami |
| Tourism and Registration | N. Suresh Rajan |
| Information | Parithi Ilamvazhuthi |
| Food | E. V. Velu |
| Slum Clearance and Accommodation | Suba Thangavelan |
| Backward Classes, Textiles and Handlooms | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran |
| Labour | T. M. Anbarasan |
| Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | K. R. Periyakaruppan |
| School Education | Thangam Thennarasu |
| Commercial Taxes | S. N. M Ubayadullah |
| Environment | T. P. M. Mohideen Khan |
| Forests | N. Selvaraj |
| Highways | Vellakoil Saminathan |
| Information Technology | Poongothai Aladi Aruna |
| Social Welfare | Geetha Jeevan |
| Adi-Dravidar welfare | Tamilarasi |
| Fisheries | K. P. P. Samy |
| Dairy Development | U. Mathivanan |
| Khadi | K. Ramachandran |
See also
- Legislature of Tamil Nadu
- List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
- Graphical list of chief ministerial tenures and important events of Tamil Nadu
- Government of India
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