title: Third Panneerselvam ministry
text: # Third Panneerselvam ministry
  
  O. Panneerselvam was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 6 December 2016. O. Panneerselvam was elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following the death of incumbent Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
  
  ## Cabinet ministers
  
  Ministers sworn on 6 December 2016:
  
  | S.no | Name | Constituency | Designation | Portfolios | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chief Minister |||||||
  | 1. | O. Panneerselvam | Bodinayakkanur | Chief Minister | Public Police Home Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service District Revenue Officers General Administration Legislative Assembly Elections and Passports Finance Planning Personnel and Administrative Reforms,Training | AIADMK |
  | Cabinet Ministers |||||||
  | 2. | Dindigul C. Sreenivasan | Dindigul | Minister for Forests | Forests | AIADMK |
  | 3. | Edappadi Palaniswami | Edappadi | Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports | Public Works Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works Highways Minor Ports | AIADMK |
  | 4. | Sellur K. Raju | Madurai West | Minister for Co-operation | Co-operation Statistics Ex-Servicemen Welfare | AIADMK |
  | 5. | P. Thangamani | Kumarapalayam | Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise | Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act | AIADMK |
  | 6. | S. P. Velumani | Thondamuthur | Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme | Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply Implementation of Special Programme | AIADMK |
  | 7. | D. Jayakumar | Royapuram | Minister for Fisheries | Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation | AIADMK |
  | 8. | C. Shanmugam | Villupuram | Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons | Law Courts Prisons | AIADMK |
  | 9. | K. P. Anbalagan | Palacode | Minister for Higher Education | Higher Education including Technical *Education Electronics Science and Technology | AIADMK |
  | 10. | Dr. V. Saroja | Rasipuram | Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme | Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes Welfare of the Differently Abled and Social Reforms Nutritious Noon Meal Programme | AIADMK |
  | 11. | M. C. Sampath | Cuddalore | Minister for Industries | Industries Steel Control Mines and Minerals Special Initiatives | AIADMK |
  | 12. | K. C. Karuppannan | Bhavani | Minister for Environment | Environment Pollution Control | AIADMK |
  | 13. | R. Kamaraj | Nannilam | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies | Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection and Price Control | AIADMK |
  | 14. | O. S. Manian | Vedaranyam | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles | AIADMK |
  | 15. | Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan | Udumalaipettai | Minister for Housing and Urban Development | Housing Rural Housing and Housing Development Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control Town Planning Urban Development Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority | AIADMK |
  | 16. | C. Vijayabaskar | Karur | Minister for Health and Family Welfare | Health Medical Education Family Welfare | AIADMK |
  | 17. | R. Doraikkannu | Papanasam | Minister for Agriculture | Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Cooperatives, *Horticulture Sugarcane Cess Sugarcane Development Waste Land Development | AIADMK |
  | 18. | Kadambur Raju | Kovilpatti | Minister for Information and Publicity | Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Stationery Printing and Government Press | AIADMK |
  | 19. | R. B. Udhayakumar | Tirumangalam | Minister for Revenue | Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money lending Chits Registration of Companies | AIADMK |
  | 20. | Vellamandi N. Natarajan | Tiruchirappalli (East) | Minister for Tourism | Tourism Tourism Development Corporation | AIADMK |
  | 21. | K. C. Veeramani | Jolarpet | Minister for Commercial Taxes | Commercial Taxes Registration and Stamp Act | AIADMK |
  | 22. | K. Pandiarajan | Avadi | Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare | School Education Archaeology Youth Welfare Sports Development Department | AIADMK |
  | 23. | K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | Sivakasi | Minister for Milk and Dairy Development | Milk and Dairy Development | AIADMK |
  | 24. | P. Benjamin | Maduravoyal | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Industries | AIADMK |
  | 25. | Dr. Nilofer Kafeel | Vaniyambadi | Minister for Labour | Labour Population Employment and Training Newsprint Control Census Urban and Rural Employment Wakf Board | AIADMK |
  | 26. | M.R.Vijayabhaskar | Karur | Minister for Transport | Transport Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act | AIADMK |
  | 27. | Dr. M. Manikandan | Ramanathapuram | Minister for Information Technology | Information Technology | AIADMK |
  | 28. | V. M. Rajalakshmi | Sankarankoil | Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour | AIADMK |
  | 29. | G. Baskaran | Sivaganga | Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board | Khadi and Village Industries Board, *Bhoodhan and Gramadhan | AIADMK |
  | 30. | Sevvoor S. Ramachandran | Arani | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture | AIADMK |
  | 31. | S. Valarmathi | Srirangam | Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare | Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities Overseas Indians Refugees and Evacuees Minorities Welfare | AIADMK |
  | 32. | P. Balakrishna Reddy | Hosur | Minister for Animal Husbandry | Animal Husbandry | AIADMK |
  