O. Panneerselvam, who was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time on Monday, will carry a heavy interim baggage, holding the portfolios of Finance, Home, Police, Public Works Department and Planning among others.
The list of portfolios released by the Raj Bhavan on Monday night said that apart from these, Mr. Panneerselvam will handle the portfolios of Public, IAS, IPS and IFS officers, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Legislative Assembly, Elections and Passports and Irrigation, including Minor Irrigation and Programme Works.
Natham Viswanathan, now no. 2 in the 31-member Cabinet, will continue to hold the Electricity and Non-conventional Energy Development portfolios. Prohibition and Excise, and Molasses are among the other subjects to be dealt by him.
R. Vaithilingam, ranked third in this Cabinet, as the Minister for Housing and Urban Development, will also be in charge of Slum Clearance Board, Town Planning, and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
The portfolios allocated to the other Ministers are as follows:
Edapadi K Palanisamy (Minister for Highways and MinorPorts); P. Mohan (Rural Industries and Labour); B. Valarmathi ( Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme); P. Palaniappan (Higher Education); Sellur K Raju (Cooperation); R. Kamaraj (Food); P. Thangamani (Industries); V. Senthil Balaji (Transport); M.C. Sampath (Commercial Taxes and Registration); Agri. S.S. Krishnamoorthy (Agriculture); S.P. Velumani (Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Law, Courts and Prisons); T.K.M. Chinnayya (Animal Husbandry); S. Gokula Indira (Handlooms and Textiles); S. Sundararaj (Sports and Youth Welfare); Cheudur Pandian (HR & CE); S.P. Shanmuganathan (Tourism); N. Subramanian (Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare); K.A. Jayapal (Fisheries); Mukkur N Subramainan (Information Technology); R.B. Udhaya Kumar (Revenue); T.K. Rajenthra Bhalaji (Information and Special Programmes Implementation); B.V. Ramanaa (Milk and Dairy Development); K.C. Veeramani (School Education); M.S.M. Anandan (Forests); Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam (Environment); T.P. Poonachi (Khadi and Village Industries); S. Abdul Rahim (Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare); and Dr. C. Vijayabaskar (Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare).
All the Ministers took oath on Monday.
