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CHENNAI, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026

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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Special.B)

Secretariat, 22nd May 2026.

No. I/PUSP/13(c)/2026.

[MINISTERS - ALLOCATION OF SUBJECTS AMONG MINISTERS - ORDERS - ISSUED.]

The following Government Order is published:—

[G.O. Ms. No.345, Public (Special.B), 22nd May 2026, Vaikasi 8, Parabhava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2057.]

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.329, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.10.05.2026

2. G.O.Ms.No.338, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.16.05.2026

3. G.O.Ms.No.343, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.21.05.2026

4. G.O.Ms.No.344, Public (Special.B) Department, dated.22.05.2026

Order: No. 345, Public (Special.B), dated 22nd May 2026.

The Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby directs the revision of the allocation of portfolios among the following

Ministers under Clause (3) of Article 166 of the Constitution of India:—

Part I

Notifications or orders regarding first appointments, investiture of

magisterial powers, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

SI.

Name

Existing

Designation

Existing Portfolios

Revised Portfolios

Thiru C. Joseph Vijay

Chief Minister

Public, General Administration,

Indian Administrative Service,

Indian Police Service, Indian

Forest Service, District Revenue

Officers, Police, Home, Special

Programme

Implementation,

Women Welfare, Youth Welfare,

Welfare

Children, Aged,

Differently

Abled

Persons,

Municipal Administration, Urban

and Water Supply.

Public, General Administration,

Indian Administrative Service,

Indian Police Service, Indian

Forest

Service,

District

Revenue

Officers,

Police,

Home,

Special

Programme

Implementation,

Special

Initiatives, Poverty Alleviation

and

Rural

Indebtedness,

Youth Welfare, Welfare of

Children,

Aged,

Differently

Abled

Persons,

Municipal

Administration,

Urban

and

Water Supply.

Thiru N. Anand

Minister for Rural

Development and

Water Resources

Rural Development, Panchayats

and Panchayat Union, Poverty

alleviation Programme, Rural

Indebtedness

and

Irrigation,

Irrigation

Projects

including

Small Irrigation.

Rural

Development,

Panchayats and Panchayat

Union,

Irrigation,

Irrigation

Projects

including

Small

Irrigation.

Thiru R. Nirmalkumar

Minister for Energy

Resources and

Law

Electricity & Non-Conventional

Energy

Development,

Law,

Courts, Prisons and Prevention

Corruption,

Legislative

Assembly, Governor, Elections

and Passports.

Electricity & Non-Conventional

Energy

Development,

Law,

Courts, Prisons and Prevention

Corruption,

Governor,

Elections and Passports.

The Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby also directs the change of portfolio and subject allocation for the

following Minister under Clause (3) of Article 166 of the Constitution of India:-

SI.

Name

Existing

Designation

Proposed Designation

Proposed allocation of

Portfolios

Thiru K.A.

Sengottaiyan

Minister for Finance

Minister for Revenue and

Disaster Management

Revenue,

District Revenue

Establishment,

Deputy Collectors,

Disaster Management,

Boodhan, Gramadhan

and Legislative

Assembly

Further, the Governor of Tamil Nadu allocates the Business of Government among Ministers as follows

under Clause (3) of Article 166 of the Constitution of India:-

SI.

No.

Name

Designation

Allocation of Portfolios

Thiru Srinath

Minister for Fisheries

Fishermen Welfare

Fisheries, Fisheries Development

Corporation

Tmt. S. Kamali

Minister for Animal Husbandry

Animal Husbandry

Tmt. C. Vijayalakshmi

Minister for Milk and

Dairy Development

Milk and Dairy Development

Thiru R.V. Ranjithkumar

Minister for Forests

Forests

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

SI.

No.

Name

Designation

Allocation of Portfolios

Thiru Vinoth

Minister for Agriculture -

Farmers Welfare

Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering,

Agro Service Co-operatives,

Horticulture, Sugar, Sugarcane

Excise, Sugarcane Development and

Waste Land Development

Thiru Rajeev

Minister for Environment &

Climate Change

Environment, Pollution Control

Board, Climate Change

Thiru B. Rajkumar

Minister for Housing and

Urban Development

Housing, Rural Housing, Town

Planning Projects and Housing

Development, Accommodation

Control, CMDA, Tamil Nadu Urban

Habitat Development Board, Urban

Planning and Urban Development

Thiru V. Gandhiraj

Minister for Co-operation

Co-operation

Thiru P. Mathan Raja

Minister for Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises

Rural Industries including Cottage

Industries, Small Industries.

10.

Tmt. K. Jegadeshwari

Minister for Social Welfare &

Women Empowerment

Social Welfare including Women

Welfare, Orphanages and

Correctional Administration and

Beggar Homes and Social Reforms &

Nutritious Meal Programme.

11.

Thiru S. Rajesh Kumar

Minister for Tourism

Tourism and Tourism Development

Corporation

12.

Thiru M. Vijay Balaji

Minister for Handlooms,

Textiles and Khadi

Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and

Village Industries Board

13.

Thiru D. Logesh Tamilselvan

Minister for Commercial Taxes

and Registration

Commercial Taxes, Registration and

Stamp Act, Debt Relief including

legislation on Money lending, Chits

and Registration of Companies

14.

Thiru A. Vijay Tamilan Parthiban

Minister for Transport

Motor Vehicle Acts - Administration,

Transport, Nationalised Transport

and Motor Vehicles Act

15.

Thiru Ramesh

Minister for Hindu Religious

and Charitable Endowments

Hindu Religious and Charitable

Endowments

16.

Thiru P. Viswanathan

Minister for Higher Education

Higher Education including Technical

Education, Electronics, Science and

Technology

17.

Thiru R. Kumar

Minister for Artificial

Intelligence, Information

Technology & Digital Services

Artificial Intelligence, Information

Technology and Digital Services

18.

Thiru K. Thennarasu

Minister for Non-Resident

Tamils Welfare

Non-Resident Tamils Welfare,

Refugees & evacuees

19.

Thiru V. Sampath Kumar

Minister for Backward Classes

Welfare

Backward Classes Welfare, Most

Backward Classes Welfare and

De-notified Communities Welfare

20.

Thiru J. Mohamed Farvas

Minister for Labour Welfare

and Skill Development

Labour Welfare, Population,

Employment and Training, Census,

Weights and Measures, Urban and

Rural Employment and Bonded

Labour Welfare

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

SI.

No.

Name

Designation

Allocation of Portfolios

21.

Thiru D. Sarathkumar

Minister for Human Resources

Management

Human Resources Management &

Ex-Servicemen Welfare

22.

Thiru N. Marie Wilson

Minister for Finance, Planning

and Development

Finance, Pensions and Pensionary

Benefits, Planning & Development

23.

Thiru K. Vignesh

Minister for Prohibition and

Excise

Prohibition and Excise

24.

Thiru A.M. Shahjahan

Minister for Minorities Welfare

Minorities Welfare and Wakf Board

25.

Thiru Vanni Arasu

Minister for Social Justice

Adi Dravidar Welfare and Hill Tribes.

(By Order of the Governor)

M. SAI KUMAR,

Chief Secretary.

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