The Tamil Nadu government has issued orders appointing ministers in charge for all districts, aiming to accelerate development works and strengthen monitoring of welfare scheme delivery to the public.
The move is also intended to ensure closer supervision of emergency duties during natural calamities, disease outbreaks and other crisis situations, according to the announcement.
District-wise ministers in charge (as listed):
- Anand: Villupuram, Cuddalore
- Aadhav: Chennai, Tiruvannamalai
- Venkataramanan: Mayiladuthurai
- Kumar: Tiruvallur
- Mariyavilson: Tirunelveli
- Rajmohan: Perambalur
- Thennarasu: Kancheepuram
- Ranjithkumar: Tirupathur
- Sarathkumar: Chengalpattu
- Vanni Arasu: Kallakurichi
- Gandhiraj: Ranipet
- Rajkumar: Dharmapuri, Ariyalur
- Shajahan: Nagapattinam
- Vinoth: Thanjavur
- Ramesh: Tiruchirappalli
- Vijayalakshmi: Karur
- Lokesh: Namakkal
- Arunraj: Tiruppur
- Kamali: The Nilgiris
- Vijay Balaji: Vellore
- Sengottaiyan: Erode
- Sampath Kumar: Coimbatore
- Nirmal Kumar: Madurai, Theni
- Mohamed Parvez: Pudukkottai
- Prabhu: Sivaganga
- Keerthana: Krishnagiri
- Jagatheeswari: Virudhunagar
- Viswanathan: Tiruvarur
- Sreenath: Thoothukudi
- Madhanraja: Ramanathapuram
- Vijay Tamizhan Parthiban: Salem
- Rajesh Kumar: Kanniyakumari
- Rajiv: Tenkasi
- Vignesh: Dindigul
