Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry

J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 23 May 2015.^[1][2] Earlier Jayalalithaa was charged of Rs 66.66 crore disproportionate assets case and forced to resign in the year 2014.^[3] O. Panneerselvam her trusted aide assumed the office then resigned after her return in 2015.^[4][5]

Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry
17th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
J. Jayalalithaa
Date formed	23 May 2015
Date dissolved	22 May 2016
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Konijeti Rosaiah
Head of government	J. Jayalalithaa
Member parties	AIADMK
Status in legislature	Majority 150 / 234 (64%)
Opposition party	DMDK
Opposition leader	Vijayakanth
History
Election	2011
Legislature term	5 Years
Predecessor	Second Panneerselvam ministry
Successor	Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry

Cabinet ministers

S.no	Name	Constituency	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	J. Jayalalithaa	Radhakrishnan Nagar	Chief Minister	Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service District Revenue Officers General Administration	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	O. Panneerselvam	Bodinayakkanur	Minister for Finance	Finance	AIADMK
3.	Natham R. Viswanathan	Natham	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise	Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
4.	Edappadi Palaniswami	Edappadi	Minister for Highways and Minor Ports	Highways Minor Ports Forests
5.	Sellur K. Raju	Madurai West	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation
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
7.	K.A. Jayapal	Nagapattinam	Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
8.	P. Palaniappan	Pappireddipatti	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education
9.	B. Valarmathi	Thousand Lights	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
10.	P. Thangamani	Kumarapalayam	Minister for Industries	Industries Steel Control Mines and Minerals
11.	N. D. Venkatachalam	Perundurai	Minister for Environment	Environment Pollution Control
12.	R. Kamaraj	Krishnarayapuram	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection and Price Control
13.	S. Gokula Indira	Anna Nagar	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
14.	R. Vaithilingam	Orathanadu	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
15.	Dr. C. Vijayabaskar	Viralimalai	Minister for Health	Health Medical Education Family Welfare
16.	K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji	Sivakasi	Minister for Information and Special Programme Implementation	Information and Publicity Special Programme Implementation
17.	R. B. Udhayakumar	Sattur	Minister for Revenue	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors
18.	B. V. Ramanaa	Thiruvallur	Minister for Milk and Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development
19.	S.P. Shunmuganathan	Srivaikuntam	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
20.	M.C. Sampath	Cuddalore	Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration	Commercial Taxes Registration and Stamp Act
21.	P. Mohan	Sankarapuram	Minister for Rural Industries and Labour	Rural Industries Labour
22.	K.C. Veeramani	Jolarpet	Minister for School Education	School Education
23.	V. Senthil Balaji	Karur	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
24.	Mukkur N. Subramanian	Cheyyar	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
25.	N. Subramanian	Gandharvakottai	Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes
26.	S. Abdul Rahim	Avadi	Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare	Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
27.	T.K.M. Chinnayya	Tambaram	Minister for Animal Husbandry	Animal Husbandry
28.	T. P. Poonachi	Manachanallur	Minister for Khadi and Village Industries	Khadi Village Industries

Achievements

In 2015, The Government introduced Amma Master Health checkup plan where in people could get various treatments done at a low fee in government hospitals and rolled out Amma Arogya plan wherein at primary health care centre in Tamil Nadu, certain tests can be done by public twice a week. This was done to help the sections of society who cannot afford the fares asked for by private hospital.^[6] Later in February 2016, The Government started the free bus ride scheme for senior citizens above age of 60 wherein person could travel free of cost for 10 times a month.^[7] The Government initiated Global Investors Summit in 2015 which saw over Rs 2.43 lakh crore worth of investments being committed to the state. Jayalalithaa's term, all of them together, saw some big-ticket investments in the state and over $20 billion FDI.^[8] The department of industrial policy and promotion data disclosed that Tamil Nadu saw foreign direct investment inflows of $7.3 billion from April 2000 to March 2011; however, this went up to $13.94 billion from April 2011 to December 2015, under Jayalalithaa government, which at as per conversion rate as of 2016^[update] equals Rs 83,766 crore. Between April 2015 and December 2015, the State attracted $4.3 billion in FDI.^[9]

In June 2015, Pakistani news channels Samaa TV and Geo News aired a news and applauded Jayalalithaa for her government's scheme which was introduced in 2013, of supplying free rice to mosques during Ramzan and suggested the scheme should be implemented in Pakistan too.^{[10][11][12][13]} On 20 February 2016, Jayalalithaa led AIADMK Government passed the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016, and the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 2016 in Tamil Nadu Assembly, enhancing the reservation for women from 33 per cent to 50 per cent in local bodies such as corporations, municipalities, town panchayats and village panchayats in the state.^[14][15]

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13. "உலக இஸ்லாமியர்களை நெகிழச் செய்த முதலமைச்சர் ஜெயலலிதாவின் ரமலான் நோன்பு கஞ்சிக்கான அரிசி திட்டம் - தமிழகத்தை பின்பற்றி பாகிஸ்தானிலும் செயல்படுத்த வேண்டும் என அந்நாட்டு பிரதான தொலைக்காட்சிகள் செய்தி வெளியீடு". Jaya Plus. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
14. "Tamil Nadu women get 50 per cent quota in local bodies". deccanchronicle. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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