Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry
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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 | |
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 17th Ministry of Tamil Nadu | |
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| 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 / 234ā(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 | |
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| Chief Minister | ||||||
| 1. | J. Jayalalithaa | Radhakrishnan Nagar | Chief Minister |
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AIADMK | |
| Cabinet Ministers | ||||||
| 2. | O. Panneerselvam | Bodinayakkanur | Minister for Finance |
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AIADMK | |
| 3. | Natham R. Viswanathan | Natham | Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise |
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| 4. | Edappadi Palaniswami | Edappadi | Minister for Highways and Minor Ports |
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| 5. | Sellur K. Raju | Madurai West | Minister for Co-operation |
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| 6. | S. P. Velumani | Thondamuthur | Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme |
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| 7. | K.A. Jayapal | Nagapattinam | Minister for Fisheries |
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| 8. | P. Palaniappan | Pappireddipatti | Minister for Higher Education |
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| 9. | B. Valarmathi | Thousand Lights | Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme |
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| 10. | P. Thangamani | Kumarapalayam | Minister for Industries |
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| 11. | N. D. Venkatachalam | Perundurai | Minister for Environment |
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| 12. | R. Kamaraj | Krishnarayapuram | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies |
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| 13. | S. Gokula Indira | Anna Nagar | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles |
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| 14. | R. Vaithilingam | Orathanadu | Minister for Housing and Urban Development |
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| 15. | Dr. C. Vijayabaskar | Viralimalai | Minister for Health |
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| 16. | K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | Sivakasi | Minister for Information and Special Programme Implementation |
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| 17. | R. B. Udhayakumar | Sattur | Minister for Revenue |
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| 18. | B. V. Ramanaa | Thiruvallur | Minister for Milk and Dairy Development |
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| 19. | S.P. Shunmuganathan | Srivaikuntam | Minister for Tourism |
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| 20. | M.C. Sampath | Cuddalore | Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration |
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| 21. | P. Mohan | Sankarapuram | Minister for Rural Industries and Labour |
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| 22. | K.C. Veeramani | Jolarpet | Minister for School Education |
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| 23. | V. Senthil Balaji | Karur | Minister for Transport |
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| 24. | Mukkur N. Subramanian | Cheyyar | Minister for Information Technology |
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| 25. | N. Subramanian | Gandharvakottai | Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare |
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| 26. | S. Abdul Rahim | Avadi | Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare |
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| 27. | T.K.M. Chinnayya | Tambaram | Minister for Animal Husbandry |
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| 28. | T. P. Poonachi | Manachanallur | Minister for Khadi and Village Industries |
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Achievements
Summarize
Perspective
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]
References
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