Third Jayalalithaa ministry

As O. Panneerselvam who was Chief Minister from 2 March 2002 resigned, Governor appointed J. Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister to head the New Government and appointed 26 more ministers on the same day. It was her return to power as she had removed from the post earlier on 21 September 2001.^[1][2][3][4]

Third Jayalalithaa ministry
13th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Date formed	2 March 2002
Date dissolved	12 May 2006
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor P. S. Ramamohan Rao
Head of government	J. Jayalalithaa
Member parties	AIADMK
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	DMK
Opposition leader	K. Anbazhagan
History
Election	2001
Legislature term	5 Years
Predecessor	First Panneerselvam ministry
Successor	Fifth Karunanidhi ministry

Cabinet ministers

S.no	Name	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	J. Jayalalithaa	Chief Minister	Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service other All India Services General Administration District Revenue Officers	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	O. Panneerselvam	Minister for Public Works, Prohibition and Excise and Revenue	Public Works Highways Irrigation including Minor Irrigation Prohibition & Excise Molasses Prevention of Corruption and Prisons *Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan Passports	AIADMK
3.	C. Ponnaiyan	Minister for Finance	Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of Companies
4.	D. Jayakumar	Minister for Law and Information Technology	Law and Courts Information Technology
5.	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	Minister for Food and Co-operation	Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Co-operation Statistics
6.	P.C. Ramasamy	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
7.	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	Minister for Social Welfare	Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Beggar Homes Orphanages and Correctional Administration
8.	N. Thalavaisundaram	Minister for Health	Health Medical Education Family Welfare.
9.	B. Valarmathi	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board
10.	C. Karuppasamy	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen
11.	R. Viswanathan	Minister for Transport and Electricity	Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development
12.	Nainar Nagenthran	Minister for Industries	Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals Electronics
13.	K. Pandurangan	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane *Development
14.	S. M. Velusamy	Minister for Backward Classes	Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
15.	P. V. Damodaran	Minister for Animal Husbandry	Animal Husbandry
16.	R. Vaithilingam	Minister for Forests and Environment	Forests Environment Pollution Control
17.	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA
18.	C. V. Shanmugam	Minister for Education, Commercial Taxes, Sports and Youth Welfare	Education Technical Education Science and Technology Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees Commercial Taxes Sports and Youth Welfare
19.	S. Ramachandran	Minister for Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development
20.	V. Somasundaram	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
21.	M. Radakrishnan	Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries
22.	A. Miller	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
23.	P. Annavi	Minister for Labour	Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs
24.	K. P. Anbalagan	Minister for Information, Publicity and Local Administration	Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act *Newsprint Control Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply

References

1. Ramakrishnan, M. (23 May 2016). "The five oaths of Jayalalithaa". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. "Jayalalithaa, 26 ministers sworn in". reddif.com. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
3. "Jayalalithaa Jayaram Biography". elections.in. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
4. "Jaya's return as CM: Chronology of events". Mathrubhumi.com. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

Further reading

• TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY(TWELFTH ASSEMBLY) REVIEW 2001-2006 (PDF), Chennai: Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 2010