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Following the induction of 23 much Ministers into Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s Cabinet connected Thursday (May 21, 2026), the spot of the Ministry roseate to 33. While the portfolios of immoderate existing Ministers person been revised, the recently inducted Ministers person been assigned their respective departments.
Mr. Vijay retained his existing departments and was additionally allotted Special Initiatives, Poverty Alleviation and Rural Indebtedness. These departments were earlier handled by Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources N. Anand.
Meet the caller Ministers successful Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s expanded Cabinet
Minister for Energy Resources and Law R. Nirmalkumar retained astir of his antecedently assigned portfolios. The Legislative Assembly portfolio, however, has present been fixed to K.A. Sengottaiyan, who was earlier Finance Minister and has present been redesignated arsenic Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management. The Finance portfolio was reassigned to recently inducted Minister N. Marie Wilson.
Among the recently sworn-in Ministers, A. Srinath was appointed Minister for Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare, S. Kamali arsenic Minister for Animal Husbandry, C. Vijayalakshmi arsenic Minister for Milk and Dairy Development, and R.V. Ranjithkumar arsenic Minister for Forests.
Vinoth has been appointed Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, V.K. Rajeev arsenic Minister for Environment and Climate Change, B. Rajkumar arsenic Minister for Housing and Urban Development, V. Gandhiraj arsenic Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, K. Jegadeeshwari arsenic Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, and Congress Legislature Party person S. Rajesh Kumar arsenic Minister for Tourism.
M. Vijay Balaji has been appointed Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, D. Logesh Tamilselvan arsenic Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration, and A. Vijay Tamilan Parthiban arsenic Minister for Transport. S. Ramesh has been appointed Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, P. Viswanathan (Congress) arsenic Minister for Higher Education, and R. Kumar arsenic Minister for Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Digital Services.
K. Thennarasu has been designated Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare, V. Sampath Kumar arsenic Minister for Backward Classes Welfare, J. Mohamed Farvas arsenic Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development, D. Sarathkumar arsenic Minister for Human Resources Management, and K. Vignesh arsenic Minister for Prohibition and Excise.
