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Chennai: The biggest news of this time is coming out from the politics of South India. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay has made a huge and shocking reshuffle in the state cabinet. To give a fresh impetus to the government, the Chief Minister has included 23 new ministers in his cabinet, while completely changing the portfolios of many old and senior ministers.

Governor gave green signal, order issued from Raj Bhavan

According to the official statement issued from Raj Bhavan, all these recommendations of Chief Minister Joseph Vijay have been approved by the Honorable Governor. Even after this major change, the Chief Minister has kept the most important and sensitive departments of the state with himself. Now the Chief Minister will have major departments like Public Administration, Home, Police, Special Program Implementation, Municipal Administration and Urban Development. Along with this, he has also kept in his hands the additional responsibility of departments like Special Initiatives, Poverty Alleviation and Rural Debt Relief.

Major reshuffle in the departments of old and veteran ministers

In this reshuffle, new responsibilities have been placed on the shoulders of many old ministers. Senior minister N. Now, in a big change in the field of work of Anand, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of rural development, panchayat, irrigation and minor irrigation projects. On the other hand, Minister R. Nirmal Kumar has been retained in the government, as before, he will continue to hold the charge of heavy portfolios like power, non-conventional energy, law, court, prison, elections and passport. Under another major change. A. Sengottaiyan has been made the new head of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. Now he will look after revenue administration, sub-collector work, disaster management and assembly matters.

The luck of these 23 new faces shines, they get these big ministries

After the approval of the Governor, 23 newly appointed ministers have also been allotted their departments. According to the new list, Srinath has been given the post of Fisheries, Kamali S. Animal husbandry to C. Vijayalakshmi, milk and dairy development, while R. V. Ranjitkumar has been given the command of the Forest Department.

Vinod has been given the responsibility of the very important Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department to farmers, while Rajiv has been made the new in-charge of the Environment and Climate Change Department. Other new ministers include B. Rajkumar has got Housing and Urban Development, V. Gandhiraj has got Cooperation, Mathan Raja P. has got Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) department. Jagadishwari K for works to women and society. Social Welfare and Women Empowerment and Rajesh Kumar S. Has been given the responsibility of tourism department.

Major changes in transport, IT and hi-tech departments also

In the cabinet expansion, other economic and development departments of the state have also got new faces. M. Vijay Balaji for handloom and textiles, Logesh Tamilselvan D. for commercial taxes and registration, Vijay Tamilan Parthiban A. has been given the charge of Transport and Ramesh has been given the charge of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. P. Vishwanathan has got the responsibility of higher education department to youth.

The most important thing about this reshuffle is that the government has created a new ministry named ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) in keeping with the changing times. This newly formed Department of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Digital Services is headed by Kumar R. Has been given to.

Apart from this, Thennarasu K. Non-Resident Tamil Welfare, V. Sampath Kumar Backward Class Welfare, Mohammad Farwas J. D. has got the responsibility of Labor Welfare and Skill Development and D. Sarathkumar has got the responsibility of Human Resource Management Department. Finance, Planning and Development Department to handle the state treasury. Mary Wilson has been given, while Vignesh K. Has been made the new minister of Prohibition and Excise Department.