Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)
Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Tamil Nadu |
Headquarters | Chennai |
Employees | 121,221 (2019)[1] |
Annual budget | ₹15,773 crore (US$2.0 billion) (2020–21)[2] |
Minister responsible |
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Agency executives |
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Parent agency | Government of Tamil Nadu |
Website | tnhealth |
The Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu is a department of Government of Tamil Nadu responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in Tamil Nadu. Its undertakings include National Health Mission – Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation and Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu.[3][4] It is headquartered in Chennai.
Sub - Departments
Undertakings & Bodies
Name | Website |
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Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited (TNMSC) | http://www.tnmsc.com/ |
Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) | https://transtan.tn.gov.in/ |
Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Ltd (TAMPCOL) | https://www.tn.gov.in/detail_contact/4807/5/ |
Ministers for Health and Family Welfare
Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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A. B. Shetty | 13 April 1954 | 13 April 1957 | |
Jothi Venkatachalam | 1962 | 1963 | |
S. J. Sadiq Pasha | 6 March 1967 | 10 February 1969 | |
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | 10 February 1969 | 4 January 1971 | |
K. Anbazhagan | 15 March 1971 | 31 January 1976 | |
Dr. H.V.Hande | 1977 | 1987 | |
K. Ponmudy | 27 January 1989 | 30 January 1991 | |
S. Muthusamy | 24 June 1991 | 12 May 1996 | |
Arcot N. Veeraswami | 13 May 1996 | 13 May 2001 | |
S. Semmalai | 22 May 2001 | 2 June 2003 | |
Thalavai Sundaram | 3 June 2003 | 12 May 2006 | |
M. R. K. Panneerselvam | 13 May 2006 | 15 May 2011 | |
Dr. V.S.Vijay | 16 May 2011 | 27 February 2013 | |
K. C. Veeramani | 28 February 2013 | 31 October 2013 | |
Dr. C.Vijaya Baskar | 1 November 2013 | 6 May 2021 | |
M. Subramaniam | 7 May 2021 | Incumbent |
See also
- Government of Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu Government's Departments
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
- Department of Finance (Kerala)
References
- ^ "Performance Budget of Health and Family Welfare Department - 2018-2019" (PDF). tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Budget Analysis 2020-21". PRSIndia. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "department | Tamil Nadu Government Portal". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Health Directorates". tnhealth.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Sub - Departments under BC, MBC & MW Department". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "Organisations under the Health and Family Welfare Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.