Department of Agriculture (Tamil Nadu)

The Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department of State of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department of State of Tamil Nadu

Agency overview
Formed	1949
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Minister responsible	M. R. K. Panneerselvam, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department
Agency executives	C. Samayamoorthy IAS, Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government T. Abraham, IAS, Special Secretary to Government
Parent agency	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	Agriculture Department

Rice Paddy Fields in Tamil Nadu

Sub - Departments

Name	Website
Agriculture Department	http://www.tnagrisnet.tn.gov.in
Agriculture Engineering Department	http://www.aed.tn.gov.in/
Agriculture Marketing and Agri Business Department
Seed Certification Department
Organic Certification Department	http://www.tnocd.net/ 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Horticulture And Plantation Crops Department	http://tnhorticulture.tn.gov.in/
Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Department (Tamil Nadu Agriculture University)	http://www.tnau.ac.in/
Department of Sugar	http://www.tn.gov.in/sugar/dept.htm

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Undertakings & Bodies

Name	Website
Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA)
Tamil Nadu Horticultural Producers Co-operative Enterprises Limited (TANHOPE)
Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency (TNWSDA)
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board (TNSAMB)
Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC)

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Former Ministers for Agriculture

• 1990 – 1991:
  • Veerapandy S.Arumugam
• 1991 – 1996:
  • Ku. Pa. Krishnan
• 1996 - 2001:
  • Veerapandy S. Arumugam
• 2006 - 2011:
  • Veerapandy S. Arumugam
• 2011 – 2012:
  • K. A. Sengottaiyan
• 2012 – 2014:
  • S. Damodaran
• 2014 – 2016:
  • R. Vaithilingam
• 2017 - 2020:
  • R. Doraikannu
• 2021 - present:
  • M. R. K. Panneerselvam

See also

• Government of Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Nadu Government's Departments
• Ministry of Agriculture (India)
• Department of Finance (Kerala)

References

1. "Sub - Departments of the Agriculture Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
2. "Organisations under the Agriculture Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

External links

• http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/agri.html (Official Website of the Agriculture Department, Tamil Nadu)
• http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu)