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Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)

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Jurisdiction
  
Tamil Nadu

Headquarters
  
Chennai

Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)

Ministers responsible
  
Dindigul C.Sreenivasan, Minister for Forests Department K. C. Karuppannan, Minister for Environment and Pollution Control Department

Agency executive
  
Atulya Misra, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government

Parent agency
  
Government of Tamil Nadu

Website
  
Environment and Forests Department

The Department of Environment and Forests of State of Tamil Nadu is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.

Contents

History

The Department of Environment was created in 1995 as the Nodal Department for environmental management of the state.

Present Ministers for Forests

  • Dindigul C. Sreenivasan

    • Former Ministers for Forests

  • 2006 - 2011
  • N. Selvaraj
  • 2011 - 2016
  • B. V. Ramanaa

    • Present Ministers for Environment and Pollution Control

  • K. C. Karuppannan

    • Former Ministers for Environment and Pollution Control

  • 2006 - 2011
  • T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
  • 2011 - 2016
  • K. T. Pachaimal

    • References

    Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu) Wikipedia
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