Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise

Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise (Tamil Nadu)
Agency overview
Formed	1811
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai;
Ministers responsible	C. Joseph Vijay, Chief Minister and Minister for Home Department; K. Vignesh, Minister for Prohibition and Excise Department;
Agency executive	P Amudha, IAS, Home Secretary (Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition & Excise);
Child agencies	Tamil Nadu Police; Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services; Tamil Nadu Prisons Department; Commissionarate of Prohibition and Excise, Tamil Nadu; Narcotics Intelligence Bureau (Tamil Nadu);
Website	tncpe.gov.in

The Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.

Sub-divisions

The following departments and wings function under the administrative control of the department.^[1]^[2]

Home

Police
Fire and Rescue Services
Forensic Sciences
Prisons
Transport
Courts
Cinemas
Citizenship
Prosecution

Prohibition and Excise

The Commissionerate of Prohibition and Excise
The Prohibition Enforcement Wing
Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC)
The Narcotics Intelligence Bureau (NIB)

Ministers

Home

C. Joseph Vijay (2026-Present)
M. K. Stalin (2021–26)
Edapadi k Palaiswamy (2017-21)
O. Panneerselvam (2016–17)
J. Jayalalithaa (2011–16)
M. Karunanidhi (2006–11)

Prohibition and Excise

K. Vignesh (2026-Present)
S. Muthusamy (2025-2026)
V. Senthil Balaji (2024-2025)
S. Muthusamy (2023–24)
V. Senthil Balaji (2022–23)
P. Thangamani (2016–21)
R. Viswanathan (2011–16)

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Home Secretaries

1947 - 2026:

O. Pulla Reddi, ICS - Home Secretary
T.N.S. Raghavan, ICS - Home Secretary
R. A. Gopalaswami, ICS - Home Secretary
J. M. Lobo Prabhu, ICS - Home Secretary
E. U. Damodaran, IAS - Home Secretary
S. K. Chettur, ICS - Home Secretary
P. P. I. Vaidyanathan, ICS - Home Secretary
R. F. Isar, ICS - Home Secretary
J. Sivanandam, IAS - Home Secretary
A. Venkatesan, IAS - Home Secretary
H. K. Ghazi, IAS - Home Secretary
S. P. Ambrose, IAS - Home Secretary
H. K. Ghazi, IAS - Home Secretary
K. Subrahmanyam, IAS - Home Secretary
C. V. R. Panikar, IAS - Home Secretary
H. M. Singh, IAS - Home Secretary
K. Chockalingam, IAS - Home Secretary
T. V. Venkataraman, IAS - Home Secretary
K. A. Nambiar, IAS - Home Secretary
R. Nagarajan, IAS - Home Secretary
K.J.M. Shetty, IAS - Home Secretary
B. Vijayaraghavan, IAS - Home Secretary
K. Malaisamy, IAS - Home Secretary
R. Varadarajulu, IAS - Home Secretary
P. V. Rajaraman, IAS - Home Secretary
Ashoke Joshi, IAS - Home Secretary
R. Poornalingam, IAS - Home Secretary
Santha Sheela Nair, IAS - Home Secretary
Naresh Gupta, IAS - Home Secretary
Syed Munir Hoda, IAS - Home Secretary
Sheela Rani Chunkath, IAS - Home Secretary
Pavan Raina, IAS - Home Secretary
S. Malathi, IAS - Home Secretary
K. Gnanadesikan, IAS - Home Secretary
Sheela Rani Chunkath, IAS - Home Secretary
Rameshram Mishra, IAS - Home Secretary
R. Rajagopal, IAS - Home Secretary
Niranjan Mardi, IAS - Home Secretary
Apurva Verma, IAS - Home Secretary
Niranjan Mardi, IAS - Home Secretary
S. K. Prabhakar, IAS - Home Secretary
K. Phanindra Reddy, IAS - Home Secretary
P. Amudha, IAS - Home Secretary
Dheeraj Kumar, IAS - Home Secretary
K. Manivasan, IAS - Home Secretary

References

↑ Organizations under Home, Prohibition and Excise Department (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
↑ "Home, Prohibition and Excise Department". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
↑ "Government of Tamil Nadu". www.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

External links

[1] Organizations under Home, Prohibition and Excise Department (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[2] "Home, Prohibition and Excise Department". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[3] "Government of Tamil Nadu". www.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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