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Ration card is issued by Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation to family residing in Tamil Nadu. It consists of Head of family Photograph with all the family members name, age, sex, No. of LPG connections printed on the backside of the card with full residential address of family.
Aadhaar card holders can apply for e-ration cards. The Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs website provides eligibility details for the food security plan. This service was first introduced in Delhi. [29] Later this has been followed by the state Governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala
The local administration under the department consists of 15 municipal corporations, 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats. [2] [3] Greater Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the second oldest in the world and Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit.
The department is responsible for the implementation of the welfare schemes for children, women, senior citizens and transgender.It monitors the implementation of various enacted social legislation to protect children, women and senior citizens and to prevent child trafficking, dowry, domestic violence against women, child marriage and sexual offences. [1]
The department was reconstituted by the Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Act, 1894. [2] It was adopted by the Madras State post Indian Independence as a part of the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949. [3] It was renamed in 1980 by the Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Abolition Act, 1980. [4]
Tamil Nadu Denatured Spirit, Methyl Alcohol and Varnish (French Polish) Rules 1959. Tamil Nadu Molasses Control and Regulation Rules, 1958. Tamil Nadu Narcotic Drug Rules, 1985. Tamil Nadu Medicinal and Toilet preparations (Excise Duties) Rules, 1956. Tamil Nadu Disposal of Articles (Confiscated under Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act)Rules, 1979.
Tamil Nadu State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) and Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women (TNCDW) function under the department and are involved in the training of administrative officers and implementation of social schemes for women in rural areas respectively.
In 1993, the Government of Tamil Nadu established a separate directorate for the rehabilitation of the differently abled persons from the social department and enacted a policy in 1994. In 1995, it was upgraded as the office of the state commissioner for the differently abled with a state commissioner appointed since 1999.