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The Governor is the de jure constitutional head of state while the Chief Minister is the de facto chief executive.The governor is appointed by the President of India.Following elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government.
The history of local bodies in Tamil Nadu dates back to the Ancient period wherein the village administration was taken care by a Village assembly known as Sabai (Tamil: சபை) in every village. Further, each village was divided into several wards known as mandalams ( Tamil : மண்டலம் ). [ 4 ]
Chennai: 3: Tamil Nadu Footwear, Leathers Goods Manufactory and Tannery Workers Welfare Board: Chennai: 4: Tamil Nadu Artists Welfare Board: Chennai: 5: Tamil Nadu Goldsmiths Welfare Board: Chennai: 6: Tamil Nadu Pottery Workers Welfare Board: Chennai: 7: Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited (OMC) 1978: Chennai: Labour and Employment: Overseas ...
The east coast of Tamil Nadu was one of the areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, during which almost 8000 people died in the disaster. [112] The sixth most populous state in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh-largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. [113]
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) [2] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.
Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fifth largest city. [1] It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal . With an estimated population of 12.05 million (2024), the 383-year-old city is the 31st largest metropolitan area in the world.
The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) is a government body of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, responsible for the recruitment of candidates for various state government jobs through competitive examinations. It is the successor of the Madras Service Commission, which came into being under an Act of the Madras Legislature in 1929 and ...
The city hosts the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet, a business summit organized by the Government of Tamil Nadu. [222] With about 62% of the population classified as affluent with less than 1% asset-poor, Chennai has the fifth highest number of millionaires. [223] [224] [225] Headquarters of major automobile producer Ashok Leyland in Chennai