Udhayanidhi Stalin named State Planning Commission’s ex-officio vice-chairperson
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Tamil Nadu government appoints Udhayanidhi Stalin as SPC vice-chairperson, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as chairperson.
The Tamil Nadu government has named Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin as the ex-officio vice-chairperson of the State Planning Commission (SPC). SPC vice-chairperson J. Jeyaranjan has been re-designated as the executive vice-chairperson.
The State government has also included Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam as the SPC’s ex-officio member, officials said. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin remains the Commission’s ex-officio chairperson. The G.O. in this regard was issued on December 2, Monday.
Informed sources said that a proposal was received to include Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin in the Commission. Since he was holding the planning and development portfolio, the State government decided to designate him as the ex-officio vice-chairperson of the Commission.
R. Srinivasan and M. Vijayabaskar are the Commission’s full-time members, while Sultan Ahmed, K. Deenabandu, N. Ezhilan, Mallika Srinivasan, J. Amalorpavanathan, G. Sivaraman and Narthaki Nataraj are part-time members.
Secretary of Planning & Development Department Ramesh Chand Meena and Secretary T. Udhayachandran are ex-officio members of the panel. Sudha S. is the member secretary.
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