Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise
Government department of Tamil Nadu state, India
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The Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.
Formed1811
JurisdictionTamil Nadu
HeadquartersChennai
Ministers responsible
- C. Joseph Vijay, Chief Minister and Minister for Home Department
- K. Vignesh, Minister for Prohibition and Excise Department
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| Formed | 1811 |
| Jurisdiction | Tamil Nadu |
| Headquarters | Chennai |
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| Website | tncpe.gov.in |
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)
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