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Third A. K. Antony Ministry

18th Cabinet of Kerala
2001-04
Date formed17 May 2001
Date dissolved29 August 2004
People and organisations
Head of governmentA. K. Antony
Member parties  UDF
Status in legislatureMajority
99 / 140 (71%)
Opposition party  LDF
Opposition leaderV. S. Achuthanandan
History
Election2001
PredecessorThird Nayanar ministry
SuccessorFirst Chandy ministry

The Eleventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in A. K. Antony's third ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Indian National Congress leader A. K. Antony from 17 May 2001 to 29 August 2004. This was the 18th Ministry in Kerala and it comprised 21 ministers.

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Minister Party Ministry/Portfolio
1 A. K. Antony Indian National Congress Chief Minister (Also in charge of Home Department)
2 K. Sankaranarayanan Indian National Congress Minister for Finance
3 K. M. Mani Kerala Congress Minister for Revenue
4 M. K. Muneer Indian Union Muslim League Minister for Public Works
5 P. K. Kunhalikutty Indian Union Muslim League Minister for Industries
6 K. R. Gouri Amma Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Coir
7 M. V. Raghavan Communist Marxist Party Minister for Co-operation
8 Kadavoor Sivadasan Indian National Congress Minister for Electricity
9 Babu Divakaran Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Minister for Labour and Minister for Employment
10 T. M. Jacob Kerala Congress Minister for Water Resources
11 K. B. Ganesh Kumar Kerala Congress Minister for Transport
12 C. F. Thomas Kerala Congress Minister for Culture
13 P Sankaran Indian National Congress Minister for Health
14 M. A. Kuttappan Indian National Congress Minister for Forestry
15 Nalakath Soopy Indian Union Muslim League Minister for Education
16 G. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress Minister for Devaswom
17 K. V. Thomas Indian National Congress Minister for Tourism
18 M M Hassan Indian National Congress Minister for External Affairs
19 K. Sudhakaran Indian National Congress Minister for Forests and Sports
20 Chekkalam Abdulla Indian Union Muslim League Minister for Local Self Government

Achievements

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  • The Akshaya project was implemented in 2002 by providing E-literacy to the people those who haven't it and opening Akshaya centres in the remote rural areas of the state, thus ensuring Internet availability all over the state, aiming to make Kerala the first complete E-literate state of India.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Council of Ministers - Kerala". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Ministries after State formation". Information & Public Relations Department of Kerala. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ "The first E-literate district of India". The Times of India. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2020.