Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu)

Department of Industries of state of Tamil Nadu
Agency overview
Formed	1811
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Minister responsible	P. Thangamani, Minister for Industries;
Agency executive	Dr N. Sundaradevan IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government;
Parent agency	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/industries.html

The Department of Industries of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

Objective & Functions of the Department

The foremost objective of this department is to promote industrial growth by facilitating setting up of important industries in Tamil Nadu through transparent procedures, removal of bottlenecks fast decision making and single window clearance^[1]

Name	Website
Department of Sugar	http://www.tn.gov.in/sugar/dept.htm & http://www.tn.gov.in/citizen/sugar.htm
Department of Geology & Mining	http://www.tnmine.tn.nic.in/
Directorate of Industries & Commerce (Department of Industries & Commerce)	http://www.indcom.tn.gov.in/

Name	Website	Share Holding
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited	www.tnpl.com	Presently Government of Tamil Nadu holds 35.32% (Out of 100%) of Equity shares in TNPL as of 31.3.2012 as per [1]
Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Limited (TANCEM)	www.tancem.com
Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited (TANMAG)	www.tn.gov.in/tanmag
Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Limited (TEL)	www.tniel.net
Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited (TAMIN)	www.tamingranites.com
Tamil Nadu Co-operative Sugar Federation (TNCSF)
Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation Limited (TASCO)	www.tasco.net.in
Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation Limited	www.tnsalt.com
Southern Structurals Limited (SSL)
State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu	www.sipcot.com
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation	www.tidco.com