Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Tamil Nadu State has a population of 7,21,47,030 as per Census 2011 and covers an area of 1,30,058 km Chennai (formerly known as Madras) is the State Headquarters. http://www.tn.gov.in/government Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board is administrated by Government of Tamil Nadu. It was formed by Tamil Nadu Slum Areas(Improvement & Clearance) Act 1971. The main function of this board is to eradicate the slum and provide hygienic tenements in Tamil Nadu. His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu Thiru Banwarilal Purohit is the constitutional Head of the State. Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K.
History of Tamil Nadu in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. The growing demands for skilled labour has caused increased number of educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. The widespread application of caste based affirmative action caused the state to have 69% of all educational and employment vacancies to be reserved to the backward castes. Such caste-based reservations have huge public support in Tamil Nadu, with no popular protests organised against its implementation. The politics of Tamil Nadu have gone through three distinct phases since independence. The domination of the Congress Party after 1947