Current Affairs Kerala 2013 Updated

Governor                                               : Nikhil Kumar
Chief Minister                                       : Oommen Chandy ( Oath on 13 May 2011 )
Speaker                                                 : G. Karthikeyan 
Members in Assembly                          : 141
Kerala High Court Chief Justice         : Justice Manjula Chellur
( located in Ernakulam )


State symbols of Kerala

Language  : Malayalam
Animal  : Elephant
Bird          : Great Indian Hornbill
Fish          : Pearl spot (karimeen)
Flower  : Cassia Fistula (Indian laburnum)
Fruit          :Jackfruit
Tree          : Coconut
Costume  : Mundum Neriyathum (women) , Mundu (men)

Kerala 

Kerala State has been divided into 14 districts,21 revenue divisions,14 District Panchayats, 63 taluks, 152 CD blocks, 1453 revenue villages, 978 Gram panchayats, 5 corporations and 60 municipalities.

Sl.No.	Name of Minister	Designation	Abbreviation
1	Shri. Oommen Chandy	Chief Minister	CM
2	Shri. P. K. Kunhalikutty	Minister for Industries and Information Technology	M(Ind &IT)
3	Shri. K. M. Mani	Minister for Finance, Law and Housing	M(Fin., Law and Hsg.)
4	Shri. K. P. Mohanan	Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry,Printing and Stationery	M (Agri., AH, P&Sy)
5	Shri. Shibu Baby John	Minister for Labour and Rehabilitation	M (L & R )
6	Shri. Anoop Jacob	Minister for Food and Civil supplies, Consumer Protection, Registration	M(F,CS&R)
7	Shri. Aryadan Mohammed	Minister for Power and Transport	M(P&Tr.)
8	Shri. K. C. Joseph	Minister for Rural Development Planning, Culture and NORKA	M(RD, Plg., C&NRK)
9	Shri. P. K. Abdu Rabb	Minister for Education	M(Edn)
10	Shri. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	Minister for Home and Vigilance	M(Home&Vig.)
11	Shri. Adoor Prakash	Minister for Revenue and Coir	M(R&C)
12	Shri. P. J. Joseph	Minister for Water Resources	M(WR)
13	Shri. A. P. Anilkumar	Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes and Tourism	M(SCBC&T)
14	Shri. K. Babu	Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Excise	M(F, P&Ex)
15	Shri. C. N. Balakrishnan	Minister for Co-operation Khadi and Village Industries and Pollution Control	M(Co-op, K &VI)
16	Shri. V. K. Ebrahim Kunju	Minister for Public Works	M(PW)
17	Kumari P. K. Jayalakshmi	Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Youth Affairs, Museum & Zoos	M(WST, YA, M&Z)
18	Dr. M. K. Muneer	Minister for Panchayat and Social Welfare	M(P&SW)
19	Shri. Manjalamkuzhi Ali	Minister for Urban Affairs and Welfare of Minorities	M (UA & WM)
20	Shri. V. S. Sivakumar	Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom