Third Antony ministry explained

Cabinet Name:	Third A. K. Antony Ministry
Cabinet Number:	18th
Jurisdiction:	Kerala
Incumbent:	2001-04
Date Formed:	17 May 2001
Date Dissolved:	29 August 2004
Government Head:	A. K. Antony
Opposition Leader:	V. S. Achuthanandan
Previous:	Third Nayanar ministry
Successor:	First Chandy ministry
Election:	2001

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
5	P. K. Kunhalikutty		Indian Union Muslim League	Minister for Industries
6	K. R. Gouri Amma			Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy
7	M. V. Raghavan			Communist Marxist Party	Minister for Co-operation
8	Kadavoor Sivadasan		Indian National Congress
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

• 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Council of Ministers - Kerala. Kerala Legislative Assembly. 20 December 2009.
2. Web site: Ministries after State formation. 11 June 2014. Information & Public Relations Department of Kerala. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160708185932/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/ministers49_main.htm. 8 July 2016.
3. Web site: The first E-literate district of India . The Times of India . 18 August 2004 . 3 July 2020.