Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin has reconstituted the State Minorities Commission by appointing former Congress MLA S Peter Alphonse as its chairperson, and also the Construction Workers Welfare Board.
The State Minorities Commission was constituted to safeguard the rights and interests of both religious and linguistic minorities. It visits various parts of the State to study the problems of minorities and recommends suitable remedial measures to the departments concerned, an official release said.
Another release said, Stalin also reconstituted the Tamilnadu Construction Workers Welfare Board and named Pon Kumar as its chairperson.
Secretaries of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply, Finance, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, Highways and Minor Ports Departments, the Labour Commissioner, the Director of Industrial Safety and Health, theĀ Director of Public Health and the Regional Labour Commissioner of the UnionĀ government would also be part of the Board.
Representatives of employers, Tamilnadu Housing Board, Tamilnadu Slum Clearance Board, representatives from CREDAI, and epresentatives from manual workers are also among the members of the Board.