The official website of the Tamil Nadu Government has been redesigned and given a totally new look with added features. The Home Page has been made livelier by the addition of a What’ New section with photographs, which will highlight the development programmes being launched by the Government. Department page has been added to show the details of all the departments of the Government. It gives the contact details of the Minister, Secretary to Govt, Heads of Departments, links to relevant Citizens Charter and Policy Note documents and lists the websites relating to the department. Search and Site Map facilities have been added. Tamil pages have been grouped and hosted under Tamil version of the site. NIC Tamil Nadu State Unit has designed and is maintaining the site. The new site was formally launched by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Selvi J Jayalalithaa, on 22nd August 2002 at Secretariat.