Third Antony ministry

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.

Third A. K. Antony Ministry
18th Cabinet of Kerala
2001-04
Date formed	17 May 2001
Date dissolved	29 August 2004
People and organisations
Head of government	A. K. Antony
Member parties	UDF
Status in legislature	Majority 99 / 140 (71%)
Opposition party	LDF
Opposition leader	V. S. Achuthanandan
History
Election	2001
Predecessor	Third Nayanar ministry
Successor	First Chandy ministry

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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	Minister for Public Works
5	P. K. Kunhalikutty		Indian Union Muslim League	Minister for Industries
6	K. R. Gouri Amma		Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy	Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Coir
7	M. V. Raghavan		Communist Marxist Party	Minister for Co-operation
8	Kadavoor Sivadasan		Indian National Congress	Minister for Electricity
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]