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{{Short description|Government of Tamil Nadu, India in 1988}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = Janaki Ministry
|cabinet_number = 7th
|cabinet_type = Ministry
|jurisdiction = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|flag = Flag of India.svg
|flag_border = true
|flag_width = 75
|incumbent = Head of the government
|image = VNJanaki.jpg
|image_size = 200
|alt = V.N. Janaki Ramachandran
|caption = Tmt. [[V. N. Janaki Ramachandran]] Former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]
|date_formed = 7 January 1988
|date_dissolved = 30 January 1988
|governor_title = [[Governor of Tamil Nadu|Governor]]
|governor = [[Sundar Lal Khurana|S. L. Khurana]]
|government_head_title = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]
|government_head = [[V. N. Janaki Ramachandran]]
|government_head_history = [[List of Indian film actresses#V|Indian film actress]]
|total_number = 8
|political_party = {{Color box|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|border=darkgray}} [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]]
|opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|border=darkgray}} [[Indian National Congress]]
|opposition_leader = [[O. Subramanian]]
|election = [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]
|last_election = [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|legislature_term = 23 days
|predecessor = [[Third Ramachandran ministry]] [[Second Nedunchezhiyan ministry]](interim)
|successor = [[Third Karunanidhi ministry]]
}}
The '''Ministry of Janaki''' was the [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers]], headed by [[V. N. Janaki Ramachandran]], that was formed after the death of her husband and the former [[chief minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. G. Ramachandran]] (M.G.R.) with the support of some senior prominent members headed by [[R. M. Veerappan]]. On 7 January 1988, the council took office.<ref name="councilofministers">{{Citation|last=|title=TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (EIGHTH ASSEMBLY) REVIEW 1985-88|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/8th_1985/8threview_85-88.pdf|year=1988|location=[[Chennai]]|publisher=Secratriat of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly Secretariat]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=OVERVIEW|first=EIGHTH ASSEMBLY|title=EIGHTH ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/8th_1985/overview.html|access-date=24 May 2021|website=assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref>

She was the first women [[Chief minister]] of Tamilnadu and her ministry was dismissed following [[Pandemonium]] in [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] following [[Motion of no confidence]] on 28 January.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramakrishnan |first=T. |date=2025-10-22 |title=How Janaki Ramachandran became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after MGR’s demise |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/how-janaki-ramachandran-became-the-chief-minister-of-tamil-nadu-after-mgr-demise/article70187420.ece |access-date=2026-02-13 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> {{notelist}}

==Constitutional requirement==
===For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor===
According to [http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p06163.html Article 163] of the [[Indian Constitution]],
{{cquote|
# There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
# If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
# The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.
}}

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor: Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.
{{cquote|# The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
# Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
# A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
# The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.
}}

==Council of Ministers==
===Cabinet (7 January 1988 – 30 January 1988)===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=7|[[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
|-
!No.
!Name
!Constituency
!Portfolio
!Departments
!colspan=2|Political party
|-
!1
|'''[[V. N. Janaki Ramachandran]]'''
|''did not contest''
|[[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]
|
*Indian Administrative Service
*Indian Police Service and other All Indian Services
*Home Prevention of Corruption
*Finance General Administration
*Revenue
*Cooperation
*Legislature
*Elections
*Statistics
*Youth Service Crops, and
*Industries
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|{{party color cell|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
!colspan=7|[[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers#State Cabinet|Cabinet Ministers]]
|-
!2
|'''[[R. M. Veerappan]]'''
|[[Tirunelveli Assembly constituency|Tirunelveli]]
|Minister for Local Administration
|
*Municipal Administration
*Panchayats
*Panchayats Unions
*Community Development and Rural Indebtedness
*Labour
*Censes Employment and Training
*Indian Overseas
*Refugees and Evacuees
*Iron and Steel Control
*News Print Control
*Stationary and Printing
*Government Press
*Food, and
*Price Control
|rowspan=7|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|rowspan=7 {{party color cell|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
!3
|'''[[P. U. Shanmugam]]'''
|[[Melmalayanur Assembly constituency|Melmalayanur]]
|Minister for Health
|
*Health
*Environment Pollution Control
*Backward Classes
*Fisheries
*Handlooms and Textiles
*Housing and Slum Clearance Boards
*Town Planning, and
*Accommodation Control
|-
!4
|'''[[C. Ponnaiyan]]'''
|[[Tiruchengode Assembly constituency|Tiruchengode]]
|Minister for Education and Law
|
*Education
*Official language
*Tamil Development and Culture
*Law
*Courts
*Prisons
*Deputy Collectors
*Legislation on Weight and Measures
*Debt Relief including legislation on Money Lending, Chits, Registration of Companies and Molasses, and
*Agriculture
|-
!5
|'''[[S. Muthusamy]]'''
|[[Erode Assembly constituency|Erode]]
|Minister for Transport
|
*Transport
*Nationalised Transport
*Motor Vehicles Act
*Ports and Highways
*Public District Revenue Officers
*Rural Industries including Cottage and Small Industries
*Water Supply and Drainage Board
*Public Works, and
*Irrigation
|-
!6
|'''[[V. V. Swaminathan]]'''
|[[Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency|Bhuvanagiri]]
|Minister for Tourism, Prohibition and Electricity
|
*Prohibition and Excise
*Animal Husbandry
*Milk Dairy Development
*Registration and Stamp Act
*Information and Publicity
*Film Technology
*Tourism
*Tourism Development Corporation
*Cinematograph Act
*Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
*Forests
*Cinchona
*Planning
*Archaeology
*Passports
*Electricity, and
*Waqf
|-
!7
|'''[[T. Ramasamy]]'''
|[[Ramanathapuram Assembly constituency|Ramanathapuram]]
|Minister for Commercial Taxes
|
*Commercial Taxes
*Nutritious Meals
*Khadi
*Bhoodan, and
*Gramdhan
|-
!8
|'''[[A. Arunachalam]]'''
|[[Varahur Assembly constituency|Varahur]]
|Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare
|
*Adi Dravidar Welfare
*Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour
*Social Welfare including Women and Children's welfare
*Beggars' Home
*Orphanages, and
*Correctional Administrative
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Tamil Nadu ministries|Janaki]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1988]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 1988]]
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Janaki ministry - Revision history

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