Karnataka Government: List of Ministers With Portfolio in H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday allocated various departments among 27 cabinet ministers from the Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress. Kumaraswamy held 11 portfolios

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday allocated various departments among 27 cabinet ministers from the Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress. Kumaraswamy held 11 portfolios including finance with himself, whereas his deputy G Parameshwara kept three ministries including home department.

In Karnataka cabinet, D K Shivakumar, who played an instrumental role in the formation of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state, was given two ministries – irrigation from water resources department and medical education from health and family welfare department.

“Governor Vajubhai Vala has allocated the portfolios to all the 27 cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Chief Minister of the Congress, on the advice of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy,” said Raj Bhavan in a communique.

Karnataka Cabinet: List of Ministers With Portfolios

Minister	Portfolio
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy	Department of Cabinet Affairs
	Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms
	Department Finance including Excise, Institutional Finance and Small Savings and Lotteries
	Intelligence Wing from Home Department
	Information and Public Relations from Kannada and Culture, Information and Public Relation Department
	Planning and Statics Department
	Energy Department
	Department of Public Enterprises
	Infrastructure Development Department
	Textile from Commerce and Industries Department
	Any other Department/Board and Corporations not specifically allocated
Deputy CM G Parameshwara	Home Department excluding Intelligence wing
	Subjects pertaining to Bangalore City, viz, BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, Directorate of Town Planning from Urban Development Department
	Youth Empowerment and Sports Department
H D Revanna	Public Works Department excluding Ports and Island Transport
R V Deshpande	Revenue Department excluding Muzrai
	Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Department
Bandeppa Kashmpur	Co-operation Department
D K Shivakumar	Major and Medium Irrigation from Water Resources Department
	Medical Education from Health and Family Welfare Department
G T Devegowda	Higher Education from Education Department
K J George	Large and Medium Scale Industries from Commerce and Industries Department including Sugar
	IT and BT, Science and Technology Department
D C Thammanna	Transport Department
Krishna Byregowda	Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
	Law, Justice and Human Rights Department
	Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation Department
Managuli Mallapa Channaveerappa	Horticulture Department excluding Sericulture Department
N H Shivashankara Reddy	Agriculture Department
S R Srinivas (Vasu)	Small Scale Industries from Commerce and Industries Department
Jarakiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao	Municipality and Local Bodies from Urban Development Department
	Forts and Inland Transport Department from Public Works Department
Venkatarao Nadagowda	Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department
Priyank Kharge	Social Welfare Department
C S Puttaraju	Minor Irrigation from Water Resources Department
U T Abdul Khadir	City Corporations excluding BBMB and subjects pertaining to Bangalore City, Urban Development Authorities excluding subjects pertaining to Bangalore Directorate of Urban Land Transport, KUWS and DB and KUIDFC from Urban Development Department
	Housing Department
SA RA Mahesh	Tourism Department
	Sericulture from Horticulture Department
BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan	Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department
	Minority Welfare and Wakf Department
N Mahesh	Primary and Secondary Education from Education Department
Shivanand Patil	Health and Family Welfare Department excluding Medical Education
Venkataramanappa	Labour Department
Rajshekhar Baswaraj Patil	Mines and Zoology from Commerce and Industries Department
	Muzrai from Revenue Department
C Puttaranga Shetty	Backward Classes Welfare Department
R Shankar	Forest, Ecology and Environment Department
Jayamala	Women and Child Development, Empowerment of Differently-abled and Senior Citizens
	Kannada and Culture from Kannada and Culture, Information and Public Relation Department

The 27-member ministry has 15 ministers from the Congress, including Deputy Chief Minister and 10 from JD-S, including the Chief Minister, and one from its ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one Independent.

25 legislators were inducted in the state cabinet including 23 from the coalition partners – Congress and JD(S) – and one BSP MLA and an Independent. The JD(S) ministers are HD Revanna, Bandeppa Kashempur, GT Deve Gowda, DC Thammanna, MC Managuli, SR Srinivas, Venkatrao Nadegouda, CS Puttaraju and SR Mahesh.

The Congress ministers were R V Deshpande, D K Shivakumar, KJ George, Krishna Byre Gowda, Shiva Shankar Reddy, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, U.T. Abdul Khader, Zameer Ahmed Khan, Shivanand Patil, Venkat Ramanappa, Rajasekhar Basavaraj Patil, Puttaranga Shetty and Jayamala.CM Kumaraswamy’s brother HD Revanna was allocated public works department (PWD) excluding post and inland transport.