Current Cabinet (2008-present)
As of 2008, the government of Karnataka consists of 34 ministers. The important porfolio of finance has been retained by the Chief Minister.
| Portfolio | Minister |
| Chief Minister a) Department of Cabinet Affairs
b) Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms c) Department of Finance including Institutional Finance and excluding Excise, Small Savings & Lotteries d) Intelligence Wing from Home Department e) Urban Development Department - All subjects pertaining to Bangalore City excluding BWSSB. f) Information from Kannada and Culture, Information & Tourism Department g) Mines and Geology from C & I Department h) Minority Welfare from Social Welfare Department i) Tourism From Kannada and Culture,Information and Tourism Department j) Infrastructure Development Department k) Youth Service Department l) Revenue Including Haj & Wakf,Excluding Muzrai. m) Health and Family Welfare Department Excluding Medical Education n)Higher Education from Education Department 0) Planning Department p) Statistics Department q) Muzrai from Revenue Department r) IT & BT Department excluding Science and Technology s) Any other Department not specifically allocated |
Shri Jagadish Shettar |
| a)Transport Department
b)Home Department excluding Intelligence Wing and prisons |
Shri.R. Ashok |
| a) Law. Justice and Human Rights
b) Parliamentary Affairs c) Legislature d) Urban Development Department (7 City Corporations, KUWS &DB, KUIDFC, Directorate of Town Planning, Directorate of Land Transport, Urban Development Authorities excluding subjects pertaining to Bangalore City, BWSSB,CMCs, TMCs, TPs and Local Bodies e) BWSSB from Urban Development Department |
Shri S. Suresh Kumar |
| a)Energy Department
b)Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department |
yet to be elected (As karandlaje resigned |
| Rural Development and Panchayat Raj including Rural Development Engineering Department and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation | Shri Jagadish Shettar |
| a)Sugar from Commerce & Industries Department
b)Horticulture from Agriculture and Horticulture Department |
Shri S.A. Ravindranath |
| Medical Education from Health & Family Welfare Department | S.A. Ramdas |
| a)Labour Department
b) Sericulture from C & I Department |
B.N. Bacche Gowda |
| Primary and Secondary Education from Education Department excluding Mass Education and Public Libraries | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri |
| a)Mass Education and Public Libraries from Education Department
b)Small Savings and Lotteries from Finance Department c)Animal Husbandry from Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Department |
Revu Naik Belamgi |
| Excise from Finance Department | M.P. Renukacharya |
| Public Works Department Excluding Ports and Inland Water Transport | yet to be elected (C Udasi resigned) |
| a) Minor Irrigation from Water Resources Department
b) Kannada and Culture from Kannada and Culture Information & Tourism Department |
Govind .M. Karjol |
| Major and Medium Irrigation from Water Resources Department | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Large and Medium Scale Industries from C & I Department | Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani |
| Housing Department | V. Somanna |
| Agriculture from Agriculture & Horticulture Department | Umesh Vishwanath Katti |
| a)Social Welfare Department excluding Minorities Welfare
b) Prisons from Home Department |
Anekal Narayana Swamy |
| Forest Department from. Forest, Ecology & Environment Department | C.P.Yogeshwar |
| Textiles from Commerce & Industries Department | Varthur Prakash |
| Small Scale Industries from Commerce & Industries Department | Narashima Nayak (raju gowda) |
| a) Municipalities and Local Bodies (CMCs, TMCs and TPs) from Urban Development Department
b) Department of Public Enterprises |
Balachandra Laxmanrao Jharkiholi |
| a)Fisheries from Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department
b) Science and Technology from IT, BT, S & T Department |
Asnotikar Anand Vasant |
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