The allocation of portfolios to newly-inducted ministers was done on Saturday and the list is as follows:
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai-led Cabinet expansion took place on Wednesday, as 29 new council of ministers were inducted into the Cabinet.
The allocation of portfolios to newly-inducted ministers was done on Saturday and the list is as follows:
Basavaraj Bommai: Karnataka CM, DPAR, Finance Intelligence from Home, cabinet Affairs, Bengaluru Development and all un-allocated portfolios
Govind Karjol: Major and Medium Irrigation
KS Eshwarappa: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
R Ashok: Revenue Department
B Sreeramulu: Transport, ST Welfare
V Somanna: Housing and InfrastructureDevelopment
S Angara: Fisheries, Port and Inland Transport
JC Madhu Swamy: Minor Irrigation; law, Parliament Affairs and Legislation
Araga Jnanendra: Home Department (excluding Intelligence)
Dr CN Ashwath Narayan: higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology, Skill Development
CC Patil: Public Works Department
Anand Singh: Ecology and Environment, Tourism
Kota Srinivas Poojari: Social Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare
Prabhu Chauhan: Animal Husbandry
Murugesh Nirani: Large & Medium Industries
Shivaram Hebbar: Labour
ST Somashekar: Co-operation
BC Patil: Agriculture
Byrati Basavaraj: Urban Development (including KUWSDB & KUIDFC, excluding Bengaluru Development, BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL, and Directorate of urban Planning, Urban Development Department)
Dr K Sudhakar: Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education
K Gopalaiah: Excise from Finance Department
Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle: Muzarai, Haj & WAKF
MTB Nagaraj: Municipal Administration, Small Scale Industries, Public Sector Industries
Narayana Gowda: Sericulture, Youth Empowerment and Sports
BC Nagesh: Primary & Secondary Education, Sakala
V Sunil Kumar: Energy, Kannada and Culture
A Halappa: Mines & Geology from Commerce and Industries Department, Women & Child Development, Disabled & Senior Citizens Empowerment
Shankar B Patil: Handloom & Textile Department from C & I Department, Sugarcane Development and Directorate of Sugar
Muniratna: Horticulture and Planning Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department
Bommai has majorly retained the old faces, as 23 of them were Ministers in the previous BS Yediyurappa cabinet, while six are new.
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