Karnataka: CM Basavaraj Bommai allocates portfolios to new ministers
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 Ā
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 CultureĀ
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 SugarĀ
Muniratna: Horticulture and Planning Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department Ā Ā
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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