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There are 30 districts in Karnataka that are run by the Government of Karnataka, elected by the people of the state. The Governor is the head of the government of Karnataka and formally picks the chief minister and their cabinet. There are two parts to Karnataka’s bicameral state legislature. It includes the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
The state legislature is in the Vidhana Soudha, which is in the city of Karnataka’s state capital. In Karnataka, there are three main political parties: the Indian National Congress Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party Party, and the Janata Dal-Secular Party. During the state elections in 2018, the BJP emerged as the single largest party, and B. S. Yediyurappa was elected as the chief minister of Karnataka. On 26 July 2021, he was replaced by Basavaraj Somappa Bommai.
The Karnataka government has implemented various welfare and development schemes such as Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya, Runamukta Bhagya, and Vidy Sira, among others.
List of Cabinet Ministers in the Karnataka government
The government of Karnataka website provides the list of all elected members in the state. Here’s a comprehensive list of ministers:
Name Portfolio
Chief Minister Sri DPAR, Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Home
B.S. Bommai Department Intelligence, Bengaluru
Development and all unallocated portfolios.
Sri Govinda Major & Medium Irrigation
Makthappa Karajol
Sri K.S. Eshwarappa Department of Rural Development and Panchayat
Raj
Sri R. Ashok Revenue Department excluding Muzrai
Department
Sri B. Sreeramulu Transport, ST Welfare
Sri V. Somanna Housing and Infrastructure Improvements
Sri Umesh Vishwanath Forestry, Agriculture, Civil Supplies and Consumer
Katti Protection
Sri S Angara Fisheries, Port and Inland Transport
Sri J.C. Madhu Swamy Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Legislation, Minor
Irrigation
Sri Aaraga Jnanendra Home (Excluding Intelligence)
Dr. Ashwath Narayan C.N. Higher Education, Information and Communication
Technology, Science and Technology, and Skill
Development
Sri Chandrakantagouda Public Works
Channappagouda Patil
Sri Anand Singh Tourism, Ecology & Environment
Sri Kota Shrinivas Poojari Backward Classes, Social Welfare
Sri Prabhu Chauhan Animal Husbandry
Sri Murgesh Rudrappa Nirani Large & Medium Industries
Sri Arabail Hebbar Shivaram Labour
Sri S.T. Somashekar Co-operation
Sri B.C. Patil Agriculture
Sri B.A. Basavaraja Department of Public Works (excluding
(Byarati) Bengaluru Development, BBMP, BDA, BWSSB,
BMRDA, BMRCL, and the Directorate of Town
Planning from Urban Development)
Dr. K. Sudhakar Medical Education, Health & Family Welfare
Sri K. Gopalaiah Excise from the Department of Finance
Smt Jolle Shashikala Muzarai, Haj & Wakf
Annasaheb
Sri N. Nagaraju (M.T.B) Municipal Government, Small Scale Industries,
and Public Sector Industries
Sri K.C. Narayana Gowda Sports, Sericulture and Youth Empowerment
Sri B.C. Nagesh Sakala and Primary and Secondary Education
Sri V. Sunil Kumar Kannada, Power, and Culture The Commerce
Sri Achar Halappa Basappa Industries Department is responsible for Women
& Child Development, Disabled & Senior
Citizens Empowerment, and Mines & Geology.
Sri Shankar B. Patil C&I Department’s Handloom & Textile
Department, Sugarcane Development &
Directorate of Sugar
Sri Munirathna Departments of Horticulture and Planning,
Program Monitoring and Statistics
Government services – Karnataka Janasevaka Scheme
In Bengaluru, the State Government of Karnataka implemented the Janasevaka programme after the success of the pilot project. This was launched on the occasion of the 66th Kannada Rajyotsava. Janasevaka will bring 56 government services right to the doorstep of all citizens of the state for free.
The programme was initially launched in Malleswaram constituency, and is expected to be launched across Karnataka in 2022.
Conclusion
Karnataka has a parliamentary government with two democratically elected chambers. The people elect both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislature. The Legislative Assembly has 224 members who are elected for five-year terms. T The Legislative Council has 75 members, although one-third (25 persons) leave every two years.
Karnataka’s Chief Minister is elected by members of assembly from the ruling party, and they are in charge of administering the state. With the assistance of the council of ministers, the Chief Minister is in control of the legislative agenda and wields the majority of authority. Nonetheless, the Governor is the state’s official head, having been selected by the President of India at the Union government’s suggestion.
Governors are elected for a five-year tenure. They also elect 28 persons to the Lok Sabha, the lower chamber of the Indian Parliament. The Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament’s upper chamber, has 12 members chosen by the state’s people.
