All About Government of Karnataka

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.