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Karnataka Council of Ministers

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The Karnataka Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Karnataka and headed by Chief Minister of Karnataka, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Karnataka Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government.

Council Ministers of Karnataka
Second Siddaramaiah ministry
Date formed20 May 2023 (2023-05-20)
People and organisations
Head of State (Governor)Thawar Chand Gehlot
Head of Government (Chief Minister)Siddaramaiah
Deputy Head of Government (Deputy Chief Minister)D. K. Shivakumar
No. of ministers34
Total no. of members34
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
134 / 224 (60%)
1 / 224 (0.4%)
2 / 224 (0.9%)
Opposition cabinet
66 / 224 (29%)
18 / 224 (8%)
5 / 224 (2%)
Opposition parties
Opposition leaderR. Ashoka
History
Election2023
Outgoing election2018
Legislature term2023–present
PredecessorBasavaraj Bommai ministry

Constitutional requirement

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For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

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According to Article 163 of the Constitution of India,

There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.

  1. If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
  2. The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

For other provisions as to Ministers

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According to Article 164 of the Constitution of India,

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.

  1. The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
  2. Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
  3. A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
  4. The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

Chief Minister

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Like any Indian state, Chief Ministers of Karnataka is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet. The current Chief Minister is Siddaramaiah.

State Cabinet

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As per the Constitution of India, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister.

Current Cabinet

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This is the current Cabinet of Karnataka headed by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah:[1][2][3]

SI No. Name Constituency Department Party
1.
Siddaramaiah
Chief Minister
Varuna
  • Finance
  • Cabinet Affairs
  • Personnel and Administrative Reforms
  • Intelligence
  • Information and Public Relation

Other Departments not allocated to any minister

INC
2.
D. K. Shivakumar
Deputy Chief Minister
Kanakapura
  • Major & Medium Irrigation
  • Bengaluru City Development including BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL
INC
3.
G. Parameshwara
Kortagere
  • Home (excluding Intelligence)
INC
4.
H. K. Patil
Gadag
  • Law
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Legislation
  • Tourism
INC
5.
K. H. Muniyappa
Devanahalli
  • Food & Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
INC
6.
K. J. George
Sarvagnanagar
  • Energy
INC
7.
M. B. Patil
Babaleshwar
  • Large & Medium Industries
  • Infrastructure Development
INC
8.
Ramalinga Reddy
B.T.M Layout
  • Transport
  • MUZRAI
INC
9.
Satish Jarkiholi
Yemkanmardi
  • Public works Department
INC
10.

Priyank Kharge

Chittapur
  • Rural Development
  • Panchayati Raj
  • IT & BT
INC
11. B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan Chamrajpet
  • Housing
  • Waqf
  • Minorities
INC
12. Krishna Byre Gowda Byatarayanapura
  • Revenue (excluding Muzrai)
INC
13.
Dinesh Gundu Rao
Gandhi Nagar
  • Health & Family Welfare
INC
14. N. Chaluvaraya Swamy Nagamangala
  • Agriculture
INC
15.
K. Venkatesh
Periyapatna
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Sericulture
INC
16.
H. C. Mahadevappa
T. Narasipur
  • Social Welfare
INC
17.
Eshwara Khandre
Bhalki
  • Forest
  • Ecology
  • Environment
INC
18. K. N. Rajanna Madhugiri
  • Cooperation excluding Agricultural Marketing
INC
19.
Sharanabasappa Darshanapur
Shahapur
  • Small Scale Industries
  • Public Enterprises
INC
20. Shivanand Patil Basavana Bagevadi
  • Textiles
  • Sugarcane Development & Directorate of Sugar
  • Agricultural Marketing
INC
21. R. B. Timmapur Mudhol
  • Excise
INC
22. S. S. Mallikarjun Davanagere North
  • Mines & Geology
  • Horticulture
INC
23. Shivaraj Tangadagi Kanakagiri
  • Backward class
  • Kannada & Culture
INC
24. Sharan Prakash Patil Sedam
  • Medical Education
  • Skill Development
INC
25.
M. S. Vaidya
Bhatkal
  • Fisheries & Ports
  • Inland Transport
INC
26.
Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Belgaum Rural
  • Women & Child Development
  • Disabled & Senior Citizens Empowerment
INC
27. Rahim Khan Bidar
  • Municipal Administration
  • Haj
INC
28. D. Sudhakar Hiriyur
  • Planning & Statistics
INC
29.
Santosh Lad
Kalghatgi
  • Labour
INC
30. N. S. Boseraju MLC
  • Minor Irrigation
  • Science & Technology
INC
31. Byrathi Suresh Hebbal
  • Urban Development & Town Planning (including KUWSDB & KUIDFC) (excluding Bengaluru City Development)
INC
32.
Madhu Bangarappa
Sorab
  • Primary & Secondary Education
INC
33.
M. C. Sudhakar
Chintamani
  • Higher Education
INC
34.
B. Nagendra
Bellary Rural
  • Youth Services
  • Sports
  • ST Welfare
INC

References

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