Karnataka Cabinet Portfolio Allocation: Who Gets Which Department

Karnataka Cabinet Portfolio Allocation: Who Gets Which Department

Bengaluru, 12 August 2026: The confusion over the allocation of portfolios to Karnataka's newly inducted ministers has finally come to an end.

Following the second phase of the Karnataka Cabinet expansion, portfolios have been allocated to the ministers who took oath on August 3. The final list has received the Governor's approval and the government has issued the official notification.

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will handle Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, Law, Justice and Human Rights, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation, Agriculture Marketing, Town and Country Planning, and other unallocated portfolios.

Several important changes have been made in the final allocation.

Ramalinga Reddy and Muniyappa Get New Portfolios

Senior minister Ramalinga Reddy has been given the Forest, Ecology and Environment portfolio. He was earlier unhappy with the allocation of the Water Resources portfolio.

K.H. Muniyappa has been given the Social Welfare portfolio. He was earlier unhappy with being given the Food and Civil Supplies department.

The changes followed discussions among ministers, senior Congress leaders and the Chief Minister over the allocation of key departments.

Karnataka Cabinet Ministers & Portfolios

Complete portfolio allocation

1

D.K. Shivakumar

Chief Minister

Finance; Cabinet Affairs; Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms; Intelligence; Information; Law, Justice and Human Rights; Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation; Agriculture Marketing; Commissionerate of Town & Country Planning; all Urban Local Bodies falling under BDA and BMRDA areas; and all unallotted portfolios.

2

B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan

Cabinet Minister

Housing

3

Ramalinga Reddy

Cabinet Minister

Forest, Ecology and Environment

4

Lakshman Savadi

Cabinet Minister

Co-operation, excluding Agriculture Marketing

5

Rudrappa Manappa Lamani

Cabinet Minister

Sugar and Textiles

6

K.H. Muniyappa

Cabinet Minister

Social Welfare

7

Shivaraj Tangadagi

Cabinet Minister

Backward Classes Welfare; Kannada and Culture

8

U.T. Khader

Cabinet Minister

Minority Welfare; Haj & Wakf; Health and Family Welfare

9

T. Raghumurthy

Cabinet Minister

ST Welfare

10

Dr. Ajay Singh

Cabinet Minister

Minor Irrigation; Science and Technology

11

Cheluvarayaswamy

Cabinet Minister

Major and Medium Irrigation

12

Madhu Bangarappa

Cabinet Minister

Primary and Secondary Education

13

Basavaraj Raya Reddy

Cabinet Minister

Higher Education

14

Shivalinge Gowda

Cabinet Minister

Excise from Finance Department

15

Puttaranga Shetty

Cabinet Minister

Animal Husbandry and Sericulture

16

Vijayananda Kashappanavar

Cabinet Minister

Small Scale Industries; Public Enterprises

17

Santosh Lad

Cabinet Minister

Labour and Employment

18

K.S. Basavanthappa

Cabinet Minister

Muzrai; Fisheries; Ports and Inland Water

19

S.S. Mallikarjun

Cabinet Minister

Mines and Geology; Horticulture

20

Rizwan Arshad

Cabinet Minister

Food and Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs

21

Narendra Swamy

Cabinet Minister

Agriculture

22

H.C. Balakrishna

Cabinet Minister

Municipal Administration

23

B. Nagendra

Cabinet Minister

Planning and Statistics

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