Karnataka Council of Ministers explained

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.

Cabinet Name:	Council Ministers of Karnataka
Cabinet Type:	State
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Incumbent:	Second Siddaramaiah ministry
State Head Title:	Head of State (Governor)
State Head:	Thawar Chand Gehlot
Government Head Title:	Head of Government (Chief Minister)
Government Head:	Siddaramaiah
Deputy Government Head Title:	Deputy Head of Government (Deputy Chief Minister)
Deputy Government Head:	D. K. Shivakumar
Members Number:	34
Total Number:	34
Political Party:	Indian National Congress
Legislature Status:	Majority
Opposition Parties:	Bharatiya Janata Party (Official Opposition) Janata Dal (Secular) Other Parties
Opposition Leader:	R. Ashoka
Election:	2023
Last Election:	2018
Legislature Term:	2023–present
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Predecessor:	Basavaraj Bommai ministry

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to

Article 163 of the Constitution of India,

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

According to

Article 164 of the Constitution of India,

Chief Minister

See main article: Chief Minister of Karnataka. 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

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

See main article: Second Siddaramaiah ministry. 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		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		Major & Medium Irrigation Bengaluru City Development including BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL	INC
3.	G. Parameshwara		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		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