<P> As of June 2018, the Government of Karnataka consists of 27 ministers including Chief Minister and a Deputy Chief Minister . </P> <P> The present Chief Minister of Karnataka is H.D. Kumaraswamy (List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka) </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Designation / Portfolio </Th> <Th> Minister </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief minister (including portfolios like Finance, Energy, Textiles, Cabinet Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence Wing, Planning and Statistics, Small Scale Industries and Sugar, and other portfolios not allocated to or vacated by any ministers) </Td> <Td> H.D. Kumaraswamy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Deputy Chief Minister (Home, Bangalore City Development) </Td> <Td> G. Parameshwara </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Public Works Department excluding Ports & Inland Transport </Td> <Td> H.D. Revanna </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Revenue excluding Muzrai, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship </Td> <Td> R.V. Deshpande </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Co-operation </Td> <Td> Bandeppa Kashempur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Medium and Major Irrigation and Medical Education </Td> <Td> D.K. Shivakumar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Forest, Ecology & Environment Department </Td> <Td> R Shankar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Transport </Td> <Td> D.C. Thammanna </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Large & Medium Scale Industries, IT and BT, Science and Technology </Td> <Td> K.J. George </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Higher Education </Td> <Td> GT Devegowda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Horticulture and <P> Agricultural marketing </P> </Td> <Td> Srinivas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Parliamentary Affairs, Law, Justice and Human Rights </Td> <Td> Krishna Byregowda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Social Welfare (excluding Minority Welfare), Backward Classes </Td> <Td> Priyank M. Kharge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Municipalities & local bodies, Public Enterprises </Td> <Td> Ramesh Jarkiholi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Urban development (excluding Bangalore), City Corporations (excluding BBMP), Urban Land Transport, KUWSDB & KUIDFC, Housing </Td> <Td> U.T. Khader </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Health and Family Welfare (excluding Medical Education) </Td> <Td> Shivanand Patil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> Venkataramanappa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Primary and Secondary Education, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mujarayi </Td> <Td> Rajashekar Patil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Haj Information and Wakf </Td> <Td> Zameer Ahmed Khan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Women & Child Welfare and Kannada & Culture </Td> <Td> Jayamala </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Minor Irrigation, </Td> <Td> C.S. Puttaraju </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fisheries and Youth services & Sports </Td> <Td> Venkataramanappa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Agriculture </Td> <Td> N.H. Shivashankar Reddy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mines and Geology </Td> <Td> Rajshekhar Baswaraj Patil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Animal Husbandry, Sericulture </Td> <Td> Venkatarao Nadagowda </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Designation / Portfolio </Th> <Th> Minister </Th> </Tr>

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