<P> As of 2012, the Government of Karnataka consists of 30 ministers . </P> <P> The present Chief Minister of Karnataka is Siddaramaiah . </P> <P> List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Department </Th> <Th> Minister </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief minister (including portfolios like Finance, Kannada languages and Cultural, Cabinet Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence Wing), Housing, Bangalore City Development </Td> <Td> Siddaramaiah </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Home minister </Td> <Td> Ramalinga Reddy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Forest, Ecology & Environment Department </Td> <Td> Ramanath Rai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Energy </Td> <Td> D. K Shivakumar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Transport </Td> <Td> H.M. Revanna </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Large & Medium Scale Industries, Infrastructure Development </Td> <Td> R.V. Deshapande </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Higher Education </Td> <Td> Basavaraj Rayareddy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Horticulture and Agricultural marketing </Td> <Td> SS Mallikarjun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rural Development and Panchayat Raj </Td> <Td> H.K. Patil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Public Works Department, Ports & Inland Transport </Td> <Td> Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Revenue </Td> <Td> Kagodu Thimmappa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Small Scale Industries AND sugar </Td> <Td> Geeta Mahadevprasad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Medical Education </Td> <Td> Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Social Welfare (excluding Minority Welfare), Backward Classes </Td> <Td> H. Anjaneya </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Municipalities & local bodies, Public Enterprises </Td> <Td> Eshwara Bhimanna Khandre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Planning and Statistics, IT, BT, Science and Technology </Td> <Td> M.R. Seetharam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Urban development (excluding Bangalore), City Corporations (excluding BBMP), Urban Land Transport, KUWSDB & KUIDFC, Haj Information & Wakf </Td> <Td> R. Roshan Baig </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Health and Family Welfare (excluding Medical Education) </Td> <Td> K.R. Ramesh Kumar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> Santosh Lad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Primary and Secondary Education, Minority Welfare and Wakf </Td> <Td> Tanveer Sait </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Textiles and Muzrai </Td> <Td> Rudrappa Manappa Lamani </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Excise </Td> <Td> RB Timmapur Taken Oth As New Cabinate Minister On 1st September 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs </Td> <Td> U.T. Khader </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Medium and Major Irrigation </Td> <Td> M.B. Patil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Women & Child Welfare and Kannada & Culture </Td> <Td> Umashree </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Co-operation </Td> <Td> ((Ramesh Jarkihole) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Minor Irrigation, Law & Justice, Parliamentary Affairs </Td> <Td> T.B. Jayachandra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fisheries and Youth services & Sports </Td> <Td> Pramodh Madhvaraj </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Agriculture </Td> <Td> Krishna Byre Gowda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mines and Geology </Td> <Td> Vinay Kulkarni </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Animal Husbandry, Sericulture </Td> <Td> A. Manju </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> IT, BT, Science and Technology, Tourism </Td> <Td> Priyank M. Kharge ± </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Housing </Td> <Td> M. Krishnappa ± </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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