Karnataka cabinet reshuffle: DK Shivakumar retains Finance, check full list of ministers here

Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has retained the Finance portfolio in the latest cabinet reshuffle, while Madhu Bangarappa has been assigned Primary and Secondary Education. Basavaraj Rayareddy will head Higher Education, while Santosh Lad has been given Labour and Employment. Ramalinga Reddy has been assigned Forest and Ecology.

Shivakumar also retained Cabinet Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, Law, Justice and Human Rights, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation and Agriculture Marketing, along with unallocated portfolios.

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BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan has been assigned the Housing portfolio, while K H Muniyappa will handle Social Welfare, while UT Khader has been given Minority Welfare, Haj & Waqf, Health and Family Welfare. MB Patil is set to head Commerce and Industries.

DK Shivakumar announces cabinet reshuffle: Check full list of ministers

• B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan - Housing
• Lakshman Savadi - Co-operation
• Rudrappa Manappa Lamani - Sugar and Textiles
• Ramalinga Reddy - Forest, Ecology and Environment Department
• K H Muniyappa - Social Welfare Department
• U T Khader - Health, Minority Welfare, Haj & Wakf
• Shivaraj Tangadagi - Backward Classes Welfare and Kannada and Culture
• T Raghumurthy - ST Welfare
• Ajay Singh - Minor Irrigation & Science and Technology
• Cheluvarayaswamy - Major and Medium Irrigation
• Madhu Bangarappa - Primary and Secondary Education
• Basavaraj Raya Reddy - Higher Education
• Shivalinge Gowda - Excise
• Puttaranga Shetty - Animal Husbandry and Sericulture Minister
• Vijayananda Kashappanavar - Small Scale Industries, Public Enterprises
• Santosh Lad - Labour and Employment
• K.S.Basvanthappа - Muzrai, Fisheries, Ports and Inland Water
• S S Mallikarjun - Mines and Geology, Horticulture
• Rizwan Arshad - Food and Civil Supply, Consumer Affairs
• Narendra Swamy - Agriculture
• H.C. Balakrishna - Municipal Administration
• B Nagendra - Planning and Statistics
• MB Patil - Commerce and Industries

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There is no woman minister in the Shivakumar-led cabinet. Two months after assuming charge as the Karnataka Chief Minister, Shivakumar expanded his Cabinet on August 3, by inducting 19 ministers, bringing the total strength to 33. However, one berth still remains vacant.