Siddaramaiah retains 11 departments
B Ramanath Rai: Forest, Ecology and Environment; Vinay Kumar Sorake: Urban Development Department (excluding Bangalore); K Abhayachandra: Youth Services; Fisheries; U T Khader: Health and Family Welfare and R V Deshpande: Higher Education and Tourism
BANGALORE: The portfolios for the 29-member Congress cabinet was announced on Sunday night.
Ministers and their portfolios:
Siddaramaiah: Energy, Large and Medium Scale Industries, Finance, Bangalore City Development, Planning and Statistics, Mines and Geology, IT, BT and Science and Technology, Sericulture, Department of Cabinet Affairs, DPAR and Intelligence
R V Deshpande: Higher Education and Tourism
Qamar Ul Islam: Municipalies and Local Bodies; Department of Public Enterprises; Minorities Welfare, Haj and Wakf Department
T B Jayachandra: Law, Justice and Human Rights; Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation; Animal Husbandry
B Ramanath Rai: Forest, Ecology and Environment
HK Patil: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Ramalinga Reddy: Transport
Shamanur Shivashankarappa: Agriculture Marketing; Horticulture
V Srinivas Prasad: Revenue
Dr H C Mahadevappa: Public Works
K J George: Home
H S Mahadeva Prasad: Co-operation
M H Ambareesh: Housing
Prakash Hukkeri: Small Scale Industries; Muzrai; Sugar
Vinay Kumar Sorake: Urban Development Department (excluding Bangalore)
MB Patil: Major and Medium Irrigation
Satish Jarkiholi: Excise
U T Khader: Health and Family Welfare
Baburao Chinchansur: Textiles; Ports and Inland Transport
Shivaraj Tangadagi: Minor Irrigation
H Anjaneya: Social Welfare: Backward Classes Welfare
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
K Abhayachandra: Youth Services; Fisheries
Dinesh Gundu Rao: Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
Krishna Byre Gowda: Agriculture
Dr Sharanaprakash Patil: Medical Education
Santhosh S Lad: Infrastructure Development; Information
Kimmane Ratnakar: Education
Umashree: Women and Child Development; Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens; Kannada and Culture
P T Parameshwar Naik: Labour
