The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Karnataka Cadre.
According to Article 163 of the Constitution of India, There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the 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.
This is the current Cabinet of Karnataka headed by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah:[1][2][3] Other Departments not allocated to any minister Priyank Kharge 12 Urs II 13 Rao 14 Hegde I 15 Hegde II 16 Hegde III 17 S. R. Bommai 18 Patil II 19 Bangarappa 20 Moily 21 Deve Gowda 22 Patel 23 Krishna 24 Singh 25 Kumaraswamy I 26 Yediyurappa I 27 Yediyurappa II 28 Sadananda Gowda 29 Shettar 30 Siddaramaiah I 31 Yediyurappa III 32 Kumaraswamy II 33 Yediyurappa IV 34 Basavaraj Bommai