The S. M. Krishna ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka, a state in South India headed by S. M. Krishna that was formed after the 1999 Karnataka elections.

[1] In the government headed by Krishna, the Chief Minister was from Indian National Congress.

[2] In 1999, as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, S. M. Krishna led the Indian National Congress (INC) to victory in the assembly polls and took over as Chief Minister of Karnataka, a post he held until 2004.

[3] He was also instrumental in creating power reforms with ESCOMS and digitization of land records (Bhoomi) and many other citizen-friendly initiatives.

[4] He encouraged private-public participation and was a forebearer of the Bangalore Advance Task Force.