She is currently serving as the Minister of Women and Child Development, and Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment in the Government of Karnataka.

[2] Lakshmi Hebbalkar was born in Chikka Hattiholi, a village in Khanapur taluk of Karnataka's Belagavi district, into an agricultural family.

[5] Hebbalkar held the position of general secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee for a brief period before being asked to head the Belagavi District pradesh Congress Committee in 2010 as its first woman president.

[8][9] Hebbalkar was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate in September 2019 in connection with a probe into a money laundering case.

[10] Hebbalkar was reelected to the assembly in 2023 and was appointed the Minister of Women and Child Development as part of the Siddaramaiah ministry.