Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 26 out of 27 Ministers including Chief Minister from Karnataka State Assembly 2018. Out of these 27 ministers, 26 are MLAs and one MLC namely Ms. Jayamala. The affidavit of Ms. Jayamala was not available at the time of making this report.
Background Details of Karnataka’s Ministers, 2018
Criminal Background
- Ministers with Criminal Cases: 7(27%) ministers including the Chief Minister analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 4(15%) ministers including the Chief Minister have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Financial Background
- Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 26 ministers analysed, 25 (96%) are crorepatis.
- Average Assets: The average assets of 26 ministers analysed is Rs 76.08 crores.
- Ministers with Highest Assets: The minister with the highest declared total assets is D.K. Shivakumar from Kanakpura constituency with assets worth Rs.840.01 crores. The top five ministers with highest declared assets are:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party Name | Movable Assets (Rs) | Immovable Assets (Rs) | Total Assets (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | D K Shivakumar | RAMANAGARAM | KANAKAPURA | INC | 1,01,31,90,097 | 7,38,69,76,948 | 8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+ |
Y |
| 2 | R Shankar | HAVERI | RANEBENNUR | Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party | 35,56,21,961 | 2,29,77,55,749 | 2,65,33,77,710 265 Crore+ |
Y |
| 3 | Deshpande Raghunath Vishwanath | UTTARA KANNADA | HALIYAL | INC | 1,85,00,79,738 | 30,15,13,993 | 2,15,15,93,731 215 Crore+ |
Y |
| 4 | H D Kumara Swamy | RAMANAGARAM | CHANNAPATNA | JD(S) | 1,02,03,82,437 | 65,10,26,000 | 1,67,14,08,437 167 Crore+ |
Y |
| 5 | Ramesh Laxmanrao Jarkiholi | BELGAUM | GOKAK | INC | 47,68,81,752 | 75,10,52,000 | 1,22,79,33,752 122 Crore+ |
Y |
Table: Top 5 Ministers with Highest Assets
- Liabilities: A total of 23 out of 26 ministers analysed have declared liabilities. The details of the top 5 ministers are given below:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party Name | Total Assets(Rs) | Liabilities (Rs) | Disputed liabilities (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | D K Shivakumar | RAMANAGARAM | KANAKAPURA | INC | 8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+ |
# 2,28,27,02,677 228 Crore+ |
11,60,25,122 11 Crore+ |
Y |
| 2 | H D Kumara Swamy | RAMANAGARAM | CHANNAPATNA | JD(S) | 1,67,14,08,437 167 Crore+ |
1,04,93,92,330 104 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
| 3 | R Shankar | HAVERI | RANEBENNUR | Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party | 2,65,33,77,710 265 Crore+ |
53,07,76,675 53 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
| 4 | Kelachandra Joseph George | B.B.M.P(NORTH) | SARVAGNANAGAR | INC | 80,37,82,475 80 Crore+ |
48,09,74,477 48 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
| 5 | Ramesh Laxmanrao Jarkiholi | BELGAUM | GOKAK | INC | 1,22,79,33,752 122 Crore+ |
46,49,40,112 46 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
Table: Ministers with Declared Liabilities
#Disputed Liabilities
- Ministers with High Income: 7 out of 26 ministers analysed have declared their total annual income above Rs. 1 crore. The details of these ministers are given below:
| S.No. | Name | Party | Constituency | District | Total Asset (Rs) | Self-Source of Income | Spouse’s Source of Income | The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate | Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+
Dependent) (Rs) |
Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs) |
| 1 | Kelachandra Joseph George | INC | SARVAGNANAGAR | B.B.M.P(NORTH) | 80,37,82,475
80 Crore+ |
Salary Rs 387893/-, Income from House Property Rs 4214827/-, Gift (Watch) Taxable Rs 3271198/-, Interest Income Rs 145872/-, Dividend taxable Rs 20664500/- | Salary Rs 17997600/-, Income from House Property Rs 159473/-, Interest Income Rs 82223/-, Plot Rent Rs 145200/-, Profit from race horse Rs 95650/- | 2016-2017 | 4,71,64,436
4 Crore+ |
2,86,84,290 2 Crore+ |
| 2 | Deshpande Raghunath Vishwanath | INC | HALIYAL | UTTARA KANNADA | 2,15,15,93,731 215 Crore+ | Salary , Dividends, Investment | Rent ,Dividends, Investment | 2017-2018 | 3,15,77,980
3 Crore+ |
22,76,750
22 Lacs+ |
| 3 | H D Kumara Swamy | JD(S) | CHANNAPATNA | RAMANAGARAM | 1,67,14,08,437 167 Crore+ | Salary Income Rs 326030/-, Agriculture Income Rs 4163000/- | Directors Remuneration from Kasthuri Medias (P) Ltd. Rs 10284600/-, Pension Received Rs 540000/- | 2016-2017 | 1,53,13,630
1 Crore+ |
44,89,030
44 Lacs+ |
| 4 | S R Srinivas | JD(S) | GUBBI | TUMKUR | 5,58,42,795
5 Crore+ |
Business,farming,MLA Salary | Tippeswami oil aksakshan pvt ltd,Business, shops rents, capital gain | 2017-2018 | 1,41,45,347
1 Crore+ |
10,03,500
10 Lacs+ |
| 5 | D.C.Thammanna | JD(S) | MADDUR | MANDYA | 28,12,19,020
28 Crore+ |
Rent & other Income | Rent & Business Income & Others | 2016-2017 | 1,16,66,600
1 Crore+ |
11,96,300
11 Lacs+ |
| 6 | D K Shivakumar | INC | KANAKAPURA | RAMANAGARAM | 8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+ | Salary, Capital gains, Agriculture Income & Other Sources (Such as Bank Interest, Commission) | Rent, Capital gains & Other Sources (Such as Bank Interest) | 2016-2017 | 1,08,93,392
1 Crore+ |
87,54,657
87 Lacs+ |
| 7 | H D Revanna | JD(S) | HOLENARASIPUR | HASSAN | 29,70,51,951
29 Crore+ |
Not Given | Not Given | 2016-2017 | 1,01,93,390
1 Crore+ |
21,49,560
21 Lacs+ |
Table: Top 7 Ministers with high income
Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age)
Figure: Overall Analysis of Ministers on the basis of age and educational qualification
- Ministers’ Education: 11(42%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 8th– 12th pass. A total of 10(38%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be graduate whereas 4(15%) ministers are post graduate and above.
- Ministers’ Age: A total of 3(11%) ministers have declared their age to be between 31-50 years while 20(77%) ministers have declared their age to be between 51- 70 years. A total of 2(8%) ministers have declared their age to be between 71-80 years while one minister has declared his age to be above 80 years.
Woman Minister: Out of 27 ministers, only 1 is a woman who has been elected from MLC.
