Bengaluru, December 27: The list of portfolios for the newly inducted eight ministers into the Congress-JDS coalition government is said to be finalized.

It is said that after a much churning, it was decided to give Home portfolio to MB Patil from Dr G Parameshwar, Youth Services and Sports portfolio to Raheem Khan and Housing portfolio to MTB Nagaraj from UT Khader. In the same way, Tukaram would get the Medical Education portfolio which was so far with DK Shivakumar, while PT Parameshwar Nayak would get Muzarai and IT-BT portfolios which were so far with Rajashekar Patil and KJ George respectively and RB Thimmapur would get Skills Development portfolio from RV Deshapande, sources said.

As Ramesh Jarakiholi and R Shankar were dropped from the Cabinet, their portfolios Forest and Environment portfolios were given to Sathish Jarakiholi and Municipal Administration portfolio was given to CS Shivalli, it is said.

But Dr G Parameshwar was again given an additional portfolio of Law and Parliamentary Affairs. But the official list of the portfolios has to be published.



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New Delhi, Nov 21: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday launched the Karnataka Milk Federation's (KMF) Nandini brand milk products in the Delhi-NCR market, pricing them marginally lower than competitors to gain a foothold in the region.

The cooperative will retail four cow milk variants, curd, and buttermilk from Friday, with competitive pricing that undercuts established players like Mother Dairy and Amul.

Cow milk will be sold at Rs 56 per litre, full Cream Milk at Rs 67 per litre, Standardised Milk at Rs 61 per litre, Toned Milk at Rs 55 per litre, and curd at Rs 74 per kg.

"We have surplus milk in the state. KMF along with Mandya Milk Union will market surplus milk of 3-4 lakh litres per day in Delhi-NCR," Siddaramaiah told reporters after launching the products.

The federation currently collects 100 lakh litres of milk daily, with local consumption at 60 lakh litres, leaving a surplus of 40 lakh litres for expansion into new markets.

However, the Chief Minister acknowledged the challenges of transporting milk over 2,500 km, which takes 50-54 hours.

There is a need to find new markets for surplus milk and gradually the KMF should be able to sell 5-6 lakh litres per day in Delhi-NCR, he added.

KMF Chairman LBP Bheemanaik assured that milk quality would be maintained during transit.

The federation has already partnered with 40 dealers in the Delhi-NCR region to facilitate sales, he added.

With a robust infrastructure of 26.76 lakh milk producers, 15,737 dairy cooperative societies, and 15 district milk unions, KMF has a turnover of Rs 25,000 crore and exports dairy products to over 25 countries.

State Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh and Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy were present at the product launch.