Who gets which portfolio? List of portfolios of coalition government announced
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Bengaluru, June 8: Portfolios of the ministers in the JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka were allocated on Friday, two days after the ministry was expanded.
"Governor Vajubhai Vala has allocated the portfolios to all the 27 cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Chief Minister of the Congress, on the advice of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy," said Raj Bhavan in a communique.
According to the notification, Kumaraswamy will hold 11 portfolios, including Finance, Energy, Textiles, Infrastructure Development, Public Enterprises, Information and Public Relations, and Personnel.
Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara has been allocated three portfolios -- Home, Bengaluru City Development and Youth Empowerment and Sports.
H.D. Revenna (JD-S), the elder brother of Kumaraswamy and second son of party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, got Public Works Department (PWD) excluding Ports and Inland Transport.
The portfolios allocated to the other ministers are:
R.V. Deshpande (Congress) - Revenue excluding Muzrai and Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood.
Bandeppa Khashempur (JD-S) - Co-Operation.
D.K. Shivakumar (Congress) - Major and Medium Irrigation and Medical Education.
G.T. Devegowda (JD-S) - Higher Education.
K.J. George (Congress) - Large & Medium Scale Industries and IT, BT & Science and Technology.
D.C. Thammanna (JD-S) - Transport.
Krishna Byregowda (Congress) - Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation.
M.C. Manguli (JD-S) - Horticulture.
N.H. Shivashankara Reddy (Congress) - Agriculture.
S.R. Srinivas (JD-S) - Small Scale Industries.
R.L. Jarakiholi (Congress) - Municipalities and Local Bodies.
Venkatrao Nadagouda (JD-S) - Animal Husbandry and Fisheries.
Priyank Kharge (Congress) - Social Welfare.
S. Puttaraju (JD-S) - Minor Irrigation.
U.T. Abdul Khader (Congress) - City Corporations, excluding BBMP and subjects pertaining to Bengaluru City and Urban Development Authorities and Housing.
Sa Ra Mahesh (JD-S) - Tourism and Sericulture.
Zameer Ahmed Khan (Congress) - Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.
N. Mahesh (BSP) - Primary and Secondary Education.
Shivanand Patil (Congress) - Health and Family Welfare.
Venkataramanappa (Congress) - Labour.
Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil (Congress) - Mines & Geology and Muzrai.
C. Panduranga Shetty (Congress) - Backward Classes Welfare.
R. Shankar (KPJP) - Forest, Ecology and Environment.
Jayamala (Congress) - Women & Child Development and Kannada & Culture.
The 27-member ministry has 15 ministers from the Congress, including Deputy Chief Minister and 10 from JD-S, including the Chief Minister, and one from its ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one Independent.
As Karnataka can have a maximum 34-member ministry under the Constitutional provisions, there is still space for seven ministers. As per the coalition agreement, six of these posts are reserved for Congress and one for JD-S.
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EY’s Rajiv Memani regrets absence at employee's funeral amid work culture criticism
New Delhi: Rajiv Memani, the chairperson of Ernst and Young India, expressed sadness that no one from the firm attended the employee's funeral, saying it was "alien to our culture" and that the individual had supposedly died from extreme work pressure. Memani, who has been subject to intense criticism on social media for what he perceives to be a hostile work environment, expressed his profound sadness for the untimely death of Anna Sebastian Perayil in a post on LinkedIn.
"Although nothing can completely fill the gap in the family's lives, I have sent them my sincerest sympathies. I sincerely apologize for our absence from Anna's burial. This is not at all representative of our culture. Memani said, "It has never happened before and it won't happen again." He also emphasized that he would not stop until the objective of "nurturing a harmonious workplace" was achieved.
Clarifying further he said, “Creating a healthy work environment has always been very important to us, and we place the utmost value on our employees' well-being."I want to reaffirm that our people's welfare is my first priority, and I will personally fight for this goal.”
On July 20, Anna Sebastian Perayil, an employee of E&Y since March, passed away. This week, the incident came to light due to the widespread distribution of her mother Anita Augustine's open letter to the corporation, in which she claimed that Anna gave in to "work pressure".
Augustine stated that her daughter's funeral was attended by no one from the company in question. "I contacted her managers following her burial, but I didn't hear back. In the letter, she said, "How can a company that claims to uphold human rights and values fail to stand by one of its own in their last moments?"
As a result of his denial that “work pressure" was the cause of the Pune woman's death, Memani came under fire on social media, according to an Indian Express article.
The Center started looking into what happened before Anna passed away as the matter escalated in urgency. Shobha Karandlaje, the minister of state for labor, announced on Thursday that a comprehensive inquiry into the claims of a hazardous and exploitative workplace was under progress.
