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Bengaluru · South
New government (INC) — sworn in June 2026. Figures and findings below may span the previous administration.
Chief Minister
INC · in office since June 2026
Declared figures from the ECI election affidavit (2023), via MyNeta/ADR — as declared, not verified. Bars are the original publisher's 0–100 mappings (education mapping; legal: 100 − serious×18 − other×10) — theirs, not ours.
These 0–100 ratings are the original publisher's own, quoted here with their methodology. Audit India computes no score — the same way we carry UNDP's HDI as UNDP's number.
Transparency
25/ 100
the original publisher
Critical failures span disaster-response collapse (67–96% SDRF vacancies), ₹2,177 Cr idle mining welfare funds, 2.8× Yettinahole cost overrun, Smart City fund diversion, BOCW unauthorised expenditure, JJM FHTC validation failures, MGNREGS delivering the full 100 days to five per cent of households, and Sports Authority accountability gaps. The eight findings were re-checked against the reports themselves in August 2026; the figures above are the ones the reports print.
Officials' Legal Integrity
86/ 100
the original publisher
10 unique elected officials with ECI affidavit data counted once each. CM D.K. Shivakumar: 19 cases/6 serious → 10 (Siddaramaiah exits as former CM); Speaker U.T. Khader: 3 cases/1 serious → 62; M.B. Patil: 1 case/0 serious → 90; remaining 7 officials (Priyank Kharge, G. Parameshwara, H.K. Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Lakshmi Hebbalkar, N. Cheluvarayaswamy, H. Anjaneya) declared 0 cases → 100 each. Average: (10+62+90+100×7) ÷ 10 = 862 ÷ 10 = 86.2, rounded to 86. Score rises from 79 because Siddaramaiah (13 cases → 10) leaves and DKS (19 cases → 10) stays, but we now average across 10 officials instead of 11. Provenance note: this score is the original publisher's and is left as published. It was computed against a council that has since changed — the Shivakumar ministry was sworn in on 3 June 2026 and expanded on 3 August 2026, U. T. Khader moved from the Speaker's chair to the Health portfolio, and H. K. Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Lakshmi Hebbalkar, N. Cheluvarayaswamy and H. Anjaneya are no longer in the council. The officials list on this page is the sitting one; the arithmetic above is not.
Governance
58/ 100
the original publisher
Composite: indicators avg (64/100) × 50% + Transparency (25/100) × 25% + Integrity (86/100) × 25% = 32 + 6.25 + 21.5 = 59.75; adjusted down to 58 to reflect the high concentration of critical-severity CAG failures (7 of 8 findings rated critical) spanning flagship welfare, water, rural employment and disaster-management schemes — a pattern of systemic implementation failure beyond what the indicator scores alone capture.
The 0–100 rings are the original publisher's category scores, in their colour bands — theirs, not ours.
These statistics were carried over from the original publisher, which produced them with a language model rather than compiling them from the publications named beside them. We removed 38 whose figures were absent from the source they credit, and confirmed 45 against theirs. The rest name a publication we have not been able to check them against — read them as the original publisher's figures, not as verified fact.
Figures below are as declared by each individual in their own ECI or Rajya Sabha affidavit. We report them; we do not score them. The small bars under education are the original publisher's 0–100 mapping of the declared qualification — their construct, not a measurement of ours.
| Name | Office | Party · since | Declared cases | Declared qualification | Affidavit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DKD. K. Shivakumar | Chief Minister | | 19 | Post Graduate | 2023 |
| TGThaawarchand Gehlot | Governor | — | — | — | — |
| GSG. S. Patil | Speaker, Legislative Assembly | | — | — | — |
| GPG. Parameshwara | Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Revenue and Sports | | 3 | Doctorate | 2023 |
| PKPriyank Kharge | Minister for Home (excluding Intelligence), IT & BT and e-Governance | | 9 | 10th Pass | 2023 |
| UTU. T. Khader Fareed | Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Minority Welfare, Haj and Wakf | | 3 | Graduate Professional | 2023 |
| MBM. B. Patil | Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development | | 5 | Graduate Professional | 2023 |
| KBKrishna Byre Gowda | Minister for Greater Bengaluru Development and Parliamentary Affairs | | — | — | — |
| EKEshwara Khandre | Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj | | — | — | — |
| RRRamalinga Reddy | Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment | | — | — | — |
| MBMadhu Bangarappa | Minister for School Education and Literacy | | — | — | — |
| PMP. M. Narendraswamy | Minister for Agriculture | | — | — | — |
| RARizwan Arshad | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs | | — | — | — |
Findings from CAG audit reports on schemes as they ran in this state, quoted with their report references. We add no grade of our own.
Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers
The Karnataka Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board returned 9,654 defective cheques and demand drafts worth ₹18.12 crore that had accumulated since 2007-08, and set up no mechanism to track them, so that cess was never realised. It split the Preventive Health Care Training and Checkup works to stay under the threshold that would have required Cabinet approval, making ₹258.80 crore of expenditure irregular. It released ₹433.80 crore to the Karnataka Slum Development Board for housing without obtaining any list or details of the beneficiaries it was for. Against a budget provision of ₹10,154.45 crore for 2018-19 to 2022-23, expenditure was ₹6,198.34 crore — 61 per cent.
What the audit measured
₹18.12 Cr of cess unrealised in returned cheques and demand drafts since 2007-08; ₹258.80 Cr irregular expenditure after works were split to avoid Cabinet approval; ₹433.80 Cr released to KSDB without beneficiary details; ₹6,198.34 Cr spent against a ₹10,154.45 Cr provision (61%), 2018-23.
District Mineral Foundation Trusts — PMKKKY
Karnataka's DMFTs collected ₹4,003.51 crore in royalties earmarked for mining-affected communities but spent only 46% — leaving ₹2,177 crore idle. 671 of 4,191 works were cancelled in sampled districts. No baseline surveys, Master Plans or Vision Documents were prepared in any district. Stakeholder nominations — required to represent affected communities — were made in only 5 of 31 districts. The State never amended DMFT Rules despite a central directive to do so.
What the audit measured
₹2,177 Cr unspent of ₹4,003.51 Cr collected (46%); 671 works cancelled across 5 sampled districts; no baseline survey conducted anywhere; stakeholder nominations in 5 of 31 districts only.
Disaster Management Framework
Karnataka's State Disaster Response Force units had 67–96% vacancies while 31 districts suffered a drought causing ₹65,594 crore in estimated crop losses. 43% of Temporary Rain Gauges and 52% of Telemetric Weather Stations were defective, crippling early warning capability. ₹1.81 crore of SDRF funds were misused for non-disaster purposes in Haveri district; ₹7.69 crore lay unspent in bank accounts. The State Disaster Management Policy was published only in 2020 — eleven years after the Centre published the National Policy in 2009 — so every disaster-management plan and activity before that ran without a policy behind it.
What the audit measured
SDRF vacancies 67–96% of sanctioned strength; ₹65,594 Cr estimated drought crop loss; 43% rain gauges defective; ₹1.81 Cr SDRF misused; State DM Policy published in 2020, 11 years after the national policy.
Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project
The Yettinahole project — designed to supply drinking water to the dry districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Tumkur and Ramanagara — has seen its cost balloon 2.8× from ₹8,323.50 crore to ₹23,251.66 crore after two DPR revisions, and remains incomplete twelve years after conception, with no water delivered to the target districts. The Government provided only 25–54% of annual budget requirements during 2018-23. A design change from 10 TMC to 2 TMC storage added ₹621.45 crore in avoidable extra cost. The projected water yield of 32.15 TMC was found to be overestimated against a realistic 24.70 TMC.
What the audit measured
Cost ballooned 2.8× (₹8,323 Cr → ₹23,251 Cr) after two DPR revisions; incomplete 12 years after conception; only 25–54% annual budget provided; ₹621.45 Cr avoidable cost from design change; water yield overestimated (32.15 TMC vs actual 24.70 TMC).
Smart City Mission — Bengaluru, Belagavi, Davanagere, Mangaluru, Shivamogga
Smart City projects in Karnataka's five selected cities saw funds diverted from their designated purpose: ₹1,462.67 crore was spent under the Pan City component against a ₹817.42 crore allocation — a 79% excess driven by diversion from other components. 30% of originally planned Area-Based Development projects were cancelled or modified. Centralised Command and Control Centres were operationalised at only ₹19.08 crore against ₹60.22 crore required. ₹2.69 crore in interest earned on Central grant funds was not remitted to Consolidated Funds; ₹2.56 crore was overpaid in contracts.
What the audit measured
₹1,462.67 Cr spent vs ₹817.42 Cr Pan City allocation (79% excess by fund diversion); 30% planned projects cancelled; CCCC operationalised at ₹19.08 Cr vs ₹60.22 Cr mandated; ₹2.69 Cr interest not remitted.
Jal Jeevan Mission — Har Ghar Nal Se Jal
Karnataka provided FHTCs to only 47.62 lakh (66%) of 72.14 lakh targeted households as of November 2024, leaving 24.52 lakh families without piped water. The State received just 45% (₹11,189 crore) of its ₹24,819.48 crore central allocation because it couldn't utilise what had already been released. Not one of the 31 district-level and 48 taluk-level laboratories was equipped to test all 13 prescribed water quality parameters. Five villages were prematurely declared 100% FHTC-complete on the dashboard while works were still ongoing.
What the audit measured
47.62 lakh FHTCs vs 72.14 lakh target (66%); only ₹11,189 Cr of ₹24,819 Cr central allocation received; 0 of 31 district labs equipped for all 13 quality parameters; 5 villages falsely certified 100% complete; community contribution: ₹22.57 Cr of ₹1,594.90 Cr expected (1.4%).
MGNREGS — Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Only five per cent of MGNREGS households in Karnataka were given the full statutory entitlement of 100 days of employment during 2019-24 — in the test-checked districts the figure was two to four per cent — while 40 per cent got between one and 30 days. State delays in releasing funds to the State Employment Guarantee Fund incurred ₹36.26 crore in penal interest, while simultaneously ₹32.78 crore was recorded as inadmissible expenditure under the administrative head. Unemployment allowances of ₹1.28 crore legally due to workers were not paid. Fraudulent transactions were found under housing works — payment for houses already completed, payment to ineligible beneficiaries, payment where no construction was undertaken.
What the audit measured
5% of households statewide (2–4% in test-checked districts) got the full 100 days; ₹36.26 Cr penal interest on delayed state releases; ₹32.78 Cr inadmissible administrative expenditure; ₹1.28 Cr unemployment allowances unpaid; fraudulent transactions in housing works.
Sports Authority of Karnataka and Autonomous Bodies
The Sports Authority of Karnataka released ₹7.94 crore in grants exceeding the ₹25 lakh annual financial ceiling — including ₹1 crore to a film cricket association — without Cabinet sanction. SAK and GETHNAA failed to submit Utilisation Certificates for ₹94.40 crore of grants received over 2019–24. Records for ₹8.46 crore in cash awards were not produced for audit. Four District Stadium Management Committees held ₹30.79 crore in user-fee revenues idle in bank accounts while stadium maintenance went unperformed.
What the audit measured
₹7.94 Cr released beyond ₹25 lakh annual ceiling; ₹94.40 Cr grants without UCs (SAK + GETHNAA); ₹8.46 Cr award records withheld from audit; ₹30.79 Cr DSMC revenues lying idle; ₹4.54 Cr ineligible incentives paid.
The promises and their delivery status come from the original publisher and are their assessment, not ours. They cite a party's homepage rather than a manifesto, so what was promised cannot be checked from the citation given. Audit India has verified neither the wording nor the status.
Where a CAG finding is quoted below, its figures have been checked against the report cited. Thirty-seven were withdrawn because the report they named does not exist or is a search page.
Gruha Jyoti: 200 units free electricity per month to every household
Launched July 2023. 1.85 crore households enrolled across BESCOM, MESCOM, HESCOM, GESCOM and CESC service areas. Zero-bill guarantee for consumption up to 200 units. GoK reimburses utilities ~₹14,000 crore annually. Only dual-meter (commercial+residential) connections excluded.
Gruha Lakshmi: ₹2,000/month cash transfer to the woman head of every household
Launched August 2023. 1.14 crore women beneficiaries; DBT to Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. Budget outlay ~₹28,608 crore/year. Mid-term review (2025): disbursements current, no major leakage found. Congress announced ₹3,000/month target by 2025 — not yet implemented as of mid-2026.
Anna Bhagya: 10 kg free rice per person per month for BPL families
Only 5 kg per person delivered — half the 10 kg promised. Centre declined Karnataka's request for additional NFSA rice allocation. Karnataka purchased in open market at ₹34/kg for a period, then shifted to paying ₹170/person cash equivalent for the extra 5 kg. Fiscal strain and Centre-state dispute mean full 10 kg delivery has not been achieved as of mid-2026.
Yuva Nidhi: ₹3,000/month for unemployed graduates, ₹1,500 for diploma holders (for 2 years)
Launched October 2023. 2.4 lakh beneficiaries by 2025 — Karnataka domicile, 21–35 years, registered at employment exchange. ₹5,775 crore allocated in 2024-25. State surveys show ~58% of beneficiaries found employment within the 2-year window. Scheme auto-expires per beneficiary after 24 months.
Shakti: free travel for women in all KSRTC and BMTC buses statewide
Launched June 11, 2023 — within 3 weeks of taking office. 1.7 crore women travel free daily; 66 crore trips in first year. Covers all ordinary, express and AC KSRTC and BMTC routes. Revenue loss to utilities ~₹4,500 crore/year compensated by GoK. Scheme credited with boosting female workforce participation in urban areas.
Farm debt relief: waive crop loans up to ₹50,000 for all Karnataka farmers
₹17,000 crore farm loan waiver announced covering 21 lakh farmers with loans up to ₹2 lakh (the cap was revised upward). Implementation uneven: cooperative bank NPA cases delayed; around 30% of eligible farmers faced procedural blocks. Voluntary disclosure process slow. Waiver completed for nationalised bank loans faster than for cooperative sector.
Remunerative prices: state MSP bonus above central MSP for paddy, ragi and pulses
Karnataka announced ₹200/quintal state bonus over central MSP for paddy in 2024 and ₹300 for ragi — both partially implemented. Pulses bonus not operationalised due to procurement capacity gaps. FCI warehouses at capacity; state purchases limited. Most vegetable and horticulture produce (60%+ of farmers' cash income) still unprotected by price support.
Fill 1 lakh government vacancies within 2 years of taking office
Approximately 28,000–32,000 posts filled by mid-2026 — far short of 1 lakh. The KPSC was paralysed by the 2022 paper-leak scandal; Congress passed Karnataka Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractice) Act 2024 to clean up processes. Recruitment drives for police (14,000), teachers (15,000) and revenue staff ongoing but pace remains slow.
Restore Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for all state government employees
OPS restored by notification November 2023 for all employees who joined after April 2006 (who were under NPS). ~1.96 lakh employees switched. Actuarial liability estimated at ₹1.1 lakh crore over 30 years. Karnataka joins Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand. NPS contributions already made will be transferred back from PFRDA to state.
Reopen Indira Canteens: affordable meals (₹5 breakfast, ₹10 lunch/dinner) in cities
291 Indira Canteens shut by BJP government were reopened by August 2023. Expanded to 391 canteens by 2025. ~2.5 lakh meals/day served in Bengaluru and tier-2 cities. GoK subsidy ~₹500 crore/year. Contractors report consistent supply; no major outages reported. Widely used by construction workers and daily-wage earners.
Cauvery Stage V: commission 775 MLD additional water supply for Bengaluru by 2025
Cauvery Stage V (₹5,550 crore): T.K. Halli pumping station commissioned 2023; main water treatment plant and distribution network under construction. Full commissioning delayed to mid-2026. Bengaluru faces ~400 MLD deficit in summer. Congress accelerated clearances after BJP had delayed civil works in 2022. Critical for city's long-term water security.
Namma Metro: complete Phase 2 network and fast-track airport connectivity line
Operational network: 73.8 km (Purple + Green lines). Phase 2A (Silk Board–KR Puram, 20 km) and Phase 2B (KR Puram–Kempegowda Airport, 37 km) under active construction; airport line target 2026. Phase 3 DPR approved. GoI-GoK land acquisition funding disputes caused some delays. Significant expansion but airport connectivity not yet delivered.
Jal Jeevan Mission: every rural Karnataka household to get tap water by 2024
Karnataka JJM target: 59.7 lakh rural households. As of mid-2026: 55.2 lakh (92.5%) have tap connections. FHTC (Functional Household Tap Connections — 55 lpcd for 9+ months) at ~78%. Coastal Karnataka districts (Dakshina Kannada, Udupi) have 99%+ FHTC — the intra-state gap is stark.
CAG Report No. 12 of 2025 on the Jal Jeevan Mission in Karnataka: tap connections reached 47.62 lakh (66 per cent) of the 72.14 lakh households targeted, as of November 2024. Of the 31 district and 48 taluk laboratories in the State, none was equipped to test for arsenic, so no water sample was ever tested for it, and only 17 district and four taluk laboratories could test for total coliform and E. coli. Community contribution collected was ₹22.57 crore against ₹1,594.90 crore estimated. Five villages were declared 100 per cent complete while the works were still going on.
Implement Five Guarantees within Karnataka's fiscal limits; not borrow beyond FRBM norms
The Five Guarantees collectively cost Karnataka ~₹52,000 crore/year (Gruha Lakshmi ₹28,608 Cr + Gruha Jyoti ₹14,000 Cr + Shakti ₹4,500 Cr + Anna Bhagya partial + Yuva Nidhi ₹5,775 Cr). Karnataka's fiscal deficit rose from 2.3% of GSDP (2022-23) to 3.4% (2024-25) — breaching the 3% FRBM ceiling. State Revenue Deficit Grant from GoI was also reduced, compounding pressure. Karnataka requested ₹2,000 crore from RBI short-term borrowing. Devolution disputes with GoI (Cauvery, border, language disputes) complicated revenue flows. GoK revised the 2025-26 budget upward by ₹8,000 crore mid-year — primarily to service guarantee expenditure. The guarantees have high political value but have created a structural fiscal stress that Karnataka's 2025 revenue collections (₹2.4 lakh crore) partially address.
Guarantee 100 days MGNREGS work; expand livelihood support for rural Karnataka
Karnataka has 52 lakh MGNREGS job card holders. Average employment delivered: 55 days/household/year (2023-24) — above the national average but below the 100-day guarantee. Drought-prone Hyderabad-Karnataka region has the highest MGNREGS dependency.
CAG Report No. 13 of 2025 on MGNREGS in Karnataka: only five per cent of households were given the full 100 days during 2019-24 — two to four per cent in the test-checked districts — while 40 per cent got between one and 30 days. Delay compensation was calculated only up to the second signature on the fund transfer order rather than the date wages actually reached the worker, and only where that signature came after 15 days instead of the eight the Government order prescribes; in 373 of 389 delayed muster rolls examined the delay never entered the MIS at all, so ₹1.62 lakh of compensation payable was recorded as ₹0.02 lakh. The State's own delays in releasing funds cost ₹36.26 crore in penal interest.
Zero farmer indebtedness: waive all crop loans up to ₹1 lakh
BJP government (July 2019–May 2023) announced farm loan waiver initially limited to ₹25,000, later raised. Reporting at the time flagged beneficiary verification gaps and disbursement delays in crop loan waivers — approximately 40% of eligible cooperative-bank farmers did not receive the benefit due to NPA classification disputes.
Double farmer income by 2022 through MSP enhancement, irrigation and direct income support
Real farm income in Karnataka grew ~20–25% over 2018-2023 — far below the 100% doubling target (a BJP national promise carried into state manifesto). PM-KISAN (₹6,000/year) partially implemented; state income support scheme abandoned. Repeated drought years (2018, 2019, 2022-23) and input price inflation eroded gains. Sector reviews noted persistent underinvestment in minor irrigation.
Build AIIMS-equivalent super-speciality hospital for Kalyana Karnataka (North Karnataka)
ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Kalaburagi (560 beds, 150 MBBS seats) operationalised 2021 — a significant boost for North Karnataka healthcare access but not a full AIIMS (which requires ₹1,500+ crore and 750 beds). State-funded Trauma Centre at Kalaburagi also inaugurated 2022. Access to tertiary care improved but full AIIMS standard not met.
24×7 quality power supply to all districts of Karnataka by 2020
AT&C losses reduced from ~17% to ~13% under BJP government; solar capacity added to 7,000+ MW. Urban Bengaluru achieved near-24×7 supply. However rural areas experienced 2–4 hours of load-shedding in summer 2021 and 2022. Target of 24×7 to all districts was not fully met by 2023 handover. 2020 deadline clearly missed.
Zero tolerance on corruption: strengthen Lokayukta police powers and fast-track DA cases
The 2016 BJP government had already stripped Lokayukta of its police wing — BJP 2019-23 did not restore this. PSI recruitment scam (2022) exposed systemic corruption with police recruitment paper sold for ₹40 lakh/post; Governor referred matter to CBI. Multiple BJP ministers faced ACB raids. B.S. Yediyurappa had a disproportionate assets case (withdrawn after he stepped down). TI India ranked Karnataka among states with high bribery rates.
Kalyana Karnataka development: ₹5,000 crore special package for 6 backward northern districts
KKDB allocations increased from ~₹1,500 crore (2018-19) to ~₹2,800 crore (2022-23) under BJP — significant growth but below the ₹5,000 crore target. CAG Report No. 7 of 2025 (PMKKKY, Karnataka) found that ₹4,003.51 crore in District Mineral Foundation Trust funds collected for mining-affected Kalyana Karnataka districts had only 46% utilisation — environmental restoration and community welfare chronically underfunded.
CAG Report No. 7 of 2025 (PMKKKY, Karnataka): District Mineral Foundation Trusts collected ₹4,003.51 crore for mining-affected communities and spent ₹1,826.46 crore — 45.6 per cent — since the scheme's inception.
8 CAG reports