According to the portfolio allocation notified by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Shivakumar will hold finance, and personnel and administrative reforms, besides all other unallocated portfolios. Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara has been entrusted with the revenue department along with youth empowerment and sports, while Priyank Kharge has been allotted home, besides retaining the information technology and biotechnology department he handled in the previous Siddaramaiah government.