Patil got widespread accolades for enthusiastically involving himself with the expansion of
Irrigation across the state and spearheading the attempt for
Cloud Seeding while being the Minister for
Water Resources of
Karnataka. A veteran Congressman, he was also the
Minister for textiles major irrigation, agriculture and Law and Parliamentary Affairs,
Government of Karnataka and Leader of Opposition and Member of
Karnataka Legislative Council. During his term as
Minister for
Rural Development and
Panchayat Raj,
Government of Karnataka, Karnataka bagged the E-Award instituted by the centre for effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the
Panchayat Raj department for the year 2015–16.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the award on 24 April 2017 in Lucknow during an event to mark National Panchayat Raj Day. His
Rural Development and
Panchayat Raj,
Government of Karnataka department won National awards successively for record 4 years from 2014–15 to 2017–18. Recently he stated to Assembly that about 74,558 cases were pending against Karnataka government as on date and overall in Karnataka as many as 21.68 lakh cases are pending in the courts - 2.71 lakh in the
High Court and 18.96 lakh in district courts. ==References==