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{{Short description|A state government in Indian state of West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{infobox government
| government_name = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| nativename = পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
| image = Emblem of West Bengal.svg
| division_type = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| division = [[Kolkata]]
| leader_type = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| leader_title = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<ref name="West Bengal Assembly">{{cite web|title=West Bengal Assembly|url=http://wbassembly.gov.in/|publisher=West Bengal Government|access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref>
| leader_type2 = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| leader_title2 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| leader_type3 = [[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|Deputy Chief Minister]]
| leader_title3 = '''Vacant''' ''since November 2000''
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature = {{ubl|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]|}}
| speaker_label = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| speaker = [[Biman Banerjee]]
| deputy_speaker_label = [[Speaker (politics)|Deputy Speaker]]
| deputy_speaker = [[Asish Banerjee|Dr. Asish Banerjee]]
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| members_in_assembly = 294
| branch4 = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| court_name = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court = [[Calcutta High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice = [[Justice]] [[Rajesh Bindal]] (Acting)
}}

The '''Government of West Bengal''' also known as the '''State Government of West Bengal''', or locally as '''State Government''', is the governing authority of the [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]] in India.<ref name="West Bengal (state)">{{cite web|title=West Bengal (state)|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=WB|publisher=Indian Government|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> It consists of an [[executive branch|executive]], a [[judiciary]] and a [[legislature]].

Like other [[States and union territories of India|states in India]], the head of state of [[West Bengal]] is the [[Governor (India)|Governor]], appointed by the [[President of India]] on the advice of the Central government. The post is largely ceremonial in nature. The [[Chief Minister]] is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. [[Kolkata]], the capital of [[West Bengal]], houses the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. The temporary secretariat is located in the [[Nabanna (building)|Nabanna building]] in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The [[Calcutta High Court]] is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of [[West Bengal]] and the [[Union Territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].

The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is [[unicameral]], consisting of 294 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (M.L.A)<ref name="The Parliament of West Bengal, India">{{cite web|title=The Parliament of West Bengal, India|url=http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL|publisher=cpahq.org|access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> including one nominated from the [[Anglo-Indian]] community. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

The current chief minister is [[Mamata Banerjee]], who took office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and subsequently 211 seats (out of 294) in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].

== History ==
On 18 January 1862, under the Indian Councils Act of 1861, a 12-member Legislative Council for Bengal was founded by the Governor-General of India with the Lt Governor of Bengal and some nominated members. The strength of this council was gradually increased by subsequent acts. Under the Indian Councils Act of 1892, the maximum strength of the council was increased to 20 members out of which seven members were to be elected. After the Indian Councils Act of 1909 the number raised to 50 members.<ref name="The Parliament of West Bengal, India" />

== Organization ==

* The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

== Council of Ministers ==

* The West Bengal government{{efn|The current government running is [[Third Mamata Banerjee ministry]] since 10 May 2021.}} headed by Mamata Banerjee has 43 ministers. Among them, 10 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, and 9 are junior ministers and 24 are senior ministers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wb.gov.in/government-minister.aspx|title=List of Current Ministers in Mamata's second cabinet|website=wb.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministers of West Bengal|url=https://edukareonline.in/articles/ministers-of-west-bengal/|url-status=live|website=EduKare Online|date=6 May 2021}}</ref>

{{Notelist}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!S.No
!Name<ref name=m1/>
!Portrait
!Constituency
!Assumed office<ref name=m2/>
!Department
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|-
| 1.
| '''[[Mamata Banerjee]]'''<br /> ([[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]])
| [[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|100px]]
| '''TBD'''
|5 May 2021
|
*Home & Hill Affairs
*Personnel & Administration
*Health and Family Welfare
*Land and Land Reforms
*Refugee and Rehabilitation
*Information & Cultural Affairs
*North Bengal Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=8|'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
| 2.
| '''[[Subrata Mukherjee]]'''
|
|[[Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ballygunge]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Panchayet and Rural Development
*Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 3.
| '''[[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]'''
| | [[File:Partha chatterjee.jpg|100px]]
|[[Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Paschim]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Industry, Commerce and Enterprise
*Information Technology and Electronics
*Parliamentary Affairs
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 4.
| '''[[Amit Mitra]]'''
|[[File:Amit Mitra - Kolkata 2011-08-02 4269.JPG|100px]]
|'''TBD'''
|10 May 2021
|
*Finance
*Planning and Statistics
*Programme Monitoring
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 5.
| '''[[Sadhan Pande]]'''
| [[File:Sadhan Pande.jpg|100px]]
|[[Maniktala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maniktala]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Consumer Affairs
*Self Help Group and Self Employment
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 6.
| '''[[Jyotipriya Mallick]]'''
|
|[[Habra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habra]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Forest
*Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 7.
| '''[[Bankim Chandra Hazra]]'''
|
|[[Sagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Sundarban Affairs
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 8.
| '''[[Manas Bhunia]]'''
|[[File:Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8509.JPG|100px]]
|[[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Water Resources Investigation and Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 9.
| '''[[Somen Mahapatra]]'''
|
|[[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Irrigation and Waterways
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 10.
| '''[[Moloy Ghatak]]'''
|
|[[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Uttar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Law, Judiacial
*Public Works
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 11.
| '''[[Aroop Biswas]]'''
| [[File:AROOP BISWAS .jpg|100px]]
|[[Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tollyganj]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Power
*Youth Affairs and Sports
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 12.
| '''[[Ujjal Biswas]]'''
|
|[[Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar Dakshin]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Correctional Administration
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 13.
| '''[[Arup Roy]]'''
|[[File:Arup Roy - Howrah 2013-04-28 6724.JPG|100px]]
|[[Howrah Madhya]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Co-operatives
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 14.
| '''[[Rathin Ghosh]]'''
|
|[[Madhyamgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Madhyamgram]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Food and Supplies
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 15.
| '''[[Firhad Hakim]]'''
|
|[[Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Port]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Transport
*Housing
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 16.
| '''[[Chandranath Sinha]]'''
|
|[[Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
*Textiles
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 17.
| '''[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]'''
|
|''[[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhabanipur]]'' (Resigned as MLA on 21 May 2021)
|10 May 2021
|
*Agriculture
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 18.
| '''[[Bratya Basu]]'''
|[[File:Bratya Basu, 5th International Theatre Festival, Kolkata, 2016.jpg|100px]]
|[[Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
|10 May 2021
|
*School and Higher Education
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 19.
| '''[[Pulak Roy]]'''
|
|[[Uluberia Dakshin]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Public Health Engineering
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 20.
| '''[[Shashi Panja]]'''
|
|[[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampukur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 21.
| '''[[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]'''
|[[File:Md Ghulam Rabbani.jpg|100px]]
|[[Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goalpokhar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 22.
| '''[[Biplab Mitra]]'''
|
|[[Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Harirampur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Agricultural Marketing
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 23.
| '''[[Javed Ahmed Khan]]'''
|
|[[Kasba, Kolkata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Disaster Management and Civil Defence
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 24.
| '''[[Swapan Debnath]]'''
|
|[[Purbasthali Dakshin]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Animal Resources Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 25.
| '''[[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]]'''
|[[File:Md. Siddiqullah Choudhury, Minister in charge of the Govt. of West Bengal 01.jpg|100px]]
|[[Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manteswar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Mass Education Extension and Library Services
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=8|'''Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)'''
|-
| 26.
| '''[[Becharam Manna]]'''
|[[File:Becharam Manna. Ex Minister. West Bengal.jpg|100px]]
|[[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Labour
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 27.
| '''[[Subrata Saha]]'''
|
|[[Sagardighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagardighi]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 28.
| '''Humayun Kabir'''
|
|[[Debra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Debra]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Technical Education, Training and Skill Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 29.
| '''[[Akhil Giri]]'''
|
|[[Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramnagar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Fisheries
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 30.
| '''[[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]'''
|
|[[Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum Uttar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Urban Development & Municipal Affairs
*MOS in Health and Family Welfare
*MOS in Land & Land Reforms
*MOS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 31.
| '''[[Dr. Ratna De (Nag)|Ratna De (Nag)]]'''
|
|[[Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandua]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Environment
*Science and Technology and Bio-Technology
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 32.
| '''[[Sandhya Rani Tudu]]'''
|
|[[Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manbazar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
*MOS in Parliament Affairs
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 33.
| '''[[Bulu Chik Baraik]]'''
|
|[[Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mal]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Backward Classes Welfare
*Tribal Developement
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 34.
| '''[[Sujit Bose (politician)|Sujit Bose]]'''
|
|[[Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bidhannagar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Fire and Emergency Services
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 35.
| '''Indranil Sen'''
|
|[[Chandannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandannagar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Tourism
*MOS in Information and Cultural Affairs
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=8|'''Ministers Of State'''
|-
| 36.
| '''[[Dilip Mondal]]'''
|
|[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Transport
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 37.
| '''[[Akhruzzaman]]'''
|
|[[Raghunathganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghunathganj]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Power
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 38.
| '''Seuli Saha'''
|
|[[Keshpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Keshpur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Panchayet and Rural Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 39.
| '''Srikanta Mahata'''
|
|[[Salboni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Salboni]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 40.
| '''[[Sabina Yeasmin]]'''
|[[File:Sabina Yasmin.jpg|100px]]
|[[Mothabari]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Irrigation and Waterways
*North Bengal Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 41.
| '''[[Birbaha Hansda]]'''
|[[File:বীরবাহা হাঁসদা.jpg|100px]]
|[[Jhargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jhargram]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Forests
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 42.
| '''Jyotsna Mandi'''
|
|[[Ranibandh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranibandh]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Food and Supplies
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 43.
| '''[[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]]'''
|
|[[Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mekliganj]]
|10 May 2021
|
*School and Higher Education
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 44.
| '''[[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]'''
|[[File:Manoj Tiwary.jpg|100px]]
|[[Shibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shibpur]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Youth Affairs and Sports
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|}

== References ==

=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
* {{cite web
| url = https://wbxpress.com/subject/nabanna/
| title = West Bengal Government Publications| access-date = 2006-10-28| work = New Administrative Building at Nabanna| publisher = wbxpress.com }}
* {{cite web| url = http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States%5Cwestbengal%5Cwesbengal-w.htm| title = West Bengal Legislative Assembly| access-date = 2006-10-28| work = Legislative Bodies in India| publisher = National Informatics Centre| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313022603/http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/states/westbengal/wesbengal-w.htm| archive-date = 13 March 2016| url-status = dead}}
* {{cite web
|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/DataBase/DataBase_fs.htm
|title=Election Database
|access-date=2006-08-26
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818182708/http://eci.gov.in/DataBase/DataBase_fs.htm
|archive-date=2006-08-18
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://wbxpress.com/council-ministers-west-bengal-2016/| title = Council of Ministers in West Bengal, 2016| access-date = 2012-08-16| publisher = West Bengal Govt. Orders}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.banglarmukh.gov.in/}}
* {{Twitter}}
{{Government of India by state or territory}}

{{West Bengal}}
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