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{{Short description|A state government in Indian state of West Bengal}}
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{{About|the state government in [[West Bengal]]|the political history of West Bengal|Politics of West Bengal}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{infobox government
{{Infobox political system
| government_name  = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| background_color = indigo
| nativename      = পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
| name                  = Government of West Bengal
| image             = Emblem of West Bengal.svg
| image                 = Emblem of West Bengal (2018-present).svg
| division_type    = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| image_size            = 150px
| division          = [[Kolkata]]
| caption                = [[Emblem of West Bengal]]
| leader_type      = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| type                  = [[Parliamentary system|Parliamentary republic]] <br> [[State governments in India|State government]]
| 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>
| constitution          = [[Constitution of India]]
| leader_type2      = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| date_established      = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1937|4|1}} (as [[Bengal Presidency|Government of Bengal]])
| leader_title2    = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| country                = {{flag|India}}
| leader_type3     = [[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|Deputy Chief Minister]]
| legislature            = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_title3    = '''Vacant''' ''since November 2000''
| legislature_type      = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature_place     = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly#Assembly building|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Building]], Kolkata
| legislature      = {{ubl|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]|}}
| lowerhouse            = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]
| speaker_label    = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| lowerhouse_speaker    = [[Biman Banerjee]]
| speaker          = [[Biman Banerjee]]
| lowerhouse_speaker_title = [[Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
| deputy_speaker_label = [[Speaker (politics)|Deputy Speaker]]
| title_hos            = [[Governor of West Bengal|Governor]]
| deputy_speaker    = [[Asish Banerjee|Dr. Asish Banerjee]]
| current_hos          = [[R. N. Ravi]]
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| appointer_hos        = [[President of India]] (on advice of Central Government)
| members_in_assembly = 294
| title_hog              = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| branch4            = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| current_hog            = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| court_name        = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| appointer_hog          = Governor
| court             = [[Calcutta High Court]]
| cabinet                = [[Third Banerjee ministry|Council of Ministers]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| cabinet_leader        = Chief Minister
| chief_justice      = [[Justice]] [[Rajesh Bindal]] (Acting)
| cabinet_hq            = [[Writers' Building]], Kolkata (Permanent)<br/>[[Nabanna (building)|Nabanna, Howrah]] (Temporary)
| cabinet_ministries    = [[Third Banerjee ministry|53 ministries]]
| judiciary             = [[Calcutta High Court]]
| courts                = [[Judiciary of India]]
| chief_judge            = [[Sujoy Paul]]
| court_seat            = [[Calcutta High Court]], Kolkata
| court                  = [[Calcutta High Court]]
| budget                = {{INRConvert|370000|c|lk=on}} <small>(2024–25)</small>
| website                = [https://wb.gov.in/ wb.gov.in]
}}
}}
{{Politics of India}}


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]].
The '''Government of West Bengal''', also known as the '''West Bengal Government''', is the [[Administrative division|principal administrative authority]] of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]], created by the [[Constitution of India|National Constitution]] as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.<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> The [[Governor of West Bengal|Governor]] acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the [[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] who is the chief executive authority and head of government.


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 [[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 present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is [[unicameral]], consisting of 294 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA).<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|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216123229/http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL|url-status=dead}}</ref> Including one nominated from the [[Anglo-Indian]] community it was 295 before is abolition. 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]].
The [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|current chief minister]] is [[Mamata Banerjee]], who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the [[Trinamool Congress]] party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], 211 seats (out of 294) in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and 215 seats (out of 294) in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].
 
==Head Leaders==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Trinamool Congress}};color:white"; | House
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Trinamool Congress}};color:white"; | Leader
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Trinamool Congress}};color:white"; | Portrait
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Trinamool Congress}};color:white"; | Since
|-
!colspan=4|Constitutional Posts
|-
|[[List of governors of West Bengal|Governor of West Bengal]]
|'''[[R. N. Ravi]]'''
|[[File:R.N. Ravi.jpg|75px]]
|12 March 2026
|-
| [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]'''
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|75px]]
| 20 May 2011
|-
|[[List of speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Biman Banerjee]]'''
|
|30 May 2011
|-
|[[List of speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Asish Banerjee|Dr. Asish Banerjee]]'''
| [[File:Dr. Asish Banerjee.jpg|75px]]
|2 July 2021
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]'''
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|75px]]
| 5 May 2021
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]'''
|[[File:Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4888.jpg|75px]]
| 28 July 2022
|-
| [[List of leaders of the opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Suvendu Adhikari]]'''
|[[File:Suvendu Adhikari at Esplanade Metro Rail Station, Kolkata, 6 March 2024.jpg|75px]]
| 10 May 2021
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Mihir Goswami]]'''
|
| 10 May 2021
|-
| [[Calcutta High Court|Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court]]
|'''[[Sujoy Paul]]'''
|
| 16 January 2026
|-
| Chief Secretary of West Bengal
|'''Dushyant Nariala'''
|
| 16 March 2026
|-
|}<section end="Parties and leaders"/>


== History ==
== 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" />
On 18 January 1862, under the [[Indian Councils Act 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 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 1909]], the number was raised to 50 members.<ref name="The Parliament of West Bengal, India" />


== Organization ==
== Organization ==
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* The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.
* The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.


== Council of Ministers ==
=== Departments===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
|1
|[[Agricultural marketing|Agricultural Marketing]]
|-
|2
|[[Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)|Agriculture]]
|-
|3
|Animal Resources Development
|-
|4
|Backward Classes Welfare
|-
|5
|Consumer Affairs
|-
|6
|Co-operation
|-
|7
|Correctional Administration
|-
|8
|Disaster Management and Civil Defence
|-
|9
|[[Department of Environment (West Bengal)|Environment]]
|-
|10
|[[Ministry of Finance (West Bengal)|Finance]]
|-
|11
|Fire and Emergency Services
|-
|12
|Fisheries
|-
|13
|Food and Supplies
|-
|14
|Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
|-
|15
|Forests
|-
|16
|GTA
|-
|17
|Health and Family Welfare
|-
|18
|Higher Education
|-
|19
|[[Department of Home and Hill Affairs|Home and Hill Affairs]]
|-
|20
|Housing
|-
|21
|Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
|-
|22
|[[Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs (West Bengal)|Information & Cultural Affairs]]
|-
|23
|[[Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics (West Bengal)|Information Technology and Electronics]]
|-
|24
|Irrigation and Waterways
|-
|25
|Judicial
|-
|26
|[[Department of Labour (West Bengal)|Labour]]
|-
|27
|Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and  Rehabilitation
|-
|28
|[[Department of Law (West Bengal)|Law]]
|-
|29
|Mass Education Extension and Library Services
|-
|30
|Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and  Textiles
|-
|31
|Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
|-
|32
|Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
|-
|33
|North Bengal Development
|-
|34
|Panchayats and Rural Development
|-
|35
|[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (West Bengal)|Parliamentary Affairs]]
|-
|36
|Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
|-
|37
|[[Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (West Bengal)|Personnel and Administrative Reforms]]
|-
|38
|Planning and Statistics
|-
|39
|Power
|-
|40
|Programme Monitoring
|-
|41
|Public Enterprises and Industrial  Reconstruction
|-
|42
|Public Health Engineering
|-
|43
|[[Department of Public Works (West Bengal)|Public Works]]
|-
|44
|[[Department of School Education (West Bengal)|School Education]]
|-
|45
|Science and Technology and Biotechnology
|-
|46
|Self Help Group and Self Employment
|-
|47
|Sundarban Affairs
|-
|48
|[[Department of Technical Education, Training and Skill Development|Technical Education, Training & Skill  Development]]
|-
|49
|[[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Tourism]]
|-
|50
|Liquor
|-
|51
|Tribal Development
|-
|52
|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
|-
|53
|Water resources Investigation and Development
|-
|54
|[[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]]
|-
|55
|Youth Services and Sports
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wb.gov.in/government-departments-page.aspx |title=Departments |publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref>


* 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>
=== Department and Secretaries===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
|'''<big><u>Serial</u></big>'''
|'''<big><u>Department</u></big>'''
|'''<big><u>Secretary</u></big>'''
|-
|1
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]], Dushyant Nariala, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|-
|2
|Home and Hill Affairs
|Additional Chief Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
|-
|3
|Agriculture
|Principal Secretary, Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
|-
|4
|Agricultural Marketing
|Principal Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
|-
|5
|Animal Resources Development
|Additional Chief Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Vivek Kumar, IAS
|-
|6
|Backward Classes Welfare
|Secretary, Sanjay Bansal, IAS
|-
|7
|Consumer Affairs
|Principal Secretary, Neelam Meena, IAS
|-
|8
|Co-operation
|Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
|-
|9
|Correctional Administration
|Secretary, Rajesh Kumar, IPS
|-
|10
|Disaster Management and Civil Defence
|Additional Chief Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
|-
|11
|Environment
|Principal Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Rajesh Kumar, IAS
|-
|12
|Finance
|Special Secretary, Goutam Kumar Ghosh, IAS
|-
|13
|Fire and Emergency Services
|Principal Secretary, Khalil Ahmed, IAS
|-
|14
|Fisheries
|Secretary, Roshni Sen, IAS
|-
|15
|Food and Supplies
|Special Secretary, Anindya Mitra, IAS
|-
|16
|Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
|Principal Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Surendra Gupta, IAS
|-
|17
|Forests
|Additional Chief Secretary, Debal Ray, IAS
|-
|18
|GTA
|Principal Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
|-
|19
|Health and Family Welfare
|Principal Secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
|-
|20
|Higher Education
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'' Binod Kumar, IAS
|-
|21
|Housing
|Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
|-
|22
|Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
|Secretary, Vandana Yadav, IAS
|-
|23
|Information and Cultural Affairs
|Secretary, Santanu Basu, IAS
|-
|24
|Information Technology and Electronics
|Joint Secretary, Sumant Sahay, IAS
|-
|25
|Irrigation and Waterways
|Principal Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
|-
|26
|Judicial
|Principal Secretary, Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
|-
|27
|Labour
|Secretary, Avanindra Singh, IAS
|-
|28
|Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and  Rehabilitation
|Additional Chief Secretary, Vivek Kumar, IAS
|-
|29
|Law
|Principal Secretary, Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
|-
|30
|Mass Education Extension and Library Services
|Special Secretary, Anshul Gupta, IAS
|-
|31
|Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles
|Principal Secretary, Rajesh Pandey, IAS
|-
|32
|Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
|Secretary ''(additional charge)'', P. B. Salim, IAS
|-
|33
|North Bengal Development
|Additional Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
|-
|34
|Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
|Additional Chief Secretary, Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
|-
|35
|Panchayats and Rural Development
|Secretary, Dr. P. Ulaganathan
|-
|36
|Parliamentary Affairs
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'', Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
|-
|37
|Pashimanchal Unnayan Affairs
|Secretary, Dr. Rashmi Kamal, IAS
|-
|38
|Personnel and Administrative Reforms
|Secretary, Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS
|-
|39
|Planning and Statistics
|Additional Chief Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
|-
|40
|Programme Monitoring
|Secretary, Dr. P. B. Salim, IAS
|-
|41
|Power
|Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Santanu Basu, IAS
|-
|42
|Public Health Engineering
|Principal Secretary, Surendra Gupta, IAS
|-
|43
|Public Works
|Secretary, Antara Acharya, IAS
|-
|44
|Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
|Secretary, Smita Pandey, IAS
|-
|-
|-
|45
|School Education
|Principal Secretary, Binod Kumar, IAS
|-
|46
|Science and Technology and Bio-technology
|Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS
|-
|47
|Self Help Group and Self Employment
|Principal Secretary, Dr. Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
|-
|48
|Sundarban Affairs
|Additional Chief Secretary, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
|-
|49
|Technical Education, Training & Skill Development
|Additional Chief Secretary, Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
|-
|50
|Tourism
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'', Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
|-
|51
|Transport
|Secretary, Dr. Saumitra Mohan, IAS
|-
|52
|Tribal Development
|Principal Secretary, Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
|-
|-
|53
|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
|Secretary, Md. Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
|-
|54
|Water Resources Investigation and Development
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'', Manish Jain, IAS
|-
|55
|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
|Principal Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
|-
|56
|Youth Services and Sports
|Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wb.gov.in/government-secretaries.aspx |title=Secretaries |publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref>


{{Notelist}}
== Council of Ministers ==
{{main|West Bengal Council of Ministers|Third Banerjee ministry}}


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
!S.No
!S.No
!Name<ref name=m1/>  
!Name<ref name =m1>{{Cite magazine|author=Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy |date=May 9, 2021 |title=43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/west-bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-tmc-cabinet-ministers-list-1800594-2021-05-09|access-date=2021-05-10|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
!Portrait
!Portrait
!Constituency
!Constituency
!Assumed office<ref name=m2/>
!Assumed office<ref name=m2>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-09|title=Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/mamatas-list-of-ministers-for-third-cabinet-features-17-new-faces-including-manoj-tiwari-7308489/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
!Department  
!Department
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|-
|-
| 1.
| 1
| '''[[Mamata Banerjee]]'''<br /> ([[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]])
| '''[[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]]
| [[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|100px]]
| '''TBD'''
|[[Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Bhabanipur]]
|5 May 2021
|5 May 2021
|
|
*Home & Hill Affairs
*[[Department of Home and Hill Affairs|Home & Hill Affairs]]
*Personnel & Administration
*Personnel & Administration
*Health and Family Welfare
*[[Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)|Health and Family Welfare]]
*Land and Land Reforms
*[[Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)|Land and Land Reforms]]
*Planning & Statistics Program Implementation
*Refugee and Rehabilitation
*Refugee and Rehabilitation
*Information & Cultural Affairs
*[[Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs (West Bengal)|Information & Cultural Affairs]]
*North Bengal Development
*[[Department of Law (West Bengal)|Law, Judicial]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
*Youth Affairs and Sports
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
*[[Ministry of Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education (West Bengal)|Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education]]
|-
| 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|
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 4.
| colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" |'''[[Union Council of Ministers|Cabinet Ministers]]'''
| '''[[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]]'''
|
|[[Maniktala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maniktala]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Consumer Affairs
*Self Help Group and Self Employment
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 6.
| 2
| '''[[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]]'''
| '''[[Bankim Chandra Hazra]]'''
|
|
|[[Sagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagar]]
|[[Sagar (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagar]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Sundarban Affairs
*[[Department of Sundarban Affairs (West Bengal)|Sundarban Affairs]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 8.
| 3
| '''[[Manas Bhunia]]'''
| '''[[Manas Bhunia]]'''
|[[File:Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8509.JPG|100px]]
|[[File:Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8523.JPG|100px]]
|[[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
|[[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Water Resources Investigation and Development
*Water Resources Investigation and Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
*Irrigation and Waterways
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 9.
| 4
| '''[[Somen Mahapatra]]'''
| '''[[Snehasis Chakraborty]]'''
|
|  
|[[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]
|[[Jangipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jangipara]]
|10 May 2021
|3 August 2022
|
|
*Irrigation and Waterways
*[[Department of Transport (West Bengal)|Transport]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 10.
| 5
| '''[[Moloy Ghatak]]'''
| '''[[Moloy Ghatak]]'''
|
|
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|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Law, Judiacial
*[[Department of Public Works (West Bengal)|Public Works]]
*Public Works
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 11.
| 6
| '''[[Aroop Biswas]]'''
| '''[[Aroop Biswas]]'''
| [[File:AROOP BISWAS .jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Aroop Biswas 2021.jpg|100px]]
|[[Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tollyganj]]
|[[Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tollyganj]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Power
*[[Ministry of Power (West Bengal)|Power]]
*Youth Affairs and Sports
*Housing
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
| 12.
| '''[[Ujjal Biswas]]'''
|
|[[Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar Dakshin]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Correctional Administration
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 13.
| 7
| '''[[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]]'''
| '''[[Rathin Ghosh]]'''
|
|
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|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Food and Supplies
*Food and Supplies Department
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 15.
| 8
| '''[[Firhad Hakim]]'''
| '''[[Firhad Hakim]]'''
|
| [[File:Firhad Hakim.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Port]]
|[[Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Port]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Transport
*[[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs|Urban Development & Municipal Affairs]]
*Housing
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 16.
| 9
| '''[[Chandranath Sinha]]'''
| '''[[Chandranath Sinha]]'''
|
|
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*Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
*Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
*Textiles
*Textiles
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
*Correctional Administration
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 17.
| 10
| '''[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]'''
| '''[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]'''
|
|[[File:Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4888.jpg|100px]]
|''[[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhabanipur]]'' (Resigned as MLA on 21 May 2021)
|[[Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khardaha]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Agriculture
*[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (West Bengal)|Parliamentary Affairs]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
*[[Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)|Agriculture]]
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 18.
| 11
| '''[[Bratya Basu]]'''
| '''[[Bratya Basu]]'''
|[[File:Bratya Basu, 5th International Theatre Festival, Kolkata, 2016.jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Bratya Basu, 5th International Theatre Festival, Kolkata, 2016.jpg|100px]]
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|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*School and Higher Education
*[[Department of School Education (West Bengal)|School and Higher Education]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 19.
| 12
| '''[[Pulak Roy]]'''
| '''[[Pulak Roy]]'''
|
|
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|
|
*Public Health Engineering
*Public Health Engineering
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
*
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 20.
| 13
| '''[[Shashi Panja]]'''
| '''[[Shashi Panja]]'''
|
|[[File:Shashi Panja, Trinamul Congress leader and Minister 01.jpg|100px]]
|[[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampukur]]
|[[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampukur]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
*[[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]]
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 21.
| 14
| '''[[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]]'''
| '''[[Biplab Mitra]]'''
|
|
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|
|
*Agricultural Marketing
*Agricultural Marketing
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 23.
| 15
| '''[[Javed Ahmed Khan]]'''
| '''[[Javed Ahmed Khan]]'''
|
|[[File:Javed Ahmed Khan - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4893.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kasba, Kolkata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba]]
|[[Kasba, Kolkata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Disaster Management and Civil Defence
*Disaster Management and Civil Defence
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 24.
| 16
| '''[[Swapan Debnath]]'''
| '''[[Swapan Debnath]]'''
|
|
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|
|
*Animal Resources Development
*Animal Resources Development
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 25.
| 17
| '''[[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]]'''
| '''[[Siddiqullah Chowdhury]]'''
|[[File:Md. Siddiqullah Choudhury, Minister in charge of the Govt. of West Bengal 01.jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Siddiqullah Chowdhury 2018.jpg|100px]]
|[[Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manteswar]]
|[[Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manteswar]]
|10 May 2021
|10 May 2021
|
|
*Mass Education Extension and Library Services
*Mass Education Extension and Library Services
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
| 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.
| 18
| '''[[Akhil Giri]]'''
|
|[[Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramnagar]]
|10 May 2021
|
*Fisheries
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
| 30.
| '''[[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]'''
| '''[[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]'''
|
|
|[[Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum Uttar]]
| [[Dum Dum Uttar Assembly constituency|Dum Dum Uttar]]
|10 May 2021
|9 March 2002
|
|
*Urban Development & Municipal Affairs
*[[Finance]] ''(I/C)''
*MOS in Health and Family Welfare
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
*MOS in Land & Land Reforms
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
*MOS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 31.
| 19
| '''[[Dr. Ratna De (Nag)|Ratna De (Nag)]]'''
| '''[[Udayan Guha]]'''
|[[File:UdayanGuha.jpg|100px]]
|[[Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinhata]]
|3 August 2022
|
|
|[[Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandua]]
*[[Department of North Bengal Development|North Bengal Development]]
|10 May 2021
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
|
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
*Environment
*Science and Technology and Bio-Technology
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 32.
| 20
| '''[[Sandhya Rani Tudu]]'''
| '''[[Babul Supriyo]]'''
|[[File:Babul Supriyo 2018.jpg|100px]]
|[[Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ballygunge]]
|3 August 2022
|
|
|[[Manbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manbazar]]
*Information Technology and Electronics
|10 May 2021
*Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
*Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
*MOS in Parliament Affairs
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
| 33.
 
| '''[[Bulu Chik Baraik]]'''
| 21
| '''[[Pradip Mazumdar]]'''
|
|
|[[Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mal]]
|[[Durgapur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Durgapur Purba]]
|10 May 2021
| 3 August 2022
|
|
*Backward Classes Welfare
*Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
*Tribal Developement
*Co-operatives
|bgcolor=#3CB371|
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
|-
|-
| 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.
| 22
| '''Indranil Sen'''
| '''[[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]'''
|
|
|[[Chandannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandannagar]]
|[[Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goalpokhar]]
|10 May 2021
| 7 August 2024
|
*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]]
*Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
|10 May 2021
| bgcolor="#3CB371" |
|
| [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
*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]]'''
|
|[[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]]
|}
|}


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* {{Official website|http://www.banglarmukh.gov.in/}}
* {{Official website|https://www.wb.gov.in/}}
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This article is about the state government in West Bengal. For the political history of West Bengal, see Politics of West Bengal.

Government of West Bengal
Emblem of West Bengal
Polity typeParliamentary republic
State government
ConstitutionConstitution of India
Legislative branch
NameWest Bengal Legislative Assembly
TypeUnicameral
Meeting placeWest Bengal Legislative Assembly Building, Kolkata
Lower house
NameLegislative Assembly
Presiding officerBiman Banerjee, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State
TitleGovernor
CurrentlyR. N. Ravi
AppointerPresident of India (on advice of Central Government)
Head of Government
TitleChief Minister
CurrentlyMamata Banerjee
AppointerGovernor
Cabinet
NameCouncil of Ministers
LeaderChief Minister
HeadquartersWriters' Building, Kolkata (Permanent)
Nabanna, Howrah (Temporary)
Ministries53 ministries
Judicial branch
NameCalcutta High Court
CourtsJudiciary of India
Calcutta High Court
Chief judgeSujoy Paul
SeatCalcutta High Court, Kolkata
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The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the principal administrative authority of the Indian state of West Bengal, created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.[1] The Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the Chief Minister who is the chief executive authority and head of government.

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 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 (MLA).[2] Including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community it was 295 before is abolition. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee, who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the Trinamool Congress party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 211 seats (out of 294) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and 215 seats (out of 294) in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

Head Leaders

House Leader Portrait Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal R. N. Ravi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 12 March 2026
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Error creating thumbnail: File missing 20 May 2011
Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Biman Banerjee 30 May 2011
Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Dr. Asish Banerjee 2 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Mamata Banerjee Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 28 July 2022
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Error creating thumbnail: File missing 10 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly Mihir Goswami 10 May 2021
Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Sujoy Paul 16 January 2026
Chief Secretary of West Bengal Dushyant Nariala 16 March 2026

History

On 18 January 1862, under the Indian Councils Act 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 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 1909, the number was raised to 50 members.[2]

Organization

  • The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

Departments

1 Agricultural Marketing
2 Agriculture
3 Animal Resources Development
4 Backward Classes Welfare
5 Consumer Affairs
6 Co-operation
7 Correctional Administration
8 Disaster Management and Civil Defence
9 Environment
10 Finance
11 Fire and Emergency Services
12 Fisheries
13 Food and Supplies
14 Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
15 Forests
16 GTA
17 Health and Family Welfare
18 Higher Education
19 Home and Hill Affairs
20 Housing
21 Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
22 Information & Cultural Affairs
23 Information Technology and Electronics
24 Irrigation and Waterways
25 Judicial
26 Labour
27 Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation
28 Law
29 Mass Education Extension and Library Services
30 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles
31 Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
32 Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
33 North Bengal Development
34 Panchayats and Rural Development
35 Parliamentary Affairs
36 Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
37 Personnel and Administrative Reforms
38 Planning and Statistics
39 Power
40 Programme Monitoring
41 Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
42 Public Health Engineering
43 Public Works
44 School Education
45 Science and Technology and Biotechnology
46 Self Help Group and Self Employment
47 Sundarban Affairs
48 Technical Education, Training & Skill Development
49 Tourism
50 Liquor
51 Tribal Development
52 Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
53 Water resources Investigation and Development
54 Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
55 Youth Services and Sports

[3]

Department and Secretaries

Serial Department Secretary
1 Chief Secretary Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
2 Home and Hill Affairs Additional Chief Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
3 Agriculture Principal Secretary, Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
4 Agricultural Marketing Principal Secretary (additional charge), Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
5 Animal Resources Development Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Vivek Kumar, IAS
6 Backward Classes Welfare Secretary, Sanjay Bansal, IAS
7 Consumer Affairs Principal Secretary, Neelam Meena, IAS
8 Co-operation Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
9 Correctional Administration Secretary, Rajesh Kumar, IPS
10 Disaster Management and Civil Defence Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
11 Environment Principal Secretary (additional charge), Rajesh Kumar, IAS
12 Finance Special Secretary, Goutam Kumar Ghosh, IAS
13 Fire and Emergency Services Principal Secretary, Khalil Ahmed, IAS
14 Fisheries Secretary, Roshni Sen, IAS
15 Food and Supplies Special Secretary, Anindya Mitra, IAS
16 Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Principal Secretary (additional charge), Surendra Gupta, IAS
17 Forests Additional Chief Secretary, Debal Ray, IAS
18 GTA Principal Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
19 Health and Family Welfare Principal Secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
20 Higher Education Principal Secretary, (additional charge) Binod Kumar, IAS
21 Housing Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
22 Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Secretary, Vandana Yadav, IAS
23 Information and Cultural Affairs Secretary, Santanu Basu, IAS
24 Information Technology and Electronics Joint Secretary, Sumant Sahay, IAS
25 Irrigation and Waterways Principal Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
26 Judicial Principal Secretary, Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
27 Labour Secretary, Avanindra Singh, IAS
28 Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Additional Chief Secretary, Vivek Kumar, IAS
29 Law Principal Secretary, Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
30 Mass Education Extension and Library Services Special Secretary, Anshul Gupta, IAS
31 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles Principal Secretary, Rajesh Pandey, IAS
32 Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Secretary (additional charge), P. B. Salim, IAS
33 North Bengal Development Additional Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
34 Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Additional Chief Secretary, Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
35 Panchayats and Rural Development Secretary, Dr. P. Ulaganathan
36 Parliamentary Affairs Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
37 Pashimanchal Unnayan Affairs Secretary, Dr. Rashmi Kamal, IAS
38 Personnel and Administrative Reforms Secretary, Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS
39 Planning and Statistics Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
40 Programme Monitoring Secretary, Dr. P. B. Salim, IAS
41 Power Secretary (additional charge), Santanu Basu, IAS
42 Public Health Engineering Principal Secretary, Surendra Gupta, IAS
43 Public Works Secretary, Antara Acharya, IAS
44 Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Secretary, Smita Pandey, IAS
45 School Education Principal Secretary, Binod Kumar, IAS
46 Science and Technology and Bio-technology Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS
47 Self Help Group and Self Employment Principal Secretary, Dr. Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
48 Sundarban Affairs Additional Chief Secretary, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
49 Technical Education, Training & Skill Development Additional Chief Secretary, Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
50 Tourism Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
51 Transport Secretary, Dr. Saumitra Mohan, IAS
52 Tribal Development Principal Secretary, Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
53 Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Secretary, Md. Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
54 Water Resources Investigation and Development Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Manish Jain, IAS
55 Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Principal Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
56 Youth Services and Sports Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS

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Council of Ministers

Main articles: West Bengal Council of Ministers and Third Banerjee ministry
S.No Name[5] Portrait Constituency Assumed office[6] Department Party
1 Mamata Banerjee
(Chief Minister) 		Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bhabanipur 5 May 2021 TMC
Cabinet Ministers
2 Bankim Chandra Hazra Sagar 10 May 2021 TMC
3 Manas Bhunia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sabang 10 May 2021
  • Water Resources Investigation and Development
  • Irrigation and Waterways
 TMC
4 Snehasis Chakraborty Jangipara 3 August 2022 TMC
5 Moloy Ghatak Asansol Uttar 10 May 2021 TMC
6 Aroop Biswas Tollyganj 10 May 2021 TMC
7 Rathin Ghosh Madhyamgram 10 May 2021
  • Food and Supplies Department
 TMC
8 Firhad Hakim Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolkata Port 10 May 2021 TMC
9 Chandranath Sinha Bolpur 10 May 2021
  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Textiles
  • Correctional Administration
 TMC
10 Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Khardaha 10 May 2021 TMC
11 Bratya Basu Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dum Dum 10 May 2021 TMC
12 Pulak Roy Uluberia Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Public Health Engineering
 TMC
13 Shashi Panja Shyampukur 10 May 2021 TMC
14 Biplab Mitra Harirampur 10 May 2021
  • Agricultural Marketing
 TMC
15 Javed Ahmed Khan Kasba 10 May 2021
  • Disaster Management and Civil Defence
 TMC
16 Swapan Debnath Purbasthali Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Animal Resources Development
 TMC
17 Siddiqullah Chowdhury Manteswar 10 May 2021
  • Mass Education Extension and Library Services
 TMC
18 Chandrima Bhattacharya Dum Dum Uttar 9 March 2002 TMC
19 Udayan Guha Dinhata 3 August 2022 TMC
20 Babul Supriyo Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ballygunge 3 August 2022
  • Information Technology and Electronics
  • Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
 TMC
21 Pradip Mazumdar Durgapur Purba 3 August 2022
  • Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
  • Co-operatives
 TMC
22 Md. Ghulam Rabbani Goalpokhar 7 August 2024
  • Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
 TMC

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "West Bengal (state)". Indian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Parliament of West Bengal, India". cpahq.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Departments". Government of West Bengal.
  4. ↑ "Secretaries". Government of West Bengal.
  5. ↑ Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy (9 May 2021). "43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday". India Today. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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