Third Banerjee ministry

Third Banerjee ministry
Third Banerjee ministry
File:Emblem of West Bengal.svg; 21st Ministry of West Bengal
2021—present
	Cabinet oath on 10 May 2021 at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata.
Date formed	10 May 2021
People and organisations
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Chief Minister's history	2011 — present
No. of ministers	21 Cabinet Ministers; 10 Minister of state (I/C); 9 Minister of state;
Ministers removed	1 death ; 2 resigned
Total no. of members	41
Member party	All India Trinamool Congress
Status in legislature	Majority 221 / 294 (75%)
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Opposition leader	Suvendu Adhikari
History
Election(s)	2021
Outgoing election	2016
Legislature term(s)	17th Legislative Assembly (2021 onwards)
Predecessor	Second Banerjee ministry

The 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal was formed under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. She was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May 2021. The remaining council of ministers was sworn in on 10 May 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Taking the Oath at Throne Room, Raj Bhavan, Kolkata

Mamata Banerjee takes the oath of office as Chief Minister administered by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on 5 May 2021.

Constitutional requirement[edit]

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor[edit]

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,

There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.

If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.

The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

For other provisions as to Ministers[edit]

According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.

The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.

A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.

The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers[edit]

S.No	Name^[3]	Portrait	Constituency	Assumed office^[4]	Department
1.	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)		Bhabanipur	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Finance & Excise Planning Statistics Program Implementation Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs North Bengal Development	AITC
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Partha Chatterjee		Behala Paschim	10 May 2021	Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Information Technology and Electronics Parliamentary Affairs Public Enterprise Industrial Reconstruction	AITC
3.	Jyotipriya Mallick		Habra	10 May 2021	Forest Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources	AITC
4.	Bankim Chandra Hazra		Sagar	10 May 2021	Sundarban Affairs	AITC
5.	Manas Bhunia		Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development Consumer Affairs	AITC
6.	Somen Mahapatra		Tamluk	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways	AITC
7.	Moloy Ghatak		Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judiacial Public Works	AITC
8.	Aroop Biswas		Tollyganj	10 May 2021	Power Youth Affairs and Sports	AITC
9.	Ujjal Biswas		Krishnanagar Dakshin	10 May 2021	Correctional Administration	AITC
10.	Arup Roy		Howrah Madhya	10 May 2021	Co-operatives	AITC
11.	Rathin Ghosh		Madhyamgram	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies	AITC
12.	Firhad Hakim		Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Transport Housing	AITC
13.	Chandranath Sinha		Bolpur	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Textiles	AITC
14.	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		Khardaha	10 May 2021	Agriculture	AITC
15.	Bratya Basu		Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education	AITC
16.	Pulak Roy		Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering Panchayat and Rural Development	AITC
17.	Shashi Panja		Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Self Help Group and Self Employment	AITC
18.	Md. Ghulam Rabbani	File:Md Ghulam Rabbani.jpg	Goalpokhar	10 May 2021	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	AITC
19.	Biplab Mitra		Harirampur	10 May 2021	Agricultural Marketing	AITC
20.	Javed Ahmed Khan		Kasba	10 May 2021	Disaster Management and Civil Defence	AITC
21.	Swapan Debnath		Purbasthali Dakshin	10 May 2021	Animal Resources Development	AITC
22.	Siddiqullah Chowdhury		Manteswar	10 May 2021	Mass Education Extension and Library Services	AITC
Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)
23.	Becharam Manna		Singur	10 May 2021	Labour MoS in Panchayet and Rural Development	AITC
24.	Subrata Saha		Sagardighi	10 May 2021	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture	AITC
25.	Humayun Kabir		Debra	10 May 2021	Technical Education, Training and Skill Development	AITC
26.	Akhil Giri		Ramnagar	10 May 2021	Fisheries	AITC
27.	Chandrima Bhattacharya		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 MoS in Finance and Excise	AITC
28.	Ratna De (Nag)		Pandua	10 May 2021	Environment Science and Technology and Bio-Technology	AITC
29.	Sandhya Rani Tudu		Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs	AITC
30.	Bulu Chik Baraik		Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development	AITC
31.	Sujit Bose		Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services	AITC
32.	Indranil Sen		Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs	AITC
Ministers Of State
33.	Dilip Mondal		Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport	AITC
34.	Akhruzzaman		Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power	AITC
35.	Seuli Saha		Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development	AITC
36.	Srikanta Mahata		Salboni	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles	AITC
37.	Sabina Yeasmin		Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development	AITC
38.	Birbaha Hansda	File:বীরবাহা হাঁসদা.jpg	Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests	AITC
39.	Jyotsna Mandi		Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies	AITC
40.	Paresh Chandra Adhikary		Mekliganj	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education	AITC
41.	Manoj Tiwary		Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports	AITC

Former Ministers[edit]

S.No	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Assumed office	Left office	Department served
1.	Subrata Mukherjee	File:TMCVeteranSubrataMukherjee.jpg	Ballygunge	10 May 2021	4 November 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development Public Enterprises Industrial Reconstruction	AITC
2.	Amit Mitra		No constituency	10 May 2021	9 November 2021	Finance Planning and Statistics Programme Monitoring	AITC
3.	Sadhan Pande	File:Sadhan Pande.jpg	Maniktala	10 May 2021	9 November 2021	Consumer Affairs Self Help Group and Self Employment	AITC

Notes[edit]

↑ As of 1 February 2024.
↑ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.

References[edit]

↑ "West Bengal Election Results 2021 Highlights: TMC headed for 3rd term; Mamata loses Nandigram race to Suvendu". The Indian Express. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
↑ "West Bengal Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee takes oath as Bengal CM for third time". The Financial Express. 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 KolkataMay 9, Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy; May 9, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 22:48. "43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday". India Today. Retrieved 2021-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-10.

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[1] As of 1 February 2024.

[2] I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.

[3] "West Bengal Election Results 2021 Highlights: TMC headed for 3rd term; Mamata loses Nandigram race to Suvendu". The Indian Express. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[4] "West Bengal Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee takes oath as Bengal CM for third time". The Financial Express. 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[m1-5] 3.0 ^3.1 KolkataMay 9, Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy; May 9, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 22:48. "43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday". India Today. Retrieved 2021-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[m2-6] 4.0 ^4.1 "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-10.

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