Government of West Bengal

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Government of West Bengal
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Overview
Established1 April 1937;87 years ago (1937-04-01) (as Government of Bengal)
StateFlag of India.svg  Republic of India
Leader Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee)
Appointed by Governor (C. V. Ananda Bose) on the advice of the chief minister
Main organ Council of Ministers
Ministries 53 ministries
Responsible to Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
Annual budget₹3.046 trillion
Headquarters Nabanna, Howrah

The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West BengalGovernment, 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.

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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

HouseLeaderPortraitSince
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal C. V. Ananda Bose C. V. Ananda Bose.jpg 23 November 2022
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG 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 Dr. Asish Banerjee.jpg 2 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Mamata Banerjee Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG 5 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4888.jpg 28 July 2022
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Suvendu Adhikari (cropped).jpg 10 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly Mihir Goswami 10 May 2021
Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court T. S. Sivagnanam 11 May 2023
Chief Secretary of West BengalDr. Manoj Pant1 September 2024

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. [2]

Organization

Departments

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

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Department and Secretaries

SerialDepartmentSecretary
1 Chief Secretary Chief Secretary, Dr. Manoj Pant, IAS
2Home and Hill AffairsAdditional Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakravorty, IAS
3AgriculturePrincipal Secretary, Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
4Agricultural MarketingPrincipal Secretary (additional charge), Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
5Animal Resources DevelopmentAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Vivek Kumar, IAS
6Backward Classes WelfareSecretary, Sanjay Bansal, IAS
7Consumer AffairsPrincipal Secretary, Neelam Meena, IAS
8Co-operationAdditional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
9Correctional AdministrationSecretary (additional charge), Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS
10Disaster Management and Civil DefenceAdditional Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
11EnvironmentPrincipal Secretary (additional charge), Rajesh Kumar, IAS
12FinanceAdditional Chief Secretary, Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
13Fire and Emergency ServicesAdditional Chief Secretary, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS
14FisheriesSecretary, Roshni Sen, IAS
15Food and SuppliesSecretary, Parwez Ahmad Siddiqui, IAS
16Food Processing Industries and HorticulturePrincipal Secretary, Khalil Ahmed, IAS
17ForestsAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS
18Health and Family WelfarePrincipal Secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
19Higher EducationPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge) Binod Kumar, IAS
20HousingPrincipal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
21Industry, Commerce and EnterprisesSecretary, Vandana Yadav, IAS
22Information and Cultural AffairsSecretary, Santanu Basu, IAS
23Information Technology and ElectronicsAdditional Chief Secretary, Rajeev Kumar, IAS
24Irrigation and WaterwaysPrincipal Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
25JudicialPrincipal Secretary, Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
26LabourSecretary, Avanindra Singh, IAS
27Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and RehabilitationAdditional Chief Secretary, Vivek Kumar, IAS
28LawPrincipal Secretary, Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
29Mass Education Extension and Library ServicesAdditional Chief Secretary, Hirdyesh Mohan, IAS
30Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and TextilesPrincipal Secretary, Rajesh Pandey, IAS
31Minority Affairs and Madrasah EducationSecretary (additional charge), P. B. Salim, IAS
32North Bengal DevelopmentAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS
33Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy SourcesAdditional Chief Secretary, Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
34Panchayats and Rural DevelopmentSecretary, Dr. P. Ulaganathan
35Parliamentary AffairsPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakravorty, IAS
36Pashimanchal Unnayan AffairsSecretary, Dr. Rashmi Kamal, IAS
37Personnel and Administrative ReformsSecretary, Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS
38Planning and StatisticsAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
39Programme MonitoringSecretary, Dr. P. B. Salim, IAS
40PowerSecretary (additional charge), Santanu Basu, IAS
41Public Health EngineeringPrincipal Secretary, Surendra Gupta, IAS
42Public WorksSecretary, Antara Acharya, IAS
43Public Enterprises and Industrial ReconstructionSecretary, Smita Pandey, IAS
44School EducationPrincipal Secretary, Binod Kumar, IAS
45Science and Technology and Bio-technologyAdditional Chief Secretary, Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS
46Self Help Group and Self EmploymentPrincipal Secretary, Dr. Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
47Sundarban AffairsAdditional Chief Secretary, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
48Technical Education, Training & Skill DevelopmentAdditional Chief Secretary, Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
49TourismPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakravorty, IAS
50TransportSecretary, Dr. Saumitra Mohan, IAS
51Tribal DevelopmentPrincipal Secretary, Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
52Urban Development and Municipal AffairsSecretary, Md. Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
53Water Resources Investigation and DevelopmentPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge), Manish Jain, IAS
54Women and Child Development and Social WelfarePrincipal Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
55Youth Services and SportsPrincipal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS

[4]

Council of Ministers

S.NoName [5] PortraitConstituencyAssumed office [6] DepartmentParty
1 Mamata Banerjee
(Chief Minister)		 Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG Bhabanipur 5 May 2021 TMC
Cabinet Ministers
2 Bankim Chandra Hazra Sagar 10 May 2021 TMC
3 Manas Bhunia Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8509.JPG 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 AROOP BISWAS .jpg Tollyganj 10 May 2021
  • Power
  • Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Housing
 TMC
7 Rathin Ghosh Madhyamgram 10 May 2021
  • Food and Supplies Department
 TMC
8 Firhad Hakim Firhad Hakim.jpg 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 Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4888.jpg Khardaha 10 May 2021 TMC
11 Bratya Basu Bratya Basu, 5th International Theatre Festival, Kolkata, 2016.jpg 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 Javed Ahmed Khan - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4893.jpg Kasba 10 May 2021
  • Disaster Management and Civil Defence
 TMC
16Swapan Debnath Purbasthali Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Animal Resources Development
 TMC
17 Siddiqullah Chowdhury Md. Siddiqullah Choudhury, Minister in charge of the Govt. of West Bengal 01.jpg Manteswar 10 May 2021
  • Mass Education Extension and Library Services
 TMC
18 Udayan Guha Dinhata 3 August 2022 TMC
19 Babul Supriyo Babul Supriyo 2018.jpg Ballygunge 3 August 2022
  • Information Technology and Electronics
  • Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
 TMC
20 Pradip Mazumdar Durgapur Purba 3 August 2022
  • Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
  • Co-operatives
 TMC
21 Md. Ghulam Rabbani Goalpokhar 7 August 2024
  • Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
 TMC

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