Ministry of Commerce & Industries (West Bengal)

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Department of Industry, Commerce & Enterprises
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Jurisdiction Government of West Bengal
HeadquartersCamac Street, Kolkata
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The Department of Industry, Commerce & Enterprises of West Bengal is a Bengal government department, mainly responsible for the functions relating to promotion, regulation and development of large and medium scale industries and trade and commerce in West Bengal. [1]

The ministerial team is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Commerce & Industries, currently Partha Chatterjee. [1] The Cabinet Minister may be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry. [1]

Previous heads of the department include:

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