Ministry of Industrial Reconstruction (West Bengal)

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Department of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
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Jurisdiction Government of West Bengal
HeadquartersCamac Street, Kolkata
Minister responsible

The Department of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction of West Bengal is a Bengal government department. [1] It is a department mainly responsible for coordinating tasks related to the revival of ailing industrial assets in the large and medium sectors in the State. [1]

Ministerial team

The ministerial team is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Industrial Reconstruction, who may or may not be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.

The current head of the ministry is Partha Chatterjee.

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