West Bengal Council of Ministers

Last updated August 15, 2024

The West Bengal Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of West Bengal and headed by Chief Minister of West Bengal, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS West Bengal Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government.

Council of Ministers

The West Bengal government^{[lower-alpha 1]} headed by Mamata Banerjee has 39 ministers. Among them, 10 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 8 are junior ministers and 21 are senior ministers.^[1]

↑ The current government running is Third Mamata Banerjee ministry since 10 May 2021.

S.No	Name^[2]	Constituency	Assumed office^[3]	Department
1	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)	Bhabanipur	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Planning & Statistics Program Implementation Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	TMC
Cabinet Ministers
2	Bankim Chandra Hazra	Sagar	10 May 2021	Sundarban Affairs	TMC
3	Manas Bhunia	Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development Irrigation and Waterways	TMC
4	Snehasis Chakraborty	Jangipara	3 August 2022	Transport	TMC
5	Moloy Ghatak	Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judiacial Public Works	TMC
6	Aroop Biswas	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	Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Urban Development & Municipal Affairs	TMC
9	Chandranath Sinha	Bolpur	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Textiles Correctional Administration	TMC
10	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	Khardaha	10 May 2021	Parliamentary Affairs Agriculture	TMC
11	Bratya Basu	Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education	TMC
12	Pulak Roy	Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering	TMC
13	Shashi Panja	Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare	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	Udayan Guha	Dinhata	3 August 2022	North Bengal Development	TMC
19	Babul Supriyo	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
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
22	Becharam Manna	Singur	10 May 2021	Labour MoS in Panchayet and Rural Development	TMC
23	Arup Roy	Howrah Madhya	10 May 2021	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture	TMC
24	Biplab Roy Chowdhury	Panskura Purba	3 August 2022	Fisheries	TMC
25	Chandrima Bhattacharya	Dum Dum Uttar	10 May 2021	Finance and Excise Environment MoS in Health and Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation	TMC
26	Sandhya Rani Tudu	Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs	TMC
27	Bulu Chik Baraik	Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development	TMC
28	Sujit Bose	Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services	TMC
29	Ujjal Biswas	Krishnanagar Dakshin	3 August 2022	Science, Technology and Biotechnology	TMC
30	Birbaha Hansda	Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests Self Help Group and Self Employment	TMC
31	Indranil Sen	Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Technical Education Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs	TMC
Ministers Of State
32	Dilip Mondal	Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport	TMC
33	Akhruzzaman	Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power	TMC
34	Seuli Saha	Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development	TMC
35	Tajmul Hossain	Harishchandrapur	2 August 2022	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles	TMC
36	Sabina Yeasmin	Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development	TMC
37	Jyotsna Mandi	Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies	TMC
38	Satyajit Barman	Hemtabad	10 August 2022	School Education	TMC
39	Manoj Tiwary	Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports	TMC

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References

↑ "List of Current Ministers in Mamata's second cabinet". wb.gov.in.
↑ 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.
↑ "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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[1] The current government running is Third Mamata Banerjee ministry since 10 May 2021.

[2] "List of Current Ministers in Mamata's second cabinet". wb.gov.in.

[m1-3] 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.

[m2-4] "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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