Government of West Bengal

Government of West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
	Official emblem
State	West Bengal
Country	India
Website	wb.gov.in
Legislative branch
Assembly	West Bengal Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	Biman Banerjee (AITC)
Deputy Speaker	Dr. Asish Banerjee (AITC)
Members in Assembly	294
Meeting place	Bidhan Sabha Bhavan, Kolkata
Executive branch
Governor	C. V. Ananda Bose
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee (AITC)
Chief Secretary	Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
Headquarters	Nabanna, Howrah
Departments	54
Judiciary
High Court	Calcutta High Court
Chief Justice	Justice T. S. Sivagnanam

The Government of West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার), also known as the West Bengal Government, 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.

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. 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 All India 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

House	Leader	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal	C. V. Ananda Bose	23 November 2022
Chief Minister of West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee	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	Asish Banerjee	2 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Mamata Banerjee	5 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	28 July 2022
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Suvendu Adhikari	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 Bengal	Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika	31 December 2023

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

The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

Departments


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

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Department and Secretaries


Serial	Department	Secretary
1	Chief Secretary	Chief Secretary, Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
2	Home and Hill Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary, Smt. Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
3	Agriculture	Principal Secretary, Sri Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
4	Agricultural Marketing	Principal Secretary, A. Subbaiah, IAS
5	Animal Resources Development	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Sri Vivek Kumar, IAS
6	Backward Classes Welfare	Secretary, Shri Sanjay Bansal, IAS
7	Consumer Affairs	Principal Secretary, Smt. Roshni Sen, IAS
8	Co-operation	Secretary, Sri Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS
9	Correctional Administration	Principal Secretary, Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
10	Disaster Management and Civil Defence	Principal Secretary, Sri Dushyant Nariala, IAS
11	Environment	Principal Secretary (additional charge), Smt. Roshni Sen, IAS
12	Finance	Additional Chief Secretary, Manoj Pant, IAS
13	Fire and Emergency Services	Additional Chief Secretary, Sri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS
14	Fisheries	Secretary, Shri Avanindra Singh, IAS
15	Food and Supplies	Principal Secretary, Sri Parwez Ahmad Siddiqui, IAS
16	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture	Additional Chief Secretary, Subrata Gupta, IAS
17	Forests	Additional Chief Secretary, Sri Vivek Kumar, IAS
18	Health and Family Welfare	Secretary, Sri Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
19	Higher Education	Principal Secretary, (additional charge) Sri Manish Jain, IAS
20	Housing	Principal Secretary, Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
21	Industry, Commerce and Enterprises	Secretary, Smt. Vandana Yadav, IAS
22	Information and Cultural Affairs	Secretary, Sri Santanu Basu, IAS
23	Information Technology and Electronics	Secretary, Sri Randhir Kumar, IAS
24	Irrigation and Waterways	Principal Secretary (additional charge) Sri Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
25	Judicial	Principal Secretary, Shri Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
26	Labour	Principal Secretary, Sri Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
27	Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation	Secretary, Smt. Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS
28	Law	Secretary, Sri Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
29	Mass Education Extension and Library Services	Principal Secretary, Sri Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
30	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles	Principal Secretary, Sri Rajesh Pandey, IAS
31	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	Secretary, Md. Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
32	North Bengal Development	Additional Chief Secretary, Sri Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, IAS
33	Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Sri S. Suresh Kumar, IAS
34	Panchayats and Rural Development	Secretary, P. Ulaganathan
35	Parliamentary Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary, (additional charge), Smt. Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
36	Pashimanchal Unnayan Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Sri Subrata Biswas, IAS
37	Personnel and Administrative Reforms	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Sri B.P. Gopalika, IAS
38	Planning and Statistics	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Manoj Pant, IAS
39	Programme Monitoring	Secretary, P. B. Salim, IAS
40	Power	Additional Chief Secretary, Sri S. Suresh Kumar, IAS
41	Public Health Engineering	Principal Secretary, Sri Surendra Gupta, IAS
42	Public Works	Secretary, Smt. Antara Acharya, IAS
43	Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction	Secretary, Smt. Smita Pandey, IAS
44	School Education	Principal Secretary, Sri Manish Jain, IAS
45	Science and Technology and Bio-technology	Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Hirdyesh Mohan, IAS
46	Self Help Group and Self Employment	Secretary (additional charge), P. Ulaganathan, IAS
47	Sundarban Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
48	Technical Education, Training & Skill Development	Additional Chief Secretary, Krishna Gupta, IAS
49	Tourism	Secretary, (additional charge), Smt. Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
50	Transport	Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Sri Binod Kumar, IAS
51	Tribal Development	Principal Secretary, Smt. Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
52	Urban Development and Municipal Affairs	Principal Secretary, Shri Khalil Ahmed, IAS
53	Water Resources Investigation and Development	Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Sri Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
54	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare	Principal Secretary, Smt. Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
55	Youth Services and Sports	Additional Chief Secretary, Sri Subrata Biswas, IAS

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Council of Ministers

The West Bengal government^[a] headed by Mamata Banerjee has 41 ministers. Among them, 11 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 8 are junior ministers and 22 are senior ministers.^[5]

S.No	Name^[6]	Constituency	Assumed office^[7]	Department
1	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)	Bhabanipur	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Finance & Excise Health and Family Welfare Planning & Statistics Program Implementation Land and Land Reforms Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	AITC
Cabinet Ministers
2	Bankim Chandra Hazra	Sagar	10 May 2021	Sundarban Affairs	AITC
3	Manas Bhunia	Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development Environment	AITC
4	Snehasis Chakraborty	Jangipara	3 August 2022	Transport	AITC
5	Moloy Ghatak	Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judiacial Public Works	AITC
6	Aroop Biswas	Tollyganj	10 May 2021	Power Youth Affairs and Sports Housing	AITC
7	Arup Roy	Howrah Madhya	10 May 2021	Co-operatives	AITC
8	Rathin Ghosh	Madhyamgram	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies Department	AITC
9	Firhad Hakim	Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Urban Development & Municipal Affairs	AITC
10	Chandranath Sinha	Bolpur	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Textiles	AITC
11	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	Khardaha	10 May 2021	Parliamentary Affairs Agriculture	AITC
12	Bratya Basu	Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education	AITC
13	Pulak Roy	Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering	AITC
14	Shashi Panja	Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare	AITC
15	Biplab Mitra	Harirampur	10 May 2021	Agricultural Marketing	AITC
16	Javed Ahmed Khan	Kasba	10 May 2021	Disaster Management and Civil Defence	AITC
17	Swapan Debnath	Purbasthali Dakshin	10 May 2021	Animal Resources Development	AITC
18	Siddiqullah Chowdhury	Manteswar	10 May 2021	Mass Education Extension and Library Services	AITC
19	Udayan Guha	Dinhata	3 August 2022	North Bengal Development	AITC
20	Babul Supriyo	Ballygunge	3 August 2022	Information Technology and Electronics Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources	AITC
21	Pradip Mazumdar	Durgapur Purba	3 August 2022	Rural Development and Panchayati Raj	AITC
22	Partha Bhowmick	Naihati	3 August 2022	Irrigation and Waterways Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction	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	Akhil Giri	Ramnagar	3 August 2022	Correctional Administration	AITC
26	Biplab Roy Chowdhury	Panskura Purba	3 August 2022	Fisheries	AITC
27	Chandrima Bhattacharya	Dum Dum Uttar	10 May 2021	MoS in Health and Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation MoS in Finance and Excise	AITC
28	Sandhya Rani Tudu	Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs	AITC
29	Bulu Chik Baraik	Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development	AITC
30	Sujit Bose	Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services	AITC
31	Ujjal Biswas	Krishnanagar Dakshin	3 August 2022	Science, Technology and Biotechnology	AITC
32	Birbaha Hansda	Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests Self Help Group and Self Employment	AITC
33	Indranil Sen	Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Technical Education Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs	AITC
Ministers Of State
34	Dilip Mondal	Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport	AITC
35	Akhruzzaman	Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power	AITC
36	Seuli Saha	Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development	AITC
37	Tajmul Hossain	Harishchandrapur	2 August 2022	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles	AITC
38	Sabina Yeasmin	Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development	AITC
39	Jyotsna Mandi	Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies	AITC
40	Satyajit Barman	Hemtabad	10 August 2022	School Education	AITC
41	Manoj Tiwary	Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports	AITC

References

Citations

Sources

"West Bengal Government Publications". New Administrative Building at Nabanna. wbxpress.com. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
"West Bengal Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
"Election Database". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 18 August 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
"Council of Ministers in West Bengal, 2016". West Bengal Govt. Orders. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

External links

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