Government of West Bengal

Administration to govern West Bengal state

This article is about the state government in West Bengal. For the political history of West Bengal, see Politics of West Bengal.

Government of West Bengal

Emblem of West Bengal

Polity type| Parliamentary republic
State government
Constitution| Constitution of India
Legislative branch
Name| West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Type| Unicameral
Meeting place| West Bengal Legislative Assembly Building, Kolkata
Lower house
Name| Legislative Assembly
Presiding officer| Biman Banerjee, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of state
Title| Governor
Currently| C. V. Ananda Bose
Appointer| President of India (on advice of Central Government)
Head of government
Title| Chief Minister
Currently| Mamata Banerjee
Appointer| Governor
Cabinet
Name| Council of Ministers
Leader| Chief Minister
Headquarters| Writers' Building, Kolkata (Permanent); Nabanna, Howrah (Temporary)
Ministries| 53 ministries
Judicial branch
Name| Calcutta High Court
Courts| Judiciary of India
Calcutta High Court
Chief judge| T. S. Sivagnanam
Seat| Calcutta High Court, Kolkata
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The Government of West Bengal, 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 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

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House  | Leader  | Portrait  | Since

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Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal | Dr. 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 | Dr. 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  | Dr. Manoj Pant |  | 1 September 2024

## History

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On 18 January 1862, under the Indian Councils Act 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 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 1909, the number raised to 50 members.[2]

## Organization

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* The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

### Departments

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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  | GTA
17  | Health and Family Welfare
18  | Higher Education
19  | Home and Hill Affairs
20  | Housing
21  | Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
22  | Information & Cultural Affairs
23  | Information Technology and Electronics
24  | Irrigation and Waterways
25  | Judicial
26  | Labour
27  | Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation
28  | Law
29  | Mass Education Extension and Library Services
30  | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles
31  | Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
32  | Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
33  | North Bengal Development
34  | Panchayats and Rural Development
35  | Parliamentary Affairs
36  | Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
37  | Personnel and Administrative Reforms
38  | Planning and Statistics
39  | Power
40  | Programme Monitoring
41  | Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
42  | Public Health Engineering
43  | Public Works
44  | School Education
45  | Science and Technology and Biotechnology
46  | Self Help Group and Self Employment
47  | Sundarban Affairs
48  | Technical Education, Training & Skill Development
49  | Tourism
50  | Liquor
51  | Tribal Development
52  | Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
53  | Water resources Investigation and Development
54  | Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
55  | Youth Services and Sports

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### Department and Secretaries

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Serial | Department | Secretary

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

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## Council of Ministers

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Main articles: West Bengal Council of Ministers and Third Banerjee ministry

S.No  | Name[5] | Portrait  | Constituency  | Assumed office[6] | Department  | Party

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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

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ "West Bengal (state)". Indian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
2. ^ a b "The Parliament of West Bengal, India". cpahq.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
3. ^ "Departments". Government of West Bengal.
4. ^ "Secretaries". Government of West Bengal.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

### Sources

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* "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.

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State of West Bengal

Capital: Kolkata

State symbols|

* Emblem: Emblem of West Bengal
* Anthem: Banglar Mati Banglar Jol
* Animal: Fishing cat
* Bird: White-throated kingfisher
* Flower: Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)
* Tree: Devil's tree (Saptaparni)
* Fish: Ilish

History|

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* Mallabhum kingdom
* Cooch Behar State
* Sher Shah Suri
* Mughal Empire
* Nawabs of Bengal
* East India Company
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* Great Bengal famine of 1770
* Indian Rebellion of 1857
* Bengal Renaissance
* Bardhaman Raj
* Nadia Raj
* Jhargram Raj
* Sovabazar Raj
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* Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
* Anushilan Samiti
* Jugantar
* Bengal famine of 1943
* Direct Action Day
* Noakhali riots
* Partition of Bengal (1947)
* Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)
* Bangladesh Liberation War
* Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
* Maritime history of Bengal

Geography|

* Bengal Basin
* Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
* Terai
* North Bengal plains
* Dooars
* Rarh region
* Sundarbans
* Western plateau and high lands
* Ganges Delta
* Climate
* Sandakphu (Highest point)
* Protected areas of West Bengal
* Rivers of West Bengal
* Ganga
* Damodar River
* Brahmaputra River
* Teesta River
* Hooghly River
* Khoai
* Tiger Hill, Darjeeling
* Siliguri Corridor

Governance|

* Chief Ministers
* Governor
* Legislative Assembly
* Human Rights Commission
* Political parties (All India Trinamool Congress
* Communist Party of India (Marxist)
* Indian National Congress
* Bharatiya Janata Party)
* Parliamentary constituencies
* Assembly constituencies
* CID West Bengal
* Kolkata Police

Rights groups|

* Matua Mahasangha
* Bangla Pokkho

Divisions and
districts|

| Burdwan division|

* Birbhum
* Hooghly
* Paschim Bardhaman
* Purba Bardhaman

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Jalpaiguri division|

* Alipurduar
* Cooch Behar
* Darjeeling
* Jalpaiguri
* Kalimpong

Malda division|

* Berhampore (declared)
* Dakshin Dinajpur
* Jangipur (declared)
* Malda
* Murshidabad
* Uttar Dinajpur

Medinipur division|

* Bankura
* Bishnupur (declared)
* Jhargram
* Paschim Medinipur
* Purba Medinipur
* Purulia

Presidency division|

* Basirhat (declared)
* Howrah
* Ichamati (declared)
* Kolkata
* Nadia
* North 24 Parganas
* Ranaghat (declared)
* South 24 Parganas
* Sundarbans (declared)

Cities and
towns|

* Alipore
* Asansol
* Berhampore
* Balurghat
* Bankura
* Barasat
* Bardhaman
* Bishnupur
* Hugli-Chuchura
* Cooch Behar
* Darjeeling
* Durgapur
* Haldia
* Howrah
* Jalpaiguri
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Jiaganj Azimganj
* Kalimpong
* Kharagpur
* Kolkata
* Krishnanagar
* Kurseong
* Malda
* Midnapore
* Murshidabad
* Purulia
* Raiganj
* Siliguri
* Siuri
* Tamluk
* List of cities in West Bengal by population
* Cities and towns by district

Culture|

* Bengal Renaissance
* Bengali calendars
* Patachitra
* Chalchitra
* Arts of West Bengal
* Baul
* Bhadu
* Gombhira
* Chhau dance
* Cuisine
* Bengali
* Rabindra Sangeet
* Rabindra Nritya Natya
* Holi
* Dol Purnima
* Prostitution in Kolkata
* Pohela Boishakh
* Durga Puja
* Bhai Dooj
* Raksha Bandhan
* Ratha Yatra
* Architecture of Bengal
* Bengal temples
* Bengali language
* Bengali literature
* Feluda
* Lalmohan Ganguly
* Professor Shonku
* Tarini Khuro
* Kakababu
* Kiriti Roy
* Pather Panchali (novel)
* Bengali cinema
* Jatra
* Ghosts in Bengali culture

GI products|

* Baluchari sari
* Banglar Rosogolla
* Banglar Muslin
* Banglar Nolen Gur Sandesh
* Bankura horse
* Baruipur Guava
* Bengal Patachitra
* Bishnupur Motichur Laddu
* Chhau mask
* Darjeeling tea
* Dhaniakhali Sari
* Dhokra
* Fazli (mango)
* Garad Saree
* Gobindobhog
* Himsagar
* Jaynagarer Moa
* Kamarpukur Sada Bode
* Madurkathi
* Malda Nistari Silk Yarn
* Manasa chali
* Mihidana
* Murshidabad Chhanabora
* Nakshi kantha
* Radhunipagal rice
* Santiniketan Leather Goods
* Shantipuri sari
* Sitabhog
* Sundarban Honey
* Tangail Saree
* Tulaipanji

Demographics|

* Bengali people
* Bihari people
* Economy of West Bengal
* Gurkha
* Adivasi
* Rajbanshi
* Anglo-Indian people
* Ethnic communities in Kolkata
* List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
* Discrimination against Bengalis in India

People|

* Rabindranath Tagore
* Satyajit Ray
* Kazi Nazrul Islam
* Anil Kumar Gain
* Ritwik Ghatak
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