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Government of West Bengal

{{Short description|Administration to govern West Bengal state}}

{{About|the state government in West Bengal|the political history of West Bengal|Politics of West Bengal}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}

{{Infobox political system

| background_color = indigo

| name = Government of West Bengal

| image = Emblem of West Bengal (2018-present).svg

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Emblem of West Bengal

| type = Parliamentary republic
State government

| constitution = Constitution of India

| date_established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1937|4|1}} (as Government of Bengal)

| country = {{flag|India}}

| legislature = West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| legislature_type = Unicameral

| legislature_place = West Bengal Legislative Assembly Building, Kolkata

| lowerhouse = Legislative Assembly

| lowerhouse_speaker = Biman Banerjee

| lowerhouse_speaker_title = Speaker

| title_hos = Governor

| current_hos = C. V. Ananda Bose

| appointer_hos = President of India (on advice of Central Government)

| title_hog = Chief Minister

| current_hog = Mamata Banerjee

| appointer_hog = Governor

| cabinet = Council of Ministers

| cabinet_leader = Chief Minister

| cabinet_hq = Writers' Building, Kolkata (Permanent); Nabanna, Howrah (Temporary)

| cabinet_ministries = 53 ministries

| judiciary = Calcutta High Court

| courts = Judiciary of India

| chief_judge = T. S. Sivagnanam

| court_seat = Calcutta High Court, Kolkata

| court = Calcutta High Court

| budget = {{INRConvert|370000|c|lk=on}} (2024–25)

| website = [https://wb.gov.in/ wb.gov.in]

}}

{{Politics of India}}

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.{{cite web|title=West Bengal (state)|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=WB|publisher=Indian Government|access-date=25 June 2014}} 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).{{cite web|title=The Parliament of West Bengal, India|url=http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL|publisher=cpahq.org|access-date=5 October 2012|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216123229/http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL|url-status=dead}} 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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!Style="background-color:{{party color|Trinamool Congress}};color:white"; | Since

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Governor of West Bengal

|Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose

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|23 November 2022

Chief Minister of West Bengal

|Mamata Banerjee

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| 20 May 2011

Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly

|Biman Banerjee

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|30 May 2011

Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly

|Dr. Asish Banerjee

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|2 July 2021

Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly

|Mamata Banerjee

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| 5 May 2021

Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly

|Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

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| 28 July 2022

Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly

|Suvendu Adhikari

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| 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

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.

Organization

  • 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

{{Cite web |url=https://www.wb.gov.in/government-departments-page.aspx |title=Departments |publisher=Government of West Bengal}}

= Department and Secretaries=

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|Serial

|Department

|Secretary

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

{{Cite web |url=https://www.wb.gov.in/government-secretaries.aspx |title=Secretaries |publisher=Government of West Bengal}}

Council of Ministers

{{main|West Bengal Council of Ministers|Third Banerjee ministry}}

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!Department

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

1

| Mamata Banerjee
(Chief Minister)

| 100px

|Bhabanipur

|5 May 2021

|

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| TMC

colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" |Cabinet Ministers
2

| Bankim Chandra Hazra

|

|Sagar

|10 May 2021

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

3

| Manas Bhunia

|100px

|Sabang

|10 May 2021

|

  • Water Resources Investigation and Development
  • Irrigation and Waterways

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

4

| Snehasis Chakraborty

|

|Jangipara

|3 August 2022

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

5

| Moloy Ghatak

|

|Asansol Uttar

|10 May 2021

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

6

| Aroop Biswas

|100px

|Tollyganj

|10 May 2021

|

  • Power
  • Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Housing

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

7

| Rathin Ghosh

|

|Madhyamgram

|10 May 2021

|

  • Food and Supplies Department

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

8

| Firhad Hakim

| 100px

|Kolkata Port

|10 May 2021

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

9

| Chandranath Sinha

|

|Bolpur

|10 May 2021

|

  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Textiles
  • Correctional Administration

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

10

| Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

|100px

|Khardaha

|10 May 2021

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

11

| Bratya Basu

|100px

|Dum Dum

|10 May 2021

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

12

| Pulak Roy

|

|Uluberia Dakshin

|10 May 2021

|

  • Public Health Engineering

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

13

| Shashi Panja

|

|Shyampukur

|10 May 2021

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

14

| Biplab Mitra

|

|Harirampur

|10 May 2021

|

  • Agricultural Marketing

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

15

| Javed Ahmed Khan

|100px

|Kasba

|10 May 2021

|

  • Disaster Management and Civil Defence

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

16

| Swapan Debnath

|

|Purbasthali Dakshin

|10 May 2021

|

  • Animal Resources Development

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

17

| Siddiqullah Chowdhury

|100px

|Manteswar

|10 May 2021

|

  • Mass Education Extension and Library Services

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

18

| Udayan Guha

|

|Dinhata

|3 August 2022

|

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

19

| Babul Supriyo

|100px

|Ballygunge

|3 August 2022

|

  • Information Technology and Electronics
  • Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

20

| Pradip Mazumdar

|

|Durgapur Purba

| 3 August 2022

|

  • Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
  • Co-operatives

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

21

| Md. Ghulam Rabbani

|

|Goalpokhar

| 7 August 2024

|

  • Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources

| bgcolor="#3CB371" |

| TMC

References

= Citations =

{{Reflist}}

= Sources =

  • {{cite web

| url = https://wbxpress.com/subject/nabanna/

| title = West Bengal Government Publications| access-date = 2006-10-28| work = New Administrative Building at Nabanna| publisher = wbxpress.com }}

  • {{cite web| url = http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States%5Cwestbengal%5Cwesbengal-w.htm| title = West Bengal Legislative Assembly| access-date = 2006-10-28| work = Legislative Bodies in India| publisher = National Informatics Centre| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313022603/http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/states/westbengal/wesbengal-w.htm| archive-date = 13 March 2016| url-status = dead}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/DataBase/DataBase_fs.htm

|title=Election Database

|access-date=2006-08-26

|publisher=Election Commission of India

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818182708/http://eci.gov.in/DataBase/DataBase_fs.htm

|archive-date=2006-08-18

}}

  • {{cite web

| url = https://wbxpress.com/council-ministers-west-bengal-2016/| title = Council of Ministers in West Bengal, 2016| access-date = 2012-08-16| publisher = West Bengal Govt. Orders}}

External links

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