third Banerjee ministry

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| cabinet_type = Ministry

| cabinet_number = 21st

| jurisdiction = West Bengal

| flag =

| flag_border = 100px

| incumbent = 2021—present

| image = Cabinet Mamata Banerjee 2021-05-10 Kolkata.jpg

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| caption = Cabinet oath on 10 May 2021 at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata.

| date_formed = 10 May 2021

| date_dissolved =

| government_head_title = Chief Minister

| government_head = Mamata Banerjee

| government_head_history = 2011 — present

| governor = Jagdeep Dhankhar (until 2022)
C. V. Ananda Bose (incumbent)

| members_number =

23 Cabinet Ministers
8 Minister of state (I/C){{efn|I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.}}
8 Minister of state

| former_members_resigned = 3 death
9

| total_number = Currently 39 members{{efn|As of {{date}}.}}

| political_party = {{Color box|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|border=darkgray}} All India Trinamool Congress

| legislature_status = Majority

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| opposition_cabinet =

| opposition_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|border=darkgray}} Bharatiya Janata Party

| opposition_leader = Suvendu Adhikari

| election = 2021

| last_election =

| legislature_term = 17th West Bengal Assembly (2021 onwards)

| budget =

| advice_and_consent1 =

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| incoming_formation =

| outgoing_formation =

| previous = Second Banerjee ministry

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The 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal was formed under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. She was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May 2021. The remaining council of ministers was sworn in on 10 May 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-03|title=West Bengal Election Results 2021 Highlights: TMC headed for 3rd term; Mamata loses Nandigram race to Suvendu|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/west-bengal-election-results-2021-counting-live-updates-7298382/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=West Bengal Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee takes oath as Bengal CM for third time|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-election-result-nandigram-2021-mamata-banerjee-swearing-in-live-news/2246019/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine|author=Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy |date=May 9, 2021 |title=43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/west-bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-tmc-cabinet-ministers-list-1800594-2021-05-09|access-date=2021-05-10|magazine=India Today|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-09|title=Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/mamatas-list-of-ministers-for-third-cabinet-features-17-new-faces-including-manoj-tiwari-7308489/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

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Constitutional requirement

= For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor =

According to [http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p06163.html Article 163] of the Indian Constitution,

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There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

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This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

= For other provisions as to Ministers =

According to [http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p06164.html Article 164] of the Indian Constitution,

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The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.
The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

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Chief minister and cabinet ministers

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
S.No !Name !Portrait !Constituency₫ !Assumed office !Department ! colspan="2" scope="col" \| Party
1 \| Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister) \| 100px \|Bhabanipur \|5 May 2021 \| Home and Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Planning Revenue Statistics Program Implementation Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs \|bgcolor=#3CB371\| \| AITC
colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" \|Cabinet Ministers
2 \| Sovandeb Chattopadhyay \|100px \|Khardaha \|10 May 2021 \| Parliamentary Affairs Agriculture \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
3 \| Manas Bhunia \|100px \|Sabang \|10 May 2021 \| Water Resources Investigation Development Irrigation Waterways \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
4 \| Snehasis Chakraborty \|100px \|Jangipara \|03 August 2022 \| Transport \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
5 \| Moloy Ghatak \|100px \|Asansol Uttar \|10 May 2021 \| Law, Judiacial Public Works \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
6 \| Aroop Biswas \|100px \|Tollyganj \|10 May 2021 \| Power Youth Affairs and Sports Housing \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
7 \| Ujjal Biswas \|100px \|Krishnanagar Dakshin \|10 May 2021 \| Science, Technology & Bio-technology \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
8 \| Arup Roy \|100px \|Howrah Madhya \|10 May 2021 \| Co-operatives \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
9 \| Rathin Ghosh \|100px \|Madhyamgram \|10 May 2021 \| Food Supplies Department \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
10 \| Firhad Hakim \| 100px \|Kolkata Port \|10 May 2021 \| Urban Development & Municipal Affairs \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
11 \| Chandranath Sinha \|100px \|Bolpur \|10 May 2021 \| Micro, Small Medium Enterprises Textiles Correctional Administration \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
12 \| Bankim Chandra Hazra \|100px \|Sagar \|10 May 2021 \| Sundarban Affairs \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
13 \| Bratya Basu \|100px \|Dum Dum \|10 May 2021 \| School and Higher Education \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
14 \| Pulak Roy \|100px \|Uluberia Dakshin \|10 May 2021 \| Public Health Engineering \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
15 \| Shashi Panja \|100px \|Shyampukur \|10 May 2021 \| Women and Child Development Social Welfare Department of Industries \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
16 \| Biplab Mitra \|100px \|Harirampur \|10 May 2021 \| Agricultural Marketing \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
17 \| Javed Ahmed Khan \|100px \|Kasba \|10 May 2021 \| Disaster Management Civil Defence \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
18 \| Swapan Debnath \|100px \|Purbasthali Dakshin \|10 May 2021 \| Animal Resources Development \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
19 \| Siddiqullah Chowdhury \|100px \|Manteswar \|10 May 2021 \| Mass Education Extension Library Services \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
20 \| Udayan Guha \|100px \|Dinhata \|03 August 2022 \| North Bengal Development \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
21 \| Babul Supriyo \|100px \|Ballygunge \|03 August 2022 \| Tourism Information Technology Electronics Industrial Reconstruction \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
22 \| Pradip Mazumdar \|100px \|Durgapur Purba \|03 August 2022 \| Rural Development and Panchayati Raj \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
23 \| Md. Ghulam Rabbani \|100px \|Goalpokhar \|10 May 2021 \| Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Sources \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
colspan="9" style="text-align: center;" \|Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
24 \| Becharam Manna \|100px \|Singur \|10 May 2021 \| Labour MoS in Panchayet Rural Development \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
25 \| Chandrima Bhattacharya \|100px \|Dum Dum Uttar \|10 May 2021 \| MoS in Health Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee Rehabilitiation MoS in Finance Excise (I/C) Environment \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
26 \| Sandhya Rani Tudu \|100px \|Manbazar \|10 May 2021 \| Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
27 \| Bulu Chik Baraik \|100px \|Mal \|10 May 2021 \| Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
28 \| Sujit Bose \|100px \|Bidhannagar \|10 May 2021 \| Fire and Emergency Services \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
29 \| Indranil Sen \|100px \|Chandannagar \|10 May 2021 \| Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
30 \| Birbaha Hansda \| 100px \|Jhargram \|10 May 2021 \| Forests Self Help Group Self Employment \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
31 \| Biplab Roy Chowdhury \|100px \|Panskura Purba \|03 August 2022 \| Fisheries \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" \|Ministers Of State
32 \| Dilip Mondal \|100px \|Bishnupur \|10 May 2021 \| Transport \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
33 \| Akhruzzaman \|100px \|Raghunathganj \|10 May 2021 \| Power \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
34 \| Seuli Saha \|100px \|Keshpur \|10 May 2021 \| Panchayet Rural Development \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
35 \| Tajmul Hossain \|100px \|Harishchandrapur \|03 August 2022 \| Micro, Small Medium Enterprises and Textiles \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
36 \| Jyotsna Mandi \|100px \|Ranibandh \|10 May 2021 \| Food Supplies \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
37 \| Satyajit Barman \|100px \|Hemtabad \|03 August 2022 \| School Education \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
38 \| Sabina Yeasmin \|100px \|Mothabari \|10 May 2021 \| Irrigation Waterways North Bengal Development \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC
39 \| Manoj Tiwary \|100px \|Shibpur \|10 May 2021 \| Youth Affairs Sports \| bgcolor="#3CB371" \| \| AITC

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

S.No

!Name

!Portrait

!Constituency₫

!Assumed office

!Department

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

| Mamata Banerjee
(Chief Minister)

| 100px

|Bhabanipur

|5 May 2021

Home and Hill Affairs
Personnel & Administration
Planning
Revenue
Statistics Program Implementation
Health and Family Welfare
Land and Land Reforms
Refugee Rehabilitation
Information & Cultural Affairs

|bgcolor=#3CB371|

third Banerjee ministry

Constitutional requirement

= For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor =

= For other provisions as to Ministers =

Chief minister and cabinet ministers

Demographics of Council of Ministers

Former Ministers

Notes

References