Government of West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার

Seat of Government	Kolkata
Legislative branch
Assembly	West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Biman Banerjee
Deputy Speaker	Dr. Asish Banerjee
Members in Assembly	294
Executive branch
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar[1]
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Chief Secretary	Hari Krishna Dwivedi, IAS
Judiciary
High Court	Calcutta High Court
Chief Justice	Justice Rajesh Bindal (acting)

The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the governing authority of the state of West Bengal in India.^[2] It consists of an executive, a judiciary and a legislature.

Like other states in India, the head of state of West Bengal is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. The post is largely ceremonial in nature. 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 (M.L.A)^[3] including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee, who took 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 and subsequently 211 seats (out of 294) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

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.^[3]

Organization

• The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

Council of Ministers

• The West Bengal government^[a] headed by Mamata Banerjee has 43 ministers. Among them, 10 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, and 9 are junior ministers and 24 are senior ministers.^[4][5]

S.No	Name[6]	Portrait	Constituency	Assumed office[7]	Department	Party
1.	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)		TBD	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs North Bengal Development		AITC
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Subrata Mukherjee		Ballygunge	10 May 2021	Panchayat and Rural Development Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction		AITC
3.	Partha Chatterjee		Behala Paschim	10 May 2021	Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Information Technology and Electronics Parliamentary Affairs		AITC
4.	Amit Mitra		TBD	10 May 2021	Finance Planning and Statistics Programme Monitoring		AITC
5.	Sadhan Pande		Maniktala	10 May 2021	Consumer Affairs Self Help Group and Self Employment		AITC
6.	Jyotipriya Mallick		Habra	10 May 2021	Forest Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources		AITC
7.	Bankim Chandra Hazra		Sagar	10 May 2021	Sundarban Affairs		AITC
8.	Manas Bhunia		Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development		AITC
9.	Somen Mahapatra		Tamluk	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways		AITC
10.	Moloy Ghatak		Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judicial Public Works		AITC
11.	Aroop Biswas		Tollygunge	10 May 2021	Power Youth Affairs and Sports		AITC
12.	Ujjal Biswas		Krishnanagar Dakshin	10 May 2021	Correctional Administration		AITC
13.	Arup Roy		Howrah Madhya	10 May 2021	Co-operatives		AITC
14.	Rathin Ghosh		Madhyamgram	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies		AITC
15.	Firhad Hakim		Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Transport Housing		AITC
16.	Chandranath Sinha		Bolpur	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Textiles		AITC
17.	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		Bhabanipur (Resigned as MLA on 21 May 2021)	10 May 2021	Agriculture		AITC
18.	Bratya Basu		Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education		AITC
19.	Pulak Roy		Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering		AITC
20.	Shashi Panja		Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare		AITC
21.	Md. Ghulam Rabbani		Goalpokhar	10 May 2021	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education		AITC
22.	Biplab Mitra		Harirampur	10 May 2021	Agricultural Marketing		AITC
23.	Javed Ahmed Khan		Kasba	10 May 2021	Disaster Management and Civil Defence		AITC
24.	Swapan Debnath		Purbasthali Dakshin	10 May 2021	Animal Resources Development		AITC
25.	Siddiqullah Chowdhury		Manteswar	10 May 2021	Mass Education Extension and Library Services		AITC
Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)
26.	Becharam Manna		Singur	10 May 2021	Labour		AITC
27.	Subrata Saha		Sagardighi	10 May 2021	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture		AITC
28.	Humayun Kabir		Debra	10 May 2021	Technical Education, Training and Skill Development		AITC
29.	Akhil Giri		Ramnagar	10 May 2021	Fisheries		AITC
30.	Chandrima Bhattacharya		Dum Dum Uttar	10 May 2021	Urban Development & Municipal Affairs MoS in Health and Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation		AITC
31.	Ratna De (Nag)		Pandua	10 May 2021	Environment Science and Technology and Bio-Technology		AITC
32.	Sandhya Rani Tudu		Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs		AITC
33.	Bulu Chik Baraik		Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development		AITC
34.	Sujit Bose		Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services		AITC
35.	Indranil Sen		Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs		AITC
Ministers Of State
36.	Dilip Mondal		Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport		AITC
37.	Akhruzzaman		Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power		AITC
38.	Seuli Saha		Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development		AITC
39.	Srikanta Mahata		Salboni	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles		AITC
40.	Sabina Yeasmin		Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development		AITC
41.	Birbaha Hansda		Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests		AITC
42.	Jyotsna Mandi		Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies		AITC
43.	Paresh Chandra Adhikary		Mekliganj	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education		AITC
44.	Manoj Tiwary		Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports		AITC