Government of West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
Emblem of West Bengal.svg
Seat of GovernmentNabanna, Howrah
Websitehttps://wb.gov.in/
Legislative branch
Assembly
SpeakerBiman Banerjee (AITC)
Deputy SpeakerAsish Banerjee (AITC)
Members in Assembly294
Executive branch
GovernorC. V. Ananda Bose
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee[1] (AITC)
Chief SecretaryHari Krishna Dwivedi, IAS
Judiciary
High CourtCalcutta High Court
Chief JusticeJustice Prakash Shrivastava

The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.[2] The State 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)[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 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 Portrait Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal 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 Asish Banerjee
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02 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Mamata Banerjee
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05 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
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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 Prakash Shrivastava 11 October 2021
Chief Secretary of West Bengal Hari Krishna Dwivedi 1 June 2021

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

Council of Ministers

  1. ^ The current government running is Third Mamata Banerjee ministry since 10 May 2021.
S.No Name[citation needed] Portrait Constituency Assumed office[citation needed] Department Party
1. Mamata Banerjee
(Chief Minister)
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Bhabanipur 5 May 2021
  • Home & Hill Affairs
  • Planning
  • Statistics Program Implementation
  • Personnel & Administration
  • Health and Family Welfare
  • Land and Land Reforms
  • Refugee and Rehabilitation
  • Information & Cultural Affairs
  • Department of Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring
 AITC
Cabinet Ministers
2. Jyotipriya Mallick Habra 10 May 2021
  • Forest
  • Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
 AITC
3. Bankim Chandra Hazra Sagar 10 May 2021
  • Sundarban Affairs
 AITC
4. Manas Bhunia
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Sabang 10 May 2021
  • Water Resources Investigation and Development

& Department of Environment

AITC
5. Snehasis Chakraborty Jangipara 10 May 2021
  • Transport
 AITC
6. Moloy Ghatak Asansol Uttar 10 May 2021
  • Law, Judicial
  • Department of Labour
 AITC
7. Aroop Biswas
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Tollygunge 10 May 2021
  • Power
  • Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Department of Housing
 AITC
8. Ujjal Biswas Krishnanagar Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Department of science and technology and bio-technology
 AITC
9. Arup Roy
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Howrah Madhya 10 May 2021
  • Co-operatives
 AITC
10. Rathin Ghosh Madhyamgram 10 May 2021
  • Food and Supplies
 AITC
11. Firhad Hakim
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Kolkata Port 10 May 2021
  • Urban Development & Municipal Affairs
 AITC
12. Chandranath Sinha Bolpur 10 May 2021
  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Textiles
 AITC
13. Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Khardaha (Resigned as MLA from Bhabanipur on 21 May 2021) 10 May 2021
  • Agriculture and parliamentary affair
 AITC
14. Bratya Basu
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Dum Dum 10 May 2021
  • School and Higher Education
 AITC
15. Pulak Roy Uluberia Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Public Health Engineering
  • Department of Public works Development
 AITC
16. Shashi Panja Shyampukur 10 May 2021
  • Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
  • Department of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
  • Department of Public Enterprises and Indrustrial Reconstruction
 AITC
17. Md. Ghulam Rabbani
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Goalpokhar 10 May 2021
  • Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
 AITC
18. Biplab Mitra Harirampur 10 May 2021
  • Department of consumer affairs
 AITC
19. Javed Ahmed Khan Kasba 10 May 2021
  • Disaster Management and Civil Defence
 AITC
20. Swapan Debnath Purbasthali Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Animal Resources Development
 AITC
21. Siddiqullah Chowdhury
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Manteswar 10 May 2021
  • Mass Education Extension and Library Services
 AITC
Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)
22. Becharam Manna
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Singur 10 May 2021
  • Minister of state , Department of agricultural marketing (I/C)
  • Panchayats Raj and Rural Development
 AITC
23. Subrata Saha Sagardighi 10 May 2021
  • Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
 AITC
24. Humayun Kabir Debra 10 May 2021
  • Technical Education, Training and Skill Development
 AITC
25. Akhil Giri Ramnagar 10 May 2021
  • Minister of state, Correctional administration(I/C)
 AITC
26. Chandrima Bhattacharya Dum Dum Uttar 10 May 2021
  • Finance
  • MoS in Health and Family Welfare
  • MoS in Land & Land Reforms
  • MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation
 AITC
27. Ratna De (Nag) Pandua 10 May 2021
  • Environment
  • Science and Technology and Bio-Technology
 AITC
28. Sandhya Rani Tudu
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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. Indranil Sen Chandannagar 10 May 2021
  • Minister of state, technical education, training and skill development (I/C)
  • Information and Cultural Affairs
 AITC
Ministers Of State
32. Dilip Mondal Bishnupur 10 May 2021
  • Transport
 AITC
33. Akhruzzaman Raghunathganj 10 May 2021
  • Power
 AITC
34. Seuli Saha Keshpur 10 May 2021
  • Panchayet and Rural Development
 AITC
35. Srikanta Mahata Salboni 10 May 2021
  • Department of consumer affairs
 AITC
36. Sabina Yeasmin
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Mothabari 10 May 2021
  • Irrigation and Waterways
  • North Bengal Development
 AITC
37. Birbaha Hansda Jhargram 10 May 2021
  • Department of self-help group and self-employment(i/c) an department of forests
 AITC
38. Jyotsna Mandi Ranibandh 10 May 2021
  • Food and Supplies
 AITC
39. Paresh Chandra Adhikary Mekliganj 10 May 2021
  • School and Higher Education
 AITC
40. Manoj Tiwary
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Shibpur 10 May 2021
  • Youth Affairs and Sports
 AITC

References

Citations

  1. ^ "West Bengal Assembly". West Bengal Government. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ^ "West Bengal (state)". Indian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b "The Parliament of West Bengal, India". cpahq.org. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. ^ "List of Current Ministers in Mamata's second cabinet". wb.gov.in.
  5. ^ "Ministers of West Bengal". EduKare Online. 6 May 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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