Government of West Bengal

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

Government of West Bengal
Seat of GovernmentKolkata
Executive
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar[1]
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Deputy Chief MinisterVacant since November 2000
Legislature
Assembly
SpeakerBiman Banerjee
Deputy SpeakerSukumar Hansda
Members in Assembly295
Judiciary
High CourtCalcutta High Court
Chief JusticeThottathil B. Radhakrishnan

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. His or her post is largely ceremonial. 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 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 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 headed by Mamata Banerjee has 41 ministers, including 17 new faces. Among them, 5 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, and 8 are junior ministers.[4]

Cabinet Ministers
Sl No.NameConstituencyMinistry in Charge
1Mamata BanerjeeBhabanipurChief Minister of West Bengal
Also in-charge of:
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Ministry of Land & Land Reforms
Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs
Ministry of Personnel & Administrative Reforms
Ministry of Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education
2Amit MitraKhardahaMinistry of Finance,
Ministry of Commerce & IndustriesMinistry of Excise, Commerce & Industries,
Industrial Reconstruction, Public Enterprise,
Micro and Small Scale Enterprises,
Information Technology and Electronics & e-Governance
3Partha ChatterjeeBehala PaschimMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs,
Minister for Education
4Subrata MukherjeeBallygungeMinister of Panchayat & Rural Development,
Public Health Engineering
5Sovandeb ChattopadhyayRashbehariMinister of Power & Non-Conventional Energy Sources
6Suvendu AdhikariNandigramMinistry of Transport, Minister of Irrigation and Waterways
7Goutam DebDabgram-PhulbariMinistry of Tourism
8Abani Mohan JoardarKrishnanagar UttarMinister of Correctional Administration,
Minister of Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation
9Bratya BasuDum DumScience and Technology and Bio-Technology
10Sujit BoseBidhan nagarMinister of Fire & Engineering, Housing, Environment
11Abdur Razzak MollaBhangarMinister of Food Procurement and Horticulture
12Jyotipriyo MollickHabraMinister of Food & Supplies
13Firhad HakimKolkata PortMinister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
14Aroop BiswasTollygungMinister of PWD,
Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports
15Javed KhanKasbaMinister of Disaster Management
16Moloy GhatakAsansol NorthMinistry of Labour,
Minister of Law & Judicial Services
17Asish BanerjeeRampurhatMinistry of Agriculture
18Arup RoyHowrah CentralMinister of Co-operation
19Rajib BanerjeeDomjurMinister of Irrigation
20Chandranath SinhaBolpurMinistry of Fisheries
21Tapan DasguptaSaptagramMinister of Agriculture Marketing
22Somen MahapatraPinglaMinistry of Water Resources
23James KujurKumargramMinister of Tribal Development
24Binay Krishna BarmanMathabhangaMinister of Forest
25Rabindra Nath GhoshNatabariMinister of North Bengal Development
26Sadhan PandeManiktalaMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of Self Help Groups
27Santiram MahatoBalarampurMinister of Paschimanchal Unnayan
28Churamani MahatoKumargramMinister of Backward Classes Welfare
29Asish BanerjeeRampurhat

Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Sl No.NameConstituencyMinistry in Charge
1Shashi Panja [lower-alpha 1]ShyampukurMinister of Women Development & Social Welfare, Child Development,
MoS–Health and Family Welfare
2Siddiqullah Chowdhury [lower-alpha 2]MangalkoteMinister of Mass Education, Library,
MoS-Parliamentary Affairs
3Ashima PatraDhanikhaliMinister of Technical Education
4Manturam PakhiraKakdwipMinister of Sunderbans Development
5Swapan DebnathPurbasthali SouthMinister of MSME,
Minister of Land & Land Reforms
  1. also in the charge of Minister of State
  2. also in the charge of Minister of State

Minister of State
Sl No.NameConstituencyMinistry in Charge
1Bachhu HansdaTapanMinister of State for North Bengal Development
2Ghulam RabbaniGoalpokharMinister of Panchayat and Rural Development.
3Zakir HossainJangipurMinister of State for Labour
4Laxmi Ratan ShuklaHowrah NorthMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports
5Indranil SenChandannagarMinistry of Information & Cultural Affairs
6Shyamal SantraKotulpurMinister of State for Panchayat & Rural Development,
Ministry of PHE
7Sandharani TuduManbazarMinister of Backward Classes Welfare
8Giasuddin MollahMagrahat PaschimMinister of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education

References

Citations
  1. "West Bengal Assembly". West Bengal Government. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "West Bengal (state)". Indian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. "The Parliament of West Bengal, India". cpahq.org. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. "List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet".

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