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Government of West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
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Seat of Government	Nabanna building (Temporary)
Legislative branch
Assembly	West Bengal Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	Biman Banerjee (AITC)
Deputy Speaker	Dr. Asish Banerjee (AITC)
Members in Assembly	294
Executive branch
Governor	La. Ganesan (additional charge)
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee (AITC)
Chief Secretary	Hari Krishna Dwivedi, IAS
Judiciary
High Court	Calcutta High Court
Chief Justice	Justice Prakash Shrivastava

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The Government of West Bengal (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার) also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State 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	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal	La. Ganesan (additional charge)	18 July 2022
Chief Minister of West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee	20 May 2011
Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Biman Banerjee	30 May 2011
Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Asish Banerjee	02 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Mamata Banerjee	05 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Partha Chatterjee	10 May 2021
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Suvendu Adhikari	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

The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

Council of Ministers

The West Bengal government^[a] headed by Mamata Banerjee has 40 ministers. Among them, 10 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 9 are junior ministers and 20 are senior ministers.^[4]^[5]

^ 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
1.	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)		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 North Bengal Development*Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Information Technology and Electronics Parliamentary Affairs Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction	AITC
Cabinet Ministers
	AITC
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		Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development Consumer Affairs	AITC
5.	Somen Mahapatra		Tamluk	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways	AITC
6.	Moloy Ghatak		Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judicial Public Works	AITC
7.	Aroop Biswas		Tollygunge	10 May 2021	Power Youth Affairs and Sports	AITC
8.	Ujjal Biswas		Krishnanagar Dakshin	10 May 2021	Correctional Administration	AITC
9.	Arup Roy		Howrah Madhya	10 May 2021	Co-operatives	AITC
10.	Rathin Ghosh		Madhyamgram	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies	AITC
11.	Firhad Hakim		Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Transport Housing	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	AITC
14.	Bratya Basu		Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education	AITC
15.	Pulak Roy		Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering Panchayat Raj and Rural Development	AITC
16.	Shashi Panja		Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Self Help Group and Self Employment	AITC
17.	Md. Ghulam Rabbani	File:Md Ghulam Rabbani.jpg	Goalpokhar	10 May 2021	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	AITC
18.	Biplab Mitra		Harirampur	10 May 2021	Agricultural Marketing	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		Manteswar	10 May 2021	Mass Education Extension and Library Services	AITC
Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)
22.	Becharam Manna		Singur	10 May 2021	Labour MoS in Panchayat 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	Fisheries	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		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	Tourism MoS in 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	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles	AITC
36.	Sabina Yeasmin		Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development	AITC
37.	Birbaha Hansda	File:বীরবাহা হাঁসদা.jpg	Jhargram	10 May 2021	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		Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports	AITC

References

Citations

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

Sources

"West Bengal Government Publications". New Administrative Building at Nabanna. wbxpress.com. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
"West Bengal Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
"Election Database". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 18 August 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
"Council of Ministers in West Bengal, 2016". West Bengal Govt. Orders. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

External links

[4] The current government running is Third Mamata Banerjee ministry since 10 May 2021.

[West_Bengal_Assembly-1] "West Bengal Assembly". West Bengal Government. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[West_Bengal_(state)-2] "West Bengal (state)". Indian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[The_Parliament_of_West_Bengal,_India-3] "The Parliament of West Bengal, India". cpahq.org. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[5] "List of Current Ministers in Mamata's second cabinet". wb.gov.in.

[6] "Ministers of West Bengal". EduKare Online. 6 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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