West Bengal Council of Ministers

The West Bengal Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of West Bengal and headed by Chief Minister of West Bengal, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS West Bengal Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government.

Council of Ministers[edit]

The West Bengal government^[a] headed by Mamata Banerjee has 40 ministers. Among them, 11 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 8 are junior ministers and 21 are senior ministers.^[1]

^ The current government running is Third Mamata Banerjee ministry since 10 May 2021.

S.No	Name^[2]	Constituency	Assumed office^[3]	Department
1	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)	Bhabanipur	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Finance & Excise Health and Family Welfare Planning & Statistics Program Implementation Land and Land Reforms Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	TMC
Cabinet Ministers
2	Bankim Chandra Hazra	Sagar	10 May 2021	Sundarban Affairs	TMC
3	Manas Bhunia	Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development Environment	TMC
4	Snehasis Chakraborty	Jangipara	3 August 2022	Transport	TMC
5	Moloy Ghatak	Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judiacial Public Works	TMC
6	Aroop Biswas	Tollyganj	10 May 2021	Power Youth Affairs and Sports Housing	TMC
7	Rathin Ghosh	Madhyamgram	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies Department	TMC
8	Firhad Hakim	Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Urban Development & Municipal Affairs	TMC
9	Chandranath Sinha	Bolpur	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Textiles	TMC
10	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	Khardaha	10 May 2021	Parliamentary Affairs Agriculture	TMC
11	Bratya Basu	Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education	TMC
12	Pulak Roy	Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering	TMC
13	Shashi Panja	Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare	TMC
14	Biplab Mitra	Harirampur	10 May 2021	Agricultural Marketing	TMC
15	Javed Ahmed Khan	Kasba	10 May 2021	Disaster Management and Civil Defence	TMC
16	Swapan Debnath	Purbasthali Dakshin	10 May 2021	Animal Resources Development	TMC
17	Siddiqullah Chowdhury	Manteswar	10 May 2021	Mass Education Extension and Library Services	TMC
18	Udayan Guha	Dinhata	3 August 2022	North Bengal Development	TMC
19	Babul Supriyo	Ballygunge	3 August 2022	Information Technology and Electronics Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources	TMC
20	Pradip Mazumdar	Durgapur Purba	3 August 2022	Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Co-operatives	TMC
21	Partha Bhowmick	Naihati	3 August 2022	Irrigation and Waterways Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction	TMC
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
22	Becharam Manna	Singur	10 May 2021	Labour MoS in Panchayet and Rural Development	TMC
23	Arup Roy	Howrah Madhya	11 September 2023	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture	TMC
24	Akhil Giri	Ramnagar	3 August 2022	Correctional Administration	TMC
25	Biplab Roy Chowdhury	Panskura Purba	3 August 2022	Fisheries	TMC
26	Chandrima Bhattacharya	Dum Dum Uttar	10 May 2021	MoS in Health and Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation MoS in Finance and Excise	TMC
27	Sandhya Rani Tudu	Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs	TMC
28	Bulu Chik Baraik	Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development	TMC
29	Sujit Bose	Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services	TMC
30	Ujjal Biswas	Krishnanagar Dakshin	3 August 2022	Science, Technology and Biotechnology	TMC
31	Birbaha Hansda	Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests Self Help Group and Self Employment	TMC
32	Indranil Sen	Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Technical Education Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs	TMC
Ministers Of State
33	Dilip Mondal	Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport	TMC
34	Akhruzzaman	Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power	TMC
35	Seuli Saha	Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development	TMC
36	Tajmul Hossain	Harishchandrapur	2 August 2022	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles	TMC
37	Sabina Yeasmin	Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development	TMC
38	Jyotsna Mandi	Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies	TMC
39	Satyajit Barman	Hemtabad	10 August 2022	School Education	TMC
40	Manoj Tiwary	Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports	TMC