Government of West Bengal

This article is about a state government in India. For the defunct provincial government of Pakistan, see Government of East Bengal.

Government of West Bengal
Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
State government
Emblem version used by the Government of West Bengal as of July 2024
Overview
Established	1 April 1937 (1937-04-01) (as Government of Bengal)
State	Republic of India
Leader	Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee)
Appointed by	Governor (C. V. Ananda Bose) on the advice of the chief minister
Main organ	Council of Ministers
Ministries	53 ministries
Responsible to	Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
Annual budget	₹3.046 trillion
Headquarters	Nabanna, Howrah

The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the principal administrative authority of the Indian state of West Bengal, created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The 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). Including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community it was 295 before is abolition. 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		23 November 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	Dr. Asish Banerjee		2 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Mamata Banerjee		5 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		10 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Mihir Goswami		10 May 2021
Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court	T. S. Sivagnanam		11 May 2023
Chief Secretary of West Bengal	Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika		31 December 2023

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.

Organization

• The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

Departments

1	Agricultural Marketing
2	Agriculture
3	Animal Resources Development
4	Backward Classes Welfare
5	Consumer Affairs
6	Co-operation
7	Correctional Administration
8	Disaster Management and Civil Defence
9	Environment
10	Finance
11	Fire and Emergency Services
12	Fisheries
13	Food and Supplies
14	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
15	Forests
16	Health and Family Welfare
17	Higher Education
18	Home and Hill Affairs
19	Housing
20	Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
21	Information & Cultural Affairs
22	Information Technology and Electronics
23	Irrigation and Waterways
24	Judicial
25	Labour
26	Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation
27	Law
28	Mass Education Extension and Library Services
29	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles
30	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
31	Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
32	North Bengal Development
33	Panchayats and Rural Development
34	Parliamentary Affairs
35	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
36	Personnel and Administrative Reforms
37	Planning and Statistics
38	Power
39	Programme Monitoring
40	Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
41	Public Health Engineering
42	Public Works
43	School Education
44	Science and Technology and Biotechnology
45	Self Help Group and Self Employment
46	Sundarban Affairs
47	Technical Education, Training & Skill Development
48	Tourism
49	Liquor
50	Tribal Development
51	Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
52	Water resources Investigation and Development
53	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
54	Youth Services and Sports

Department and Secretaries

Serial	Department	Secretary
1	Chief Secretary	Chief Secretary, Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
2	Home and Hill Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
3	Agriculture	Principal Secretary, Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
4	Agricultural Marketing	Principal Secretary, A. Subbaiah, IAS
5	Animal Resources Development	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Vivek Kumar, IAS
6	Backward Classes Welfare	Secretary, Sanjay Bansal, IAS
7	Consumer Affairs	Principal Secretary, Roshni Sen, IAS
8	Co-operation	Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
9	Correctional Administration	Principal Secretary, Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
10	Disaster Management and Civil Defence	Principal Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
11	Environment	Principal Secretary (additional charge), Roshni Sen, IAS
12	Finance	Additional Chief Secretary, Manoj Pant, IAS
13	Fire and Emergency Services	Additional Chief Secretary, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS
14	Fisheries	Secretary, Avanindra Singh, IAS
15	Food and Supplies	Principal Secretary, Amit Roy Chowdhury, IAS
16	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture	Principal Secretary, Khalil Ahmed, IAS
17	Forests	Additional Chief Secretary, Vivek Kumar, IAS
18	Health and Family Welfare	Secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
19	Higher Education	Principal Secretary, (additional charge) Amit Roy Chowdhury, IAS
20	Housing	Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
21	Industry, Commerce and Enterprises	Secretary, Vandana Yadav, IAS
22	Information and Cultural Affairs	Secretary, Santanu Basu, IAS
23	Information Technology and Electronics	Secretary, Randhir Kumar, IAS
24	Irrigation and Waterways	Principal Secretary (additional charge) Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
25	Judicial	Principal Secretary, Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
26	Labour	Principal Secretary, Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
27	Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation	Secretary, Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS
28	Law	Secretary, Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
29	Mass Education Extension and Library Services	Principal Secretary, Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
30	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles	Principal Secretary, Rajesh Pandey, IAS
31	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education	Secretary (additional charge), P. B. Salim, IAS
32	North Bengal Development	Additional Chief Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
33	Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), S. Suresh Kumar, IAS
34	Panchayats and Rural Development	Secretary, P. Ulaganathan
35	Parliamentary Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
36	Pashimanchal Unnayan Affairs	Secretary, Rashmi Kamal, IAS
37	Personnel and Administrative Reforms	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
38	Planning and Statistics	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Manoj Pant, IAS
39	Programme Monitoring	Secretary, P. B. Salim, IAS
40	Power	Additional Chief Secretary, S. Suresh Kumar, IAS
41	Public Health Engineering	Principal Secretary, Surendra Gupta, IAS
42	Public Works	Secretary, Antara Acharya, IAS
43	Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction	Secretary, Smita Pandey, IAS
44	School Education	Principal Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
45	Science and Technology and Bio-technology	Additional Chief Secretary, Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS
46	Self Help Group and Self Employment	Secretary (additional charge), P. Ulaganathan, IAS
47	Sundarban Affairs	Additional Chief Secretary, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
48	Technical Education, Training & Skill Development	Additional Chief Secretary, Jayashri Dasgupta, IAS
49	Tourism	Secretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
50	Transport	Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Binod Kumar, IAS
51	Tribal Development	Principal Secretary, Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
52	Urban Development and Municipal Affairs	Principal Secretary, Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
53	Water Resources Investigation and Development	Principal Secretary, (additional charge), Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
54	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare	Principal Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
55	Youth Services and Sports	Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS

Council of Ministers

Main article: West Bengal Council of Ministers

References

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

• Official website