The Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the collective decision-making body of the Government of West Bengal, composed of the Chief Minister and the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory.
The Union Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal was formed after the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election held in six phases in 2011: on 18 April, 23 April, 27 April, 3 May, 7 and 10 May 2011. The results of the election were announced on 13 May 2011 and led to the formation of the 15th Vidhan Sabha. Mamata Banerjee took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on 20 May 2011, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the present 'Council of Ministers'.
Constitutional requirement
For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,
This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.
For other provisions as to Ministers According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,
Government and politics The West Bengal is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature the state shares with other Indian states. Universal suffrage is granted to residents. There are two branches of government. The legislature, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, consists of elected members and special office bearers such as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, that are elected by the members. Assembly meetings are presided over by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker in the Speaker's absence. The judiciary is composed of the Calcutta High Court and a system of lower courts. Executive authority is vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister, although the titular head of government is the Governor. The Governor is the head of state appointed by the President of India. The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Legislative Assembly is appointed as the Chief Minister by the Governor, and the Council of Ministers are appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister. The Council of Ministers reports to the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly is unicameral with 295 Members of the Legislative Assembly, or MLAs, including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community. Terms of office run for 5 years, unless the Assembly is dissolved prior to the completion of the term. Auxiliary authorities known as panchayats, for which local body elections are regularly held, govern local affairs. The state contributes 42 seats to Lok Sabha and 16 seats to Rajya Sabha of the Indian Parliament.
The main players in the regional politics are the All India Trinamool Congress, the Indian National Congress, the Left Front alliance. Following the West Bengal State Assembly Election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress and Indian National Congress coalition under Mamata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress was elected to power (getting 225 seats in the legislature). West Bengal had been ruled by the Left Front for the past 34 years, making it the world's longest-running democratically elected communist government.
Council of Ministers
There are a total of 41 ministers, excluding the Chief Minister of West Bengal. This is a list of members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal after the 2016 state assembly election.The result published on Election Commission of India All ministers are based in offices of their respective Ministries in Kolkata. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of the Vidhan Sabha of West Bengal. In a departure from the norm the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, who did not join the cabinet as a member of the Vidhan Sabha.Data collected from (some data were wrong, corrected by Education Guide)The HinduWB XpressData collected from West Bengal Information & Cultural Centre, New Delhi
Ranking There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank: Cabinet Minister: Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed Minister of State (Independent Charges): Junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister Minister of State (MoS): Junior minister with overseeing Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle taxation
Cabinet Ministers Sl. No. Name Ministries Constituency 1 Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister of West BengalAlso in-charge of:Ministry of Home AffairsMinistry of Health & Family WelfareMinistry of Land & Land ReformsMinistry of Information & Cultural AffairsMinistry of Hill AffairsMicro and Small Scale EnterprisesMinistry of Personnel & Administrative ReformsMinistry of Minority Affairs & Madrassah EducationMinistry of Transport Bhabanipur 2 Partha ChatterjeeMinistry of Parliamentary AffairsMinister for EducationMinister of Science & Technology and Biotechnology Behala Paschim 3 Amit MitraMinistry of FinanceMinistry of ExciseMinistry of Commerce and IndustryMinistry of Industrial ReconstructionMinistry of Public Enterprises Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise and Textile Khardaha 4Subrata Mukherjee Ministry of Panchayat & Rural DevelopmentMinistry of Public Health EngineeringBallygunge 5Bratya BasuTourismDum Dum 6Jyotipriyo MullickMinistry of Food & SuppliesHabra 7Manish GuptaMinistry of Power and Non-Conventional EnergyJadavpur 8Aroop BiswasMinistry of Youth Affairs, SportsMinistry of HousingTollygung 9Firhad HakimMinistry of Urban Development and Municipal AffairsKolkata Port 10Sovan ChatterjeeMinistry of Fire & EngineeringBehala Purba 11Abani Mohan JoardarMinistry of Correctional AdministrationMinistry of Refugee Relief & RehabilitationKrishnanagar Uttar 12Sadhan PandeMinistry of Self Help GroupsMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionManiktala 13Purnendo BoseMinister for Agriculture Minister for Technical Education, Training & Skill DevelopmentRajarhat-Gopalpur 14Arup RoyMinistry of Co-operationHowrah Central 15Asish BanerjeeMinistry of BiotechnologyStatistics and Programme MonitoringRampurhat 16Javed KhanMinistry of Disaster ManagementKasba 17Churamani MahatoMinistry of Backward Classes WelfareGopiballavpur 18Soumen MahapatraMinistry of Water Resources Investigation & DevelopmentPingla 19Rabindranath BhattacharjeeMinistry of Agriculture MarketingStatistics & Programme ImplementationSingur 20Goutam DebMinistry of North Bengal DevelopmentDabgram-Phulbari 21Chandranath SinhaMinistry of FisheriesBolpur 22Binay Krishna BarmanMinistry of ForestMathabhanga 23Moloy GhatakMinistry of LabourMinistry of Law & Judicial ServicesAsansol North 24Rajib BanerjeeMinistry of Irrigation and WaterwaysDomjur 25Santiram MahatoMinister for Self Help Group Self-employment and Pachimanchal unnyanBalarampur 26Abdul Karim ChowdhuryMinister for Mass Education Extension and Library ServicesIslampur 27Sankar ChakrabortyMinistry of Public Works DepartmentMinistry of Cooperation and Inland Water TransportBalurghat 28Krishnendu Narayan ChoudhuryMinistry of Food processingMinistry of HorticultureEnglish Bazar 29Upendra Nath BiswasMinistry of Backward Class WelfareBagda 30Haider Aziz SafwiMinistry of Correctional AdministrationUluberia Purba 31Somen MahapatraMinistry of Water Resources Investigation & DevelopmentTamluk 32Sudarshan Ghosh DastidarMinistry of Environmental AffairsMahisadal 33Noor Alam ChowdhuryMinistry of Animal Resources DevelopmentMurarai 34Madan MitraMinister (without portfolio)Kamarhati
Ministers of State (Independent Charges)
Sl. No. Name Ministries Constituency 34Majulkrishna ThakurMinistry of Refugee Relief & RehabilitationMinistry of State for Micro & Small Scale Enterprises and TextilesGaighata 35Swapan DebnathMinistry of MSMEPurbasthali South 36Manturam PakhiraMinistry of Sunderbans DevelopmentKakdwip 37Shashi Panja Minister of Women Development & Social Welfare, Child Development–Health and Family WelfareShyampukur
Ministers of State (MoS) Sl. No. Name Ministries Constituency 38Bachhu HansdaMinistry of North Bengal DevelopmentTapan 39Shyamal SantraMinistry of Panchayat & Rural DevelopmentMinistry of PHEKotulpur 40Sandhya Rani TuduMinistry of Parliamentary AffairsManbazar 41Giasuddin MollahMinistry of Minority Affairs Ministry of Madrasah EducationMagrahat Paschim
Former Ministers S.NoNamePortraitConstituencyAssumed officeLeft office Department served Party 1 Sunil Chandra Tirkey Phansidewa20 May 2011 22 September 2012Ministry of State for Consumer Affairs INC 2 Pramatha Nath RayKaliaganj20 May 201122 September 2012Ministry of State for Development & Planning INC 3 Sabitri MitraManikchak20 May 201124 May 2014Ministry of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare AITC4Sabina YeasminMothabari20 May 201122 September 2012Ministry of State of Security, Counterterrorism and PoliceINC5 Abu Nasar Khan ChoudhurySujapur20 May 201122 September 2012Ministry for State for Science and Technology INC6 Subrata SahaSagardighi20 May 201124 May 2014Ministry for State for Public Works AITC7Abu HenaLalgola20 May 201122 September 2012Ministry for Fisheries Ministry for Aqua-culture Ministry for Harbours INC 8 Manoj Chakraborty Baharampur20 May 201118 January 2012Ministry for State for Parliamentary Affairs INC 9 Shyamal Mondal Canning Paschim20 May 2011November 2012Ministry for State for Sunderban Affairs (Independent Charge) Ministry of State for Irrigation and Waterways AITC 10 Manas BhuniaSabang20 May 201125 September 2012Ministry of Irrigation and Waterways INC 11 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Bishnupur20 May 20112013Ministry of Textiles AITC 12 Hiten Barman Sitalkuchi20 May 20112013Ministry of Forest AITC 13 Subrata Bakshi Bhabanipur20 May 201110 December 2011Ministry of Transport Ministry of Public Works Department AITC
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