| Cabinet Type: | Ministry |
| Cabinet Number: | 19th |
| Jurisdiction: | West Bengal |
| Flag Border: | 100px |
| Incumbent: | 2011—2016 |
| Date Formed: | 20 May 2011 |
| Date Dissolved: | 25 May 2016 |
| Government Head Title: | Chief Minister |
| Government Head: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Government Head History: | 2011 — present |
| Governor: | M. K. NarayananD. Y. PatilKeshari Nath Tripathi |
| Members Number: | 42
|
| Political Party: | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Legislature Status: | Majority |
| Opposition Leader: | Surya Kanta Mishra |
| Election: | 2011 |
| Last Election: | 2006 |
| Legislature Term: | 15th Assembly |
| Previous: | Third Bhattacharjee ministry |
| Successor: | Second Banerjee ministry |
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 bagunnava ra, 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'.
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.
According to
Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,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,[1] [2] 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.[3]
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).[4] 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.[5] [6]
There are Total 41 Ministers with excluding Chief Minister of West Bengal with 17 New Face. This is a list of members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal after the 2016 state assembly election.[7] 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, did not join the cabinet as a member of the Vidhan Sabha.[8] [9] [10]
There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:
| Sl. No. | Name | Ministries | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamata Banerjee | Chief 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 Hill Affairs Micro and Small Scale Enterprises Ministry of Personnel & Administrative Reforms Ministry of Minority Affairs & Madrassah Education | Bhabanipur |
| 2 | Partha Chatterjee | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Minister for Education Minister of Science & Technology and Biotechnology | Behala Paschim |
| 3 | Amit Mitra | Ministry of Finance Ministry of Excise Ministry of Commerce and Industries Ministry of Industrial Reconstruction Ministry of Public Enterprise | Khardaha |
| 4 | Subrata Mukherjee | Ministry of Panchayat & Rural Development Ministry of Public Health Engineering | Ballygunge |
| 5 | Bratya Basu | Ministry of Information Technology & Electronics | Dum Dum |
| 6 | Jyotipriyo Mullick | Ministry of Food & Supplies | Habra |
| 7 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Ministry of Power & Non-Conventional Energy Sources | Rashbehari |
| 8 | Arup Biswas | Ministry of PWD Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports | Tollygung |
| 9 | Firhad Hakim | Ministry of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs | Kolkata Port |
| 10 | Sovan Chatterjee | Ministry of Fire & Engineering, Housing, Environment | Behala Purba |
| 11 | Suvendu Adhikari | Ministry of Transport | Nandigram |
| 12 | Abani Mohan Joardar | Ministry of Correctional Administration Ministry of Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation | Krishnanagar Uttar |
| 13 | Sadhan Pande | Ministry of Self Help Groups Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Maniktala |
| 14 | Abdur Rezzak Mollah | Ministry of Food Procurement and Horticulture | Bhangar |
| 15 | Purnendu Bose | Ministry of Agriculture | Rajarhat-Gopalpur |
| 16 | Arup Roy | Ministry of Co-operation | Howrah Central |
| 17 | Asish Banerjee | Ministry of Biotechnology Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation | Rampurhat |
| 18 | Javed Khan | Ministry of Disaster Management | Kasba |
| 19 | Churamani Mahato | Ministry of Backward Classes Welfare | Kumargram |
| 20 | Soumen Mahapatra | Ministry of Water Resources | Pingla |
| 21 | James Kujur | Ministry of Tribal Development | Kumargram |
| 22 | Tapan Dasgupta | Ministry of Agriculture Marketing | Saptagram |
| 23 | Goutam Deb | Ministry of North Bengal Development | Dabgram-Phulbari |
| 24 | Chandranath Sinha | Ministry of Fisheries | Bolpur |
| 25 | Binay Krishna Barman | Ministry of Forest | Mathabhanga |
| 26 | Moloy Ghatak | Ministry of Labour Ministry of Law & Judicial Services | Asansol North |
| 27 | Rabindranath Ghosh | Ministry of North Bengal Development | Natabari |
| 28 | Rajib Banerjee | Ministry of Irrigation and Waterways | Domjur |
| 29 | Santiram Mahato | Ministry of Paschimanchal Unnayan | Balarampur |
| Sl. No. | Name | Ministries | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Swapan Debnath | Ministry of MSME | Purbasthali South |
| 31 | Manturam Pakhira | Ministry of Sunderbans Development | Kakdwip |
| 32 | Ashima Patra | Ministry of Technical Education | Dhanikhali |
| 33 | Minister of Women Development & Social Welfare, Child Development –Health and Family Welfare | Shyampukur | |
| 34 | -Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Mass Education, Library | Mangalkote | |
| Sl. No. | Name | Ministries | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Indranil Sen | Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs | Chandannagar |
| 36 | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Howrah North |
| 37 | Bachhu Hansda | Ministry of North Bengal Development | Tapan |
| 38 | Ghulam Rabbani | Ministry of Tourism | Goalpokhar |
| 39 | Zakir Hossain | Ministry of Labour | Jangipur |
| 40 | Shyamal Santra | Ministry of Panchayat & Rural Development Ministry of PHE | Kotulpur |
| 41 | Sandharani Tudu | Ministry of Backward Classes Welfare | Manbazar |
| 42 | Giasuddin Mollah | Ministry of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education | Magrahat |