Government of West Bengal explained

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Government Name:Government of West Bengal
Nativename:Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
Border:state (India)
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Date Established: (as Government of Bengal)
Leader Title:Chief Minister(Mamata Banerjee)
Appointed:Governor(C. V. Ananda Bose) on the advice of the chief minister
Budget:3.046 trillion

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.[1] 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).[2] 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

HouseLeaderPortraitSince
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West BengalC. V. Ananda Bose23 November 2022
Chief Minister of West BengalMamata Banerjee20 May 2011
Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative AssemblyBiman Banerjee30 May 2011
Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative AssemblyDr. Asish Banerjee2 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative AssemblyMamata Banerjee5 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative AssemblySovandeb Chattopadhyay28 July 2022
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative AssemblySuvendu Adhikari10 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative AssemblyMihir Goswami10 May 2021
Chief Justice of Calcutta High CourtT. S. Sivagnanam11 May 2023
Chief Secretary of West BengalBhagwati Prasad Gopalika31 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

Departments

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

Serial
DepartmentSecretary
1Chief SecretaryChief Secretary, Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
2Home and Hill AffairsAdditional Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
3AgriculturePrincipal Secretary, Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
4Agricultural MarketingPrincipal Secretary, A. Subbaiah, IAS
5Animal Resources DevelopmentAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Vivek Kumar, IAS
6Backward Classes WelfareSecretary, Sanjay Bansal, IAS
7Consumer AffairsPrincipal Secretary, Roshni Sen, IAS
8Co-operationAdditional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
9Correctional AdministrationPrincipal Secretary, Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
10Disaster Management and Civil DefencePrincipal Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
11EnvironmentPrincipal Secretary (additional charge), Roshni Sen, IAS
12FinanceAdditional Chief Secretary, Manoj Pant, IAS
13Fire and Emergency ServicesAdditional Chief Secretary, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS
14FisheriesSecretary, Avanindra Singh, IAS
15Food and SuppliesPrincipal Secretary, Amit Roy Chowdhury, IAS
16Food Processing Industries and HorticulturePrincipal Secretary, Khalil Ahmed, IAS
17ForestsAdditional Chief Secretary, Vivek Kumar, IAS
18Health and Family WelfareSecretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
19Higher EducationPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge) Amit Roy Chowdhury, IAS
20HousingPrincipal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
21Industry, Commerce and EnterprisesSecretary, Vandana Yadav, IAS
22Information and Cultural AffairsSecretary, Santanu Basu, IAS
23Information Technology and ElectronicsSecretary, Randhir Kumar, IAS
24Irrigation and WaterwaysPrincipal Secretary (additional charge) Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
25JudicialPrincipal Secretary, Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
26LabourPrincipal Secretary, Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
27Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and RehabilitationSecretary, Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS
28LawSecretary, Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
29Mass Education Extension and Library ServicesPrincipal Secretary, Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
30Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and TextilesPrincipal Secretary, Rajesh Pandey, IAS
31Minority Affairs and Madrasah EducationSecretary (additional charge), P. B. Salim, IAS
32North Bengal DevelopmentAdditional Chief Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
33Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy SourcesAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), S. Suresh Kumar, IAS
34Panchayats and Rural DevelopmentSecretary, P. Ulaganathan
35Parliamentary AffairsAdditional Chief Secretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
36Pashimanchal Unnayan AffairsSecretary, Rashmi Kamal, IAS
37Personnel and Administrative ReformsAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
38Planning and StatisticsAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Manoj Pant, IAS
39Programme MonitoringSecretary, P. B. Salim, IAS
40PowerAdditional Chief Secretary, S. Suresh Kumar, IAS
41Public Health EngineeringPrincipal Secretary, Surendra Gupta, IAS
42Public WorksSecretary, Antara Acharya, IAS
43Public Enterprises and Industrial ReconstructionSecretary, Smita Pandey, IAS
44School EducationPrincipal Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
45Science and Technology and Bio-technologyAdditional Chief Secretary, Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS
46Self Help Group and Self EmploymentSecretary (additional charge), P. Ulaganathan, IAS
47Sundarban AffairsAdditional Chief Secretary, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
48Technical Education, Training & Skill DevelopmentAdditional Chief Secretary, Jayashri Dasgupta, IAS
49TourismSecretary, (additional charge), Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
50TransportPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge), Binod Kumar, IAS
51Tribal DevelopmentPrincipal Secretary, Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
52Urban Development and Municipal AffairsPrincipal Secretary, Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
53Water Resources Investigation and DevelopmentPrincipal Secretary, (additional charge), Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
54Women and Child Development and Social WelfarePrincipal Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
55Youth Services and SportsAdditional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
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Council of Ministers

See main article: West Bengal Council of Ministers.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Bengal (state). Indian Government. 25 June 2014.
  2. Web site: The Parliament of West Bengal, India. cpahq.org. 5 October 2012. 16 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216123229/http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL. dead.
  3. Web site: Departments . Government of West Bengal.
  4. Web site: Secretaries . Government of West Bengal.

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