West Bengal Council of Ministers explained

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

• The West Bengal government headed by Mamata Banerjee has 39 ministers. Among them, 10 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 8 are junior ministers and 21 are senior ministers.^[1]

S.No	Name^[2]	Portrait	Constituency	Assumed office^[3]	Department	Party
1	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)		Bhabanipur	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Planning & Statistics Program Implementation 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 Irrigation and Waterways		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 Correctional Administration		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 Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction		TMC
20	Pradip Mazumdar		Durgapur Purba	3 August 2022	Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Co-operatives		TMC
21	Md. Ghulam Rabbani		Goalpokhar	7 August 2024	Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources		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	10 May 2021	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture		TMC
24	Biplab Roy Chowdhury		Panskura Purba	3 August 2022	Fisheries		TMC
25	Chandrima Bhattacharya		Dum Dum Uttar	10 May 2021	Finance and Excise Environment MoS in Health and Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation		TMC
26	Sandhya Rani Tudu		Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs		TMC
27	Bulu Chik Baraik		Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development		TMC
28	Sujit Bose		Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services		TMC
29	Ujjal Biswas		Krishnanagar Dakshin	3 August 2022	Science, Technology and Biotechnology		TMC
30	Birbaha Hansda		Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests Self Help Group and Self Employment		TMC
31	Indranil Sen		Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Technical Education Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs		TMC
Ministers Of State
32	Dilip Mondal		Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport		TMC
33	Akhruzzaman		Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power		TMC
34	Seuli Saha		Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development		TMC
35	Tajmul Hossain		Harishchandrapur	2 August 2022	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles		TMC
36	Sabina Yeasmin		Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development		TMC
37	Jyotsna Mandi		Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies		TMC
38	Satyajit Barman		Hemtabad	10 August 2022	School Education		TMC
39	Manoj Tiwary		Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports		TMC

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Current Ministers in Mamata's second cabinet. wb.gov.in.
2. Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy . May 9, 2021 . 43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday. 2021-05-10. India Today. en.
3. Web site: 2021-05-09. Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari. 2021-05-10. The Indian Express. en.