The 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal was formed under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. She was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May 2021. The remaining council of ministers was sworn in on 10 May 2021.
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,
Council of ministers S.NoPortraitName ConstituencyAssumed officeDepartment Party 1 Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)Bhabanipur5 May 2021Home and Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Planning Revenue Tourism Information Technology & Electronics Industrial Reconstruction Statistics Program Implementation Department of Youth Affairs and Sports Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs Law, Judicial AITCCabinet Ministers 2 Sovandeb ChattopadhyayKhardaha10 May 2021Parliamentary Affairs Agriculture AITC 3 Manas BhuniaSabang10 May 2021Water Resources Investigation Development Irrigation Waterways AITC 4 Snehasis ChakrabortyJangipara03 August 2022Transport AITC 5 Moloy GhatakAsansol Uttar10 May 2021Public Works AITC 6 Aroop BiswasTollyganj10 May 2021Power Housing AITC 7 Ujjal BiswasKrishnanagar Dakshin10 May 2021Science, Technology & Bio-technology AITC 8 Arup RoyHowrah Madhya10 May 2021Co-operatives AITC 9 Rathin GhoshMadhyamgram10 May 2021Food Supplies Department AITC 10 Firhad HakimKolkata Port10 May 2021Urban Development & Municipal Affairs AITC 11 Chandranath SinhaBolpur10 May 2021Micro, Small Medium Enterprises Textiles Correctional Administration AITC 12 Bankim Chandra HazraSagar10 May 2021Sundarban Affairs AITC 13 Bratya BasuDum Dum10 May 2021School and Higher Education AITC 14 Pulak RoyUluberia Dakshin10 May 2021Public Health Engineering AITC 15 Shashi PanjaShyampukur10 May 2021Women and Child Development Social Welfare Department of Industries AITC 16 Biplab MitraHarirampur10 May 2021Agricultural Marketing AITC 17 Javed Ahmed KhanKasba10 May 2021Disaster Management Civil Defence AITC 18 Swapan DebnathPurbasthali Dakshin10 May 2021Animal Resources Development AITC 19 Siddiqullah ChowdhuryManteswar10 May 2021Mass Education Extension Library Services AITC 20 Udayan GuhaDinhata03 August 2022North Bengal Development AITC 21 Pradip MazumdarDurgapur Purba03 August 2022Rural Development and Panchayati Raj AITC 22 Md. Ghulam RabbaniGoalpokhar10 May 2021Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Sources AITCMinisters of State (Independent Charge) 23 Becharam MannaSingur10 May 2021Labour MoS in Panchayet Rural Development AITC 24 Chandrima BhattacharyaDum Dum Uttar10 May 2021MoS in Health Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee Rehabilitiation MoS in Finance Excise (I/C) Environment AITC 25 Sandhya Rani TuduManbazar10 May 2021Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs AITC 26 Bulu Chik BaraikMal10 May 2021Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development AITC 27 Sujit BoseBidhannagar10 May 2021Fire and Emergency Services AITC 28 Indranil SenChandannagar10 May 2021Tourism Technical Education, Training and Skill Development MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs AITC29 Birbaha HansdaJhargram10 May 2021Forests Self Help Group Self Employment AITC 30 Biplab Roy ChowdhuryPanskura Purba03 August 2022Fisheries AITCMinisters Of State 31 Dilip MondalBishnupur10 May 2021Transport AITC 32 AkhruzzamanRaghunathganj10 May 2021Power AITC 33 Seuli SahaKeshpur10 May 2021Panchayet Rural Development AITC 34 Tajmul HossainHarishchandrapur03 August 2022Micro, Small Medium Enterprises and Textiles AITC 35 Jyotsna MandiRanibandh10 May 2021Food Supplies AITC 36 Satyajit BarmanHemtabad03 August 2022School Education AITC 37 Sabina YeasminMothabari10 May 2021Irrigation Waterways North Bengal Development AITC 38 Manoj TiwaryShibpur10 May 2021Youth Affairs Sports AITC 39 Srikanta MahataSalboni10 May 2021Consumer Affairs AITC
Demographics of Council of Ministers
District Number of Ministers Name of MinistersBankura1Jyotsna MandiBirbhum1Chandranath SinhaCooch Behar1Udayan GuhaKolkata4Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)Firhad HakimShashi PanjaBabul SupriyoPaschim Bardhaman2Moloy GhatakPradip MazumdarPurba Bardhaman2Swapan DebnathSiddiqullah ChowdhuryPaschim Medinipur2Manas Ranjan BhuniaSeuli SahaUttar 24 Parganas5Sovandeb ChattopadhyayRathin GhoshBratya BasuChandrima BhattacharyaSujit BoseDakshin 24 Parganas4Aroop BiswasBankim Chandra HazraJaved Ahmed KhanDilip MondalUttar Dinajpur2Md. Ghulam RabbaniSatyajit BarmanDakshin Dinajpur1Biplab MitraHooghly3Snehasis ChakrabortyBecharam MannaIndranil SenHowrah3Arup RoyPulak RoyManoj TiwaryJalpaiguri1Bulu Chik BaraikJhargram1Birbaha HansdaMursidabad1AkhruzzamanMalda2Tajmul HossainSabina YeasminNadia1Ujjal BiswasPurulia1Sandhya Rani TuduAlipurduar——Darjeeling——Kalimpong——Purba Medinipur——Total38
Former Ministers S.NoNamePortraitConstituencyAssumed officeLeft office Department served Party 1 Subrata Mukherjee Ballygunge10 May 20214 November 2021Panchayet and Rural Development Public Enterprises Industrial Reconstruction AITC 2 Amit MitraNo constituency10 May 20219 November 2021Finance Planning Statistics Programme Monitoring AITC 3 Sadhan Pande Maniktala10 May 20219 November 2021Consumer Affairs Self Help Group and Self Employment AITC4Partha ChatterjeeBehala Paschim10 May 202128 July 2022Industry, Commerce Enterprise Information Technology Electronics Parliamentary Affairs Public Enterprise Industrial Reconstruction0AITC5 Ratna De (Nag)Pandua10 May 20213 August 2022Environment Science Technology and Bio-Technology AITC6 Humayun KabirDebra10 May 20213 August 2022Technical Education, Training Skill Development AITC7Paresh Chandra AdhikaryMekliganj10 May 20213 August 2022School Higher Education AITC8 Soumen Kumar MahapatraTamluk10 May 20213 August 2022Irrigation and Waterways AITC 9 Subrata Saha Sagardighi10 May 202129 December 2022Food Processing Industries Horticulture AITC 10 Akhil Giri Ramnagar10 May 20214 August 2024Fisheries AITC 11 Jyotipriya Mallick Habra10 May 202117 February 2024 Forest AITC 12 Partha Bhowmick Naihati03 August 202208 August 2024Public Enterprises & Industrial Reconstruction Irrigation and waterways AITC 13 Babul SupriyoBallygunge03 August 2022. March 2026 AITC
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