Third Banerjee ministry (original) (raw)
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2021 ministry in West Bengal
| Third Banerjee ministry | |
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| 21st Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 2021—present | |
 Cabinet oath on 10 May 2021 at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata. |
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| Date formed | 10 May 2021 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar (until 2022)C. V. Ananda Bose (incumbent) |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Chief Minister's history | 2011 — present |
| No. of ministers | 23 Cabinet Ministers 7 Minister of state (I/C)[b] 8 Minister of state |
| Ministers removed | 2 death 8 resigned |
| Total no. of members | Currently 38 members[a] |
| Member party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Status in legislature | Majority218 / 294 (74%) |
| Opposition party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Opposition leader | Suvendu Adhikari |
| History | |
| Election | 2021 |
| Outgoing election | 2016 |
| Legislature term | 17th West Bengal Assembly (2021 onwards) |
| Predecessor | Second Banerjee ministry |
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.[1][2][3][4]
Mamata Banerjee takes the oath of office as Chief Minister administered by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on 5 May 2021.
Constitutional requirement
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For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor
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According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,
- There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
- If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
- The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.
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
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According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,
- The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.- The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
- Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
- A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
- The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.
Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers
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| S.No | Name[3] | Portrait | Constituency | Assumed office[4] | Department | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister) |  |
Bhabanipur | 5 May 2021 | Home & Hill Affairs Personnel & Administration Planning Revenue Statistics Program Implementation Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs | AITC | |
| Cabinet Ministers | |||||||
| 2 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Khardaha | 10 May 2021 | Parliamentary Affairs Agriculture | AITC | ||
| 3 | Manas Bhunia |  |
Sabang | 10 May 2021 | Water Resources Investigation Development Irrigation Waterways | AITC | |
| 4 | Snehasis Chakraborty | Jangipara | 3 August 2022 | Transport | AITC | ||
| 5 | Moloy Ghatak | Asansol Uttar | 10 May 2021 | Law, Judiacial Public Works | AITC | ||
| 6 | Aroop Biswas |  |
Tollyganj | 10 May 2021 | Power Youth Affairs and Sports Housing | AITC | |
| 7 | Ujjal Biswas | Krishnanagar Dakshin | 10 May 2021 | Science, Technology & Bio-technology | AITC | ||
| 8 | Arup Roy |  |
Howrah Madhya | 10 May 2021 | Co-operatives | AITC | |
| 9 | Rathin Ghosh | Madhyamgram | 10 May 2021 | Food Supplies Department | AITC | ||
| 10 | Firhad Hakim |  |
Kolkata Port | 10 May 2021 | Urban Development & Municipal Affairs | AITC | |
| 11 | Chandranath Sinha | Bolpur | 10 May 2021 | Micro, Small Medium Enterprises Textiles Correctional Administration | AITC | ||
| 12 | Bankim Chandra Hazra | Sagar | 10 May 2021 | Sundarban Affairs | AITC | ||
| 13 | Bratya Basu |  |
Dum Dum | 10 May 2021 | School and Higher Education | AITC | |
| 14 | Pulak Roy | Uluberia Dakshin | 10 May 2021 | Public Health Engineering | AITC | ||
| 15 | Shashi Panja | Shyampukur | 10 May 2021 | Women and Child Development Social Welfare Department of Industries | AITC | ||
| 16 | Biplab Mitra | Harirampur | 10 May 2021 | Agricultural Marketing | AITC | ||
| 17 | Javed Ahmed Khan | Kasba | 10 May 2021 | Disaster Management Civil Defence | AITC | ||
| 18 | Swapan Debnath | Purbasthali Dakshin | 10 May 2021 | Animal Resources Development | AITC | ||
| 19 | Siddiqullah Chowdhury |  |
Manteswar | 10 May 2021 | Mass Education Extension Library Services | AITC | |
| 20 | Udayan Guha | Dinhata | 3 August 2022 | North Bengal Development | AITC | ||
| 21 | Babul Supriyo | Ballygunge | 3 August 2022 | Tourism Information Technology Electronics Industrial Reconstruction | AITC | ||
| 22 | Pradip Mazumdar | Durgapur Purba | 03 August 2022 | Rural Development and Panchayati Raj | AITC | ||
| 23 | Md. Ghulam Rabbani | Goalpokhar | 10 May 2021 | Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Sources | AITC | ||
| Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | |||||||
| 24 | Becharam Manna |  |
Singur | 10 May 2021 | Labour MoS in Panchayet Rural Development | AITC | |
| 25 | Chandrima Bhattacharya | Dum Dum Uttar | 10 May 2021 | MoS in Health Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee Rehabilitiation MoS in Finance ExciseEnvironment | AITC | ||
| 26 | Sandhya Rani Tudu | Manbazar | 10 May 2021 | Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs | AITC | ||
| 27 | Bulu Chik Baraik | Mal | 10 May 2021 | Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development | AITC | ||
| 28 | Sujit Bose | Bidhannagar | 10 May 2021 | Fire and Emergency Services | AITC | ||
| 29 | Indranil Sen | Chandannagar | 10 May 2021 | Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs | AITC | ||
| 30 | Birbaha Hansda | Jhargram | 10 May 2021 | Forests Self Help Group Self Employment | AITC | ||
| Ministers Of State | |||||||
| 31 | Dilip Mondal | Bishnupur | 10 May 2021 | Transport | AITC | ||
| 32 | Akhruzzaman | Raghunathganj | 10 May 2021 | Power | AITC | ||
| 33 | Seuli Saha | Keshpur | 10 May 2021 | Panchayet Rural Development | AITC | ||
| 34 | Tajmul Hossain | Harishchandrapur | 02 August 2022 | Micro, Small Medium Enterprises and Textiles | AITC | ||
| 35 | Jyotsna Mandi | Ranibandh | 10 May 2021 | Food Supplies | AITC | ||
| 36 | Satyajit Barman | Hemtabad | 10 August 2022 | School Education | AITC | ||
| 37 | Sabina Yeasmin |  |
Mothabari | 10 May 2021 | Irrigation Waterways North Bengal Development | AITC | |
| 38 | Manoj Tiwary |  |
Shibpur | 10 May 2021 | Youth Affairs Sports | AITC |
Representation of cabinet ministers by district
Bakura (2.43%)
Birbhum (2.43%)
Cooch Behar (2.43%)
Dakshin Dinajpur (2.43%)
Hooghly (7.31%)
Howrah (7.31%)
Jalpaiguri (2.43%)
Jhargram (2.43%)
Kolkata (7.31%)
Malda (2.43%)
Murshidabad (4.87%)
Nadia (2.43%)
North 24 Parganas (14.63%)
Paschim Bardhaman (2.43%)
Paschim Medinipur (9.75%)
Purba Bardhaman (4.87%)
Purba Medinipur (4.87%)
Purulia (2.43%)
South 24 Parganas (12.19%)
Uttar Dinajpur (2.43%)
| S.No | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Assumed office | Left office | Department served | Party | |
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| 1 | Subrata Mukherjee | Ballygunge | 10 May 2021 | 4 November 2021 | Panchayet and Rural Development Public Enterprises Industrial Reconstruction | AITC | ||
| 2 | Amit Mitra |  |
No constituency | 10 May 2021 | 9 November 2021 | Finance Planning Statistics Programme Monitoring | AITC | |
| 3 | Sadhan Pande | Maniktala | 10 May 2021 | 9 November 2021 | Consumer Affairs Self Help Group and Self Employment | AITC | ||
| 4 | Partha Chatterjee |  |
Behala Paschim | 10 May 2021 | 28 July 2022 | Industry, Commerce Enterprise Information Technology Electronics Parliamentary Affairs Public Enterprise Industrial Reconstruction0 | AITC | |
| 5 | Ratna De (Nag) | Pandua | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 | Environment Science Technology and Bio-Technology | AITC | ||
| 6 | Humayun Kabir | Debra | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 | Technical Education, Training Skill Development | AITC | ||
| 7 | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | Mekliganj | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 | School Higher Education | AITC | ||
| 8 | Jyotipriya Mallick | Habra | 10 May 2021 | 17 February 2024 | Forest | AITC | ||
| 9 | Akhil Giri | Ramnagaz | 10 May 2021 | 4 August 2024 | Fisheries | AITC | ||
| 10 | Subrata Saha | Sagardighi | 10 May 2021 | 24 May 2024 | Food Processing Industries Horticulture | AITC |
^ As of 14 November 2024.
^ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
^ "West Bengal Election Results 2021 Highlights: TMC headed for 3rd term; Mamata loses Nandigram race to Suvendu". The Indian Express. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ "West Bengal Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee takes oath as Bengal CM for third time". The Financial Express. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ a b Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy (9 May 2021). "43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday". India Today. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ a b "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.