Third Banerjee ministry

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Third Banerjee ministry
21st Ministry of West Bengal
2021—present
Cabinet oath on 10 May 2021 at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata.
Date formed10 May 2021
People and organisations
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar (until 2022)
C. V. Ananda Bose (incumbent)
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Chief Minister's history2011 — present
No. of ministers
Ministers removed2 death
4 resigned
Total no. of membersCurrently 40 members[a]
Member party  All India Trinamool Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
216 / 294 (73%)
Opposition party  Bharatiya Janata Party
Opposition leaderSuvendu Adhikari
History
Election(s)2021
Outgoing election2016
Legislature term(s)17th West Bengal Assembly (2021 onwards)
PredecessorSecond 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]

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,

  1. 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.
  2. The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

S.No Name[3] Portrait Constituency Assumed office[4] Department Party
1 Mamata Banerjee
(Chief Minister)
Bhabanipur 5 May 2021 AITC
Cabinet Ministers
2 Jyotipriya Mallick Habra 10 May 2021
  • Forest
  • Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
AITC
3 Bankim Chandra Hazra Sagar 10 May 2021 AITC
4 Manas Bhunia Sabang 10 May 2021
  • Water Resources Investigation and Development
  • Environment
AITC
5 Snehasis Chakraborty Jangipara 3 August 2022 AITC
6 Moloy Ghatak Asansol Uttar 10 May 2021 AITC
7 Aroop Biswas Tollyganj 10 May 2021 AITC
8 Ujjal Biswas Krishnanagar Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Correctional Administration
AITC
9 Arup Roy Howrah Madhya 10 May 2021
  • Co-operatives
AITC
10 Rathin Ghosh Madhyamgram 10 May 2021
  • Food and Supplies Department
AITC
11 Firhad Hakim Kolkata Port 10 May 2021 AITC
12 Chandranath Sinha Bolpur 10 May 2021
  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Textiles
AITC
13 Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Khardaha 10 May 2021 AITC
14 Bratya Basu Dum Dum 10 May 2021 AITC
15 Pulak Roy Uluberia Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Public Health Engineering
AITC
16 Shashi Panja Shyampukur 10 May 2021 AITC
18 Biplab Mitra Harirampur 10 May 2021
  • Agricultural Marketing
AITC
19 Javed Ahmed Khan Kasba 10 May 2021
  • Disaster Management and Civil Defence
AITC
20 Swapan Debnath Purbasthali Dakshin 10 May 2021
  • Animal Resources Development
AITC
21 Siddiqullah Chowdhury Manteswar 10 May 2021
  • Mass Education Extension and Library Services
AITC
22 Udayan Guha Dinhata 3 August 2022 AITC
23 Babul Supriyo Ballygunge 3 August 2022 AITC
24 Pradip Mazumdar Durgapur Purba 03 August 2022
  • Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
AITC
25 Partha Bhowmick Naihati 3 August 2022
  • Irrigation and Waterways
AITC
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
26 Becharam Manna Singur 10 May 2021
  • Labour
  • MoS in Panchayet and Rural Development
AITC
27 Subrata Saha Sagardighi 10 May 2021
  • Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
AITC
28 Akhil Giri Ramnagar 10 May 2021 AITC
29 Chandrima Bhattacharya Dum Dum Uttar 10 May 2021
  • MoS in Health and Family Welfare
  • MoS in Land & Land Reforms
  • MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation
  • MoS in Finance and Excise
AITC
30 Sandhya Rani Tudu Manbazar 10 May 2021 AITC
31 Bulu Chik Baraik Mal 10 May 2021
  • Backward Classes Welfare
  • Tribal Development
AITC
32 Sujit Bose Bidhannagar 10 May 2021
  • Fire and Emergency Services
AITC
33 Indranil Sen Chandannagar 10 May 2021 AITC
Ministers Of State
34 Dilip Mondal Bishnupur 10 May 2021 AITC
35 Akhruzzaman Raghunathganj 10 May 2021 AITC
36 Seuli Saha Keshpur 10 May 2021
  • Panchayet and Rural Development
AITC
37 Tajmul Hossain Harishchandrapur 02 August 2022
  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles
AITC
38 Sabina Yeasmin Mothabari 10 May 2021 AITC
39 Birbaha Hansda Jhargram 10 May 2021 AITC
40 Jyotsna Mandi Ranibandh 10 May 2021
  • Food and Supplies
AITC
41 Satyajit Barman Hemtabad 10 August 2022 AITC
42 Manoj Tiwary Shibpur 10 May 2021
  • Youth Affairs and Sports
AITC

District Wise

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%)

Former Ministers

S.No Name Portrait Constituency Assumed office Left office Department served Party
1 Subrata Mukherjee Ballygunge 10 May 2021 4 November 2021 AITC
2 Amit Mitra No constituency 10 May 2021 9 November 2021
  • Finance
  • Planning and 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 AITC
5 Ratna De (Nag) Pandua 10 May 2021 3 August 2022 AITC
6 Humayun Kabir Debra 10 May 2021 3 August 2022
  • Technical Education, Training and Skill Development
AITC
7 Paresh Chandra Adhikary Mekliganj 10 May 2021 3 August 2022 AITC
17 Md. Ghulam Rabbani Goalpokhar 10 May 2021 27 March 2023 AITC

Notes

  1. ^ As of 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.