Third Banerjee ministry

Third Banerjee ministry
Third Banerjee ministry
21st Ministry of West Bengal
2021—present
	Cabinet oath on 10 May 2021 at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata.
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); 8 Minister of state;
Ministers removed	2 death ; 8 resigned
Total no. of members	Currently 38 members
Member party	All India Trinamool Congress
Status in legislature	Majority 218 / 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]

Taking the Oath at Throne Room, Raj Bhavan, Kolkata

Mamata Banerjee takes the oath of office as Chief Minister administered by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on 5 May 2021.

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

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

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

S.No	Name^[3]	Constituency	Assumed office^[4]	Department
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 Excise Environment	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

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	Constituency	Assumed office	Left office	Department served
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

Notes

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

References

^ "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.

[1] As of 1 November 2024.

[2] I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[m1-5] 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.

[m2-6] "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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