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Council of Ministers in West Bengal, 2016

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Mamata Banerjee took oath as Chief Minister for the second time on 27.05.2016. Newly created West Bengal Government has 41 Ministers incl. 17 new comers.

Chief Minister

SlName of MinisterConstituencyDepartment
1Mamata BanerjeeBhawanipurHome, Hill Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Land & Land Reforms, Information & Cultural Reforms, Minorities Affairs and Madrasah Education, Health and Family Welfare, Micro and Small Scale Enterprises.

New Ministers

SlName of MinisterConstituencyDepartment
1Abani Mohan JoardarKrishnanagarCorrectional Administration, Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation.
2Abdur Rezzak MollahBhangarFood Procurement and Horticulture.
3Ashima PatraDhaniakhaliTechnical Education.
4Bachhu HansdaTapanMinister of State for North Bengal Development.
5Churamani MahatoKumargramBackward Classes Welfare.
6Ghulam RabbaniGoalpokharMinister of State for Tourism.
7Indranil SenJangipurMinister of State for Information & Cultural Affairs.
8James KujurKumargramTribal Development.
9Laxmi Ratan ShuklaHowrah NorthMinister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports.
10Rabindranath GhoshNatabariNorth Bengal Development.
11Sandharani TuduChandannagarMinister of State for Backward Classes Welfare.
12Siddiquallah ChowdhuryMangalkoteMass Education, Library, MoS -Parliamentary Affairs.
13Sovan ChatterjeeBehala PurbaFire & Engineering, Housing, Environment.
14Sovandeb ChattopadhyayRashbehariPower & Non-Conventional Energy Sources.
15Suvendu AdhikariTamlukTransport.
16Tapan DasguptaSaptagramAgriculture Marketing.
17Zakir HossainJangipurMinister of State for Labour.

Old Ministers

SlName of MinisterConstituencyDepartment
1Amit MitraKhardahaExcise, Finance, Commerce & Industries, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Enterprise.
2Arup BiswasTollygungePWD, Youth Affairs, Sports.
3Arup RoyHowrah CentralCo-operation.
4Ashish BanerjeeRampurhatBiotechnology, Statistics & Programme Implementation.
5Binay BarmanMathabhangaForest.
6Bratya BasuDum DumInformation Technology & Electronics.
7Chandranath SinhaBolpurFisheries.
8Firhad HakimManbazarUrban Development and Municipal Affairs.
9Giasuddin MollahMagrahatMinister of State for Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education.
10Goutam DebDabgram-PhulbariTourism.
11Javed KhanKasbaDisaster Management.
12Jyotipriyo MullickHabraFood & Supplies.
13Manturam PakhiraKakdwipSunderbans Development.
14Moloy GhatakAsansol NorthLabour, Law & Judicial Services.
15Partha ChatterjeeBehala PaschimSchool Education, Higher Education, Parliamentary Affairs.
16Purnendu BoseRajarhat-GopalpurAgriculture.
17Rajib BanerjeeDomjurIrrigation and Waterways.
18Sadhan PandeManiktalaSelf Help Groups, Consumer Affairs.
19Santiram MahatoGopiballavpurPaschimanchal Unnayan.
20Shashi PanjaShyampukurWomen Development & Social Welfare, Child Development, MoS – Health and Family Welfare.
21Shyamal SantraKotulpurMinister of State for Panchayat & Rural Development, PHE.
22Soumen MahapatraPingalaWater Resources.
23Subrata MukherjeeBallygungePanchayat & Rural Development, Public Health Engineering.
24Swapan DebnathPurbasthali SouthMSME, Land & Land Reforms.