Third 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]

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)[a] 8 Minister of state
Ministers removed	2 death 8 resigned
Total no. of members	Currently 38 members[b]
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

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	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	Portrait	Constituency	Assumed office	Left office	Department served	Party
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

1. I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
2. As of 8 November 2024.

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