# Third Banerjee ministry

* This article is part of a series aboutMamata Banerjee
Chief Minister of West BengalIncumbent
MLA from Bhabhanipur (2011-present)
Leader of Trinamool Congress (2001-present)
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Singur land controversy
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Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in West Bengal
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
New Police Commissionerates
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2021 Bengal post-poll violence
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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.

## 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 | Constituency | Assumed office | 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 |
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| 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 | 03 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 | 03 August 2022 | North Bengal Development | AITC |
| 21 | Babul Supriyo | Ballygunge | 03 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 |
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| 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 (I/C) 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 |
| 31 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Panskura Purba | 03 August 2022 | Fisheries | AITC |
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| 32 | Dilip Mondal | Bishnupur | 10 May 2021 | Transport | AITC |
| 33 | Akhruzzaman | Raghunathganj | 10 May 2021 | Power | AITC |
| 34 | Seuli Saha | Keshpur | 10 May 2021 | Panchayet Rural Development | AITC |
| 35 | Tajmul Hossain | Harishchandrapur | 03 August 2022 | Micro, Small Medium Enterprises and Textiles | AITC |
| 36 | Jyotsna Mandi | Ranibandh | 10 May 2021 | Food Supplies | AITC |
| 37 | Satyajit Barman | Hemtabad | 03 August 2022 | School Education | AITC |
| 38 | Sabina Yeasmin | Mothabari | 10 May 2021 | Irrigation Waterways North Bengal Development | AITC |
| 39 | Manoj Tiwary | Shibpur | 10 May 2021 | Youth Affairs Sports | AITC |

## Demographics of Council of Ministers

* Bankura (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%)
* Uttar 24 Parganas (14.63%)
* Paschim Bardhaman (2.43%)
* Paschim Medinipur (9.75%)
* Purba Bardhaman (4.87%)
* Purba Medinipur (4.87%)
* Purulia (2.43%)
* Dakshin 24 Parganas (12.19%)
* Uttar Dinajpur (2.43%)
| District | Number of Ministers | Name of Ministers |
| Bankura | 1 | Jyotsna Mandi |
| Birbhum | 1 | Chandranath Sinha |
| Cooch Behar | 1 | Udayan Guha |
| Kolkata | 4 | Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister) Firhad Hakim Shashi Panja Babul Supriyo |
| Paschim Bardhaman | 2 | Moloy Ghatak Pradip Mazumdar |
| Purba Bardhaman | 2 | Swapan Debnath Siddiqullah Chowdhury |
| Paschim Medinipur | 2 | Manas Ranjan Bhunia Seuli Saha |
| Uttar 24 Parganas | 5 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Rathin Ghosh Bratya Basu Chandrima Bhattacharya Sujit Bose |
| Dakshin 24 Parganas | 4 | Aroop Biswas Bankim Chandra Hazra Javed Ahmed Khan Dilip Mondal |
| Uttar Dinajpur | 2 | Md. Ghulam Rabbani Satyajit Barman |
| Dakshin Dinajpur | 1 | Biplab Mitra |
| Hooghly | 3 | Snehasis Chakraborty Becharam Manna Indranil Sen |
| Howrah | 3 | Arup Roy Pulak Roy Manoj Tiwary |
| Jalpaiguri | 1 | Bulu Chik Baraik |
| Jhargram | 1 | Birbaha Hansda |
| Mursidabad | 1 | Akhruzzaman |
| Malda | 2 | Tajmul Hossain Sabina Yeasmin |
| Nadia | 1 | Ujjal Biswas |
| Purulia | 1 | Sandhya Rani Tudu |
| Alipurduar | — | — |
| Darjeeling | — | — |
| Kalimpong | — | — |
| Purba Medinipur | — | — |
| Total | 38 | 38 |

## Former Ministers

| S.No | Name | 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 | Soumen Kumar Mahapatra | Tamluk | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 | Irrigation and Waterways | AITC |
| 9 | Subrata Saha | Sagardighi | 10 May 2021 | 29 December 2022 | Food Processing Industries Horticulture | AITC |
| 10 | Akhil Giri | Ramnagaz | 10 May 2021 | 4 August 2024 | Fisheries | AITC |
| 11 | Jyotipriya Mallick | Habra | 10 May 2021 | 17 February 2024 | Forest | AITC |
| 12 | Partha Bhowmick | Naihati | 03 August 2022 | 08 August 2024 | Public Enterprises & Industrial Reconstruction Irrigation and waterways | AITC |