All 41 ministers of the BJP government in West Bengal, including Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, were allotted portfolios on Wednesday.
CM Adhikari will be the Minister responsible for Home and Hills Affairs, Land Reforms and Refugees, Relief and Rehabilitation, Energy, Information and Cultural Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, and other departments not allocated to other Ministers.
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While Adhikari took oath as Prime Minister along with five other cabinet ministers on May 9, 35 other ministers took oath on June 1. There are now 19 ministers in the government, including Adhikari, three secretaries of state with independent mandates, and 19 secretaries of state.
Swapan Dasgupta, who defeated Rashbehari in Kolkata, has been appointed in charge of finance. BJP MLA from Bidhannagar, Shardwat Mukherjee, has been appointed as health minister. Nishith Pramanik, former Union Minister, has been appointed in-charge of North Bengal Development and Water Resources. Former state BJP president Dilip Ghosh has been given charge of panchayat, rural development and agricultural marketing. Agnimitra Paul was given Urban Development and Municipal Affairs.
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Among the Ministers of State with independent responsibility, Indranil Khan has been appointed to the Departments of Youth Services, Sports and Consumer Affairs.
Here is the full list:
Cabinet Ministers
Suvendu Adhikari (Prime Minister): House and hill affairs; Land and land reforms, refugee relief and rehabilitation; power; Media and cultural affairs; Personnel reforms and administrative reforms; All departments not assigned to other ministers
Nishith Pramanik: Development of North Bengal; Study and development of water resources
Ashok Kirtania: food and supplies; cooperation
Dilip Ghosh: Panchayats and Rural Development; Agricultural marketing
Kshodiram Tudu: Tribal development; Minority affairs; School education
Agnimitra Paul: Urban development and municipal affairs
Deepak Barman: school education; housing; Small and medium enterprises and textiles
tapas roy: Industry, commerce and enterprises; Public institutions and industrial reconstruction. Non-conventional and renewable energy sources
Dr. Shankar Ghosh: Parliamentary Affairs; Tourism
Manoj Kumar Oron: forests; environment
Arjun Singh: exhaustion; Transfer
Gauri Sankar Ghosh: Welfare of backward classes; Comprehensive educational guidance and library services
Jagannath Chattopadhyay: Higher and technical education; Training and skills development
Swapan Dasgupta: finance
Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty: Information technology and electronics. Science, technology and biotechnology; Food and horticultural industries
Dr. Shardwat Mukherjee: Health and family care
Arup Kumar Das: Irrigation and waterways
Dr. Ajay Kumar Poddar: public health engineering; public works
Dodd Kumar Mondal: agriculture
Ministers of State (separate charge)
Malati Rava Roy: Women and child development and social care; Self-help and self-employment group; Program monitoring
Rajesh Mahata: Animal resources development; Fisheries
Dr. Andranil Khan: Youth and sports services; Consumer affairs
Ministers of State
Joel Mormo: Tribal development; Irrigation and waterways
Dr. Hare Krishna Bera: Higher and technical education; Training and skills development
Anandamayi Barman: convey; finance
Ashok Dinda: agricultural marketing; Small and medium enterprises and textiles
Nadyar Chand Puri: public works; Caring for backward classes
Bashal Lama: House and hill affairs; Minority affairs; School education
Santanu Pramanik: food and supplies; Panchayats and Rural Development
Moumita Biswas Misra: Industry, commerce and enterprises; Science, technology and biotechnology
Umesh Rai: Parliamentary Affairs; Urban development and municipal affairs
Poornima Chakraborty: Media and cultural affairs; Tourism
Kaushik Chaudhary: school education; Fire and emergency services
