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{{Infobox political system
| background_color = indigo
| name = Government of West Bengal
| image = Emblem of India (brown).svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = [[Emblem of West Bengal]]
| type = [[Parliamentary system|Parliamentary republic]] [[State governments in India|State government]]
| constitution = [[Constitution of India]]
| date_established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1937|4|1}} (as [[Bengal Presidency|Government of Bengal]])
| country = {{flag|India}}
| legislature = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| legislature_type = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]
| legislature_place = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly#Assembly building|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Building]], [[Kolkata]]
| lowerhouse = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]
| lowerhouse_speaker = ''Vacant''
| lowerhouse_speaker_title = [[Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
| title_hos = [[Governor of West Bengal|Governor]]
| current_hos = [[R. N. Ravi]]
| appointer_hos = [[President of India]] (on advice of Central Government)
| title_hog = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]
| current_hog = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
| appointer_hog = Governor
| cabinet =
| cabinet_leader = Chief Minister
| cabinet_hq = [[Writers' Building|Mahakaran]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitra |first=Atri |date=7 May 2026 |title=New govt, old seat of power: Why BJP wants to shift new West Bengal CM back to Writers’ Building |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/new-govt-old-seat-of-power-why-bjp-wants-to-shift-new-west-bengal-cm-back-to-writers-building-10676786/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=8 May 2026}}</ref>, Kolkata
| cabinet_ministries = [[Suvendu Adhikari ministry|Adhikari ministry]]
| judiciary = [[Calcutta High Court]]
| courts = [[Judiciary of India]]
| chief_judge = [[Sujoy Paul]]
| court_seat = [[Calcutta High Court]], Kolkata
| court = [[Calcutta High Court]]
| budget = {{INRConvert|370000|c|lk=on}} (2024–25)
| website = [https://wb.gov.in/ wb.gov.in]
}}
{{Politics of India}}

The '''Government of West Bengal''', also known as the '''West Bengal Government''', is the [[Administrative division|principal administrative authority]] of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]], created by the [[Constitution of India|National Constitution]] as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.<ref name="West Bengal (state)">{{cite web|title=West Bengal (state)|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=WB|publisher=Indian Government|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> The [[Governor of West Bengal|Governor]] acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the [[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] who is the chief executive authority and head of government.

The [[Chief Minister]] is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. [[Kolkata]], the capital of [[West Bengal]], houses the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. The temporary secretariat is located in the [[Nabanna (building)|Nabanna building]] in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The [[Calcutta High Court]] is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of [[West Bengal]] and the [[Union Territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].

The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is [[unicameral]], consisting of 294 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA).<ref name="The Parliament of West Bengal, India">{{cite web|title=The Parliament of West Bengal, India|url=http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL|publisher=cpahq.org|access-date=5 October 2012|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216123229/http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/core/parliamentInfo.aspx?Committee=WEST%20BENGAL|url-status=dead}}</ref> Including one nominated from the [[Anglo-Indian]] community it was 295 before is abolition. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

The [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|current chief minister]] is '''[[Suvendu Adhikari]]''', who assumed the office on 09 May 2026. He is the leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]], which won 206 seats (out of 294) in the [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].

==Head Leaders==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | House
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Leader
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Portrait
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Since
|-
!colspan=4|Constitutional Posts
|-
|[[List of governors of West Bengal|Governor of West Bengal]]
|'''[[R. N. Ravi]]'''
|[[File:R.N. Ravi.jpg|75px]]
|12 March 2026
|-
| [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]]
|'''[[Suvendu Adhikari]]'''
|[[File:Suvendu Adhikari at Esplanade Metro Rail Station, Kolkata, 6 March 2024.jpg|75px]]
| 09 May 2026
|-
|[[List of speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[List of speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[Suvendu Adhikari]]'''
|[[File:Suvendu Adhikari at Esplanade Metro Rail Station, Kolkata, 6 March 2024.jpg|75px]]
| 09 May 2026
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|
|
| 28 July 2022
|-
| [[List of leaders of the opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Calcutta High Court|Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court]]
|'''[[Sujoy Paul]]'''
|
| 16 January 2026
|-
| [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of West Bengal
|'''Dushyant Nariala'''
|
| 16 March 2026
|-
|}<section end="Parties and leaders" />

== History ==
On 18 January 1862, under the [[Indian Councils Act 1861]], a 12-member Legislative Council for Bengal was founded by the Governor-General of India with the Lt Governor of Bengal and some nominated members. The strength of this council was gradually increased by subsequent acts. Under the [[Indian Councils Act 1892]], the maximum strength of the council was increased to 20 members out of which seven members were to be elected. After the [[Indian Councils Act 1909]], the number was raised to 50 members.<ref name="The Parliament of West Bengal, India" />

== Organization ==

* The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

=== Departments===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
|1
|[[Agricultural marketing|Agricultural Marketing]]
|-
|2
|[[Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)|Agriculture]]
|-
|3
|Animal Resources Development
|-
|4
|Backward Classes Welfare
|-
|5
|Consumer Affairs
|-
|6
|Co-operation
|-
|7
|Correctional Administration
|-
|8
|Disaster Management and Civil Defence
|-
|9
|[[Department of Environment (West Bengal)|Environment]]
|-
|10
|[[Ministry of Finance (West Bengal)|Finance]]
|-
|11
|Fire and Emergency Services
|-
|12
|Fisheries
|-
|13
|Food and Supplies
|-
|14
|Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
|-
|15
|Forests
|-
|16
|GTA
|-
|17
|Health and Family Welfare
|-
|18
|Higher Education
|-
|19
|[[Department of Home and Hill Affairs|Home and Hill Affairs]]
|-
|20
|Housing
|-
|21
|[[Ministry of Commerce & Industries (West Bengal)]]
|-
|22
|[[Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs (West Bengal)|Information & Cultural Affairs]]
|-
|23
|[[Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics (West Bengal)|Information Technology and Electronics]]
|-
|24
|Irrigation and Waterways
|-
|25
|Judicial
|-
|26
|[[Department of Labour (West Bengal)|Labour]]
|-
|27
|[[Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)]]
|-
|28
|[[Department of Law (West Bengal)|Law]]
|-
|29
|Mass Education Extension and Library Services
|-
|30
|Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles
|-
|31
|Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
|-
|32
|Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
|-
|33
|North Bengal Development
|-
|34
|Panchayats and Rural Development
|-
|35
|[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (West Bengal)|Parliamentary Affairs]]
|-
|36
|Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
|-
|37
|[[Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (West Bengal)|Personnel and Administrative Reforms]]
|-
|38
|Planning and Statistics
|-
|39
|Power
|-
|40
|Programme Monitoring
|-
|41
|Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
|-
|42
|Public Health Engineering
|-
|43
|[[Department of Public Works (West Bengal)|Public Works]]
|-
|44
|[[Department of School Education (West Bengal)|School Education]]
|-
|45
|Science and Technology and Biotechnology
|-
|46
|Self Help Group and Self Employment
|-
|47
|Sundarban Affairs
|-
|48
|[[Department of Technical Education, Training and Skill Development|Technical Education, Training & Skill Development]]
|-
|49
|[[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Tourism]]
|-
|50
|Liquor
|-
|51
|Tribal Development
|-
|52
|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
|-
|53
|Water resources Investigation and Development
|-
|54
|[[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]]
|-
|55
|Youth Services and Sports
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wb.gov.in/government-departments-page.aspx |title=Departments |publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

=== Department and Secretaries===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
|'''<big>Serial</big>'''
|'''<big>Department</big>'''
|'''<big>Secretary</big>'''
|-
|1
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]], Dushyant Nariala, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|-
|2
|Home and Hill Affairs
|Additional Chief Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
|-
|3
|Agriculture
|Principal Secretary, Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
|-
|4
|Agricultural Marketing
|Principal Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
|-
|5
|Animal Resources Development
|Additional Chief Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Vivek Kumar, IAS
|-
|6
|Backward Classes Welfare
|Secretary, Sanjay Bansal, IAS
|-
|7
|Consumer Affairs
|Principal Secretary, Neelam Meena, IAS
|-
|8
|Co-operation
|Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
|-
|9
|Correctional Administration
|Secretary, Rajesh Kumar, IPS
|-
|10
|Disaster Management and Civil Defence
|Additional Chief Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
|-
|11
|Environment
|Principal Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Rajesh Kumar, IAS
|-
|12
|Finance
|Special Secretary, Goutam Kumar Ghosh, IAS
|-
|13
|Fire and Emergency Services
|Principal Secretary, Khalil Ahmed, IAS
|-
|14
|Fisheries
|Secretary, Roshni Sen, IAS
|-
|15
|Food and Supplies
|Special Secretary, Anindya Mitra, IAS
|-
|16
|Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
|Principal Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Surendra Gupta, IAS
|-
|17
|Forests
|Additional Chief Secretary, Debal Ray, IAS
|-
|18
|GTA
|Principal Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
|-
|19
|Health and Family Welfare
|Principal Secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
|-
|20
|Higher Education
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'' Binod Kumar, IAS
|-
|21
|Housing
|Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
|-
|22
|Industry, Commerce and Enterprises
|Secretary, Vandana Yadav, IAS
|-
|23
|Information and Cultural Affairs
|Secretary, Santanu Basu, IAS
|-
|24
|Information Technology and Electronics
|Joint Secretary, Sumant Sahay, IAS
|-
|25
|Irrigation and Waterways
|Principal Secretary, Manish Jain, IAS
|-
|26
|Judicial
|Principal Secretary, Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS
|-
|27
|Labour
|Secretary, Avanindra Singh, IAS
|-
|28
|Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation
|Additional Chief Secretary, Vivek Kumar, IAS
|-
|29
|Law
|Principal Secretary, Pradip Kumar Panja, WBJS
|-
|30
|Mass Education Extension and Library Services
|Special Secretary, Anshul Gupta, IAS
|-
|31
|Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles
|Principal Secretary, Rajesh Pandey, IAS
|-
|32
|Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
|Secretary ''(additional charge)'', P. B. Salim, IAS
|-
|33
|North Bengal Development
|Additional Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, IAS
|-
|34
|Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
|Additional Chief Secretary, Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
|-
|35
|Panchayats and Rural Development
|Secretary, Dr. P. Ulaganathan
|-
|36
|Parliamentary Affairs
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'', Nandini Chakraborty, IAS
|-
|37
|Pashimanchal Unnayan Affairs
|Secretary, Dr. Rashmi Kamal, IAS
|-
|38
|Personnel and Administrative Reforms
|Secretary, Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS
|-
|39
|Planning and Statistics
|Additional Chief Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
|-
|40
|Programme Monitoring
|Secretary, Dr. P. B. Salim, IAS
|-
|41
|Power
|Secretary ''(additional charge)'', Santanu Basu, IAS
|-
|42
|Public Health Engineering
|Principal Secretary, Surendra Gupta, IAS
|-
|43
|Public Works
|Secretary, Antara Acharya, IAS
|-
|44
|Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
|Secretary, Smita Pandey, IAS
|-
|-
|-
|45
|School Education
|Principal Secretary, Binod Kumar, IAS
|-
|46
|Science and Technology and Bio-technology
|Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Subrata Gupta, IAS
|-
|47
|Self Help Group and Self Employment
|Principal Secretary, Dr. Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
|-
|48
|Sundarban Affairs
|Additional Chief Secretary, Atri Bhattacharya, IAS
|-
|49
|Technical Education, Training & Skill Development
|Additional Chief Secretary, Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, IAS
|-
|50
|Tourism
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'', Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
|-
|51
|Transport
|Secretary, Dr. Saumitra Mohan, IAS
|-
|52
|Tribal Development
|Principal Secretary, Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
|-
|-
|53
|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
|Secretary, Md. Ghulam Ali Ansari, IAS
|-
|54
|Water Resources Investigation and Development
|Principal Secretary, ''(additional charge)'', Manish Jain, IAS
|-
|55
|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
|Principal Secretary, Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
|-
|56
|Youth Services and Sports
|Principal Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wb.gov.in/government-secretaries.aspx |title=Secretaries |publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

== Council of Ministers ==
{{main|West Bengal Council of Ministers|Suvendu Adhikari ministry}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!S.No
!Name
!Portrait
!Constituency
!Assumed office
!Department
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party

|-
| 1
| '''[[Suvendu Adhikari]]''' ([[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]])
| [[File:Suvendu Adhikari at Esplanade Metro Rail Station, Kolkata, 6 March 2024.jpg|100px]]
| [[Nandigram Assembly constituency|Nandigram]]
| 9 May 2026
|
* [[Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)|Health & Family Welfare]]
* [[Department of Home and Hill Affairs|Home & Hill Affairs]]
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Union Council of Ministers|Cabinet Ministers]]'''

|-
| 2
| '''[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]'''
| [[File:Dilip Ghosh.jpg|100px]]
| [[Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency|Kharagpur Sadar]]
| TBA
| [[List of deputy chief ministers of West Bengal|Deputy Chief Minister]]
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 3
| '''[[Agnimitra Paul]]'''
| [[File:Agnimitra (Paul) sitting in her chamber at the studio - photographed by Sou Boyy (Sourendra Kumar das).JPG|100px]]
| [[Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency|Asansol Dakshin]]
| TBA
| Deputy Chief Minister
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 4
| '''[[Ashok Kirtania]]'''
|
| [[Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency|Bangaon Uttar]]
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 5
| '''Kshudiram Tudu'''
|
| [[Ranibandh Assembly constituency|Ranibandh]]
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 6
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 7
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 8
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 9
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 10
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 11
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 12
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 13
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 14
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 15
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 16
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 17
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 18
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 19
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 20
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|-
| 21
| '''TBA'''
|
| TBA
| TBA
| TBA
| bgcolor="#FF7722" |
| [[BJP]]

|}

== References ==

=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
* {{cite web
| url = https://wbxpress.com/subject/nabanna/
| title = West Bengal Government Publications| access-date = 2006-10-28| work = New Administrative Building at Nabanna| publisher = wbxpress.com }}
* {{cite web| url = http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States%5Cwestbengal%5Cwesbengal-w.htm| title = West Bengal Legislative Assembly| access-date = 2006-10-28| work = Legislative Bodies in India| publisher = National Informatics Centre| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313022603/http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/states/westbengal/wesbengal-w.htm| archive-date = 13 March 2016| url-status = dead}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/DataBase/DataBase_fs.htm
|title=Election Database
|access-date=2006-08-26
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818182708/http://eci.gov.in/DataBase/DataBase_fs.htm
|archive-date=2006-08-18
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://wbxpress.com/council-ministers-west-bengal-2016/| title = Council of Ministers in West Bengal, 2016| access-date = 2012-08-16| publisher = West Bengal Govt. Orders}}

== External links ==
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