Kolkata, 10 June (H.S.): West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday allocated portfolios among members of his newly constituted Council of Ministers, formally setting the administrative framework of the new BJP government in motion. According to a notification issued by the Home and Hill Affairs Department, the Chief Minister has retained several key departments while assigning major portfolios to Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State with Independent Charge and Ministers of State.

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Chief Minister Retains Key Departments

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has retained charge of the Home and Hill Affairs Department, Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Power Department, Information and Cultural Affairs Department, and Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department. He will also oversee all departments not specifically allocated to any other minister.

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Cabinet Ministers and Their Portfolios

Nisith Pramanik – North Bengal Development Department; Water Resources Investigation and Development Department.

Ashok Kirtania – Food and Supplies Department; Cooperation Department.

Dilip Ghosh – Panchayats and Rural Development Department; Agricultural Marketing Department.

Khudiram Tudu – Tribal Development Department; Minority Affairs Department; Madrasah Education Department.

Agnimitra Paul – Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department.

Deepak Barman – School Education Department; Housing Department; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles Department.

Tapas Roy – Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Department; Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Department; Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Department.

Dr Shankar Ghosh – Parliamentary Affairs Department; Tourism Department.

Manoj Kumar Oraon – Forest Department; Environment Department.

Arjun Singh – Labour Department; Transport Department.

Gouri Shankar Ghosh – Backward Classes Welfare Department; Mass Education Extension and Library Services Department.

Jagannath Chattopadhyay – Higher Education Department; Technical Education, Training and Skill Development Department.

Swapan Dasgupta – Finance Department.

Dr Kalyan Chakraborty – Information Technology and Electronics Department; Science and Technology and Biotechnology Department; Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Department.

Dr Sharadwat Mukherjee – Health and Family Welfare Department.

Arup Kumar Das – Irrigation and Waterways Department.

Dr Ajay Kumar Poddar – Public Health Engineering Department; Public Works Department.

Dudh Kumar Mandal – Agriculture Department.

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Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Malati Rava Roy – Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Department; Self-Help Group and Self-Employment Department; Programme Monitoring Department.

Rajesh Mahata – Animal Resources Development Department; Fisheries Department.

Dr Indranil Khan – Youth Welfare and Sports Department; Consumer Affairs Department.

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Ministers of State

Joyel Murmu – Tribal Development Department; Irrigation and Waterways Department.

Dr Hare Krishna Bera – Higher Education Department; Technical Education, Training and Skill Development Department.

Anandamoy Barman – Transport Department; Finance Department.

Ashoke Dinda – Agricultural Marketing Department; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles Department.

Chand Bauri – Public Works Department; Backward Classes Welfare Department.

Bishal Lama – Home and Hill Affairs Department; Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department.

Shantanu Pramanik – Food and Supplies Department; Panchayats and Rural Development Department.

Moumita Biswas Mishra – Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Department; Science and Technology and Biotechnology Department.

Umesh Ray – Parliamentary Affairs Department; Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department.

Purnima Chakraborty – Information and Cultural Affairs Department; Tourism Department.

Kaushik Choudhury – School Education Department; Fire and Emergency Services Department.

Bhaskar Bhattacharya – Public Health Engineering Department; Labour Department.

Dibakar Gharami – Cooperation Department; Forest Department; Environment Department.

Amiya Kisku – Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Department; Agriculture Department.

Kalita Majhi – Housing Department.

Gargi Das Ghosh – Power Department; Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Department.

Advocate Biraj Biswas – Law Department; Judicial Department; North Bengal Development Department.

Dipankar Jana – Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department; Sundarban Affairs Department.

Sumana Sarkar – Health and Family Welfare Department.

With the allocation of portfolios, the new West Bengal government has completed the formation of its administrative structure and is expected to begin implementing its policy agenda across key sectors, including governance, infrastructure, industry, agriculture and public welfare.

Hindusthan Samachar / Satya Prakash Singh