First Banerjee ministry
First Banerjee ministry | |
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| 19th Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 2011—2016 | |
| Date formed | 20 May 2011 |
| Date dissolved | 25 May 2016 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Chief Minister's history | 2011 — present |
| No. of ministers | 42
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| Member party | Surya Kanta Mishra |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2011 |
| Outgoing election | 2006 |
| Legislature term(s) | 15th Assembly |
| Predecessor | Third Bhattacharjee ministry |
| Successor | Second Banerjee ministry |
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The Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the collective decision-making body of the
Chief Minister and bagunnava ra , the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system
of government in traditional constitutional theory.
The Union Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal was formed after the
2011 West Bengal state assembly election held in six phases in 2011: on 18 April, 23 April, 27 April, 3 May, 7 and 10 May 2011. The results of the election were announced on 13 May 2011 and led to the formation of the 15th Vidhan Sabha. Mamata Banerjee
took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on 20 May 2011, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the present 'Council of Ministers'.
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.
Government and politics
The West Bengal is governed through a
Indian Parliament.[3]
The main players in the
West Bengal State Assembly Election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress and Indian National Congress coalition under Mamata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress was elected to power (getting 225 seats in the legislature).[4] West Bengal had been ruled by the Left Front for the past 34 years, making it the world's longest-running democratically elected communist government.[5][6]
Council of Ministers
Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee
heads her first Cabinet, May 2011 to present
There are Total 41 Ministers with excluding
Chief Minister of West Bengal with 17 New Face. This is a list of members of the Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal after the 2016 state assembly election.[7] All ministers are based in offices of their respective Ministries in Kolkata. All Cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be members of the Vidhan Sabha of West Bengal. In a departure from the norm the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, did not join the cabinet as a member of the Vidhan Sabha.[8][9][10]
Ranking
There are three categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:
- Cabinet Minister: Senior minister in-charge of a ministry. A cabinet minister may also hold additional charges of other Ministries, where no other Cabinet minister is appointed
- Minister of State (Independent Charges): Junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister
- Minister of State (MoS): Junior minister with overseeing Cabinet Minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry. For instance, an MoS in the Finance Ministry may only handle taxation
Cabinet Ministers
Ministers of State (Independent Charges)
- ^ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
| Sl. No. | Name | Ministries | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Swapan Debnath | Ministry of MSME
|
Purbasthali South
|
| 31 | Manturam Pakhira | Ministry of Sunderbans Development | Kakdwip
|
| 32 | Ashima Patra | Ministry of Technical Education | Dhanikhali
|
| 33 | Shashi Panja [a] | Minister of Women Development & Social Welfare, Child Development MoS–Health and Family Welfare |
Shyampukur
|
| 34 | Siddiquallah Chowdhury [b] | MoS-Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Mass Education, Library |
Mangalkote
|
Ministers of State (MoS)
| Sl. No. | Name | Ministries | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Indranil Sen | Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs
|
Chandannagar
|
| 36 | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Howrah North
|
| 37 | Bachhu Hansda | Ministry of North Bengal Development | Tapan
|
| 38 | Ghulam Rabbani | Ministry of Tourism | Goalpokhar
|
| 39 | Zakir Hossain | Ministry of Labour | Jangipur |
| 40 | Shyamal Santra | Ministry of Panchayat & Rural Development Ministry of PHE |
Kotulpur
|
| 41 | Sandharani Tudu | Ministry of Backward Classes Welfare | Manbazar
|
| 42 | Giasuddin Mollah
|
Ministry of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education | Magrahat |
Notes
References
- ^ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
- ^ "Election Database". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 18 August 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
- ^ "West Bengal". India Together. Civil Society Information Exchange Pvt. Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 August 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
- ^ "Statewise results – West Bengal". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ Mukherjee, Rudrangshu. "The CPI(M) has always used violence to achieve its goals". India Together. Calcutta, India: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
- ^ Akbar, M J. "West Bengal: Next time, the volcano". The Times of India. India. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ The result published on Election Commission of India Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Data collected from (some data were wrong, corrected by Education Guide)The Hindu
- ^ WB Xpress
- ^ Data collected from West Bengal Information & Cultural Centre, New Delhi