West Bengal Cabinet Portfolios Finalised, Swapan Dasgupta To Get Finance, Tapas Ray Industry - Know Full List

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday formally announced the allocation of portfolios in the newly constituted Suvendu Adhikari cabinet, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari retaining several of the state's most influential departments while entrusting senior BJP leaders and first-time ministers with key responsibilities.

According to the notification issued by the Home and Hill Affairs Department, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will remain Minister-in-Charge of the Home and Hill Affairs Department, Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation, Power, Information and Cultural Affairs, besides overseeing Personnel and Administrative Reforms and all departments not specifically allotted to other ministers.

Among the prominent appointments, former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta has been given charge of the crucial Finance Department, while senior BJP leader Tapas Ray has been entrusted with the Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Department, along with the Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Department and the Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Department.

Jagannath Chattopadhyay will head the Higher Education and Technical Education, Training and Skill Development Department, while Dipak Barman has been assigned the School Education Department along with Housing and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles.

Senior leader Dr. Shankar Ghosh has been allotted Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism, while Manoj Kumar Oraon will oversee the Forests and Environment Department.

Other Cabinet Ministers include:

• Nisith Pramanik: North Bengal Development and Water Resources Investigation and Development
• Ashok Kirtonia: Food and Supplies, and Co-operation
• Dilip Ghosh: Panchayats and Rural Development, and Agricultural Marketing
• Kshudiram Tudu: Tribal Development, Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
• Agnimitra Paul: Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
• Arjun Singh: Labour and Transport
• Gouri Sankar Ghosh: Backward Classes Welfare and Mass Education Extension and Library Services
• Dr. Kalyan Chakraborti: Information Technology and Electronics, Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
• Dr. Sharadwat Mukherjee: Health and Family Welfare
• Arup Kumar Das: Irrigation and Waterways
• Ajay Kumar Poddar: Public Health Engineering and Public Works
• Dudh Kumar Mondal: Agriculture

The notification also announced three Ministers of State (Independent Charge):

• Malati Rava Roy: Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Self Help Group and Self Employment, and Programme Monitoring
• Rajesh Mahata: Animal Resources Development and Fisheries
• Dr. Indranil Khan: Youth Services and Sports, and Consumer Affairs

In addition, 19 Ministers of State have been assigned responsibilities across departments. These include:

• Joyel Murmu: Tribal Development; Irrigation and Waterways
• Dr. Hare Krishna Bera: Higher Education and Technical Education, Training and Skill Development
• Anandamay Barman: Transport and Finance
• Ashoke Dinda: Agricultural Marketing; MSME and Textiles
• Nadiar Chand Bouri: Public Works; Backward Classes Welfare
• Bishal Lama: Home and Hill Affairs; Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
• Santanu Pramanik: Food and Supplies; Panchayats and Rural Development
• Moumita Biswas Misra: Industry, Commerce and Enterprises; Science and Technology and Biotechnology
• Umesh Rai: Parliamentary Affairs; Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
• Purnima Chakraborty: Information and Cultural Affairs; Tourism
• Koushik Chowdhury: School Education; Fire and Emergency Services
• Bhaskar Bhattacharya: Public Health Engineering; Labour
• Dibakar Gharami: Co-operation; Forests and Environment
• Amiya Kisku: Food Processing Industries and Horticulture; Agriculture
• Kalita Maji: Housing
• Gargi Das Ghosh: Power; Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
• Advocate Biraj Biswas: Law; Judicial Department; North Bengal Development
• Dipankar Jana: Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation; Sundarban Affairs
• Sumana Sarkar: Health and Family Welfare

The portfolio distribution marks the final step in the formation of Bengal's first BJP government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. The allocation reflects an attempt to strike a balance between experienced leaders and new faces, while ensuring representation across regions and communities as the government prepares to roll out its administrative agenda.

The notification, issued under Article 166(3) of the Constitution, was signed by Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal on behalf of the Governor and came into immediate effect.

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