The Government of West Bengal (Paścimbaṅga Sarakāra, Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার) is the Principal administrative authority and State Government of the Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Indian Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.[12] The Governor acts as the ceremonial head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power. Chief Minister is the chief executive authority and head of the government, elected by people along with other ministers formally appointed by the Governor of West Bengal.

West Bengal is divided into 27 districts and 5 administrative divisions, making a total of 32 subnational entities. Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. BBD Bagh in central Kolkata is the administrative Centre of the state, situating the executive headquarter of the state, the Writers' Building[13], Although due to scheduled repair & restoration work from May 2026 onwards, temporary functioning administration at the secretariat in Nabanna Building, Howrah[14].

West Bengal Government's formal seat is at Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Kolkata, West Bengal which consists three primary branches are Legislative Power in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly (one housed), Executive Power in the Council of Ministers & Judicial Power in the Calcutta High Court with the official residence of Governor of West Bengal, the Lok Bhavan as head of state.

The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is unicameral, consisting of 294 Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[15] West Bengal Government formed by the Chief Minister & other ministers (Council of Ministers) belong to Member of the Legislative Assembly with the Chief Minister of West Bengal at its head. The current Chief Minister is Suvendu Adhikari, who assumed the office on 9 May 2026. He is one of the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, which party won 208 seats (out of 294) in the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

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.[15]

Head Leaders

Constitutional Posts
House Portrait Leader Assumed office
Governor of West Bengal R. N. Ravi 12 March 2026
Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari 09 May 2026
Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Rathindra Bose 15 May 2026
Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari 09 May 2026
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly Shankar Ghosh 10 June 2026
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee 03 June 2026[16]
Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly Sandipan Saha
Javed Ahmed Khan
Sabina Yeasmin
Seuli Saha		 03 June 2026[16]
Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Tapabrata Chakraborty (acting) 21 June 2026
Chief Secretary of West Bengal Manoj Kumar Agarwal 11 May 2026[17]

Organization

Departments Overview

The West Bengal Government is divided into 54 different Departments Operating and functioning under various sectors of State.

Each Department Consists of administrative personnel hierarchy which balance Political oversight with permanent bureaucratic management with Political Leadership (The Apex) and Apolitical Senior Bureaucratic Hierarchy (The Secretariat, Commissioner & Nodal Officers).

The Apex Political Executive of any West Bengal Government Department belong with a Cabinet Minister (Minister-In-Charge) followed by Minister of State (MoS) or can be Minister of State Independent Charge MoS (I/C) without any Cabinet Minister where as Apolitical Senior Bureaucratic Hierarchy belong Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) / Principal Secretary / Secretary / Special Commissioner from Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Cadre along with Joint Secretary / Deputy Secretary / Assistant Secretary / Under Secretary / Nodal Officer from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) W.B.C.S. (Exe.) or West Bengal Secretariat Service (WBSS).

List of Departments
Serial Department Headquarter
1 Agriculture Nabanna, 3rd Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
2 Animal Resources Development Prani Sampad Bhavan, LB-2 Block, Sector- III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal
3 Agricultural Marketing Khadya Bhaban, B Block, 4th Floor, 11A Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
4 Backward Classes Welfare Administrative Building, SDO Bidhannagar, 4th Floor, DJ-4, Sector- II, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
5 Consumer Affairs Kreta Suraksha Bhawan, 3rd Floor, 11A Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
6 Co-operation New Secretariat Building, C Block, 3rd Floor, 1 Kiran Sankar Roy Road, Kolkata, West Bengal
7 Correctional Administration Jessop Building, 1st Floor, 63 Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata, West Bengal
8 Disaster Management and Civil Defence Nabanna, 2nd Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
9 Environment Prani Sampad Bhavan, LB-2 Block, 5th Floor, Sector- III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal
10 Finance Nabanna, 12th Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
11 Fire and Emergency Services Newtown Fire Station Building, 2nd & 3rd Floor, CF-7, Street Number 175, New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal
12 Fisheries Benfish Bhawan (IT Tower), 7th & 8th Floor, 31-GN Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
13 Food and Supplies Khadyashree Bhavan, 11A Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
14 Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Benfish Bhawan (IT Tower), 4th & 6th Floor, 31-GN Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
15 Forests Aranya Bhawan, Block LA-10A, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
16 Health and Family Welfare Swasthya Bhawan, GN-29, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
17 Higher Education Bikash Bhavan, 5th, 6th, 8th & 10th Floor, DF Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
18 Home and Hill Affairs Nabanna, 4th Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
19 Housing New Secretariat Building, A Block, 1st Floor, 1 Kiran Sankar Roy Road, Kolkata, West Bengal
20 Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Shilpa Sadan, 6th Floor, 4 Abanindranath Tagore Sarani, Kolkata, West Bengal
21 Information & Cultural Affairs Nabanna, 9th Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
22 Information Technology and Electronics Monibhandar Building, 6th Floor, Webel Complex, EP & GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
23 Irrigation and Waterways Jalasampad Bhavan, 1st Floor, DF Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
24 Judicial Writers' Building, 1st Floor, Main Block, Binoy Badal Dinesh Bag North Road, Lal Dighi, Kolkata, West Bengal
25 Labour New Secretariat Building, A Block, 12th Floor, 1 Kiran Sankar Roy Road, Kolkata, West Bengal
26 Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Nabanna, 6th Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
27 Law Writers' Building, 4th Floor, G Block, Binoy Badal Dinesh Bag North Road, Lal Dighi, Kolkata, West Bengal
28 Mass Education Extension and Library Services Bikash Bhavan, 5th Floor, DF Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
29 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles Shilpa Sadan, 8th Floor, 4 Abanindranath Tagore Sarani, Kolkata, West Bengal
30 Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Nabanna, 3rd Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
31 Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Bikalpa Shakti Bhavan, 1st Floor, J-1/10, EP & GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
32 North Bengal Development HQ 1. Uttar Kanya, Burdwan Road, Satellite Township, Kamrangaguri, Fulbari, Siliguri, West Bengal

HQ 2. Mitra Building, 4th Floor, 8 Lyons Range, Kolkata, West Bengal

33 Panchayats and Rural Development Joint Administrative Building, 8th Floor, Wing B, Block - HC7, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
34 Parliamentary Affairs Poura Bhawan, FD-415A, 5th Floor, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
35 Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs Poura Bhawan, FD-415A, 5th Floor, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
36 Personnel and Administrative Reforms Nabanna, 7th Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
37 Planning and Statistics Joint Administrative Building, 4th Floor, Wing B, Block - HC7, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
38 Power Bidyut Unnayan Bhavan, 3/C, LA Block, 5th & 6th Floor, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
39 Programme Monitoring Joint Administrative Building, 4th Floor, Wing B, Block - HC7, Sector- III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
40 Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Shilpa Sadan, 2nd Floor, 4 Abanindranath Tagore Sarani, Kolkata, West Bengal
41 Public Health Engineering Janaswasthya Karigari Bhawan (NIJALAYA), 7th Floor, CN Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
42 Public Works Nabanna, 8th Floor, 325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah, West Bengal
43 School Education Bikash Bhavan, 5th & 6th Floor, DF Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
44 Science and Technology and Biotechnology Vigyan Chetana Bhavan, 26/B, DD Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
45 Self Help Group and Self Employment Kreta Suraksha Bhawan, 1st Floor, 11A Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
46 Sundarban Affairs Mayukh Bhawan, 3rd Floor, DF Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
47 Technical Education, Training & Skill Development Karigari Bhawan, AA-III, 2nd Floor, New Town Road, Rajarhat, Kolkata, West Bengal
48 Tourism New Secretariat Building, C Block, 3rd Floor, 1 Kiran Sankar Roy Road, Kolkata, West Bengal
49 Transport Paribahan Bhawan, 12 RN Mukherjee Road, Bow Barracks, Kolkata, West Bengal
50 Tribal Development Adivasi Bhawan, Action Area - IIIA, New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata, West Bengal
51 Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Nagarayan, DF-8, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
52 Water resources Investigation and Development Khadya Bhaban, A Block, 5th Floor, 11A Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
53 Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Bikash Bhavan, 10th Floor, DF Block, Sector- I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal
54 Youth Services and Sports New Secretariat Building, A Block, 6th Floor, 1 Kiran Sankar Roy Road, Kolkata, West Bengal

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Chief Secretary & Secretaries - Government of West Bengal Departments

Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and Secretaries (i.e. Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary / Secretary) under different Government Departments in West Bengal are appointed by the Governor of West Bengal "by appointment order" through the recommendation from Chief Minister's Cabinet and Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department (P&AR).

Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal is an officer (Civil servant) of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belong from Senior most cadre post & Principal advisor to the Chief Minister of West Bengal on all matters in the state administration.

Additional Chief Secretaries or Principal Secretaries / Secretaries are the administrative heads of various Government Departments which they are assigned to handle by the Governor of West Bengal also belong from Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Civil servant cadre.

List of Secretaries under Departments
Serial Department Secretary[19][20]
1 Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS
2 Agriculture Principal Secretary, Shri Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
3 Animal Resources Development Principal Secretary (additional charge), Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
4 Agricultural Marketing Principal Secretary (additional charge), Shri Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
5 Backward Classes Welfare Secretary, Shri Sanjay Bansal, IAS
6 Consumer Affairs Special Secretary, Ms. Priyadarshini S, IAS
7 Co-operation Additional Chief Secretary, Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
8 Correctional Administration Secretary, Smt. Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS
9 Disaster Management and Civil Defence Principal Secretary, Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS
10 Environment Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Smt. Roshni Sen, IAS
11 Finance Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
12 Fire and Emergency Services Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Khalil Ahmed, IAS
13 Fisheries Additional Chief Secretary, Smt. Roshni Sen, IAS
14 Food and Supplies Secretary, Shri Jagadish Prasad Meena, IAS
15 Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Principal Secretary (additional charge), Shri Onkar Singh Meena, IAS
16 Forests Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Manish Jain, IAS
17 Health and Family Welfare Principal Secretary, Shri Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
18 Higher Education Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Shri Binod Kumar, IAS
19 Home and Hill Affairs Principal Secretary, Smt. Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
20 Housing Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Smt. Nandini Chakravorty, IAS
21 Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Principal Secretary, Smt. Vandana Yadav, IAS
22 Information & Cultural Affairs Principal Secretary, Shri Santanu Basu, IAS
23 Information Technology and Electronics Secretary (additional charge), Shri Shubhanjan Das, IAS
24 Irrigation and Waterways Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS
25 Judicial Principal Secretary, Shri Siddhartha Kanjilal, WBJS[21]
26 Labour Secretary, Smt. Rachna Bhagat, IAS
27 Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Principal Secretary, Shri Surendra Gupta, IAS
28 Law Principal Secretary, Shri Subhradip Mitra, WBJS[22]
29 Mass Education Extension and Library Services Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Shri Binod Kumar, IAS
30 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Shri Anoop Kumar Agrawal, IAS
31 Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Principal Secretary, Dr. P.B Salim, IAS
32 Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
33 North Bengal Development Secretary, Smt. R. Vimala, IAS
34 Panchayats and Rural Development Senior Special Secretary, Shri Prasenjit Hans, IAS
35 Parliamentary Affairs Principal Secretary (additional charge), Smt. Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS
36 Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs Principal Secretary (additional charge), Smt. Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
37 Personnel and Administrative Reforms Senior Special Secretary, Shri Sudeep Mitra, IAS
38 Planning and Statistics Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Shri Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
39 Power Principal Secretary (additional charge), Shri Santanu Basu, IAS
40 Programme Monitoring Principal Secretary (additional charge), Dr. P.B. Salim, IAS
41 Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction Principal Secretary (additional charge), Smt. Vandana Yadav, IAS
42 Public Health Engineering Principal Secretary (additional charge), Shri Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS
43 Public Works Secretary, Smt. Antara Acharya, IAS
44 School Education Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Binod Kumar, IAS
45 Science and Technology and Biotechnology Additional Chief Secretary, Smt. Nandini Chakravorty, IAS
46 Self Help Group and Self Employment Secretary, Smt. Sujata Ghosh, IAS
47 Sundarban Affairs Secretary, Smt. Mukta Arya, IAS
48 Technical Education, Training & Skill Development Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Shri Binod Kumar, IAS
49 Tourism Additional Chief Secretary (additional charge), Shri Barun Kumar Ray, IAS
50 Transport Principal Secretary, Dr. Ravi Inder Singh, IAS
51 Tribal Development Principal Secretary, Smt. Choten Dhendup Lama, IAS
52 Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Senior Special Secretary, Smt. Debarati Datta Gupta, IAS
53 Water resources Investigation and Development Secretary (additional charge), Shri Sanjay Bansal, IAS
54 Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Secretary, Smt. Moumita Godara Basu, IAS
55 Youth Services and Sports Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Rajesh Pandey, IAS

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Government