This article is about a state government of India. For the defunct provincial government of Pakistan, see Government of East Bengal.
Government of West Bengal পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার
Official emblem
State
West Bengal
Country
India
Website
wb.gov.in
Legislative branch
Assembly
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Speaker
Biman Banerjee (AITC)
Deputy Speaker
Dr. Asish Banerjee (AITC)
Members in Assembly
294
Meeting place
Bidhan Sabha Bhavan, Kolkata
Executive branch
Governor
C. V. Ananda Bose
Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee (AITC)
Chief Secretary
Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, IAS
Headquarters
Nabanna, Howrah
Departments
54
Judiciary
High Court
Calcutta High Court
Chief Justice
Justice T. S. Sivagnanam
The Government of West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার), also known as the West BengalGovernment, is the principal administrative authority of the Indian state of West Bengal, created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.[1] The Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the 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 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 (MLA)[2] including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.
The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee, who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the All India Trinamool Congress party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 211 seats (out of 294) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and 215 seats (out of 294) in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
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