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Added on : 2026-06-10 16:31:31

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday allocated portfolios among his Cabinet ministers, allocating the Finance department to Swapan Dasgupta and Industry and Commerce to Tapas Roy, while keeping the key Home Ministry with himself.

Suvendu has also retained charge of key departments including Hill Affairs; Land and Land Reforms; Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation; Power; Information and Cultural Affairs; and Personnel and Administrative Reforms, along with all departments not assigned to other ministers.

Suvendu has also retained charge of key departments including Hill Affairs; Land and Land Reforms; Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation; Power; Information and Cultural Affairs; and Personnel and Administrative Reforms, along with all departments not assigned to other ministers.

Agnimitra Paul, who earlier held the Women and Child Development and Social Welfare portfolio, has been handed Urban Development and Municipal Affairs. Dipak Barman has been assigned the School Education, Housing, MSME, and Textiles portfolios, while Sharadwat Mukherjee will oversee Health and Family Welfare.

Shankar Ghosh will serve as Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism minister; Arjun Singh has been assigned Labour and Transport, while Gouri Sankar Ghosh will take charge of Backward Classes Welfare, Mass Education Extension and Library Services.

Among Ministers of State (Independent Charge), Malati Rava Roy will be Women and Child Development and Social Welfare minister, and Indranil Khan will take charge of Youth Services and Sports and Consumer Affairs portfolios.

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

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