West Bengal govt assigns portfolios to newly sworn-in ministers

The West Bengal government on Wednesday announced the allocation of portfolios among the newly sworn-in ministers, with Swapan Dasgupta taking charge of the finance department and Tapas Roy being assigned the industries portfolio.

As per the portfolio distribution, Swapan Dasgupta has been assigned the Finance Department, while Tapas Roy will head the Industries Department. Sharadwat Mukherjee has been given charge of the Health Department

Shankar Ghosh has been appointed Minister for Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs, while Arjun Singh has been entrusted with the Labour and Transport departments.


Minister of State (Independent Charge) Indranil Khan has been allocated the Sports and Consumer Affairs departments. Malati Rava Roy has been given charge of the Women and Child Development Department.

The portfolio allocation comes following the induction of the ministers into the state cabinet earlier.