Ministry of Agriculture (West Bengal)

Ministry of Agriculture (West Bengal)
Ministry of Agriculture
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Department overview
Jurisdiction Government of West Bengal
Headquarters Writers' Building, Kolkata
Minister responsible Mamata Banerjee, Minister for Agriculture
Website
banglarkrishi.nic.in

The Ministry of Agriculture of West Bengal is a Bengal government ministry.[1] It is a ministry mainly responsible for the activities relating to policy decisions on agricultural production and productivity, and its extension through technology generation, transfer of technology, ensuring availability and timely distribution of agriculture inputs specially seeds, fertilisers, subsidy, credit etc. alongwith support service through soil testing, soil conservations, water conservations, Seed testing, seed certification, plan production, Quality control of fertilisers and pesticides etc.[1]

Ministerial Team

The ministerial team at the MHA is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, who may or may not be supported by Minister's of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.[1]

The current head of the ministry is Mamata Banerjee who is also the Chief Minister of West Bengal.[1]

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