Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)

Ministry of Land & Land Reforms
Emblem of India
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of West Bengal
Headquarters	Writers' Building, Kolkata
Minister responsible	Mamata Banerjee, Minister for Land & Land Reforms
Website
banglarbhumi.nic.in

The Ministry of Land & Land Reforms of West Bengal is a Bengal government ministry.^[1] It is a ministry mainly responsible for the formulation of policies, Acts, Rules and procedures relating to land matters, namely, land records and survey, land revenue, land reforms, land use, management of government lands, requisition and acquisition of land as well as their implementation by way of preparation and revision of Records of right, including recording of share-croppers (bargadars); vesting and distribution of ceiling surplus land; determination of the requirement of land by tea gardens, factories etc.; mutation of ownership and conversion of classification of land; assessment and collection of land revenue and cesses; requisition and acquisition of land administration of the Calcutta Thika and other Tenancies and Lands (Acquisition & Regulation) Act, 1981, the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997, the West Bengal Public Demand Recovery, 1913 and other Acts.^[1]

Ministerial Team

The ministerial team at the MHA is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Land & Land Reforms, 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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Official Departmental Website of the Ministry of Land & Land Reforms Government of West Bengal (2011-05-25)