The Department of North Bengal Development, popularly known as the NBDD, is a

West Bengal government The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

department. It is an

interior ministry An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

mainly responsible for the administration of the

North Bengal North Bengal ( bn, উত্তরবঙ্গ/উত্তর বাংলা) is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh and northern part of West Bengal. The Bangladesh part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. Gen ...

's seven districts in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

Ministerial team

The ministerial team at the NBDD is headed by the Cabinet Minister for North Bengal Development, who may be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry. The current head of the ministry is

Udayan Guha Udayan Guha is an Indian politician currently serves as Cabinet Minister for Department of North Bengal Development of the Government of West Bengal. He is a three terms member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Leg ...

while Sabina Yeasmin as Minister of State .

List of ministers

Goutam Deb Goutam Deb (born 6 January 1957) is an Indian Politician currently serving as the Mayorbr>of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He was a Cabinet Minister of Department of Tourism in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. He also served ...

(2011-2016) *

Rabindra Nath Ghosh Rabindra Nath Ghosh is an Indian politician currently serving as the Chairman of Cooch Behar Municipality. He is one of the prominent leaders of All India Trinamool Congress, the ruling political party of West Bengal. He previously served as a ...

(2016-2021) *

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 ...

(2021-August 2022) *

(August 2022 - Incumbent)

References

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