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{{short description|State government department in West Bengal, India}}
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| jurisdiction = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| headquarters = [[Uttar Kanya]], [[Siliguri]]
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| minister1_name = [[Udayan Guha]]
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| deputyminister1_name = [[Sabina Yeasmin]]
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| chief1_name = Sri Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, [[Indian Administrative Service|I.A.S]], Additional Principal Secretary
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| chief2_name = Dipak Kumar Ray,WBCS(Exe) Private Secretary
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The '''Department of North Bengal Development''', popularly known as the '''NBDD''', is a [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal government]] department. It is an [[interior ministry]] mainly responsible for the administration of the [[North Bengal]]'s seven districts in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://wb.gov.in/departments-details.aspx?id=D171020143832834&page=North-Bengal-Development|title=Egiye Bangal Department of North Bengal Development|website=www.wb.gov.in|accessdate=16 January 2020}}</ref>
== 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]] while [[Sabina Yeasmin]] as Minister of State .
==List of ministers==
* [[Goutam Deb]] (2011-2016)
* [[Rabindra Nath Ghosh]] (2016-2021)
* [[Mamata Banerjee]] (2021-August 2022)
* [[Udayan Guha]] (August 2022 - Incumbent)
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