In a minor cabinet reshuffle, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra was given the additional charge of the information technology and electronics department, a government notification has said.


Bratya Basu, who held the IT portfolio before Mitra took over, will now look after the biotechnology department, the notification released Thursday night stated.


The state finance minister had been looking after three departments -- commerce and industries, finance, and micro small and medium enterprises and textiles. With the latest reshuffle, the IT department has also been added to his folio.  -- PTI