• Upholding of the Constitution.
• Conduct of elections to the Legislature.
• Determination and maintenance of the structure, organisation and procedure of the machinery of Government.
• Control and management of Indian Police Service (including Officers of the Eastern Frontier Rifles), the West Bengal Police Service, and the Assistant Commissioners of the Kolkata Police and subordinate rank of Police Force including the issues relating to vigilance matter in co-ordination with the State Vigilance Commission, West Bengal.
• Co-ordination of all governmental activities.
• Maintenance of the public security, peace, order and tranquillity.
• Determination of ceremonial procedure and precedence.
• Conduct of activities involving relations with foreign powers and their representatives and determination of questions of nationality.
• All matters connected with the Governor’s Secretariat.
• All matters connected with the West Bengal Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
• All matters pertaining to Rajya Sainik Board.
• Promotion of social, economic, educational and cultural advancement of the people residing in the hill areas of the district of Darjeeling and financing regulation and inspection of the bodies established for this purpose.
• All matters in connection with or in relation to the constitution and functioning of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
• Co-ordination of all development schemes and projects in hill areas of the district of Darjeeling.
• Discharge of functions not specifically allotted to any other department.

• Public order (excluding the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union in aid of civil power) (Entry 1 of List II).
• Police, including railway and village police (Entry 2 of List II).
• Inns and Inn-keepers (Entry 31 of List II).
• Theatres and dramatic performances, sports, entertainments and amusements (Entry 33 of List II).
• Betting and gambling (Entry 34 of List II).
• Elections to the State Legislature subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament (Entry 37 of List II).
• Salaries and allowances of Ministers for the State (Entry 40 of List II).
• State public services with which the department is concerned (Entry 41 of List II).
• Tolls in respect of matters with which the department is concerned (Entry 59 of List II).
• Offences against laws relating to matters with which the department is concerned, including offences under the West Bengal Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013 (Entry 64 of List II).
• Fees in respect of matters in List II with which the department is concerned, excluding fees taken in any court (Entry 66 of List II).
• Preventive detention for reasons connected with the security of the State, maintenance of public order or essential supplies and services; and persons subjected to such detention (Entry 3 of List III).
• Nomadic and migratory tribes (Entry 15 of List III).
• Social planning with which the department is concerned (Entry 20 of List III).
• Professions with which the department is concerned (Entry 26 of List III).
• Newspapers, books and printing presses (Entry 39 of List III).
• Inquiries and statistics relating to matters with which the department is concerned (Entry 45 of List III).
• Fees relating to matters in List III with which the department is concerned, excluding fees taken in any court (Entry 47 of List III).
• Subjects not allotted to any other department.

• Defence of India (Entry 1 of List I).
• Naval, military and air forces and any other armed forces of the Union (Entry 2 of List I).
• Delimitation of cantonment areas, local self-government in such areas, constitution and powers of cantonment authorities, and regulation of house accommodation including rent control (Entry 3 of List I).
• Arms, firearms and ammunition (Entry 5 of List I).
• Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation (Entry 8 of List I).
• Preventive detention relating to defence, foreign affairs or security of India; persons subjected to such detention (Entry 9 of List I).
• Foreign affairs and all matters bringing the Union into relation with foreign countries (Entry 10 of List I).
• Diplomatic, consular and trade representation (Entry 11 of List I).
• United Nations Organisation (Entry 12 of List I).
• Participation in international conferences, associations and bodies and implementation of decisions made thereat (Entry 13 of List I).
• Treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries and their implementation (Entry 14 of List I).
• War and peace (Entry 15 of List I).
• Foreign jurisdiction (Entry 16 of List I).
• Citizenship, naturalisation and aliens (Entry 17 of List I).
• Extradition (Entry 18 of List I).
• Admission into, emigration and expulsion from India; passports and visas (Entry 19 of List I).
• Piracies and crimes on the high seas or in the air; offences against the law of nations (Entry 21 of List I).
• Sanctioning of cinematographic films for exhibition (Entry 60 of List I).
• The Victoria Memorial (Entry 62 of List I).
• Institutions of national importance for scientific or technical education financed wholly or partly by the Government of India, insofar as related to the department (Entry 64 of List I).
• Union agencies and institutions for professional, vocational or technical training (including police training), promotion of research, and scientific or technical assistance in crime investigation (Entry 65 of List I).
• Union meteorological organisations (Entry 68 of List I).
• Census, National Population Register and Aadhaar enrolment matters (Entry 69 of List I).
• Union public services and All India Services (in coordination with the Finance Department) (Entry 70 of List I).
• Union pensions payable by the Government of India or from the Consolidated Fund of India (Entry 71 of List I).
• Elections to Parliament, State Legislatures, and the offices of President and Vice-President; Election Commission (Entry 72 of List I).
• Emoluments, allowances and privileges of the President and Governors; salaries and allowances of Union Ministers (Entry 75 of List I).
• Extension of powers and jurisdiction of State police forces outside their respective States and in railway areas, subject to consent (Entry 80 of List I).
• Inter-State emigration (Entry 81 of List I).
• Offences against laws relating to matters with which the department is concerned (Entry 93 of List I).
• Inquiries, surveys and statistics relating to departmental matters (Entry 94 of List I).
• Fees relating to matters in List I (excluding court fees) (Entry 96 of List I).
• Subjects not allotted to any other department.