31-member Cabinet after latest expansion
KATHMANDU: After induction of 13 ministers from the Nepali Congress party today, the Cabinet strength has reach 31.
It includes the Prime Minister, two deputy prime ministers, 24 ministers and four state ministers.
As many as four parties have been represented in the coalition government.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's party has 13 members in the government including himself, DPM Krishna Bahadur Mahara, seven ministers and four state ministers.
Likewise, the largest coalition member Nepali Congress has 15 members under the leadership of DPM Bimalendra Nidhi, who is the second man in the government.
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party and the CPN-United have two and one members respectively in the Cabinet.
While taking the oath, PM Dahal had formed a six-member Cabinet on August 4.
Cabinet members after the expansion on Friday, August 26, 2016
SN Name Portfolio
1. PM
Puspa Kamal Dahal Water Supply and Sanitation; Livestock Development;
Women, Children and Social Welfare Development;
Science and Technology
2. DPM
Bimalendra Nidhi Home Affairs
3. DPM Krishna Bahadur Mahara Finance
Ministers
4. Arjun Narsingh KC Urban Development
5. Ramesh Lekhak Physical Infrastructure and Transportation
6. Janardan Sharma Energy
7. Prakash Sharan Mahat Foreign Affairs
8. Bal Krishna Khand Defense
9. Deepak Bohara Supplies
10. Suryaman Gurung Labor and Employment
11. Gauri Shankar Chaudhari Agricultural Development
12. Daljit Shrepaili Youth and Sports
13. Bikram Panday Land Reform and Management
14. Jayadev Joshi Population and Environment
15. Hitraj Panday Federal Affairs and Local Development
16. Surendra Kumar Karki Information and Communication
17. Dhaniram Paudel Education
18. Ajaya Shankar Nayak Law, Justice, & Parliamentary Affairs
19. Keshab Kumar Budhathoki General Administration
20. Romi Gauchan Thakali Commerce
21. Sitadevi Yadav Peace and Reconstruction
22. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
23. Deepak Giri Irrigation
24. Nabindra Raj Joshi Industry
25. Shankar Bhandari Forest and Soil Conservation
26. Gagan Kumar Thapa Health
27. Hridaya Ram Thani Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
State Ministers
28. Shreprasad Jawegu Federal Affairs and Local Development
29. Satya Narayan Bhagat Energy
30. Radhika Tamang Agricultural Development
31. Dhana Maya BK Without portfolio
Source: OPMCM