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