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Nepali Congress hands over list of 10 State ministers to PM

Nepali Congress hands over list of 10 State ministers to PM

By THT Online

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar as captured on Friday, October 14, 2016. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: The largest party Nepali Congress has handed over the list of 10 lawmakers who would be inducted in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government as Ministers for State. They would be sworn in as the State ministers tomorrow, the Rastriya Samachar Samiti reported, quoting Nepali Congress Presient Sher Bahadur Deuba's personal secretary Bhanu Deuba. The nominees are 1. Dirgha Raj Bhat (Physical Infrastructure and Transport) 2. Sitaram Mehata (Forests and Land Conservation) 3. Kanchan Chandra Bade (Industry) 4. Surendra Acharya (Irrigation) 5. Deepak Khadka (Drinking Water and Sanitation) 6. Indra Baniya (Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation) 7. Mithu Malla (Commerce) 8. Taraman Gurung (Health) 9. Subarna Jwarchan (Urban Development) 10. Dilip Gachchhadar (Labour and Employment) The Council of Ministers curently has 31 members including four State ministers. SN  Name Portfolio Prime Minister

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Puspa Kamal Dahal Water Supply and Sanitation; Livestock Development;Women, Children and Social Welfare Development; Science and Technology Deputy Prime Minister 2.  Bimalendra Nidhi Home Affairs 3. Krishna Bahadur Mahara Finance Minister 4.  Arjun Narsingh K.C. Urban Development 5. Ramesh Lekhak Physical Infrastructure and Transport 6. Janardan Sharma Energy 7. Prakash Sharan Mahat Foreign Affairs 8. Bal Krishna Khand Defense 9. Deepak Bohara Supplies 10. Suryaman Gurung Labour and Employment 11. Gauri Shankar Chaudhari Agricultural Development 12. Daljit Shreepaili 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. Mrs. 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 Minister 28.  Shreeprasad Jawegu Federal Affairs and Local Development 29.  Satya Narayan Bhagat Energy 30. Mrs. Radhika Tamang Agricultural Development 31. Mrs. Dhanamaya B.K.(Khanal) Education