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