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

1.

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