List of ministries of Nepal

The Government of Nepal exercises its executive authority through a number of government ministries. The ministries are headed by a cabinet minister, who sits in the Council of Ministers, and is sometimes supported by a state minister .

Federal government

This is a comprehensive list of all federal ministries of Nepal. The full list of ministries and minister under the Third Dahal Cabinet is given below.

	Ministry	नेपालीमा	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers	प्रधानमन्त्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषदको कार्यालय	Honorable Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)	Official website
2	Ministry of Defence	रक्षा मन्त्रलय	Mr. Hari Prasad Upreti	Official website
3	Ministry of Home Affairs	गृह मन्त्रलय	Mr. Rabi Lamichhane	Official website
4	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	कृषि तथा पशुपंक्षी विकास मन्त्रालय	Mr Beduram Bhusal	Official website
5	Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	कानुन, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय	Mr. Padam Giri	Official website
6	Ministry of Education, Science and Technology	शिक्षा, विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि मन्त्रलय	Ms. Sumana Shrestha	Official website
7	Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security	श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्रलय	Mr. Dol Prasad Aryal	Official website
8	Ministry of Finance	अर्थ मन्त्रलय	Mr. Barsaman Pun	Official website
9	Ministry of Water Supply	खानेपानी मन्त्रलय	Mr. Rajendra Kumar Rai	Official website
10	Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाई मन्त्रलय	Mr. Shakti Bahadur Basnet	Official website
11	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	परराष्ट्र मन्त्रलय	Mr. Narayan Kaji Shrestha	Official website
12	Ministry of Communication and Information Technology	सञ्‍चार तथा सूचना प्रविधि मन्त्रलय	Ms. Rekha sharma	Official website
13	Ministry of Health and Population	स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसङ्‌ख्या मन्त्रलय	Mr. Upendra Yadav	Official website
14	Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रलय	Mr. Hit Bahadur Tamang	Official website
15	Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport	भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्रलय	Mr. Raghubir Mahaseth	Official website
16	Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	भूमि व्यवस्था, सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रलय	Mr. Balaram Adhikari	Official website
17	Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies	उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्रलय	Mr. Damodar Bhandari	Official website
18	Ministry of Urban Development	सहरी विकास मन्त्रलय	Mr. Dhan Bahadur Budha	Official website
19	Ministry of Youth and Sports	युवा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रलय	Mr. Biraj Bhakta Shrestha	Official website
20	Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens	महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रलय	Ms. Bhagawati Chaudhary	Official website
21	Ministry of Forests and Environment	वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्रलय	Mr. Nawal Kishor Saha Sudi	Official website
22	Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration	सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय	Mr. Bhanu Bhakta Joshi	Official website

State Ministries;

The Cabinet has appoint 3 sub-ministries as State Ministries (राज्यमन्त्रालय)

	Ministry	नेपालीमा	Minister responsible	Website
23	State Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन राज्यमन्त्रालय	Ms. Sushila Sirpali Thakuri	Official website
24	State Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport	भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात राज्यमन्त्रालय	Ms. Nanda Chapai	Official website
25	State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology	शिक्षा, विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि राज्यमन्त्रालय	Ms. Pramila Kumari	Official website

Provincial government

Main article: Provincial governments of Nepal

The ministries of provinces in Nepal are as follows.

Koshi Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद् को कार्यालय	Kedar karki
2	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning	आर्थिक मामिला तथा योजना मन्त्रालय	Kedar karki
3	Ministry of Roads Infrastructure and Urban Development	सडक पूर्वाधार तथा सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय
4	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law	आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानुन मन्त्रालय
5	Ministry of Health	स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालय
6	Ministry of Energy, Water Supply and Irrigation	ऊर्जा, खानेपानी तथा सिचाई मन्त्रालय
7	Ministry of Social Development	सामाजिक विकास मन्त्रालय
			(Minister of state)
8	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	संस्कृति तथा पर्यटन मन्त्रालय
9	Ministry of Agriculture	कृषि मन्त्रालय
10	Ministry of Forest, Environment and Soil Conservation	वन, वातावरण तथा भु संरक्षण मन्त्रालय
11	Ministry of Land Management, Co-operatives and Poverty Allivation	भुमिव्यवस्था, सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालय
12	Ministry of Industry, Labour and Employment	उद्योग, श्रम तथा रोजगार मन्त्रालय
13	Ministry of Transportation Management and Communication	यातायात व्यवस्था तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालय

Madhesh Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद्को कार्यालय	Saroj Kumar Ray	Official website
2	Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development	भौतिक पूर्वाधार विकास मन्त्रालय	Ram Saroj Yadav	Official website
3	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning	आर्थिक मामिला तथा योजना मन्त्रालय	Shailendra Prasad Sah	Official website
			Usha Yadav (Minister of state)
4	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication	आन्तरिक मामिला तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालय	Bharat Prasad Sah	Official website
			Rubi Karn (Minister of state)
5	Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives	भुमि व्यवस्था, कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्रालय	Bijay Kumar Yadav	Official website
			Yogendra Ray Yadav (Minister of state)
6	Ministry of Social Development	सामाजिक विकास मन्त्रालय	Nawal Kishor Sah Sudi	Official website
7	Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Forest	उद्योग, पर्यटन तथा वन मन्त्रालय	Satrudhan Mahato	Official website
			Nagendra Raya Yadav (Minister of state)
8	Ministry of Women, Children, Youth and Sports	महिला, बालबालिका, युवा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालय	Birendra Prasad Singh	Official website
9	Ministry of Energy and Water Supply	ऊर्जा तथा खानेपानी मन्त्रालय	Om Prakash Sharma	Official website
10	Ministry of Law, Justice and Provincial Assembly Affairs	कानुन, न्याय तथा प्रदेश सभा मामिला मन्त्रालय	Pramod Kumar Yadav	Official website

Bagmati Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद्को कार्यालय	Shalikram Jamarkattel	Official website
2	Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning	आर्थिक मामिला तथा योजना मन्त्री	Bahadur Singh Lama	Official website
3	Minister for Drinking Water, Energy and Irrigation	खानेपानी, उर्जा तथा सिँचाइ मन्त्री	Tirtha Bahadur Lama	Official website
4	Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development	भौतिक पूर्वाधार विकास मन्त्री	Yuvaraj Dulal	Official website
5	Minister for Internal Affairs and Law	आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानून मन्त्री	Ganga Narayan Shrestha	Official website
6	Minister for Social Development	सामाजिक विकास मन्त्री	Kumari Moktan	Official website
7	Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development	कृषि तथा पशुपन्छी विकास मन्त्री	Dr.Rajendra Mann Shrestha	Official website
8	Minister for Health	स्वास्थ्य मन्त्री	Uttam Joshi	Official website
9	Minister for Labour, Employment and Transportation	श्रम, रोजगार तथा यातायात मन्त्री	Laxman Lamsal	Official website
10	Minister for Industry, Commerce, Land and Administration	पर्यटन, उद्योग तथा सहकारी मन्त्री	Ramakrishna Chitrakar	Official website
11	Minister for Forest and Environment	वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्री	Masina Khadka	Official website

Gandaki Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिद्को कार्यालय	Surendraraj Pandey	Official website
2	Ministry of Health and Population	सामाजिक विकास तथा स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालय	Shusila Simkhada	Official website
3	Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Drinking Water	ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा खानेपानी मन्त्रालय	Saraswati Aryal Tiwari	Official website
4	Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	भुमिव्यवस्था, कृषि, सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालय	Mahendr Dhoj G.C	Official website
5	Ministry of Physical Infrastructures, Urban Development and Transportation	भौतिक पूर्वाधार, सहरी विकास तथा यातायात व्यवस्था मन्त्रालय	Resham Bahadur Jugjali	Official website
6	Ministry of Finance	अर्थ मन्त्रालय	Jit Prakash Ale Magar	Official website
7	Ministry of Tourism, Industry, Commerce and Supplies	पर्यटन, उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्रालय्ति	Dipendra Bahadur Thapa	Official website

Lumbini Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद्को कार्यालय	Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary	Official website
2	Ministry of Tourism, Rural and Urban Development	पर्यटन, ग्रामीण तथा सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय	Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary	Official website
			Rina Nepal BK (Minister of state)
3	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Cooperatives	आर्थिक मामिला तथा सहकारी मन्त्रालय	Krishna Dhoj Khadka	Official website
			Sushma Yadav (Minister of state)
4	Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development	भौतिक पूर्वाधार विकास मन्त्रालय	Sahas Ram Yadav	Official website
5	Ministry of Health, Population and Family Welfare	स्वास्थ्य, जनसंख्या तथा परिवार कल्याण मन्त्रालय	Krish Banjade	Official website
			Bimala Khatri Oli (Minister of state)
6	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication	आन्तरिक मामिला तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालय	Tilakram Sharma	Official website
7	Ministry of Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation	ऊर्जा, जलश्रोत तथा सिचाई मन्त्रालय	Bir Bahadur Rana	Official website
			Arjun Kumar Shrestha (Minister of state)
8	Ministry of Forest, Environment and Soil Conservation	वन, वातावरण तथा भु संरक्षण मन्त्रालय	Surendra Bahadur Hamal	Official website
9	Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies	उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्रालय	Ajay Shahi	Official website
10	Ministry of Law, Women Children and Senior Citizens	कानुन, महिला, बालबालिका तथा जेष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रालय	Rama Gharti	Official website
11	Ministry of Education, Science and Sports	शिक्षा, विज्ञान तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालय	Wasiuddin Khan	Official website
12	Ministry of Labour, Employment and Transportation Management	श्रम, रोजगार तथा यातायात व्यवस्था मन्त्रालय	Purmati Dhenga	Official website
13	Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology and Land Management	कृषि, खाद्य प्रविधि तथा भुमिव्यवस्था मन्त्रालय	Suman Sharma Rayamajhi	Official website

Karnali Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रिपिषद्को कार्यालय	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi	Official website
2	Ministry of Social Development	सामाजिक विकास मन्त्रालय	Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri	Official website
3	Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives	भुमि व्यवस्था, कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्रालय	Chandra Bahadur Shahi	Official website
4	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning	आर्थिक मामिला तथा योजना मन्त्रालय	Binda Man Bista	Official website
5	Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development	भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय	Padam Bahadur Rokaya	Official website
6	Ministry of Water Resource and Energy Development	जलश्रोत तथा ऊर्जा विकास मन्त्रालय	Ganesh Prasad Singh	Official website
7	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law	आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानुन मन्त्रालय	Him Bahadur Shahi	Official website
8	Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment	उद्योग, पर्यटन, वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्रालय	Karchen Lama	Official website

Sudurpashchim Province

S.N.	Ministry	Nepali	Minister responsible	Website
1	Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers	मुख्यमंत्री तथा मन्त्रीपरिषद्को कार्यालय	Kamal Bahadur Shah	Official website
2	Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development	भौतिक पूर्वाधार विकास मन्त्रालय	Prakash Bahadur Deuba	Official website
3	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning	आर्थिक मामिला तथा योजना मन्त्रालय	Naresh Kumar Shahi	Official website
4	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law	आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानुन मन्त्रालय		Official website
5	Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment	उद्योग, पर्यटन, वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्रालय		Official Website
6	Ministry of Social Development	सामाजिक विकास मन्त्रालय		Official website
7	Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives	भुमि व्यवस्था, कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्रालय		Official website

See also

• List of Nepal government organizations