President Appoints Ministers and Divides Portfolios After New Ministries Come into Effect

Kathmandu. President Ram Chandra Paudel has allocated the work of ministers after the new ministries came into implementation. The government's recommendation led President Paudel to appoint, reshuffle, and allocate the work of ministers. Prime Minister Balen Shah has kept the responsibility of Defense, Home, and Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry with himself. According to the Office of the President, President Paudel, in accordance with Article 76, Sub-article (9) of the Constitution of Nepal, made the appointment, reshuffle, and allocation of work of the existing Council of Ministers today, as recommended by Prime Minister Balen Shah, who was formed on Chaitra 13, 2082 BS. As per the work allocation, Prime Minister Balen Shah has taken the responsibility of Defense, Home, and Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry. Similarly, Dr. Swarnim Wagle is the Finance Minister, Shishir Khanal is the Foreign Minister, Birajbhakta Shrestha is the Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister, Sunil Lamshal is the Infrastructure Development Minister, Sobita Gautam is the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, and Sita Wadi is the Minister for Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Social Security, according to a press release issued by the Office of the President. Likewise, Pratibha Rawal is the Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration, Nisha Mehta is the Health and Food Security Minister, Sasmit Pokharel is the Education and Sports Minister, Khadga Raj Poudel is the Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister, Dr. Bikram Timilsina is the Information and Communication Minister, Gita Chaudhary is the Agriculture, Forest and Environment Minister, and Gauri Kumari is the Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister, and Ramji Yadav is the Youth, Labor and Employment Minister, according to a press release issued by Ritesh Kumar Shakya, spokesperson of the Office of the President.

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