Bagmati Province Chief Minister Assigns Additional Responsibilities to Six Ministers

Hetauda. Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniyan has assigned additional responsibilities to six ministers without portfolio. The Chief Minister Baniyan has assigned additional responsibilities in various thematic ministries to six ministers without portfolio following the decision to reduce the number of ministries in the provincial government.

Minister without portfolio Binurayamajhi Poudel has been given the responsibility of cooperative affairs under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Law and Cooperatives, while Minister Jayaram Thapa has been given the responsibility of labor, employment and transport under the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Labor and Transport. 

Minister Suresh Shrestha has been given the responsibility of culture and tourism under the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Labor and Transport, Minister Kiran Thapamagar has been given the responsibility of health under the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Minister Urmila Nepal has been given the responsibility of youth and sports under the Ministry of Health and Social Development, and Minister Bharat Bahadur KC has been given the responsibility of forest and environment under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forest and Environment.

Chief Minister Baniyan stated that the number of ministries has been reduced with the objective of making the provincial government more efficient, effective and economical. It has been stated that additional thematic responsibilities have been given to the ministers to maintain continuity in the performance of related thematic tasks after the restructuring of ministries. 

The Chief Minister's Secretariat informed that after the O&NM is completed, the number of ministers and ministries will remain at 8. Chief Minister Baniyan had previously assigned ministries to 7 ministers in the morning.