Nepal

President appoints three State Ministers

KathmanduPati August 02, 2024

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KATHMANDU – President Ramchandra Paudel has appointed three Ministers of State and also allocated portfolios to them, in accordance with the Constitution of Nepal.

Three Ministers of State have been inducted in the existing Council of Ministers under the leadership of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

Those appointed are Arun Kumar Chaudhary as Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation; Rupa BK as Minister of State for Forests and Environment and Purna Bahadur Tamang as Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, according to the Office of the President. They will be sworn in today itself.

With this, the number of members in the present Council of Ministers has reached 25.