The Ministry of Urban Development (Nepali: सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय) is a government ministry of Nepal responsible for the development of urban areas in the country.[1] As of 15 July 2024, the ministry is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Prakash Man Singh.
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Jurisdiction | Government of Nepal |
Headquarters | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu |
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Agency executive |
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Website | moud |
Organisational structure
editThe Ministry of Urban Development has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:[2][3]
Departments
editOrganizations
edit- Kathmandu Valley Development Authority
- Rastriya Awas Company Limited
- Town Development Fund
- High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization
- International Convention Centre Development Committee
- Central Level Project Implementation Unit
- National Research Center for Building Technology
List of Ministers of Urban Development
editThis is a list of former Ministers of Urban Development since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
S. No | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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1. | Narayan Khadka[4] | Nepali Congress | 25 February 2014 | 10 October 2015 | |
Ministry out of operation | 12 October 2015 | 4 August 2016 | |||
2. | Arjun Narasingha K.C.[5] | Nepali Congress | 26 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | |
3. | Prabhu Sah[6] | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 7 June 2017 | 17 October 2017 | |
4. | Dil Nath Giri | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | 17 October 2017 | 1 January 2018[7] | |
5. | Kamal Thapa[7] | 1 January 2018 | 14 February 2018[8] | ||
6. | Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli[9][10] | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 15 February 2018 | 17 May 2018 | |
Nepal Communist Party | 17 May 2018 | 31 May 2018 | |||
7. | Mohammad Estiyak Rai[10] | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 1 June 2018 | 24 December 2019 | |
8. | Gokul Prasad Baskota | Nepal Communist Party | 10 January 2020 | 20 February 2020 | |
9. | Basanta Kumar Nemwang[10] | 20 February 2020 | 14 October 2020 | ||
10. | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | 14 October 2020 | 25 December 2020 | ||
(3). | Prabhu Sah | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 25 December 2020 | 20 May 2021 | |
11. | Ram Kumari Jhakri | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | 8 October 2021 | 26 June 2022 | |
12. | Metmani Chaudhary | 27 June 2022 | 26 December 2022 | ||
13. | Bikram Pandey | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 17 January 2023 | 25 February 2023 | |
14. | Sita Gurung | Nepali Congress | 31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | |
15. | Dhan Bahadur Buda | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | 6 March 2024 | 15 July 2024 | |
16. | Prakash Man Singh | Nepali Congress | 15 July 2024 | Incumbent |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Introduction" (in Nepali). Ministry of Urban Development. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Department". Ministry of Urban Development. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Organizations". Ministry of Urban Development. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister". The Himalayan Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b "PM sacks Urban Development Minister Giri". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Thapa given formal farewell from ministries of energy, urban development". República. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Yadav appointed as Minister for Health, Raya as Minister for Urban Development". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 June 2018.