According to the report prepared by the committee, it has been asked to place the Ministry of General Administration in the Prime Minister's Office.
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The Ministry Restructuring Committee formed by Prime Minister Shah has proposed to abolish four ministries and merge six to form a new ministry. According to the report prepared by the committee, the Ministry of General Administration has been asked to be placed in the Prime Minister's Office. It is mentioned that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development will be formed by merging the Ministry of Agriculture and Land and Cooperatives. The proposed name of the unified ministry is the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Management.
It has been suggested to expand the scope of work of the existing Ministry of Forest and Environment to form the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate. This name has been proposed since the Ministry of Forest has been working in the climate sector. The proposal states that the ministries of Finance, Home, Defense, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Foreign Affairs will remain unchanged.
According to the proposal, the youth sector will be separated from the Ministry of Youth and Sports. A separate ministry has been proposed by combining youth, labor and employment. It is said that the social security sector will be separated from the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security.
It has been suggested that the Ministry of Supply be renamed the Ministry of Innovation. The name of the ministry has been proposed as the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Innovation. Similarly, sports will be added to the Ministry of Education and Science Technology. Similarly, a new ministry has been proposed as the Ministry of Gender Affairs and Inclusion. It has been asked to separate and merge the existing women, children and senior citizens' sectors. There is a proposal to add social security to it. According to the proposed restructuring, it is suggested that the ministries of physical infrastructure and transport, urban development and drinking water should be merged. It is proposed to name it the Ministry of Infrastructure Development.
It has been suggested that the scope of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies be expanded. The Ministry of Supply be renamed the Ministry of Innovation. The name of the ministry has been proposed as the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Innovation. Similarly, sports will be added to the Ministry of Education and Science Technology.
It has been suggested that the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration be merged with the Prime Minister's Office. It has been proposed to create an additional Department of Human Resources and Human Resource Management and place it in the Prime Minister's Office. Similarly, it is proposed to remove the poverty section from the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation and place it in the Prime Minister's Office. It has been suggested that information technology from the Ministry of Communications, and science and technology from the Ministry of Education be moved to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. For this, it has been asked to amend the work division regulations. With this, there will be 50 agencies under the Prime Minister's Office.
In the past, KP Sharma Oli was criticized for practicing to become powerful by pulling the Money Laundering Department, the Revenue Investigation Department, and the National Investigation Department when he was the Prime Minister. The Shah-led government had decided to return the Money Laundering and Revenue Investigation to the Ministry of Finance and the National Investigation Department to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Currently, there are 21 ministries in the union, and the current Council of Ministers has 15 members. Defense and Home Affairs are being handled by Prime Minister Shah himself. The committee has proposed to amend the Nepal Government Work Division Regulations 2074 BS and form a new ministry. It has been proposed to merge the Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Development from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Population, the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the Ministry of Social Security, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports to form the Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Development. It has also been asked to merge the Ministry of Population and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Development or Security from the Ministry of Health.
Talking to media persons on Sunday, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Rabi Lamichhane said that discussions are underway to merge ministries with similar functions such as physical infrastructure and transport, urban development, and drinking water. President Lamichhane claimed that the process of merging ministries with similar functions has been moving forward.
Currently, there are 21 ministries in the union, while the current Council of Ministers has 15 members. Prime Minister Shah himself has been handling the defense and home ministries.
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Sunil Lamsal is also taking responsibility for urban development. Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Pratibha Rawal has been handling the responsibility. Sasmit Pokharel is the government spokesperson and in addition to Education, Science and Technology, he is in charge of the Youth and Sports Ministry. Geeta Chaudhary is the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development and Forest and Environment, and Sobita Gautam is the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
