Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies explained

Post:Minister
Body:Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Insignia:Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Nepal
Flag:Flag of Nepal.svg
Flagsize:100px
Flagcaption:Flag of Nepal
Incumbent:Damodar Bhandari
Incumbentsince:15 July 2024
Department:Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Style:Honourable
Member Of:Council of Ministers
Reports To:Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat:Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator:Prime Minister
Appointer:President
Precursor:Minister of Industry
Minister of Commerce
Minister of Supplies
Termlength:No fixed term

The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (Nepali: उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies.[1] [2] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility to create a favorable environment for industrial development and investment promotion.[3] The minister has also expressed his involvement in formulating policies and programs related to industry, commerce and supply and in frugal cooperation and exchange with various ministries and agencies of the Government of Nepal.[4]

The current minister is Damodar Bhandari, who took office on 15 July 2024.[5]

List of former ministers

width=280px colspan="2"width=280px Namewidth=280px colspan="3"Took of office width=280px colspan="2"Prime Ministerwidth=280px Minister's Party
1Matrika Prasad Yadav
[6] [7]
26 February 201820 November 2019KP Sharma OliCPN (MC)
NCP
2Lekh Raj Bhatta
[8] [9]
21 November 201920 May 2021
CPN (UML)
3Raj Kishor Yadav
[10] [11]
10 June 202122 June 2021PSP–N
4Bishnu Prasad Paudel
[12] [13]
24 June 202112 July 2021CPN (UML)
5Gajendra Bahadur Hamal
[14] [15]
8 October 202110 October 2021Sher Bahadur DeubaNepali Congress
6Sher Bahadur Deuba
[16] [17]
10 October 20217 April 2022
7Dilendra Prasad Badu
[18] [19]
7 April 202226 December 2022
8Damodar Bhandari
[20] [21]
26 December 2022 27 February 2023Pushpa Kamal DahalCPN (UML)
9Ramesh Rijal
[22] [23]
31 March 20234 March 2024Nepali Congress
10Damodar Bhandari
[24] [25]
6 March 20243 July 2024CPN (UML)
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[26] [27]
4 July 202415 July 2024CPN (MC)
11Damodar Bhandari
[28] [29]
15 July 2024IncumbentKP Sharma OliCPN (UML)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्रालय . 2024-04-19 . moics.gov.np.
  2. Web site: Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies . 2024-04-19 . Online Khabar . en-US.
  3. Web site: Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies . 2024-04-19 . Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies.
  4. Web site: उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्रालय . 2024-04-19 . en.
  5. Web site: Council of Ministers Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers . 2024-04-23 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Matrika Yadav is new industry minister . 2024-04-19 . My Republica . en.
  7. Web site: Four ministers to be sworn in today . 2024-04-19 . kathmandupost.com . English.
  8. Web site: Adhikari . Priyanka . 2019-11-21 . Newly appointed ministers take oath . 2024-04-19 . The Himalayan Times . en.
  9. Web site: 2021-05-20 . Nepal SC dismisses newly appointed 7 ministers from their positions . 2024-04-19 . WION . en-us.
  10. Web site: KathmanduPati . 2021-06-10 . New Ministers take oath . 2024-04-19 . KathmanduPati . en-US.
  11. Web site: Prez administers oath to newly appointed ministers . 2024-04-19 . GorakhaPatra . en.
  12. Web site: Today . N. L. . 2021-06-24 . PM Oli assigns additional portfolios to ministers, Bishnu Poudel to oversee Home Ministry . 2024-04-19 . Nepal Live Today . en.
  13. Web site: 2021-06-23 . Nepal's top court removes most of cabinet in blow to caretaker PM . . 2024-04-18.
  14. Web site: ONLINE . THT . 2021-10-08 . PM Deuba expands cabinet, new ministers take oath . 2024-04-19 . The Himalayan Times . en.
  15. Web site: 2021-10-10 . PM Deuba approves resignation of newly-appointed Industry Minister Hamal . 2024-04-19 . himalayantimes.
  16. Web site: PM is in charge of the Ministry of Industry . 2024-04-19 . English.MakaluKhabar.com . en-US.
  17. Web site: PM is in charge of the Ministry of Industry . 2024-04-19 . english.hamropatro.com.
  18. Web site: President Bhandari Administers Oath To Newly Appointed Minister Industry Badu . 2024-04-19 . The NepaliPost . en.
  19. Web site: Republica . Minister for Law Dilendra Prasad Badu has been given the new responsibility of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. . 2024-04-19 . My Republica . en.
  20. Web site: 2022-12-26 . Newly appointed deputy prime ministers, ministers take oath . 2024-04-19 . himalayantimes.
  21. Web site: Newly appointed deputy prime ministers, ministers take oath . 2024-04-19 . Radio Nepal . en-US.
  22. Web site: New Ministers Take Oath Of Office And Secrecy . 2024-04-19 . english.lokaantar.com . en.
  23. Web site: Samiti . Rastriya Samachar . 2023-03-31 . Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and ministers sworn in . 2024-04-19 . The Himalayan Times . en.
  24. Web site: नवनियुक्त उपप्रधानमन्त्री र मन्त्रीले लिए शपथ . 2024-04-19 . नवनियुक्त उपप्रधानमन्त्री र मन्त्रीले लिए शपथ . en.
  25. Web site: नवनियुक्त मन्त्रीहरुले लिए शपथ . 2024-04-19 . Nepal Press . en-US.
  26. Web site: Prime Minister assigned additional portfolios. 2024-07-04. Khabarhub. en.
  27. Web site: Prime Minister gets additional portfolios. 2024-07-04. My Republica. en.
  28. Web site: Republica . Here is the list of Oli-led Cabinet . 2024-07-16 . My Republica . en.
  29. Web site: Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet . 2024-07-16 . kathmandupost.com . English.