| Agency Name: | Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation |
| Nativename: | भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालय |
| Formed: | 1964[1] |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Nepal |
| Headquarters: | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Minister1 Name: | Balaram Adhikari |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Hon. Minister |
| Chief1 Name: | Gokarna Mani Duwadee |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (Nepali: भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालय) is a governmental ministry of Nepal responsible for land administration and management activities which ensures efficient and effective administration and sustainable management of available land resources throughout the country.[2] [3] The ministry, then called Ministry of Land Reform and Management, was merged with the Ministry of Co-operatives and Poverty Alleviation to form the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives in February 2018, but was reopened and renamed as a separate ministry in August 2018 as the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation.[4]
The ministry was established in 1964 with three directorates (land reform, cooperatives and cadastral survey). One year later, three further directorates were added to its portfolio (agriculture, food and land management). In 1970, the Ministry split into the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Panchayat, Home and Land Reform. The ministry received its last portfolio of Land Reform and Management in 1986. Gopal Dahit of Nepal Loktantrik Forum under the Deuba Cabinet served as the last Minister of Land Reform and Management until the ministry was dissolved in 2018 and merged into the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives following the Oli cabinet, 2018's decision to reduce the number of ministries in Nepal.[1] [5] [6] Due to a cabinet expansion, the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation was reopened while the agriculture-related portfolio was changed to Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development.[4]
Four departments served under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work:[2]
This is a list of all Ministers of Land Reform and Management after the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
| Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | Portfolio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dal Bahadur Rana[7] | 25 February 2014 | Minister of Land Reform and Management | |||
| 2 | Ram Kumar Subba[8] | 12 October 2015 (sworn in without portfolio) 9 November 2015 (portfolio of Land Reform and Management assigned)[9] | ||||
| 3 | Bikram Pandey[10] | 11 August 2016 | ||||
| 4 | Gopal Dahit[11] | 8 May 2017 | 15 February 2018 | |||
| Ministry out of operation | 16 March 2018[12] | 3 August 2018 | ||||
| 5 | Padma Kumari Aryal | 3 August 2018 | 25 December 2020 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | ||
| 6 | Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe | 25 December 2020 | 4 June 2021 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | ||
| 7 | Laxman Lal Karna | 4 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | ||
| 8 | Lila Nath Shrestha | 24 June 2021 | 12 July 2021 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | ||
| 9 | Shashi Shrestha | 8 October 2021 | 26 December 2022 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | ||
| 10 | Rajendra Kumar Rai | 26 December 2022 | 27 February 2023 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | ||
| 11 | Ranjeeta Shrestha | 31 March 2023 | Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | |||