Ministry of Water Supply explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Water Supply
Nativename:	खानेपानी मन्त्रालय
Seal:	File:Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
Formed:	1972
Jurisdiction:	Government of Nepal
Headquarters:	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister1 Name:	Pradeep Yadav
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister for Water Supply

The Ministry of Water Supply is a government ministry of Nepal that is responsible to provide effective, sustainable and quality water supply and sanitation to the people of Nepal.^[1]

History

The Ministry was established in 1972 by the Government of Nepal as the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage under the Ministry of Water Resources. Before it became a ministry, it was working under the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works.^[2] In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was changed to its current form, Ministry of Water Supply.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Water Supply has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:^[3]

• Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management
• Melamchi Water Supply Development Board
• Project Implementation Directorate
• Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board
• Nepal Water Supply Corporation
• Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited
• Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board
• Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission

Former Ministers of Water Supply

This is a list of former Ministers of Water Supply (or equivalent) since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
	Ministry out of operation^[4]		25 February 2014	12 October 2015
1	Prem Bahadur Singh^[5]	Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party	24 December 2015	20 July 2016^[6]	Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation
2	Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal^[7]		4 August 2016	19 January 2017	Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation
3	Prem Bahadur Singh^[8]		19 January 2017
4	Mahendra Yadav		26 July 2017	15 February 2018
5	Bina Magar	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018 Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018	16 March 2018	20 December 2020	Minister of Water Supply
6		Nepal Communist Party	25 December 2020	20 May 2021
7		Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021
8		Nepali Congress	8 October 2021	26 December 2022
9		Janamat Party	26 December 2022	31 March 2023
10		Nepal Socialist Party	31 March 2023

See also

• Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation :: Ministry of Water Supply & Sanitation . mowss.gov.np . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320092158/http://mowss.gov.np/content/about-ministry-of-water-supply-and-sanitation.html . 2016-03-20.
2. Web site: About Ministry of Water Supply . Ministry o Water Supply . 1 April 2019.
3. Web site: Institutions under MoWSS . Ministry of Water Supply . 1 April 2019.
4. Web site: Meet the new cabinet of ministers. Nepali Times. 1 October 2017.
5. Web site: 4 new ministers inducted in Oli Cabinet. The Himalayan Times. 1 April 2018. 24 December 2015.
6. Web site: Minister Prem Bahadur Singh resigns. The Himalayan Times. 1 April 2018. 20 July 2016.
7. Web site: New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in. 14 August 2016. The Himalayan Times. 11 November 2017.
8. Web site: Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister . The Himalayan Times . 31 March 2019 . 17 June 2017.