Govt transfers 23 secretaries

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle since Dr Baburam Bhattarai-led government came in power, the cabinet has transffered nearly two dozens senior officials.



A cabinet meeting held in Singha Durbar on Tuesday afternoon took a decision to this effect. [break]

1. Balanand Poudel - Ministry of Energy - Ministry of Women


2. Somlal Subedi -  Prime Minister Office - Ministry of Labor


3. Hareram Koirala - -  Ministry of Energy


4. Tilakram Sharma - - Ministry of General Administration


5. Lalmani Joshi - Ministry of Land Reforms - Ministry of Commerce


6. Dineshhari Adhikari - Ministry of Culture - Ministry of Land Reforms


7. Abnindra Shrestha - Public Procurement Office - Ministry of Information


8. Purushottam Ojha - Nepal Oil Corporation - Prime Minister Office


9. Jaya Mukunda Khanal - Office of Nepal Trust - Prime Minister Office


10. Pratap Kumar Pathak - Ministry of General Administration - Office of Comptroller


11. Shreeram Panta - Ministry of Youth - Information Commission


12. Nabin Ghimire -  Ministry of Defense - Ministry of Forest


13. Madhav Regmi -  Central Regional Administration Office - Ministry of Defense


14. Sushil Ghimire -  Office of Comptroller - Ministry of Youth


15. Tana Gautam -  Ministry of Science - Ministry of Culture


16. Keshab Bhattarai - Ministry of Forest - Ministry of Science


17. Yagya Gautam -  National Vigilance Center - Public Procurement Office


18. Sureshman Shrestha - Information Commission -  National Vigilance Center


19. Krishnachandra KC Poudel - - Eastern Regional Administration Office


20. Dharanidhar Khatiwada - -  Mid Regional Administration Office


21. Arjun Bhandari - -  Western Regional Administration Office


22. Gyandarshan Udas - - Mid-Western Regional


23. Shreedhar Gautam -  Ministry of Information -  Office of Nepal Trust

According to Minister of Physical Planning and Works Hridayash Tripathi, the government has also decided to provide Rs 250 million to the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for smooth supply of petroleum products.



Prime Minister Bhattarai assured that the government would take initiative to pass inclusion Bill and immediately start recruitment of Madhesi youths in the army.

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