KATHMANDU, July 30: The government has transferred 21 secretaries en masse through a Cabinet decision on Monday.

According to the Cabinet’s decision, Ramprasad Ghimire has been given the responsibility of Secretary at the finance ministry by transferring Madhukumar Marasini to the office of Vice President.

Similarly, the government has sent Ghanshyam Upadhyay to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) by transferring Rameshwor Dangal to the Ministry of Defense.

Likewise, Dinesh Ghimire has been given the responsibility of Revenue secretary. Mukund Niraula has been sent to the Ministry of Labor Employment and Social Security. Dilliram Sharma has been transferred to the Public Service Commission.

Radhika Aryal has been brought to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology as the new secretary by transferring Ramkrishna Subedi to the Public Procurement Monitoring Office.

The secretary of the Ministry of Defense, Kiranraj Sharma has been transferred to the Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission. Bharat Subedi has been transferred to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.

In the same way, Keshav Kumar Sharma has been sent to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Gopal Sigdel to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

The Cabinet has decided to send Naryanprasad Duwadi to the Office of President and Rajkumar Shrestha to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

Similarly, Madhusudhan Burlakoti, Ramadhar Shah, and Pramila Devi Bajracharya have been transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Nepal Trust, and Ministry of Water Supply, respectively.

Suresh Acharya has been transferred to the Water and Energy Commission and Gokarna Mani Duwadi to the National Statistics Office. Arjun Prasad Pokharel has been transferred to the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation.