KATHMANDU, Jan 9: President Ramchandra Paudel has assigned additional portfolios to three ministers.
The responsibility of three ministries was given to other ministers after Kulman Ghising, who had been taking charge of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation; the Ministry of Physical Infrastructures and Transport; and the Ministry of Urban Development, resigned from the post on Wednesday.
Ministers assigned portfolios
At the recommendation of Prime Minister Sushila Karki, President Paudel assigned Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply, Anil Kumar Sinha, to look after the portfolio of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.
Similarly, Minister for Forest and Environment, Madhav Prasad Chaulagain, will look after the portfolio of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructures and Transport, while Minister for Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, Kumar Ingnam, the portfolio of Urban Development Minister as well, reads a press release issued by Spokesperson at the Office of the President, Ritesh Kumar Shakya.
