Ministry of Water Supply

Ministry of Water Supply
खानेपानी मन्त्रालय
Agency overview
Formed1972
JurisdictionGovernment of Nepal
HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible
Websitemowss.gov.np

The Ministry of Water Supply (Nepali: खानेपानी मन्त्रालय, romanized: Khānēpānī mantrālaya) 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

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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

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

Former Ministers of Water Supply

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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] Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) 4 August 2016 19 January 2017 Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation
3 Prem Bahadur Singh[8] Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party 19 January 2017
4 Mahendra Yadav[citation needed] Nepali Congress 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 Mani Thapa Nepal Communist Party 25 December 2020 20 May 2021
7 Anil Kumar Jha Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal 4 June 2021 22 June 2021
8 Uma Kanta Chaudhary Nepali Congress 8 October 2021 26 December 2022
9 Abdul Khan Janamat Party 26 December 2022 31 March 2023
10 Mahindra Ray Yadav Nepal Socialist Party 31 March 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation :: Ministry of Water Supply & Sanitation". mowss.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20.
  2. ^ "About Ministry of Water Supply". Ministry o Water Supply. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Institutions under MoWSS". Ministry of Water Supply. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "4 new ministers inducted in Oli Cabinet". The Himalayan Times. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Minister Prem Bahadur Singh resigns". The Himalayan Times. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  7. ^ "New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister". The Himalayan Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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