Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

The Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (Nepali: भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of the Government of Nepal.^[1][2] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility to establish good governance by upgrading judicial access, feeling of security of land ownership, and effectiveness of service effluence in country.^[3]

Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
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Incumbent Balaram Adhikari since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
Style	Honourable
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat	Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Minister of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives

The current minister is Balaram Adhikari, who took office on 6 March 2024.^[4][5]

List of former ministers

  Nepali Congress   CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
  CPN (Maoist Centre)
  People's Socialist Party, Nepal
  Nagrik Unmukti Party

#	Name	Took of office			Prime Minister	Minister's Party
1	Padma Kumari Aryal [6][7]	3 August 2018	25 December 2020	875	KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)
2	Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe [8][9]	25 December 2020	4 June 2021	161
3	Laxman Lal Karna [10][11]	4 June 2021	22 June 2021	18
4	Lila Nath Shrestha [12]	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	18
5	Shashi Shrestha [13][14]	8 October 2021	26 December 2022	444	Sher Bahadur Deuba	Maoist Centre
6	Rajendra Kumar Rai [15][16]	26 December 2022	27 February 2023	63	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (UML)
7	Ranjeeta Shrestha [17][18][19]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	341		NUP

References

1. "Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation". www.devex.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
2. "Ministy of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation". Nepal Government Portal. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
3. "भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालया". molcpa.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
4. "Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
5. Samiti, Rastriya Samachar (2024-03-06). "Newly appointed DPM and Ministers take oath". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
6. आर्थिकन्यूज. "नवनियुक्त मन्त्रीहरुको सपथ ग्रहण केहीबेरमा". Aarthiknews. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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8. आर्थिकन्यूज. "PM Oli reshuffles Cabinet, appoints eight new ministers". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
9. "मन्त्रिपरिषद् पुनगर्ठनः थपिए ८ मन्त्री र एक राज्यमन्त्री (सूचिसहित)::'Media Advocacy for Social Justice'". Retrieved 2024-02-18.
10. "प्रधानमन्त्रीद्वारा मन्त्रिपरिषद्‌मा हेरफेर, तीन जना उपप्रधानमन्त्री". BBC News नेपाली (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
11. "मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ)". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-02-18.
12. "प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीद्वारा आठ मन्त्री र एक राज्यमन्त्री नियुक्त, मन्त्रिमण्डलमा जिम्मेवारी हेरफेर". BBC News नेपाली (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-02-17.
13. "Deuba gives full shape to his government, three months after assuming office". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
14. "Cabinet gets full shape nearly after three months". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
15. diwakar (2023-01-17). "Pushpa Kamal Dahal cabinet gets almost full shape. Here's the list - OnlineKhabar English News". Retrieved 2023-11-21.
16. "Nepal's PM Prachanda inducts 15 new faces in Cabinet". Indianarrative. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
17. "Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
18. "Minister Of Land Management Shrestha Has Also Resumed His Post". The NepaliPost. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
19. "Ranjita Shrestha to be the Minister from Nagarik Unmukti". English.MakaluKhabar.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

External links

• Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepal