Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (Nepali: उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies.^[1][2] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility to create a favorable environment for industrial development and investment promotion.^[3] The minister has also expressed his involvement in formulating policies and programs related to industry, commerce and supply and in frugal cooperation and exchange with various ministries and agencies of the Government of Nepal.^[4]

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent Damodar Bhandari since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
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 Industry Minister of Commerce Minister of Supplies

The current minister is Damodar Bhandari,^[5][6] who took office on 15 July 2024.^[7]

List of former ministers

#		Name	Took of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
1		Matrika Prasad Yadav [8][9]	26 February 2018	20 November 2019	632		KP Sharma Oli	CPN (MC)
								NCP
2		Lekh Raj Bhatta [10][11]	21 November 2019	20 May 2021	546
								CPN (UML)
3		Raj Kishor Yadav [12][13]	10 June 2021	22 June 2021	12			PSP–N
4		Bishnu Prasad Paudel [14][15]	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	18			CPN (UML)
5		Gajendra Bahadur Hamal [16][17]	8 October 2021	10 October 2021	2		Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepali Congress
6		Sher Bahadur Deuba [18][19]	10 October 2021	7 April 2022	179
7		Dilendra Prasad Badu [20][21]	7 April 2022	26 December 2022	263
8		Damodar Bhandari [22][23]	26 December 2022	27 February 2023	63		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (UML)
9		Ramesh Rijal [24][25]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	339			Nepali Congress
10		Damodar Bhandari [26][27]	6 March 2024	3 July 2024	119			CPN (UML)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [28][29]	4 July 2024	15 July 2024	12			CPN (MC)
11		Damodar Bhandari [5][6]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	309		KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)