Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Nepal)

The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Nepali: श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्रालय) is a government ministry of Nepal that governs the development policies of labour and employment in the country.^[1] Sharat Singh Bhandari is newly appointed as a minister.

Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security^[1]

श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Formed	1981
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Sharat Singh Bhandari, Hon. Minister
Agency executives	Ghanshyam Upadhyay, Secretary Govind Prasad Rijal, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson
Website	moless.gov.np

History

The ministry was formed in 1981 as the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.In 1995 and 2000, the portfolio was adjusted making it first the Ministry of Labour and later the Ministry of Labour and Transport Management. In 2002, the ministry was restructured resulting in a new name: Ministry of Labour and Employment.^[1] In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio was again adjusted twice: First, it was renamed as to being the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Women and Senior Citizens but in March 2018, the ministry was again divided to create both, the Ministry of Labor and Employment and the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen.^[2][3]

Objectives

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• Development of Pure Industrial Relationship
• Ending Unemployment and Development of Productive and Qualitative Employment System
• Child Labour Alleviation
• Development of Safety, Managed and help based transportation system

Organisational structure

Two departments serve under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work:

• Department of Labour^[4]
• Department of Foreign Employment^[5]

Furthermore, several Organizations also work under and with the ministry:

• Foreign Employment Promotion Board^[6]
• Vocational and Skill Development Centre^[7]

Former Ministers of Labour and Employment

This is a list of all Ministers of Labour and Employment since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
1	Tek Bahadur Gurung[8]	Nepali Congress	25 February 2014		Minister of Labor and Employment
2	Deepak Bohara[9]	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	24 December 2015
3	Surya Man Gurung[10]	Nepali Congress	26 August 2016
4	Farmulha Mansur[11]	Nepali Congress	7 June 2017	15 February 2018
5	Gokarna Bista[3]	Nepal Communist Party	16 March 2018	20 November 2019	Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security
6	Rameshwor Raya Yadav[12]	Nepal Communist Party	20 November 2019	25 December 2020
7	Gauri Shankar Chaudhary	Nepal Communist Party	25 December 2020	20 May 2021
8	Bimal Prasad Shrivastav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021
9	Krishna Kumar Shrestha	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)	8 October 2021	27 June 2022
10	Sher Bahadur Kunwor	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)	27 June 2022	26 December 2022
11	Dol Prasad Aryal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	17 January 2023	5 February 2023
12	Sharat Singh Bhandari	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	31 March 2023	5 March 2024
13.	Dol Prasad Aryal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	6 March 2024	Incumbent

References

1. "श्रम तथा रोजगार मन्त्रालय". Ministry of Labour and Employment. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
2. "Nepal PM splits ministries to expand cabinet, inducts 15 new ministers". ANI. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
3. "Ministries split to create posts". The Kathmandu Post. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
4. "Department of Labour". Department of Labour / Ministry of Labour and Employment. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
5. "वैदेशिक रोजगार विभाग". Department of Foreign Employment. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
6. "Foreign Employment Promotion Board". Ministry of Labour and Employment. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
7. "नेपाल सरकार, व्यवसायिक तथा सीप विकास तालिम केन्द्र" (in Nepali). Ministry of Labour and Employment. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
8. "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
9. "4 new ministers inducted in Oli Cabinet". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
10. "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
11. "9 ministers sworn in". República. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
12. "Newly appointed ministers take oath". The Himalayan Times. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.