Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (Nepali: भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालय) is a governmental ministry of Nepal responsible for land administration and management activities which ensures efficient and effective administration and sustainable management of available land resources throughout the country.^[2][3] The ministry, then called Ministry of Land Reform and Management, was merged with the Ministry of Co-operatives and Poverty Alleviation to form the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives in February 2018, but was reopened and renamed as a separate ministry in August 2018 as the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation.^[4]

Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रालय
Agency overview
Formed	1964[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Balaram Adhikari, Hon. Minister
Agency executive	Gokarna Mani Duwadee, Secretary
Website	molcpa.gov.np

History

The ministry was established in 1964 with three directorates (land reform, cooperatives and cadastral survey). One year later, three further directorates were added to its portfolio (agriculture, food and land management). In 1970, the Ministry split into the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Panchayat, Home and Land Reform. The ministry received its last portfolio of Land Reform and Management in 1986. Gopal Dahit of Nepal Loktantrik Forum under the Deuba Cabinet served as the last Minister of Land Reform and Management until the ministry was dissolved in 2018 and merged into the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives following the Oli cabinet, 2018's decision to reduce the number of ministries in Nepal.^[1][5][6] Due to a cabinet expansion, the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation was reopened while the agriculture-related portfolio was changed to Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development.^[4]

Organisational structure

Four departments served under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work:^[2]

• Survey Department
• Department of Land Management And Archive
• Land Management Training Centre (in Dhulikhel, Kavre)

Former Ministers of Land Reform and Management

This is a list of all Ministers of Land Reform and Management after the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
1	Dal Bahadur Rana[7]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	25 February 2014		Minister of Land Reform and Management
2	Ram Kumar Subba[8]	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 October 2015 (sworn in without portfolio) 9 November 2015 (portfolio of Land Reform and Management assigned)[9]
3	Bikram Pandey[10]	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 August 2016
4	Gopal Dahit[11]	Nepal Loktantrik Forum	8 May 2017	15 February 2018
	Ministry out of operation[4]		16 March 2018[12]	3 August 2018
5	Padma Kumari Aryal[4]	Nepal Communist Party	3 August 2018	25 December 2020	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
6	Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe[4]	Nepal Communist Party	25 December 2020	4 June 2021	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
7	Laxman Lal Karna	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
8	Lila Nath Shrestha	CPN UML	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
9	Shashi Shrestha	CPN (Maoist Centre)	8 October 2021	26 December 2022	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
10	Rajendra Kumar Rai	CPN UML	26 December 2022	27 February 2023	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
11	Ranjeeta Shrestha	Nagrik Unmukti Party	31 March 2023		Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

References

1. "Historical Background". Ministry of Land Reform and Management. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
2. "Ministry of Land Reform and Management". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
3. "MINISTRY OF LAND REFORM AND MANAGEMENT (MOLRM)". Broadway Infosys Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
4. "PM expands Cabinet". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
5. "New faces dominate expanded cabinet". República. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
6. "Cabinet decides to have 17 ministries". The Himalayan Times. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
7. "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
8. "Oli takes oath in the name of people". The Himalayan Times. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
9. "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
10. "PM assigns portfolios to RPP ministers". The Himalayan Times. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
11. "Three ministers from Nepal Democratic Forum sworn in". The Himalayan Times. 2017-05-08. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
12. "PM Oli appoints 15 ministers". The Kathmandu Post. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.