A leader is also their team

Gender equality, child welfare, social protection and inclusion.

Focus: Social-security delivery and protection from violence

Farming, food security, forests and the climate and environment.

Focus: Productivity, fertiliser supply and climate resilience

Heritage, tourism and civil aviation.

Focus: Tourism recovery and air-safety standards

Schools, universities, technical education and sport.

Focus: Learning outcomes and teacher provisioning

Hydropower development, the national grid, drinking water and irrigation.

Focus: Expanding generation and cross-border power trade

Sets the federal budget, raises revenue, manages public debt and fiscal transfers to provinces and local governments.

Focus: Budget execution and revenue reform

Nepal’s diplomacy, treaties, missions abroad and relations with India, China and partners.

Focus: Balanced regional diplomacy and labour agreements

Public health, hospitals, medicines and food safety.

Focus: Primary-care access and food-safety enforcement

Internal security, the police, citizenship, disaster response and federal administration.

Focus: Public security and disaster preparedness

Industry, trade, consumer supplies and market regulation.

Focus: Investment, exports and supply-price stability

Telecoms, broadcasting, information technology and government communication.

Focus: Digital governance and connectivity

Roads, bridges and the delivery of public infrastructure.

Focus: Project execution and build quality

Land records, cooperatives and federal–provincial coordination.

Focus: Land digitisation and cooperative oversight

Legislation, the administration of justice and parliamentary business.

Focus: Law reform and the legislative pipeline

Research, technology and innovation policy.

Focus: R&D capacity and tech entrepreneurship

Youth, employment, labour rights and foreign employment.

Focus: Job creation and safe migration