Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Nepal)

Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security[1]
श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्रालय
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Formed1981
JurisdictionGovernment of Nepal
HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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  • Ghanshyam Upadhyay, Secretary
  • Govind Prasad Rijal, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson
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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.

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

[citation needed]

  • 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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.


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