Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

Nepal government ministry

Deepak Khadka, Minister

Agency executive

Sushil Chandra Tiwari, Secretary (Energy)
Sarita Dawadi, Secretary (Water Resources and Irrigation)

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The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepali: ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिंचाइ मन्त्रालय) is a governmental body of Nepal that governs the development and implementation of energy including its conservation, regulation and utilization. It furthermore develops operates electricity projects including hydropower projects. Due to the importance of water resources in Nepal,^[2] the ministry focuses on the development and utilization of hydropower.^[1] In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was enlarged and the portfolios of Water Resources and Irrigation was added to the then Ministry of Energy, while the Ministry of Irrigation was discontinued.^[3]

Organisational structure

There are three departments under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work. They are:^[4]

Department of Electricity Development (website)
Department of Water Resources and Irrigation (website)
Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (website)

Furthermore, several organizations also work under and with the ministry:^[5]

Nepal Electricity Authority (website)
Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (website)
Groundwater Resources Development Board (website)
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (website)
Water Resource Research and Development Centre (website)
Vidhyut Utpadan Company Limited (website)
Rastriya Prasaran Grid Company Limited (website)
Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited (website)

Former Ministers of Energy

This is a list of former Ministers of Energy since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:


	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
1	Radha Gyawali^[6]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	25 February 2014	1 October 2015^[7]	Minister of Energy
2	Top Bahadur Rayamajhi^[8]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	19 October 2015	13 July 2016^[9]
3	Janardhan Sharma^[10]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	14 August 2016	7 June 2017^[11]
4	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	26 July 2017	17 October 2017
5	Kamal Thapa^[12]	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17 October 2017	14 February 2018^[13]
6	Barsaman Pun^[14]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	16 March 2018	25 December 2020	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
7	Top Bahadur Rayamajhi	Nepal Communist Party	25 December 2020	20 May 2021	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
8	Sharat Singh Bhandari	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
9	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
10	Pampha Bhusal	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	13 July 2021	26 December 2022	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
11	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17 January 2023	25 February 2023	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
12	Shakti Bahadur Basnet	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	31 March 2023		Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

References

^ ^a ^b "About the Ministry". Ministry of Energy. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ Shrestha, Rabindra B. "Water Resources Of Nepal: Misconception And Reality". Gorkhapatra Online. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Government restructuring its ministries". República. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Departments - MOEWRI". moewri.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
^ "Organizations". Ministry of Energy. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Minister Gyawali's sacking: SC issues show-cause notice to CIAA". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "9 ministers sworn in". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Maoist Centre ministers resign en masse". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Nepal Prime Minister Deuba reshuffles cabinet again". Business Standard. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ "Thapa given formal farewell from ministries of energy, urban development". República. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "PM inducts 15 new ministers in his Cabinet". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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