Ministry of Urban Development (Nepal)
Government ministry of Nepal
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The Ministry of Urban Development (Nepali: सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय) was the government ministry of Nepal responsible for the development of urban areas in the country until its merger with the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport to form the Ministry of Infrastructure Development on 13 May 2026.[1]
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| Dissolved | 13 May 2026 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Nepal |
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| Website | moud |
Organisational structure
The Ministry of Urban Development had several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:[2][3]
Departments
Organizations
- Kathmandu Valley Development Authority[4]
- Rastriya Awas Company Limited
- Town Development Fund
- High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization
- International Convention Centre Development Committee
- Central Level Project Implementation Unit
- National Research Center for Building Technology
List of Ministers of Urban Development
This is a list of former Ministers of Urban Development since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
| S. No | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
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| 1. | Narayan Khadka[5] | Nepali Congress | 25 February 2014 | 10 October 2015 | |
| Ministry out of operation | 12 October 2015 | 4 August 2016 | |||
| 2. | Arjun Narasingha KC[6] | Nepali Congress | 26 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | |
| 3. | Prabhu Sah[7] | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 7 June 2017 | 17 October 2017 | |
| 4. | Dil Nath Giri | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | 17 October 2017 | 1 January 2018[8] | |
| 5. | Kamal Thapa[8] | 1 January 2018 | 14 February 2018[9] | ||
| 6. | Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli[10][11] | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 15 February 2018 | 17 May 2018 | |
| Nepal Communist Party | 17 May 2018 | 31 May 2018 | |||
| 7. | Mohammad Estiyak Rai[11] | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 1 June 2018 | 24 December 2019 | |
| 8. | Gokul Prasad Baskota | Nepal Communist Party | 10 January 2020 | 20 February 2020 | |
| 9. | Basanta Kumar Nemwang[11] | 20 February 2020 | 14 October 2020 | ||
| 10. | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | 14 October 2020 | 25 December 2020 | ||
| (3). | Prabhu Sah | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 25 December 2020 | 20 May 2021 | |
| 11. | Ram Kumari Jhakri | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | 8 October 2021 | 26 June 2022 | |
| 12. | Metmani Chaudhary | 27 June 2022 | 26 December 2022 | ||
| 13. | Bikram Pandey | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 17 January 2023 | 25 February 2023 | |
| 14. | Sita Gurung | Nepali Congress | 31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | |
| 15. | Dhan Bahadur Buda | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | 6 March 2024 | 15 July 2024 | |
| 16. | Prakash Man Singh | Nepali Congress | 15 July 2024 | 9 September 2025 | |
| 17. | Kul Man Ghising | Independent | 15 September 2025 | 7 January 2026 | |
| 18. | Kumar Ingnam | Independent | 7 January 2026 | 27 March 2026 | |
| 18. | Sunil Lamsal | RSP | 27 March 2026 | 13 May 2026
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