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Pundit, here you go.
Members of the Council of Ministers
(June 19,2002)
Ruling Party: Nepali Congress Name Portfolio
1. Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister, Royal Palace, Foreign Affairs and Defence,Finance,
Education and Sports,Women, Children and Social Welfare,Agriculture and Co-operatives
2.Chirinjivi Wagle Works and Physical Planning
3. Khum Bahadur Khadka Home and Local Development
4. Bijay Kumar Gachchadar Water Resources
5 Bal Bahadur KC Culture, tourism and Civil Aviation
6. Sarat Singh Bhandari Health
7. Palten Gurung Labour and Transport
8. Purna Bahadur Khadka Industry, Commerce and Supplies
9. Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta Information and Communications
10. Premlal Singh Population and Environment
11. Rishikesh Gautam Without portfolio (Prime Minister?s office)
12. Khemraj Bhatta Mayalu General Administration
13. Narendra Bikram Nembang Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister for State
14. Bhata Bhadur Balayar Science and Technology
15. Sri Ram Chaudhary Land Reforms and management
16. Devendra Raj Kandel Home
17. Duryadhan Singh Local Development
18. Shiva Raj Joshi Labour and Transport
19. Narayan Sharma Poudel Water Resources
20. Arjun Jung Bahadur Singh Foreign Affairs
21. Laxman Prasad Mehta Agriculture and Co-operatives
22. Sushila Swar Women, Children and Social Welfare
23. Hari Narayan Chaudhary Information and Communications
24. Narayan Prasad Saud Education and Sports
25. Keshav Thapa Physical Planning and Works
26. Srabadhan Rai Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
27. Mohan Bahadur Basnet Health
28. Bharat Kumar Shah Finance
Assistant Ministers
29. Prakash Bahadur Gurung Industry, Commerce and Supplies
30. Dilli Raj Sharma Land Reforms and Management
31. Nagendra Kumar Raya Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
32. Sabitri Bogati (Pathak) Works and Physical Planning
33. Dil Bahadur Lama General Administration
34. Birendra Kumar Kanaudiya Water Resources
35. Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya Local Development