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]]>Summarizing the reshuffle:
- Excepting four ministers, shift all the ministers from their incumbent offices.
- Absorb ten ministers from the Mahantha Thakur-led faction. This induction includes Deputy Prime Minister Rajendra Mahato from the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal.
- The Finance Minister, Bishnu Paudel, will be sworn in as the senior-most Deputy Prime Minister. The junior leader Raghubir Mahaseth will be anointed as another Deputy Prime Minister. This translates to Nepal having three Deputy PMs’.
- Health Ministry will welcome Sher Bahadur Tamang as the Health Minister. He will spearhead the combat against COVID-19.
- The biggest development of this rejig is the PM centralizing the national power. The PM will be heading seven ministries which are: Defence, home affairs, forests and environment, communications and information technology, federal affairs and general administration, agriculture and livestock development, industry and commerce.
The reshuffle ushers in seven political figures from Oli’s CPN-UML, and the rest of the ten ministers are inducted for the JSPN’s split faction. The Prime Minister is likely to add more minister from CPN-UML for the seven ministries which are under his purview.
The new Deputy Prime Ministers, along with the new Ministers, were sworn in by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari at the Presidential Office. Additionally, state ministers were also sworn in by the Prime Minister at the same ceremony.
Tabulated below are the incumbent ministers, after the cabinet reshuffle:
| S.No | Name | Position | Portfolio |
| 1 | KP Sharma Oli | PM | Defence, Home Affairs, Forests and Environment*, Communications and Information Technology, Federal Affairs and General Administration, Agriculture and Livestock Development, Industry and Commerce |
| 2 | Bishnu Paudel | DPM | Finance |
| 3 | Raghubir Mahaseth | DPM | Foreign Affairs |
| 4 | Rajendra Mahato | DPM | Urban Development |
| 5 | Sharad Singh Bhandari | Minister | Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation |
| 6 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | Minister | Education, Science and Technology |
| 7 | Anil Kumar Jha | Minister | Water Supply and Sanitation |
| 8 | Sher Bahadur Tamang | Minister | Health and Population |
| 9 | Laxman Lal Karna | Minister | Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation |
| 10 | Basanta Kumar Nembang | Minister | Physical Infrastructure and Transport |
| 11 | Lila Nath Shrestha | Minister | Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs |
| 12 | Bimal Prasad Shreesvastav | Minister | Labour, Employment and Social Security |
| 13 | Uma Shankar Argariya | Minister | Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation* |
| 14 | Chanda Chaudhary | Minister | Women, Children and Senior Citizens |
| 15 | Ekwal Miya | Minister | Youth and Sports |
| 16 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | Minister of State | Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation |
| 17 | Renuka Gurung | Minister of State | Women, Children and Senior Citizens |
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]]>The Government of Nepal tabled a bill in the Legislature-Parliament on Monday pertaining to the remuneration and other facilities for the President and the Vice President. The bill proposes to provide a monthly salary of Rs 150,450 for the President and Rs 108,030 for the Vice President in addition to several other perks and allowances.
The bill also proposes to prohibit legal action against the Head of State and his deputy for their acts while in service.
As per clause 16 of the bill, which was tabled by Labor Minister Farmullah Mansoor, “No cases shall be filed in any court of the country against the President and Vice President while in office or after retirement for their acts done as the head or deputy head of state.” However, the bill does not exempt the filing of cases for any acts committed by them while not in service.
None of the lawmakers expressed any reservations to the bill. The bill was registered in the House by the previous government headed by Pushpa Kamal Dahal in May 2017.
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