en Ministry of Water Supply

Ministry of Water Supply
खानेपानी मन्त्रालय
	Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Formed	1972
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Pradeep Yadav, Minister for Water Supply;
Website	mowss.gov.np

The Ministry of Water Supply (Nepali: खानेपानी मन्त्रालय, romanized: Khānēpānī mantrālaya) is a government ministry of Nepal that is responsible to provide effective, sustainable and quality water supply and sanitation to the people of Nepal.^[1]

History

The Ministry was established in 1972 by the Government of Nepal as the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage under the Ministry of Water Resources. Before it became a ministry, it was working under the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works.^[2] In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was changed to its current form, Ministry of Water Supply.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Water Supply has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:^[3]

Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management
Melamchi Water Supply Development Board
Project Implementation Directorate
Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board
Nepal Water Supply Corporation
Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board
Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission

Former Ministers of Water Supply

This is a list of former Ministers of Water Supply (or equivalent) since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:


	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
	Ministry out of operation^[4]		25 February 2014	12 October 2015
1	Prem Bahadur Singh^[5]	Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party	24 December 2015	20 July 2016^[6]	Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation
2	Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal^[7]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre)	4 August 2016	19 January 2017	Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation
3	Prem Bahadur Singh^[8]	Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party	19 January 2017
4	Mahendra Yadav^{[citation needed]}	Nepali Congress	26 July 2017	15 February 2018
5	Bina Magar	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018 Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018	16 March 2018	20 December 2020	Minister of Water Supply
6	Mani Thapa	Nepal Communist Party	25 December 2020	20 May 2021
7	Anil Kumar Jha	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021
8	Uma Kanta Chaudhary	Nepali Congress	8 October 2021	26 December 2022
9	Abdul Khan	Janamat Party	26 December 2022	31 March 2023
10	Mahindra Ray Yadav	Nepal Socialist Party	31 March 2023