Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)

Ministry of Home Affairs Nepal is the governmental body of Nepal mainly responsible for delivering critical services to the citizens and maintain security in the nation.[1] The present home minister is Hon. Ram Bahadur Thapa.

Ministry of Home Affairs
Agency overview
MottoPeace and security in the nation and homely services to citizen
Minister responsible
Websitewww.moha.gov.np
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Introduction

After the political changes in Nepal in 2007, B.S. The Ministry of Home Affairs was established in 2008 B.S. After the change in 2017, the name of the Ministry of Home Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Home Panchayat and Nepal was divided into 14 zones and 75 districts with the arrangement of Zonal Governor and Chief District Officer. After the commencement of the Local Administration Act, 2028 BS, the duties and rights of the zonal magistrates and PGAs were legally regulated. After the formation of the Ministry of Local Development in 2037 BS, the main task of the Ministry of Home Affairs was to maintain law and order and local administration. As per the Constitution of Nepal 2072 BS, 77 districts have been established and there are 77 district administration offices under the Ministry. Maintaining peace, order and security in the country and protecting the livelihood and freedom of the people is the main objective of the Home Administration. In order to make the Home Administration strong and capable, to give a sense of security to the people and to make the service flow effective and maintain good governance. The basic objective of the Ministry of Home Affairs is to protect the lives, property and freedom of the people by maintaining peace, order and security.


Organisational Structure

The Ministry of Home consists of the following seven Departments.

  • District Adminstration Office
  • Immigration Department
  • Prison Management Department
  • Police Record Management Department
  • National ID and Registration Deparment
  • Armed Police Force
  • Nepal Police



Former Ministers of Home Affairs

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

Name Party Assumed Office Left Office
1 Bam Dev Gautam[2]Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)25 February 2014
2 Shakti Bahadur Basnet[3]Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)19 October 2015
3 Bimalendra Nidhi[4]Nepali Congress26 August 201630 April 2017[5]
4 Janardhan Sharma[6]Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)7 June 201717 October 2017
5 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba[7]Nepali Congress17 October 201715 February 2018
6 Ram Bahadur ThapaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018		26 February 2018

References
  1. http://www.moha.gov.np//en/profile-17.html
  2. "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. "Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli Expands Cabinet, Inducts 9 New Ministers". NDTV. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "DPM Nidhi calls it quits". The Kathmandu Post. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn-in as Nepal's 40th prime minister". Xinhua. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 1 November 2017.


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