Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Nepal)


The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security is a government ministry of Nepal that governs the development policies of labour and employment in the country.

History

The ministry was formed in 1981 as the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.In 1995 and 2000, the portfolio was adjusted making it first the Ministry of Labour and later the Ministry of Labour and Transport Management. In 2002, the ministry was restructured resulting in a new name: Ministry of Labour and Employment. In 2018, under the second Oli cabinet, the portfolio was again adjusted twice: First, it was renamed as to being the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Women and Senior Citizens but in March 2018, the ministry was again divided to create both, the Ministry of Labor and Employment and the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen.

Objectives

Two departments serve under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work:
Furthermore, several Organizations also work under and with the ministry:
This is a list of all Ministers of Labour and Employment since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
NamePartyAssumed OfficeLeft OfficePortfolio
1Tek Bahadur GurungNepali Congress25 February 2014Minister of Labor and Employment
2Deepak BoharaRastriya Prajatantra Party24 December 2015Minister of Labor and Employment
3Surya Man GurungNepali Congress26 August 2016Minister of Labor and Employment
4Farmulha MansurNepali Congress7 June 201715 February 2018Minister of Labor and Employment
5Gokarna BistaNepal Communist Party16 March 201820 November 2019Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security
6Rameshwor Raya YadavNepal Communist Party20 November 2019IncubmentMinister of Labour, Employment and Social Security