~ 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