Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)

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Ministry of Communication and Information Technology^[1]

सूचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधि मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Formed	1992
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Hon. Minister for Communication and Information Technology
Child agencies	Department of Postal Service Department of Information Department of Printing
Website	mocit.gov.np

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology(Nepali: सूचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधि मन्त्रालय) ^[2] is governmental body of Nepal that manages postal services, telecommunications, broadcasting, press and information and film development in the country.^[3]

Nainkala Thapa is the present minister for this ministry since June 10 2021, who was minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen ministry.^[4]

Through its subdivisions, the ministry informs the public about economic and social activities in Nepal, while promoting democratic culture through ensuring the freedom of expression and the right to information of the People of Nepal. Its main aim is to make the communications media active and efficient.^[1]

Former Ministers of Information and Communications

This is a list of all Ministers of Information and Communications since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

	Name	Political affiliation	Assumed office	Left office
1	Minendra Rijal[5]	Nepali Congress	25 February 2014	12 October 2015
2	Sher Dhan Rai^[source?]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	5 November 2015	14 August 2016
3	Ram Karki[6]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
4	Mohan Bahadur Basnet[7]	Nepali Congress	26 July 2017	15 February 2018
5	Gokul Prasad Baskota [8]	Nepal Communist Party	1 June 2018	20 February 2020
6	Yuba Raj Khatiwada	Nepal Communist Party	4 March 2020	14 Oct 2020
7	Parbat Gurung	Nepal Communist Party (NCP)[9]	15 Oct 2020	4 June 2021
8	Nainkala Thapa	CPN UML	10 June 2021	22 June 2021

References

1. "About the Ministry". Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 13 Dec 2020.
2. "Ministry of Communication and Information Technology". www.mocit.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
3. "Ministry of Information and Communications". Government of Nepal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
4. "With a Cabinet rejig, Oli sows seeds of conflict in the ruling party". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
5. "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
6. "New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. 2016-08-14. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
7. "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
8. "3 Gokul Baskota resigns as minister for communication and information technology". The Kathmandu Post. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
9. "Nepal Communist Party", Wikipedia, 2020-12-09, retrieved 2020-12-13