Kathmandu, Apr. 18: His Majesty’s Government has reduced the number of ministries from 26 to 21 ministries.

Some of the ministries have been merged with other ministries while the works of some other ministries have been included in various other ministries.

The Ministries of Industry, Commerce and Supplies have been merged into a single Ministry while the Ministries of Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs been converted into a single Ministry.

Cooperatives has been added to the Ministry of Agriculture while the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning has been converted into the Ministry of Works and Physical Planning.

Likewise, children has been incorporated in the Ministry of Women and social Welfare, and Sports in the Ministry of Education.

Transport Management has been incorporated in the Ministry of Labour, and Culture in the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation.

No changes have been made in the ministries of Finance, Home, Population and Environment, Foreign Affairs, Land Reforms and Management, Defense, Forest and Soil Conservation, Sscience and Technology, General Administration, Information and Communications, Local Development and Health.