Kathmandu, Mar. 10: His Majesty the King has, in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal l990 and at the recommendation of the Prime Minister, designated the Deputy Prime Minister, ministers and a minister of state to assume the additional portfolios of Law and Justice, Water Resources, Works and Transport, Forests and Soil Conservation, Science and Technology, Parliamentary Affairs, Education and Health which Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has been looking after.

According to a notice issued today by the Principal Press Secretariat of His Majesty the King, Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel has been assigned the additional portfolio of Education and ministers Chakra Prasad Bastola, Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar and Prakash Man Singh the additional portfolios of Science and Technology, Water Resources and Law and Justice respectively.

Similarly, ministers Sharad Singh Bhandari, Sidda Raj Ojha and Ram Krishna Tamrakar have been assigned the additional portfolios of Health, Forests and Soil Conservation and Parliamentary Affairs respectively and Minister of State Dr. Gangadhar Lamsal the additional portfolio of Works and Transport.