Kathmandu, Mar. 21: His Majesty the King has, in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal-1990 and on the recommendation of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, constituted a twenty-five member council of Ministers under the chairmanship of premier Koirala and also allocated the portfolios.

According to a press communique issued this evening by the Principal Press Secretariat of His Maejsty the King, the allocation of portfolios of the new Council of Ministers is as follows:

Name                    Portfolios

1. Girija Prasad Koirala Prime Minister   Royal Palace Affairs, Defense, Supplies, Housing and Physical Planning, Women and Social-Welfare, Youth, Sports and  Culture,  Labour and General Administration
2. Ram Chandra Poudel Deputy Prime Minister   Local Development
3. Khum Bahadur Khadka Minister               Water Resources and Works and Transport
4. Govinda Raj Joshi Minister               Home
5. Chakra Prasad Bastola Minister               Foreign Affairs
6. Mahantha Thakur Minister               Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
7. Siddharaj Ojha Minister               Land Reform and Management
8. Jayaprakash PrasadGupta

Minister               Information and Communcations

9. Dr. Ram Baran Yadav Minister               Health
10. Mahesh Acharya Minister               Finance
11. Ramkrishna Tamrakar Minister               Industry and Commerce
12. Tarani Dutta Chataut Minister               Tourism and Civil Aviation
13. Amod Prasad Upadhaya

Minister               Education

14. Surendra PrasadChaudhary

Minister               Science and Technology

15. Baldev Sharma Majagaiya

Minister of State               Agriculture

16. Shivaraj Joshi (Surkhet)

Minister of State               Population and Environment

17. Mohammad Aftab Alam

Minister of State               Forest and Soil Conservation

18. Ram Bahadur Tamang

Minister of State               Water Resources

19. Mrs. Kamala Pant Minister of State               Women and Social Welfare
20. Narendra Bikram Nemwang

Minister of State               Industry and Commerce

21. Dilendra Prasad Badu

Minister of State               Education

22. Surendra Hamal Minister of State Labour
23. Gopal Rai Minister of State               Land Reform and Management
24. Suresh Malla Minister of State               Local Development
25. Tirtharam Dangol Minister of State               Health

His Majesty the King has expressed the hope that the Council of Ministers will receive necessary cooperation from all in executing its works for the wellbeing and progress of Nepal and the Nepalese people, the communique says.