KATHMANDU, Oct 17: The government has appointed 611 officials to vacant positions across various public bodies since the issuance of the Special Ordinance on Provisions Relating to the Removal of Public Officeholders, 2026.
Speaking at a regular media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Friday, joint secretary Hem Raj Aryal said 419 appointments had been made across 80 bodies, including autonomous agencies, boards, councils, public enterprises, commissions and universities under various ministries, following the cancellation of previous appointments.
According to Aryal, the Cabinet appointed 14 people on the proposal of the Prime Minister’s Office, while 178 others were appointed to universities, commissions and academies.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation accounted for 159 appointments to 13 bodies, followed by 82 appointments to 15 bodies under the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene and 70 posts of 18 bodies were filled under the Ministry of Education and Sports.
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Similarly, 29 people were appointed to seven bodies under the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, 25 to seven bodies under the Ministry of Finance, 14 to three bodies under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, and 11 to four bodies under the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration.
Nine people were appointed to five bodies under the Ministry of Information and Communication, eight each to two bodies under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment and three bodies under the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment, two to two bodies under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and two to one body under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Aryal said the appointments had been made transparently, selecting qualified professionals and subject-matter experts. He added that the appointments would help restore full-capacity operations in public health services, university academic programmes, engineering and economic regulation, and cultural academies.
Presenting the Prime Minister’s Office’s progress over the past week, Aryal said the National Statistics Office had provided feedback on draft documents and participated in a technical committee meeting on field data collection for the Nepal Road Transport Survey, 2025. The meeting reviewed progress on the survey and discussed recommendations.
The office also provided suggestions to improve the standardisation, consistency and international comparability of data on alternative care for children.
Meanwhile, advertisements for various positions were published on October 15 to recruit personnel for developing, modifying, upgrading and maintaining software systems used by government agencies.
The office also monitored the Treasury and Controller Office in Sindhupalchok to coordinate and oversee the settlement of irregularities identified in public accounts.
On October 12, it monitored training programmes conducted during the current fiscal year by the National Vocational Training Academy in Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, under the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment. The monitoring was part of an approved programme for overseeing training and capacity-building activities in the social development sector, and a report was submitted.