Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

The Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepali: ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाइ मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.^[1][2][3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsible for formulating and promoting policies related to water resources, energy and irrigation in the country. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Energy, and Irrigation^[4] and the junior Deputy Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.^[5][6]

Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिंचाइ मन्त्री
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Incumbent Deepak Khadka since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Style	Honourable
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat	Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Minister of Energy Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation

The current minister is Deepak Khadka^[7][8] who took office on 15 July 2024.^[9]

List of former ministers

#		Name	Took of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
1		Barsaman Pun [10][11]	16 March 2018	20 December 2020	1,010		KP Sharma Oli	CPN (MC)
								NCP
2		Top Bahadur Rayamajhi [12][13]	25 December 2020	20 May 2021	146
								CPN (MC)
3		Sharat Singh Bhandari [14][15]	4 June 2021	22 June 2021	18			PSP–Nepal
4		Bishnu Prasad Paudel [16][17]	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	18			CPN (UML)
5		Pampha Bhusal [18][19]	13 July 2021	26 December 2022	531		Sher Bahadur Deuba	CPN (MC)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [20][21]	26 December 2022	17 January 2023	22		Pushpa Kamal Dahal
6		Rajendra Prasad Lingden [22][23]	17 January 2023	25 February 2023	39			RPP
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [24][25]	25 February 2023	31 March 2023	34			CPN (MC)
7		Shakti Bahadur Basnet [26][27]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	339
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [28][29]	4 March 2023	6 March 2023	2
8		Shakti Bahadur Basnet [30][31]	6 March 2024	15 July 2024	131
9		Deepak Khadka [7][8]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	393		KP Sharma Oli	Nepali Congress