Ministry of Urban Development (Nepal)

For the Indian agency formerly called the Ministry of Urban Development, see Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

The Ministry of Urban Development (Nepali: सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय) is a government ministry of Nepal responsible for the development of urban areas in the country.^[1] As of 15 September 2025, the ministry is headed by Kulman Ghising.

Ministry of Urban Development

Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Minister responsible	Kulman Ghising, Hon. Minister for Urban Development
Agency executive	Maniram Gelal, Secretary
Website	moud.gov.np

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Urban Development has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:^[2][3]

Departments

• Department of Urban Development and Building Construction
• Department of Local Infrasctructure

Organizations

• Kathmandu Valley Development Authority^[4]
• Rastriya Awas Company Limited
• Town Development Fund
• High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization
• International Convention Centre Development Committee
• Central Level Project Implementation Unit
• National Research Center for Building Technology

List of Ministers of Urban Development

This is a list of former Ministers of Urban Development since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

S. No	Name	Party		Assumed office	Left office
1.	Narayan Khadka[5]		Nepali Congress	25 February 2014	10 October 2015
Ministry out of operation				12 October 2015	4 August 2016
2.	Arjun Narasingha KC[6]		Nepali Congress	26 August 2016	31 May 2017
3.	Prabhu Sah[7]		Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	7 June 2017	17 October 2017
4.	Dil Nath Giri		Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	17 October 2017	1 January 2018[8]
5.	Kamal Thapa[8]			1 January 2018	14 February 2018[9]
6.	Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli[10][11]		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	15 February 2018	17 May 2018
			Nepal Communist Party	17 May 2018	31 May 2018
7.	Mohammad Estiyak Rai[11]		People's Socialist Party, Nepal	1 June 2018	24 December 2019
8.	Gokul Prasad Baskota		Nepal Communist Party	10 January 2020	20 February 2020
9.	Basanta Kumar Nemwang[11]			20 February 2020	14 October 2020
10.	Krishna Gopal Shrestha			14 October 2020	25 December 2020
(3).	Prabhu Sah		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	25 December 2020	20 May 2021
11.	Ram Kumari Jhakri		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)	8 October 2021	26 June 2022
12.	Metmani Chaudhary			27 June 2022	26 December 2022
13.	Bikram Pandey		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17 January 2023	25 February 2023
14.	Sita Gurung		Nepali Congress	31 March 2023	4 March 2024
15.	Dhan Bahadur Buda		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)	6 March 2024	15 July 2024
16.	Prakash Man Singh		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024	9 September 2025
17.	Kul Man Ghising		Independent	15 September 2025	Incumbent

See also

• Nepal Building Codes
• Department of Urban Development and Building Construction
• Department of Local Infrasctructure