Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

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Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
प्रधानमन्त्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद्को कार्यालय
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The Prime Minister's Office is located within Singha Durbar in Kathmandu
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of Nepal
Headquarters Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Website www.opmcm.gov.np/en/

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers is a political and bureaucratic office that assists the Council of Ministers of Nepal and the Prime Minister of Nepal in the leadership of the Council of Ministers and Government. [1] The incumbent Prime Minister is KP Sharma Oli and the current council of ministers is the Fourth Oli cabinet. [2]

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Mandate

The Office's mandate includes the formation, dissolution and alteration of organizational structure of the ministries, the formulation, approval or issue of Bills, Ordinances, and Rules, observation, control, inspection, supervision, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of various ministries and Order and the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights. [3]

Organisational structure

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers also oversees several departments, offices and commissions: [3]

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References

  1. "गृह पृष्‍ठ | Office of the Prime Minister and Council Minister". Opmcm.gov.np. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  2. "Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  3. 1 2 "Government of Nepal (Allocation of Business) Rules, 2069 (2012)" (PDF). Nepal Law Commission. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2018.