Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (Nepal)

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय
Agency overview
Formed	1978
Jurisdiction	Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Minister responsible	Lila Nath Shrestha;
Agency executives	Yadav Prasad Koirala, Secretary; Tara Nath Adhikari, Joint Secretary;
Website	tourism.gov.np

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. As of March 2019, the ministry is being led by Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli.

History[]

The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the Government of Nepal. The portfolios of Civil Aviation and Culture were added in 1982 and 2000 respectively. This structure was dissolved again in 2008, when the ministry was split into the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation on the one side and the Ministry of Culture and State Restructuring on the other side. In 2012, the ministry was again renamed and gained its current form as the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.^[1]

Organisational structure[]

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions:^[2]

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Department of Archaeology
Nepal Airlines Corporation
National Lake Conservation Development Committee
Aviation Security Division
Department of Tourism
Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM)
Nepal Tourism Board

Former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation[]

This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:


	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office
1	Bhim Acharya^[3]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	25 February 2014	13 September 2014
2	Deepak Chandra Amatya^[4]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	14 September 2014	22 May 2015^[5]
3	Kripasur Sherpa^[5]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	23 May 2015	12 October 2015
4	Ananda Pokharel^[6]	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	5 November 2015	4 August 2016
5	^[7]	Nepali Congress	26 August 2016	8 May 2017
6	Jitendra Narayan Dev^[8]	Nepal Loktantrik Forum	8 May 2017	14 February 2018
7	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari^[9]^[10]	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) until 17 May 2018 Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018	16 March 2018	27 February 2019 (Deceased)
8	Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli^[11]^[12]	Nepal Communist Party	1 March 2019	30 July 2019
10	Yogesh Bhattarai^[13]	Nepal Communist Party	31 July 2019	20 December 2020
11	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal	CPN UML	25 December 2020	4 June 2021
12	Uma Shankar Aragriya	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	4 June 2021	22 June 2021
13	Lila Nath Shrestha	CPN UML	24 June 2021	Incubment

References[]

^ "हाम्रो बारेमा" (in Nepali). Government of Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
^ "हाम्रो बारेमा" (in Nepali). Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "PM KOIRALA ADMINISTERS OATH OF OFFICE TO NEW MINISTERS". Glocal Khabar. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sherpa appointed new tourism minister". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Three ministers from Nepal Democratic Forum sworn in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "PM inducts 15 members to cabinet". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
^ "Second International Airport is on new tourism's minister's priority". english.onlinekhabar.com. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
^ "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^ "संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय" (in Nepali). Government of Nepal. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Yogesh Bhattarai to take oath of office as tourism minister at 4 pm today". República. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links[]

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[1] "हाम्रो बारेमा" (in Nepali). Government of Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[2] "हाम्रो बारेमा" (in Nepali). Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[3] "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[4] "PM KOIRALA ADMINISTERS OATH OF OFFICE TO NEW MINISTERS". Glocal Khabar. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[Sherpa-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sherpa appointed new tourism minister". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[6] "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[7] "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[8] "Three ministers from Nepal Democratic Forum sworn in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[9] "PM inducts 15 members to cabinet". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-19.

[10] "Second International Airport is on new tourism's minister's priority". english.onlinekhabar.com. Retrieved 2018-03-19.

[Office_of_the_PM-11] "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[Ministry2019-12] "संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय" (in Nepali). Government of Nepal. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[13] "Yogesh Bhattarai to take oath of office as tourism minister at 4 pm today". República. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

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