Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
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Incumbent
Prof. Dr. Kumar Ingnam
since 12 December 2025
Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
StyleHonourable
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
SeatSingha Durbar, Nepal
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
PrecursorMinister of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives

The Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (Nepali: भूमि व्यवस्था,सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of the Government of Nepal.[1][2] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility to establish good governance by upgrading judicial access, feeling of security of land ownership, and effectiveness of service effluence in country.[3]

The current minister is Prof. Dr. Kumar Ingnam, who assumed office on 12 December 2025 under new interim government

List of former ministers

# Name Took of office Prime Minister Minister's Party
1 Padma Kumari Aryal
[4][5] 		3 August 2018 25 December 2020 875 KP Sharma Oli CPN (UML)
2 Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe
[6][7] 		25 December 2020 4 June 2021 161
3 Laxman Lal Karna
[8][9] 		4 June 2021 22 June 2021 18 PSP-N
4 Lila Nath Shrestha
[10] 		24 June 2021 12 July 2021 18 CPN (UML)
– Sher Bahadur Deuba
[11][12] 		13 July 2021 8 October 2021 87 Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress
5 Shashi Shrestha
[13][14] 		8 October 2021 26 December 2022 444 CPN (Maoist Centre)
6 Rajendra Kumar Rai
[15][16] 		26 December 2022 27 February 2023 63 Pushpa Kamal Dahal CPN (UML)
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[17][18] 		27 February 2023 31 March 2023 32 CPN (Maoist Centre)
7 Ranjeeta Shrestha
[19][20][21] 		31 March 2023 4 March 2024 341 NUP
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[22][23] 		4 March 2024 6 March 2024 2 CPN (Maoist Centre)
8 Balaram Adhikari
[24][25][26] 		6 March 2024 3 July 2024 119 CPN (UML)
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[27][28] 		4 July 2024 15 July 2024 12 CPN (Maoist Centre)
9 Balaram Adhikari
[29][30] 		15 July 2024 9 September 2025 421 K. P. Sharma Oli CPN (UML)
Vacant (9 – 12 September 2025)
– Sushila Karki
[31][32] 		12 September 2025 22 September 2025 191 Sushila Karki Independent
10 Anil Kumar Sinha
[33][34][35] 		22 September 2025 12 December 2025 91
11 Kumar Ingnam
[36][37][38] 		12 December 2025 Incumbent 100

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