PM Balen's Cabinet: Five Women Ministers Mark Historic 33% Representation

• Prime Minister Balendra Shah formed a 15-member Cabinet with five women ministers, achieving 33% female representation.
• The newly appointed ministers took the oath of office and secrecy, administered by President Ram Chandra Paudel.
• Nisha Mehta (Health), Pratibha Rawal (Federal Affairs), Sobita Gautam (Law and Justice), and Sita Badi (Women and Children) are among the five women ministers.
• This marks the highest number of women in Nepal's Cabinet history, a significant step towards inclusivity.
• The move is praised as highly inclusive, fulfilling a constitutional provision for 33% women's representation that was previously unimplemented.