Kathmandu, Dec. 12 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Friday expanded her Cabinet, inducting four new ministers.

President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to Kumar Ingnam, Rajendra Singh Bhandari, Madhav Prasad Chaulagain, and Shraddha Shrestha at the Office of the President in the presence of the prime minister.

Ingnam has been assigned the responsibility of the Ministry of Land Management, Co-operatives and Poverty Alleviation; Bhandari the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security; Chaulagain the Ministry of Forests and Environment; and Shrestha has been given the responsibility of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens.

This is the fourth Cabinet expansion by Karki, who leads an i...