Kathmandu, Jan 23 :  Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC). A meeting of the Council of Ministers today appointed Dr Shrestha on the post.    

NPC Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ administered the newly appointed Vice-Chair an oath of office and secrecy today itself at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, according to Prime Minister’s press expert Manohari Timilsina. This is the second term of Shrestha as the Vice Chair of NPC.