Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday expanded his Cabinet by inducting eight state ministers from the CPN (Maoist Centre).

With the induction, the number of ministers in the Deuba-led Cabinet formed on June 7 has reached 31. There are three Deputy Prime Ministers, 19 ministers and eight state ministers in the Cabinet.

PM Deuba administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed ministers at his office in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu.

Mohammed Zakir Hussein (Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare), Shyam Kumar Shrestha (Home), Rama Singh Yadav (Health), Shambhu Lal Shrestha (Energy), Karna Bahadur BK (Supplies), Cham Bahadur Gurung (Urban Development), Goma Kunwar (Livestock Development) and Wangdi Shrepa (General Administration) have been inducted as state ministers from CPN (MC).