[1] The First establishment of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in the State of Qatar was in 1972, under Decree by Law No.
(20) of 1993, on the organization of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture and defining its responsibilities.
15 of 2004 on the establishment of the Urban Planning & Development Authority, and thus the responsibilities of the Ministry has been limited to the municipal and agricultural affairs.
[2][3] The Ministry of Municipality is responsible for everything related to municipal affairs: Sources:[4][5][6][3] In the sectors of agriculture and fisheries affairs, the ministry is concerned with achieving several goals, foremost of which is the development of agricultural, water, animal and fish wealth in a way that achieves sustainable development, and proposing and implementing policies necessary to achieve food security and overseeing strategic food stocks.
The ministry is working to generalize the provision of electronic services to the public as part of its efforts to abolish paper transactions within the state's e-government.