The Yam Lal Kandel cabinet is the current 4th cabinet of Karnali Province, formed on 10 April 2024 after Yam Lal Kandel was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnali Province by Governor Tilak Pariyar.

[13][14] Meanwhile, Ran Singh Pariyar,[15] who was inducted into the Cabinet on 24 April 2025 as a minister without portfolio, has been assigned to the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy Development on same days.

[16] On 22 July 2024, all ministers from the CPN (Maoist Centre) resigned from the government, with the party also withdrawing its support, after national level alliance was formed between two major parties the Nepali Congress and CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist).

[17][18][19] On 4 August 2024, Kandel has reshuffled the cabinet by appointing four ministers from the Nepali Congress.

[20][21] Kandel won a vote of confidence with 23 votes in his favor and 14 votes against and out of the 37 members present in the 40-member Karnali Provincial Assembly on 5 August 2024, where he was supported by the CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Nepali Congress with the CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) staying in opposition.