# Sita Badi

_Nepalese Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizen since 2026_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/people/sita-badi
Last updated: 2026-10-04

> Sita Badi is a Nepalese politician from the marginalized Badi community and serving as a minister of women, children and senior Citizens under the prime minister, Balen Shah. She became the first person from this community to serve as a federal minister in Nepal.

## Quick facts

- **Occupation:** civil servant; politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138800642#P106))

## Public office

- [Minister of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security](https://diginpl.com/next/explore/office/minister-women-children-gender-and-sexual-minorities-and-social-security) — current (since 27 March 2026 · BS 13 Chaitra 2082 onwards)
- Officeholder record: https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/sita-badi

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Sita Badi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Badi) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): सीता बादी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q138800642](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138800642) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Office record: Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balen_Shah_cabinet&oldid=1377602298)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Sita Badi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

## Cite this page

"Sita Badi". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/sita-badi. Retrieved 7 November 2026.