Local government in Nepal

Local government in Nepal is the third level of government division in Nepal, which is administered by the provincial governments which in turn is beneath the federal government.^[1] Article 56 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 defines local government as rural municipalities, municipalities and district assemblies.

The governing body of the rural municipalities and municipalities is referred to as the village executive and municipal executive respectively. The district assembly is governed by the District Coordination Committee.

There are 77 districts with their own district assembly and 753 local levels (including six metropolises, 11 sub-metropolises, 276 municipalities and 460 gaunpalikas) each with their own executive body.^[2]^[3]^[4] The Constitution of Nepal 2015 (Schedule 8) gives 22 powers to these local levels. This enables them to formulate laws to implement these powers. Besides these single powers, there are 15 such concurrent powers that can be implemented by all three level of state, i.e., federation, province, and local levels, in the principles of coordination, cooperation, and coexistence.^[5]

^ "CIA – The World Factbook". Cia.gov. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^ "Nepal Provinces". statoids.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
^ "753 new local units come into effect". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
^ "Recently increased 22 local units published in Nepal Gazette". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ "Governance system in Nepal". Loksewa MCQ. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[1] "CIA – The World Factbook". Cia.gov. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

[statoids-2] "Nepal Provinces". statoids.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

[3] "753 new local units come into effect". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2017-04-23.

[4] "Recently increased 22 local units published in Nepal Gazette". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[5] "Governance system in Nepal". Loksewa MCQ. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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