Land Laws to Be Amended for Permanent Solution to Landlessness; 500,000 Families to Receive Land Ownership Certificates

Kathmandu, May 29 – The Government of Nepal has announced that it will amend existing land-related laws to provide a permanent solution to the issue of landlessness.

While presenting the budget for the fiscal year 2082/83, Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel stated that the government will collect land ownership data and distribute land certificates to 500,000 landless families within the coming year.

The government also plans to enforce a new policy prohibiting arable land from being left fallow, and to promote the establishment of land banks across the country. As part of this initiative, a land bank will be set up in every local government unit.

Minister Paudel further announced that the government will initiate land-use zoning and classification, aiming to make land management more organized, scientific, and sustainable.