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Village Development Committee Act, 1992.

Country/Territory
Nepal
Document type
Legislation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Nepal Recorder, Year 16, No. 15, 9 June 1992, 21 pp.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Institution Policy/planning
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Southern Asia
Abstract

With a view to promote the development process of the country and the decentralization of certain activities through the participation of the local people in self-government and village development programs, this Act concerns the establishment of a village development area within any rural area and the formation of a Village Development Committee in the said village. It states the qualifications of the members, the legal status of the Committee, the functions, duties and powers of the different organs and its rules of procedure. The Committee shall exercise its powers in the following areas: (a) education and culture; (b) health and population; (c) agriculture and irrigation; (d) forests, environment and energy; (e) drinking water; (f) transport and construction; (g) industry and tourism. Within the said areas the Village Development Committee shall, inter alia, undertake educational, environmental and sanitation programs, make arrangements for improved cultivation, animal husbandry, horticulture, fish farming, pure drinking water, etc., undertake afforestation programs, promote industry and tourism. Furthermore, the Act regulates the formulation of plans, the study of the feasibility of projects, the selection and classification of projects, and the procedure of implementation. The Village Development Committee shall have a fund of its own, comprising the amounts listed in article 20 (2). The Committee shall also impose taxes and fees as established in article 31 and shall exercise judicial powers relating to complaints and compromise.

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