On 2nd May 2025 (19th Baisakh 2082 B.S.), Honourable President Mr. Ramchandra Paudel addressed the policy and programme for the fiscal year 2025/26 (2082/83 B.S.) which aimed at creating a business-friendly environment, promoting private investment, and enhancing financial stability. The President reaffirmed commitment to good governance, economic progress, and protection of the Federal Democratic Republic to realize the vision of “Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali“. Key priorities for a prosperous, just, and socialism-oriented Nepal in FY 2082/83 are outlined as below:
Key Priorities
1. Constitutional Strengthening & Political Stability:
- Strengthen the Constitution and federal democratic system by resisting regressive and anarchic forces.
- Review and amend the constitution to address implementation gaps.
- Promote political stability through dialogue, cooperation, and healthy competition.
2. Economic Development & Infrastructure:
- Promote entrepreneurship, productivity, and employment.
- Prioritize feasible projects, fixing timelines, and discontinuing faulty or impractical ones.
3. Education & Youth Empowerment:
- Align education with entrepreneurship by reforming existing curriculum, learning and pedagogy.
- Provide special support to young entrepreneurs, especially from Gen Z.
4. Governance Reform & Public Service Delivery:
- Reduce wasteful expenditure by removing redundant structures.
- Expand digital, faceless public services through the Nagarik App.
- Establish an Integrated Project Bank System to prevent development duplication.
5. Health Sector Reform:
- Make healthcare affordable and accessible by improving service quality.
- Align health aid with insurance schemes and reform the health insurance system for sustainability.
Policies and programmes
1. Economic Revitalization and Fiscal Reforms
a. Economic Reform & Public spending
- Recommendations of the High-Level Economic Reform and Recommendation Commission will be implemented.
- Public-private partnerships will be encouraged while maintaining harmony between fiscal and monetary policies.
- Policy reforms and procedural simplifications will be implemented.
- Public expenditure will prioritize high-yield and impactful projects.
- Unnecessary public entities will be merged, closed or restructured.
b. Tax & Revenue System Reform
- Tax structure will be reformed and taxpayer-friendly revenue system will be developed.
- Tax administration will be modernized using information technology.
c. Development Cooperation & Foreign investment
- Development cooperation will be mobilized in alignment with national priorities.
- Foreign investment will be directed towards high-return industrial and infrastructure projects.
- Alternative Development Finance Fund will be established.
d. Sectoral Transformation & LDC Graduation
- Economy will be transformed through key sectors: IT, tourism, agriculture, energy, and green industries.
- Employment-oriented growth will be aligned with the Sixteenth Plan.
- LDC Graduation Strategy will be implemented for seamless transition from a least developed to a developing country by 2026.
- Work will be directed towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
e. Capital Market & Financial Sector Development
- Laws will be enacted on trade expansion, alternative financing, and commodity exchanges.
- The Securities Board will be strengthened, and Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) will be restructured.
- The Second Financial Sector Development Strategy will be implemented.
- Asset Management Companies will be established to resolve bad debts.
- Digital economy will be promoted with increased cashless transactions.
- Digital banks will be introduced with appropriate legal frameworks.
f. Public Enterprise Reform:
- Public enterprises will be restructured, privatized, or monetized based on performance.
g. Enhanced Social Security & Insurance
- Social Security Fund Strengthening Strategy will be activated and implemented.
- Schemes under agencies such as the Provident Fund and Citizen Investment Trust will be integrated.
- The Insurance Information Center will be operationalized.
- Insurance literacy, particularly in rural and low-income areas, will be promoted.
2. Agricultural Sector Development
a. Agricultural Modernization & Commercialization
- Subsistence farming will be modernized and commercialized through mechanization and specialization.
- A pilot project for aspiring agricultural entrepreneurs will be launched.
- A robust agricultural ecosystem will be developed, including land access, equipment, insurance, purchase agreements, and market linkages.
- The Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project will be restructured into the National Integrated Agriculture Modernization Programme.
b. Land and Financial Access
- A Land Bank will be established to ensure access to cultivable land.
- Local financial institutions will provide financing and agricultural equipment, using project-based collateral.
- Contract farming and land consolidation will be promoted.
- Fallow land will be utilized, and arable land will be protected.
c. Income Security & Risk Mitigation
- Purchase agreements at minimum support prices will be introduced for farmers.
- Protection mechanisms will be introduced against unforeseen agricultural losses.
- Agricultural insurance coverage will be expanded.
- Concessional loans and services will be provided to indigent farmers, linked to national identity cards.
d. Targeted Production Enhancement
- Targeted programs will be launched to enhance the production of key crops, livestock, and fisheries, ensuring food and nutritional security.
- Green agriculture-based economic corridors (e.g., Pushpalal Mid-Hill, Madan Bhandari, B.P. Highway, and Postal Highway) will be promoted.
e. Organic & Sustainable Agriculture
- Production and use of organic fertilizers will be promoted to prevent soil degradation.
- Distribution, pricing, and supply systems of chemical fertilizers will be revised.
- Initiatives to establish a domestic fertilizer factory will begin.
- Use of organic pesticides will be encouraged, and harmful chemical inputs will be regulated.
f. Agricultural Biodiversity & Nutrition
- Indigenous seeds, crops, species, and agricultural biodiversity will be preserved.
- Nutrition-focused agriculture will be promoted.
- Appropriate technologies will be employed to minimize wildlife-related crop loss.
g. Research, Quality Control & Innovation
- The Nepal Agricultural Research Council will be restructured to ensure result-oriented and farmer-centric research.
- Agricultural, livestock, and food laboratories will be expanded and upgraded.
- Digital systems will be developed to improve access and transparency in agricultural services.
h. Livestock Development
- Production and export of dairy, wool, and meat products will be promoted.
- Comprehensive vaccination programs will be conducted to prevent animal and poultry diseases.
- Domestic production of necessary vaccines will be encouraged.
3. Inclusive Land Reform, Cooperative Strengthening and Poverty Alleviation
a. Land Reform & Management:
- Landless Dalits, squatters, and unorganized settlers will be systematically managed.
- Modern technology will be used in land surveying and data management.
- Land use plans will be implemented to ensure proper and sustainable land utilization.
- A land-related bill will be passed.
b. Cooperative Sector Reform:
- A new National Cooperative Policy will be introduced after reviewing the current one.
- Challenges in the cooperative sector will be addressed via the National Cooperatives Regulatory Authority.
- A relief fund will be created to support micro-savers affected by troubled cooperatives.
- A Cooperative Loan Information, Savings Security and Loan Recovery Tribunal will be established.
- Cooperative and poverty-related data management systems will be upgraded, digitalized and standardized.
c. Poverty Alleviation:
- Targeted poverty alleviation programmes will be implemented effectively.
- Access to state facilities will be expanded for families identified as indigent.
4. Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation
- Forest will be utilized sustainably for domestic supply, job creation, and reducing imports.
- National forests will be converted into commercial leasehold forests by easing procedures and improving federal-provincial coordination.
- National priority projects will be implemented with due regard to environmental protection.
- Master Plan for Chure conservation will be reviewed and restructured into the National Chure Conservation Project.
- Human-wildlife conflict will be minimized by integrating relief system with insurance.
5. Climate Change Response and Environmental Sustainability
- Euro-6 emission standards for petroleum vehicles will be implemented to improve air quality.
- Access to international climate financing will be increased through a climate finance mobilization strategy and carbon trading regulation.
- Sagarmatha Sambaad will be organized from 16–18 May 2025 to engage global attention on Nepal’s climate challenges.
- Long-term strategy will be implemented to make Nepal a net-zero carbon emission country by 2045.
6. Water Resource Management, Irrigation and Disaster Resilience
- Water resources will be used for multiple purposes, including electricity generation, agriculture, and disaster resilience.
- River diversion and reservoir projects will be developed to ensure power supply stability.
- Legal and institutional frameworks for integrated water resource management and river basin master plan will be introduced.
- Irrigation will be expanded and restored, especially in areas affected by climate change and earthquakes.
- Hydrological and meteorological centers will be upgraded and expanded.
- Groundwater recharge, lake/reservoir protection, and storage facility construction will be prioritized.
- Irrigation services will be designed to prioritize farmer convenience.
7. Renewable and Clean Energy Development
- Energy Development Roadmap 2081 B.S. will be implemented with key reforms.
- Solar, wind, and hydrogen energy will be promoted as alternative sources.
- Reservoir-based and multipurpose hydropower will be developed to ensure energy security year-round.
- Off-grid energy access in remote areas will be expanded using solar, wind, and micro/small hydropower.
8. Electricity Infrastructure and Hydropower Investment
- National and cross-border transmission lines will be expanded with private participation.
- Transmission and wheeling charges will be set up to support infrastructure development.
- Domestic capital and remittances will be mobilized for hydropower.
9. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Industry Promotion
- Business environment will be improved through policy reforms and private investment.
- Local-resource-based industrial development will be encouraged via community and cooperative involvement.
- Startup loan programme and Business Promotion Centers across provinces will be expanded.
- E-commerce, IP protection, and innovation will be enhanced.
10. Natural Resource and Mineral Development
- Exploration and promotion of mineral resources (petroleum, iron, copper, magnesium) will be prioritized.
- Dhauwadi Iron Company will operate under public-private partnership.
- Viable Sick industries will be revived with modern management.
11. Industrial Zones and Export Promotion
- Industrial zones and special economic zones will be developed under PPP model.
- Nepal Trade Integrated Strategy and Trade Deficit Reduction Plan will be implemented.
- Export promotion and import substitution will be prioritized.
12. Food Security and Indigenous Agriculture
- National and SAARC food security Reserve will be maintained.
- Production and commercialization of indigenous crops in partnership with local levels will be promoted.
13. Alternative Fuels and Energy Storage
- Petroleum pipeline and storage capacity will be expanded.
- Green hydrogen production groundwork will begin.
- Bioethanol blending policy with petrol will be implemented.
14. Consumer Protection and Market Regulation
- Consumer rights institutions will be strengthened.
- Fair, competitive, and transparent market by controlling black marketing, syndicates, and cartels will be ensured.
15. Tourism and Cultural Promotion
- Nepal will be promoted as a hub for natural, cultural, adventure, wellness, film tourism, and meditation tourism.
- Sustainable, inclusive, technology- and environment-friendly tourism policy will be adopted.
- Sites of historical and cultural importance will be proposed for World Heritage List.
16. Civil Aviation Reform
- Air services will be made safe, accessible, and affordable.
- Airport development will be based on economic, commercial, and environmental feasibility.
- Nepal Airlines Corporation will be restructured.
- Civil aviation laws will be consolidated, and a Nepal Air Service Authority will be established via legislation.
17. Labour and Youth Employment
- Culture of dignified labour will be promoted with a wage system based on work hours and involvement of interns in startups.
- Labour incentive programmes will be reinstated to reduce skilled outmigration.
- Coming decade will be observed as the Decade of Domestic Employment.
- Youth employment will be promoted through entrepreneurship, self- and wage-based jobs.
- Policies will be reformed to make foreign employment safe and dignified.
18. Social Security and Workers’ Rights
- Social Security Fund (SSF) enrollment will be mandatory.
- Legal provisions will require organizations to verify SSF compliance for registration renewals.
19. School Education Reform and Inclusion
- A long-term roadmap will guide school education restructuring.
- The National Education Reform Programme will replace the President Educational Reform Programme.
- All children will receive basic education by 2084 B.S.
- School education will be made modern, science-oriented, research-driven.
- Students will be channeled to technical/vocational or university education based on performance.
- Institutional-Community School Partnership will improve public school quality.
20. Curriculum and Teaching Reform
- Uniform curricula will be introduced nationwide.
- Virtual learning systems, digital materials, student counseling, and teacher mentoring will be institutionalized.
- Internships in government will be offered to graduates.
- “Learning and Earning” policy will provide paid work-study opportunities.
21. Remote Area and Private School Regulation
- Residential schools will be established in remote areas.
- Regulations for private schools, teacher qualification standards, and a national teacher record system will be implemented.
- A teacher bank will be established in collaboration with universities.
22. Higher Education and University Governance
- Universities will be made research-based, with improved governance.
- Learning outcomes will be assessed nationally and sub-nationally.
- University grants will be performance-based (student numbers, quality, sustainability).
- Community college teachers will get clear career development pathways.
23. Science, Technology and Innovation
- Public, private, and academic sectors will collaborate on scientific research and tech development.
- Public research institutions will be coordinated to support policy formulation.
- Cybersecurity, data protection, and app development will be prioritized.
- Monitoring of radioactive sources, activities, and mechanisms will be strengthened for public safety.
24. Innovation and Intellectual Property
- Innovation and IP will be linked with traditional knowledge and community practices.
- Scientific human resource development will be institutionalized in coordination with all levels.
25. Youth Mobilization and Sports Development
- Youth will be mobilized for economic and social transformation.
- Regular sports activities and competitions (national/international) will be held.
- Sports schools and training programs will be implemented in coordination with all levels of government.
- Legal frameworks will enable public-private partnership in sports infrastructures.
- Sports will be linked to corporate social responsibility (CSR).
- The TU Cricket Ground will be upgraded to modern standards.
- Educational scholarships will be granted to international medal-winning athletes and their children.
26. Women’s Empowerment and Protection
- Zero tolerance for gender-based violence, trafficking, and smuggling.
- Victims will receive protection, psycho-social support, and fast-track justice.
- President Woman Upliftment Programme will be nationalized.
- Programs for financial access, entrepreneurship, and air rescue for pregnant/postpartum women in remote areas will be strengthened.
27. Child Protection and Social Welfare
- Children’s physical, mental development and protection will be ensured.
- Street children will receive family reunification, reintegration, or alternative care.
- Child helpline will be integrated with the Nagarik App.
- A street-dweller-free nation goal will be pursued through dignified rescue and care.
- Senior citizens will receive expanded service centers, free healthcare, and platforms to contribute their knowledge.
- Rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities and disability-friendly infrastructure will be expanded.
28. NGO and International Commitments
- NGOs will be mobilized in national priority areas through legal reforms.
- Nepal will implement commitments under CEDAW, Beijing Declaration, and rights of children and persons with disabilities.
29. Health System Reform – “Healthy Nepal Campaign”
- Health care will be enhanced via preventive and curative approaches, tailored to population, geography, and disease burden.
- Federal Health Service Act and Quality Accreditation Authority Act will be formulated.
- Specialized services like burn care, cardiac care, cancer, kidney transplants, and remote specialist services will be expanded.
- Falgun will be designated as Non-Communicable Disease Screening Month.
30. Enhanced Healthcare Access
- HPV vaccines and free cancer treatment for children under 14 will be provided.
- A National Neuroscience Centre will be established in Kathmandu.
- General Nursing Program will be introduced to meet health sector HR needs.
- Marginalized groups will receive medical education reservations.
31. Insurance and Medicine Access
- Health insurance will include serious illness coverage.
- The Insurance Board will be restructured for financial sustainability.
- Essential medicines will be included in insurance to reduce costs.
- Health services (SSF, EPF, etc.) will be integrated for efficiency.
- All government hospitals will be linked via Nagarik App for unified online access.
- Domestic medicine production will be promoted; a consolidated medicines act will be enacted.
32. Alternative Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
- Vidushi Yogmaya Ayurveda University will be developed as a national Ayurveda academy.
- A Climate Health Resilient Unit will be established to address climate-induced health issues.
- A robust public health surveillance system will be set up to combat pandemics.
33. Demographics and Population Policy
- A population policy will be formulated to maintain replacement-level growth.
- Demographic and health registration systems will be integrated with the National Health Information System.
34. Drinking Water and Sanitation
- Universal access to clean, quality drinking water will be ensured.
- Investment, efficiency, governance, and SDG-alignment in drinking water and sanitation will be prioritized.
- Projects affected by natural disasters will be repaired and operationalized.
- Reservoir-based projects, natural underground water recharge and co-financing with communities will be promoted.
- Kathmandu Valley water service agencies, including NWSC, will be restructured.
35. Physical Infrastructure and Transport
- Public-private investment in infrastructure will be encouraged.
- Highways and inter-country road links will be constructed and upgraded.
- Key laws—Transport Policy, Public Motor Vehicles and Transport Management Act, Public Roads Act, Road Safety Act—to be formulated.
- Strategic infrastructure and accident-reduction initiatives will be implemented.
- Dilapidated road projects to be resolved.
- Continued construction of suspension bridges will replace unsafe Tuin crossings.
36. Public Transport and Urban Infrastructure
- Public transport will be made accessible, safe, reliable, and green.
- Public Transport Authority with modern tech to be introduced.
- Interconnectivity of national, provincial, and local roads to be ensured.
- Emergency and homeless housing construction will continue.
- Unplanned urban areas will be systematically developed.
- Standardized administrative buildings will be constructed at local levels.
- Kathmandu Valley to undergo ecological reform; Bhrikuti Mandap to become an international conference hub and park.
- Urban Development Fund to be restructured with broader ownership
37. Telecommunications, IT and Media
- Nationwide telecom access to be expanded through innovation and efficient management.
- Strengthening of public broadcasting agencies and media production.
- Postal system to be modernized, commercialized, and diversified.
- Rollout of “One Local Level: One Smart Post Office”.
- Digital Nepal Framework implementation to be enhanced.
- Development of an AI legal and institutional framework will be prioritized.
- Nepal will lay foundations for its own satellite for communication/surveillance.
- A secure cyberspace will be developed for protection of sensitive infrastructure.
- Social media to be regulated for harmony, culture, and governance.
38. Security, Crime Control and Public Safety
- State’s Security system to be strengthened for citizen safety.
- Professional capacity of all security agencies (Nepali Army, APF, Police, NID) to be enhanced.
- Border security to be fortified using tech and citizen involvement.
- Citizenship Act and Police Acts will be passed.
- Advanced investigation technology to be deployed.
- National ID card will be central to public service delivery.
39. Disaster Management and Immigration
- Three-tier collaboration for disaster risk reduction and emergency response will be strengthened.
- Reconstruction and restoration of disaster-affected areas in Western Nepal will be expedited.
- Immigration system to be made simple, secure, and tech-based.
40. National Defense and Army Modernization
- Army to receive modern technology and security equipment.
- National Security & Defense Policies to be effectively implemented.
- National Defense University infrastructure to be built and operationalized.
- Army organization and housing facilities to be enhanced.
- Continuation of Bunkers to Barracks Programme.
- National Cadet Corps will be expanded to schools in remote and marginalized areas.
41. Governance and Federalism
- Coordination among federal, provincial, and local governments will be enhanced.
- Unbundling Report will be revised and implemented to clarify intergovernmental roles.
- Public services will be integrated into Nagarik App and delivered through Citizen Service Centres.
- Local Development Training Academy will be transformed into Academy for Federalism Study.
- Nepal Administrative Staff College will evolve into a research and training hub for governance.
- Federal Civil Service Act will be passed.
42. Justice and Legal Reforms
- Judicial services will undergo structural reform for transparency, speed, and reliability.
- Transitional justice will progress through active Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Enforced Disappearance Commission.
- Legal Information Management System and Digital Attorney Programme will be introduced and implemented.
43. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
- Independent foreign policy based on UN Charter, non-alignment, Panchsheel, and sovereignty.
- Relations with neighbors and global partners will be strengthened.
- Economic, cultural, and public diplomacy will be enhanced
44. Administrative Reform and Monitoring
- Office of the Prime Minister to be developed into a Center of Excellence.
- Project monitoring will be result-based.
- Recommendations of the High-Level Governance Reform Commission will be implemented.
- Public service access will be enhanced with Rapid Response Teams and Hello Sarkar portal.
- There will be Zero-tolerance policy against corruption and enforcement of anti-corruption strategy.
- Transparency in agencies under OPMCM to be improved using technology.
45. Anti-Corruption and Financial Integrity
- Illicit assets will be confiscated; financial transparency strengthened.
- Nepal aims to be fully anti-money laundering compliant by 2083 B.S.
- Transparent prosecution systems for AML/CTF to be developed.
46. Data and Planning
- Base year for national accounting will be updated; National Economic Census 2082 to be completed.
- Reliable and integrated national statistical system will be developed.
- National Planning Commission will monitor plans across all government levels.
47. Procurement and Investment
- E-GP system to be upgraded and bidding documents standardized.
- Investment Board of Nepal to be utilized for foreign investment in industry and infrastructure.
- Coordination among three government tiers under PM’s leadership will be activated.
The Government of Nepal’s policy for the fiscal year 2082/83 B.S. aims to build a prosperous and happy nation through better governance, development, and cooperation. It calls for unity among all sectors and thanks the people, institutions, and international partners for their continued support in achieving national goals.
Disclaimer: This note is provided solely for general information and does not constitute legal opinion. For specific legal query, please seek professional counsel.
