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Dated indicators, official targets and source links across the National Agenda. A target is an intention, not evidence that it has been achieved.

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Agriculture and land (5)

Share of arable land with year-round irrigation

Dated baseline
25 per cent (overall irrigation, all seasons: 44.63 per cent of cultivable land by mid-March 2026) (FY 2079/80 (16th Plan); latest overall figure mid-March 2026)
Official target
50 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Paddy yield (tonnes per hectare)

Dated baseline
3.79 (latest reported: 4.14 for FY 2025/26) (FY 2079/80; latest FY 2025/26 (2082/83))
Official target
4.84 (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Households in severe food insecurity

Dated baseline
1.3 per cent (FY 2079/80 (16th Plan))
Official target
1.0 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06, or when a new official food security estimate is published
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Local governments that have completed farmer household registration

Dated baseline
60 of 753 (more than 2.383 million farming households registered nationwide) (mid-March 2026)
Official target
Complete farmer identification and begin distributing identity cards (no number stated) (FY 2083/84)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Land ownership certificates given to landless Dalits, landless squatters and informal settlers

Dated baseline
6,944 certificates against 1,128,551 records (mid-July 2025); 9,090 certificates including earlier ones by mid-March 2026 (Asar 2082 (mid-July 2025); mid-March 2026)
Official target
Arrange management of landless Dalits, squatters and informal settlers within the fiscal year (no number stated) (FY 2083/84)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84), or when the legal basis of the land committee is settled
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Economic model (6)

Real GDP growth

Dated baseline
3.85 per cent (preliminary estimate) (FY 2082/83 (2025/26))
Official target
7.1 per cent average over the Plan; 7.3 per cent in the final year (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
On publication of the Economic Survey 2026/27 (2083/84)
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Private (including cooperative) share of fixed capital formation

Dated baseline
73.5 per cent private, 26.5 per cent government incl. public enterprises (estimate) (FY 2082/83 (2025/26))
Official target
69.8 per cent private including cooperatives; 30.2 per cent government (16th Plan period (to FY 2085/86))
Revisit
On publication of the Economic Survey 2026/27 (2083/84)
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Absolute poverty rate

Dated baseline
20.27 per cent (as reported in the Economic Survey 2025/26)
Official target
12.0 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
On publication of the next national living standards survey
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Consumption-based Gini coefficient

Dated baseline
0.30 (as reported in the Economic Survey 2025/26)
Official target
0.280 (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
On publication of the next national living standards survey
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Loss-making public enterprises

Dated baseline
16 of 45 (2 more closed) (FY 2081/82 (2024/25))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
On publication of the Economic Survey 2026/27 (2083/84)
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Depositors of problematic cooperatives repaid in full

Dated baseline
3,688 of 80,087 claimants (Rs 2.55 billion of Rs 47.60 billion claimed) (mid-March 2026)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
On publication of the Economic Survey 2026/27 (2083/84)
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Education and healthcare (5)

Share of the population enrolled in health insurance

Dated baseline
21 per cent (latest Board figure: 19 per cent active members in FY 2082/83; measures differ) (FY 2079/80)
Official target
70 per cent by FY 2085/86 (16th Plan); the 2026/27 budget separately aims for 90 per cent within three years (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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Out-of-pocket spending as a share of total health spending

Dated baseline
54.2 per cent (FY 2079/80 (as given in the 16th Plan))
Official target
38 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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Grade 8 students reaching minimum learning proficiency in mathematics

Dated baseline
32 per cent (FY 2079/80 (16th Plan); the School Education Sector Plan gives 32.1 per cent for 2021/22)
Official target
55 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
next national assessment of Grade 8
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Basic level (Grades 1–8) completion rate

Dated baseline
77.1 per cent (below the School Education Sector Plan target of 84.6 per cent for that year) (Academic year 2082 (2025/26))
Official target
100 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
next Flash I report (academic year 2083)
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Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births)

Dated baseline
21 (FY 2079/80 (16th Plan); also 21 in the 2022 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey)
Official target
13 (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
next Nepal Demographic and Health Survey
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Electricity and hydropower (6)

Installed electricity generation capacity (MW)

Dated baseline
4,120 MW (FY 2025/26)
Official target
11,769 MW (FY 2028/29)
Revisit
2027-09
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Electricity consumption per person (kWh per year)

Dated baseline
496 kWh (FY 2025/26)
Official target
700 kWh (FY 2028/29)
Revisit
2027-09
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National grid coverage (NEA's measure, %; local levels not yet connected)

Dated baseline
97.6%; 18 local levels not connected (FY 2025/26)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-09
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Population with access to electricity (Sixteenth Plan indicator, %)

Dated baseline
96.7% (FY 2022/23)
Official target
100% (FY 2028/29)
Revisit
2027-09
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Electric stove installation (Sixteenth Plan indicator, thousand)

Dated baseline
54.82 thousand (FY 2022/23)
Official target
1,000 thousand (1 million) (FY 2028/29)
Revisit
2027-09
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Environment and disaster resilience (5)

Annual average deaths from disasters (excluding road accidents)

Dated baseline
About 900 a year (Average to 2015 (MoHA data from 1971))
Official target
300 by 2025; 225 by 2030 (2030)
Revisit
2027-07
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Annual direct economic loss from disasters as a share of GDP

Dated baseline
About 2 per cent (Average to 2015)
Official target
0.2 per cent by 2025; 0.1 per cent by 2030 (2030)
Revisit
2027-07
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Local levels that have made and are implementing local adaptation plans of action

Dated baseline
263 (FY 2022/23 (2079/80))
Official target
753 (all local levels) (FY 2028/29 (2085/86))
Revisit
2027-08
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Share of people in flood-prone areas with access to flood early warning

Dated baseline
Not established
Official target
80 per cent, with 30 additional multi-hazard early warning systems (2030)
Revisit
2027-06
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Disease burden from outdoor and household air pollution

Dated baseline
Not established
Official target
77 per 100,000 by 2030; 60 per 100,000 by 2035 (the NDC does not state the baseline or exact measure) (2030)
Revisit
2027-06
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Federalism and the provinces (5)

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as a share of the federal budget, by the Commission's calculation (no official target; the Commission has suggested at least 30 per cent, which is its suggestion, not a government-adopted target)

Dated baseline
19.97 per cent (FY 2083/84 (budget))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-06 (FY 2084/85 budget)
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Equalization grants as a share of federal transfers to local levels (16th Plan: increase gradually, no number given)

Dated baseline
28.67 per cent (FY 2083/84 (budget))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-06 (FY 2084/85 budget)
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Share of budgeted equalization grants actually transferred to local levels

Dated baseline
91.49 per cent (FY 2082/83)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-09 (Commission's next annual report)
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Rural municipality and municipality centres reached by a blacktopped road

Dated baseline
532 (FY 2079/80)
Official target
753 (all) (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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Local levels carrying out a self-assessment of their governance capacity

Dated baseline
739 (FY 2079/80)
Official target
753 (all) (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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Foreign-policy balance (4)

Trade deficit in goods and services as a share of GDP

Dated baseline
27.7 per cent (16th Plan, FY 2022/23 actual). For comparison, the Economic Survey gives the goods-only deficit as 24.63 per cent of GDP in FY 2024/25; that is a different measure. (FY 2079/80 (2022/23))
Official target
22.5 per cent (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06 (after the Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Exports of goods and services as a share of GDP

Dated baseline
7.0 per cent (FY 2079/80 (2022/23))
Official target
8.5 per cent (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06 (after the Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Number of destination countries with a labour agreement

Dated baseline
13 countries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 2026). The 16th Plan gives 12 in its text and 10 in its target table (baseline for FY 2022/23); the counts may not be on the same basis. (July 2026)
Official target
15 countries (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06
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Graduation from the UN Least Developed Country category

Dated baseline
Scheduled for 24 November 2026. The government formally asked to defer it (a letter of 13 May 2026 according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a request of 15 May 2026 according to the UN; to November 2029 according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 2030 according to the Economic Survey). On 21 July 2026 ECOSOC recommended that the General Assembly act before 24 November 2026. No new official date had been set as of 10 October 2026. (10 October 2026)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2026-11, or when the UN General Assembly decides on Nepal's request
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Governance and justice (5)

Share of the courts' annual caseload that is disposed of

Dated baseline
62.29 per cent across all courts and tribunals in FY 2081/82 (149,560 cases pending). The 16th Plan gives 64 per cent for FY 2079/80 (64.4 per cent in its governance chapter) but does not say how it calculates the figure, so the two may not be directly comparable. (FY 2081/82 (2024/25))
Official target
75 per cent of cases registered in court settled (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-04, after the Supreme Court's annual report for FY 2082/83
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Cumulative unsettled audit irregularities (beruju)

Dated baseline
Rs 755.17 billion, up 2.99 per cent on the year before (Auditor General's 63rd report (audit of FY 2081/82))
Official target
Irregularities 'as a proportion of GDP' cut from 10.9 per cent (FY 2079/80) to 5.0 per cent, as stated in the Plan's national good-governance targets table. The Plan does not explain the basis of this indicator: it does not say whether it means the annual or the cumulative amount, or how it is calculated. It is also in a different unit from the baseline shown here (rupees). (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06, or the Auditor General's 64th annual report
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Special Court first-instance decisions on CIAA cases (count and share where the offence was established). This is a descriptive count, not a performance target, and every decision is subject to appeal.

Dated baseline
393 decisions in FY 2081/82; offence established fully in 87 and partly in 120 (207, or 52.67 per cent). The CIAA appealed 251 decisions; outcomes on appeal are not reported in the sources reviewed. (FY 2081/82 (2024/25))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-10, after the CIAA's 36th annual report (descriptive indicator; no official target, and none should be inferred)
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National Human Rights Commission recommendations fully implemented

Dated baseline
13.29 per cent fully, 34.12 per cent partly, 52.60 per cent not implemented (FY 2081/82 (2024/25))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-01, after the Commission's annual report for FY 2082/83 (no official target found in the documents reviewed)
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Corruption Perceptions Index score (Transparency International; a perception index, not a count of corruption)

Dated baseline
34 out of 100 in CPI 2025 (rank 109 of 182). The 16th Plan uses 35 as its FY 2079/80 baseline. (CPI 2025 (published 2026))
Official target
43 (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-02, when CPI 2026 is published
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Identity, inclusion and representation (5)

Women's share of seats in the Federal Parliament

Dated baseline
33.6 per cent (FY 2079/80 (as given in the 16th Plan))
Official target
40 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
When official aggregate statistics for the House elected in 2082 are published, and 2027-08
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Women's share of seats in provincial assemblies and local governments

Dated baseline
Provincial assemblies 34.5 per cent; local governments 40.9 per cent (FY 2079/80 (as given in the 16th Plan))
Official target
Provincial assemblies 40 per cent; local governments 45 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
After the next provincial and local elections
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Women's representation in the public service, and in its policy-making positions

Dated baseline
29.5 per cent of public service; 13.7 per cent of policy-making positions (for comparison, women were 34.79 per cent of Public Service Commission recommendations in FY 2081/82) (FY 2079/80 (16th Plan); FY 2081/82 (PSC))
Official target
35 per cent of public service; 20 per cent of policy-making positions (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-10 (after the Public Service Commission's next annual report)
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Civil service recommendations through reserved advertisements, by group (the law reserves 45 per cent of open posts; this is a legal allocation, not an outcome target)

Dated baseline
1,056 of 2,592 recommendations: women 365, Adivasi/Janajati 273, Madhesi 233, Dalit 96, persons with disabilities 46, backward region 43 (FY 2081/82)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-10 (after the Public Service Commission's next annual report), or when the Federal Civil Service Bill is decided
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Social Empowerment Index (16th Plan)

Dated baseline
0.58 (FY 2079/80)
Official target
0.65 (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
At the 16th Plan mid-term review
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Jobs and enterprise (5)

Unemployment rate

Dated baseline
11.4 per cent (the Economic Survey 2082/83 separately reports 12.6 per cent for 2024 and 2025; source survey not named) (Labour Force Survey 2017/18)
Official target
5 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-04, or when the fourth Labour Force Survey is published (no publication date reported)
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Formal-sector share of employment

Dated baseline
36.5 per cent (job-based informal employment in the same survey: 84.6 per cent) (FY 2079/80 per the 16th Plan (same value as the 2017/18 Labour Force Survey))
Official target
50 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-04, or when the fourth Labour Force Survey is published (no publication date reported)
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Establishments and employers enrolled in the Social Security Fund

Dated baseline
18 thousand (FY 2079/80); latest: 23,210 employers by Falgun 2082 (FY 2079/80; latest mid-March 2026)
Official target
60 thousand (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Registered unemployed people who get work through employment assistance programmes each year

Dated baseline
91.6 thousand (FY 2079/80); latest reported: 55,151 in FY 2081/82 (FY 2079/80; latest FY 2081/82)
Official target
200 thousand a year (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84)
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People taking short-term, employment-oriented vocational training

Dated baseline
19.6 thousand (FY 2079/80)
Official target
85 thousand (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Labour migration and remittances (5)

Share of skilled workers among those going for foreign employment

Dated baseline
73.73 per cent (FY 2079/80)
Official target
80 per cent (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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Number of destination countries with a labour agreement

Dated baseline
10 (the Plan's text elsewhere says 12) (FY 2079/80)
Official target
15 (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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Migrant Resource Centres and sub-centres established and operating

Dated baseline
42 (FY 2079/80)
Official target
94 (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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People benefiting from reintegration programmes each year

Dated baseline
Not established
Official target
100,000 a year (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-08
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First-time labour approvals and remittance inflows (tracked annually; no official target)

Dated baseline
406,414 first-time approvals; Rs 2,363.13 billion in remittances (provisional) (FY 2025/26 (2082/83))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-08
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Monarchy or republic (3)

Constitutional amendment proposals that would change the head of state or the form of government

Dated baseline
A government taskforce was consulting parties and experts to draft a discussion paper on possible amendments, including the form of governance (reported April 2026). The paper is not an amendment bill. (April 2026)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
When the taskforce's discussion paper or any amendment bill is published
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House of Representatives seats held by parties whose official documents call for restoring the monarchy, against the 184 needed to amend the Constitution

Dated baseline
5 of 275 seats (RPP) (2026 (House elected 2082 Falgun 21))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
Next House of Representatives election
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Public support for monarchy or republic, measured by a representative survey with published question wording and sample

Dated baseline
January 2008, before abolition: 50 per cent said there should be a place for monarchy in the Nepal of the future, 38 per cent said there should not, 12 per cent did not know (3,010 respondents). No later representative measure found. (Fieldwork 23 December 2007 to 12 January 2008)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
When a new probability-sample national survey on this question is published
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Non-resident Nepalis and the diaspora (4)

A law in force that lets Nepalis abroad vote

Dated baseline
None found; a bill with such a provision was posted by the Election Commission in August 2026 (October 2026)
Official target
Legal, technical and administrative preparation (no date set) (FY 2083/84 budget commitment)
Revisit
2027-03 (before the 2027 local elections)
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Amendment of the non-resident Nepali citizenship provisions

Dated baseline
Economic, social and cultural rights only; for people living outside SAARC (Article 14; Citizenship Act s. 7A) (October 2026)
Official target
Amend provisions in the spirit of 'once a Nepali, always a Nepali' (FY 2083/84 budget commitment)
Revisit
2027-07 (end of FY 2083/84)
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Share of savings bonds for Nepalis abroad actually sold

Dated baseline
4.9 per cent of the amount offered, all issues 2066/67–2079/80 (2080/02/24)
Official target
Diaspora bond policy adopted (no amount or date set) (FY 2083/84 budget commitment)
Revisit
2027-07
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Remittance inflows and direct investment inflows (tracked annually; no official target)

Dated baseline
Rs 2,363.13 billion remittances; Rs 28.49 billion direct investment (equity only) (provisional) (FY 2025/26 (2082/83))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-08
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Secular state or Hindu state (4)

Religious composition of the population (census)

Dated baseline
Hindu 81.19%, Bouddha 8.21%, Islam 5.09%, Kirat 3.17%, Christian 1.76%, Prakriti 0.35%, Bon 0.23%, Jain 0.01%, Sikh 0.01%, Bahai 0.00% (of 29,164,578 people) (Census 2021 (2078 BS))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
After results of the next national census (due 2031)
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Constitution amendment bills affecting Article 4 (secularism) or Article 26 (freedom of religion) registered in Parliament

Dated baseline
None: no constitution amendment bill on the House of Representatives’ registered bills list (2026-10-11)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-04, and whenever a constitution amendment bill is registered
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Complaints, prosecutions and convictions under the Criminal Code’s offences relating to religion (sections 155 to 158), including conversion

Dated baseline
Not established
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-04, after the annual reports of the Office of the Attorney General and the Supreme Court for FY 2082/83
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Share of adults who prefer a secular state or a Hindu state, from a representative probability survey with a direct question

Dated baseline
Not established
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
When the next Survey of the Nepali People or a comparable survey is published
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Taxation and public spending (5)

Share of the federal capital budget actually spent

Dated baseline
63.57 per cent of the original capital allocation (FY 2081/82)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
On publication of the Auditor General's 64th annual report (covering FY 2082/83)
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Outstanding public debt as a share of GDP

Dated baseline
43.13 per cent (mid-July 2025); 43.6 per cent by mid-March 2026 (Mid-July 2025)
Official target
39.0 per cent (16th Plan) (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2026/27)
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Revenue collected by the federal government (before sharing with provinces and local levels) as a share of GDP

Dated baseline
19.30 per cent (Finance Ministry figure reported by the Auditor General); federal revenue after sharing was 16.65 per cent (FY 2081/82)
Official target
23.5 per cent (16th Plan indicator table; the plan's text gives 21.4 per cent) (FY 2085/86)
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2026/27)
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Debt service (principal and interest) as a share of federal expenditure

Dated baseline
23.9 per cent (26.2 per cent in the first eight months of FY 2082/83) (FY 2081/82)
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-06 (Economic Survey 2026/27)
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Revenue collected against the annual budget estimate

Dated baseline
Rs 1,196.19 billion, 84.28 per cent of the Rs 1,419.30 billion target (FY 2081/82)
Official target
Rs 1,580.32 billion revenue (budget estimate, including revenue shared with provinces and local levels) (FY 2083/84)
Revisit
2027-08 (after FY 2083/84 closes in mid-July 2027)
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Roads, transport and infrastructure (5)

Deaths from road accidents per 100,000 people

Dated baseline
9.5 per 100,000 (16th Plan, FY 2079/80). Shown alongside: the Economic Survey's SDG table gives 9.4 per 100,000 for 2024 (2015 base year: 19.9). Neither source explains the basis of its rate, so the two are not one series. (FY 2079/80 (2022/23))
Official target
5 per 100,000 (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06, or when Nepal Police or another official body publishes a national road-death total
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National highways blacktopped up to two lanes

Dated baseline
7,675 km (FY 2079/80 (2022/23))
Official target
13,675 km (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06 (after the Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Road density

Dated baseline
0.63 km per square km (the Economic Survey separately reports federal blacktopped road density of 138.7 metres per square km in 2026) (FY 2079/80 (2022/23))
Official target
0.77 km per square km (FY 2085/86 (2028/29))
Revisit
2027-06 (after the Economic Survey 2083/84)
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Federal roads given periodic maintenance in the year

Dated baseline
370 km (651 km the year before) (FY 2081/82 (2024/25))
Official target
No official target found
Revisit
2027-06 (no official annual target found in the documents reviewed)
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Physical progress of the Kathmandu–Terai/Madhesh Expressway

Dated baseline
42.13 per cent, after Rs 80.56 billion spent against a revised cost estimate of Rs 211.93 billion (FY 2081/82 (Auditor General's 63rd report))
Official target
Completion (as listed in the Auditor General's table, based on National Planning Commission details) (FY 2083/84 (2026/27))
Revisit
2027-07 (end of FY 2083/84), or the Auditor General's 64th report
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