- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०६३ BS
- Status
- Status not yet confirmed
- Category
- खण्ड १
- Official text
- Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act set up the Poverty Alleviation Fund as an autonomous body with perpetual succession, headquartered in the Kathmandu Valley. Its aims were to raise the economic and social standing of poor people, families and communities through social mobilisation, run income-generating, skills and small-infrastructure programmes, and coordinate the organisations working on poverty reduction.यो ऐनले काठमाडौं उपत्यकामा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहने गरी अविच्छिन्न उत्तराधिकारवाला स्वशासित संस्थाका रूपमा गरिबी निवारण कोषको स्थापना गरेको थियो। सामाजिक परिचालनमार्फत गरिब व्यक्ति, परिवार र समुदायको आर्थिक तथा सामाजिक स्तर उठाउने, आय आर्जन, सीप विकास र साना पूर्वाधारका कार्यक्रम चलाउने तथा गरिबी निवारणमा लागेका संस्थाबीच समन्वय गर्ने यसका उद्देश्य थिए। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 3–6, PDF pp. 3–5
- The Fund was run by a board chaired by the Prime Minister, with a vice-chair chosen by the government from three names recommended by a selection committee led by the National Planning Commission vice-chair, and five nominated members including at least one woman. Nominated members had to be non-political professionals with a master's degree and at least seven years' work on poverty reduction, and served four-year terms.कोषको सञ्चालन प्रधानमन्त्रीको अध्यक्षतामा गठित सञ्चालक समितिले गर्थ्यो। राष्ट्रिय योजना आयोगका उपाध्यक्षको संयोजकत्वमा रहेको छनौट समितिले सिफारिस गरेका तीन जनामध्येबाट नेपाल सरकारले उपाध्यक्ष र कम्तीमा एक महिलासहित पाँच जना सदस्य मनोनयन गर्थ्यो। मनोनीत सदस्य स्नातकोत्तर उपाधि र गरिबी निवारणमा कम्तीमा सात वर्षको अनुभव भएका गैरराजनीतिक पेसाकर्मी हुनुपर्थ्यो र उनीहरूको पदावधि चार वर्षको थियो। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 11–12, PDF pp. 7–9
- The Fund could raise money from the government and from domestic and foreign donors (foreign funds only with government approval, routed through the national budget), and could give grants to partner organisations and registered community organisations. Its running costs were capped as a share of programme funds (for example, 7% where programme funds were up to Rs 50 crore). Its accounts were audited internally by a chartered accountant and finally by the Auditor General, and it had to publish an annual report.कोषले नेपाल सरकार तथा स्वदेशी र विदेशी दातृ निकायबाट स्रोत जुटाउन सक्थ्यो (विदेशी स्रोतका लागि नेपाल सरकारको स्वीकृति लिई बजेटमार्फत) र सहयोगी संस्था तथा दर्ता भएका सामुदायिक संस्थालाई अनुदान दिन सक्थ्यो। कोषको सञ्चालन खर्च कार्यक्रम रकमको निश्चित प्रतिशतमा सीमित थियो (जस्तै, कार्यक्रम रकम पचास करोडसम्म भए सात प्रतिशत)। कोषको आन्तरिक लेखापरीक्षण चार्टर्ड एकाउन्टेन्टबाट र अन्तिम लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुने तथा वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन सार्वजनिक गर्नुपर्ने व्यवस्था थियो। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (moljpa.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 8–10, PDF pp. 6–7; Sections 22–23, PDF pp. 14–15; Section 26, PDF pp. 15–16
- The Act Amending Some Nepal Acts, 2082 (authenticated 2082-04-14 BS) repealed the Poverty Alleviation Fund Act, 2063, and the Auditor General reports that the Fund has been dissolved following the repeal from that date. Under Section 31 of the Act, the property and liabilities of a dissolved Fund pass to the Government of Nepal.केही नेपाल ऐन संशोधन गर्ने ऐन, २०८२ (प्रमाणीकरण मिति २०८२।४।१४) ले गरिबी निवारण कोष ऐन, २०६३ खारेज गरेको छ र महालेखापरीक्षकको प्रतिवेदनअनुसार सो मितिदेखि ऐन खारेज भएपछि कोष खारेज भएको छ। ऐनको दफा ३१ अनुसार कोष विघटन भएमा त्यसको सम्पत्ति र दायित्व नेपाल सरकारमा सर्छ। Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal Act Amending Some Nepal Acts 2082, Section 78(ख), PDF p. 62; OAG 63rd report, Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation chapter para 15 (PDF p. 327, printed p. 295); Act Section 31, PDF p. 17
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced The Auditor General found that, although the Fund has been dissolved, it held about Rs 16.29 crore in assets (Rs 8.91 crore in bank balances and Rs 7.38 crore in other fixed assets) according to its 2077/78 balance sheet, and has not had its final audit done since 2078/79. In its 62nd report the Auditor General also noted that, three years after the closure was announced, the ministry had not yet taken over the Fund's assets, liabilities and stores, and that the plan announced in the 2078/79 budget speech to turn about 32,000 community groups into cooperatives had not yet made progress.महालेखापरीक्षकले कोष खारेज भइसके पनि २०७७।७८ को वासलातअनुसार कोषमा बैंक मौज्दात रु. ८ करोड ९१ लाख र अन्य अचल सम्पत्ति रु. ७ करोड ३८ लाखसहित करिब रु. १६ करोड २९ लाख सम्पत्ति रहेको तथा २०७८।७९ देखि अन्तिम लेखापरीक्षण नभएको उल्लेख गरेको छ। ६२औँ प्रतिवेदनमा खारेजी भएको तीन वर्ष बितिसक्दा पनि मन्त्रालयले कोषको सम्पत्ति, दायित्व र जिन्सीको स्वामित्व लिइनसकेको तथा २०७८।७९ को बजेट वक्तव्यअनुसार करिब ३२ हजार सामुदायिक समूहलाई सहकारीमा रूपान्तरण गर्ने काममा प्रगति भइनसकेको पनि उल्लेख छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd report, para 15 (PDF p. 327, printed p. 295); OAG 62nd report, para 14 (PDF p. 368, printed p. 338)
Ideas to fix it
- Bring the Fund's accounts up to date and have them audited.कोषको हिसाबकिताब अद्यावधिक गरी लेखापरीक्षण गराउने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (63rd Annual Report) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.