Nepal Telecommunications Authorityनेपाल दूरसञ्चार प्राधिकरण

What does it do?

• Established to make telecommunications services reliable and accessible to all, and to regulate and systematise them. giwmscdnone.gov.np Telecommunications Act 2053, s.3
• Its functions include advising the Government of Nepal on telecommunications policy, plans and programmes; extending basic telecommunications services to urban and rural areas; involving domestic and foreign private investors; and ensuring coordination and healthy competition among service providers. giwmscdnone.gov.np Telecommunications Act 2053, s.13(क)-(ङ)
• “नेपाल दूरसञ्‍चार प्राधिकरण दूरसञ्‍चार क्षेत्रको नियामक संस्था हो।” nta.gov.np प्राधिकरणको परिचय

Which law set it up?

What the law says is summarised with section numbers, not quoted, because text copied from the official PDFs is not reliable.

Law

Telecommunications Act, 2053दूरसञ्चार ऐन, २०५३

Section

Section 3 (दूरसञ्चार प्राधिकरणको स्थापना)

Official text

lawcommission.gov.np

History

“यो दूरसञ्‍चार ऐन २०५३ तथा दूरसञ्‍चार नियमावली २०५४ को प्रावधान अनुरुप २०५४ फागुनमा गठित एक स्वतन्त्र संस्था हो।” nta.gov.np प्राधिकरणको परिचय

Who leads it and who oversees it?

Head

श्री अर्जुन घिमिरे, अध्यक्ष (Chairman) nta.gov.np Checked 2026-10-16

Falls under

No official source found stating a supervising ministry. The site lists the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology only under 'important links'.

Website

nta.gov.np

What could we not establish?

• No official English title for the Act; no English form of the chair's name.ऐनको आधिकारिक अंग्रेजी शीर्षक र अध्यक्षको नामको अंग्रेजी रूप भेटिएन।