Nepal Election
Manifesto Analysis
Special elections called after dissolution of parliament following Gen-Z movement in Bhadra 2082 — Falgun 21, 2082 (March 5, 2026)
📅 2082 BS (2025/2026)
🏛️ 10 Parties Analysed
🏛️ Political Parties
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Rastriya Swatantra Party
राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टी
RSP
"A pledge to fix the system"
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Nepali Congress
नेपाली कांग्रेस
NC
"For good governance and prosperity"
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☀️
Nepal Communist Party (UML)
नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एमाले)
CPN-UML
"Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepalis!"
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📱
Aam Janata Party
आम जनता पार्टी
AJP
"Change the system to change the country's condition: Struggle to protect national sovereignty"
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Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal
जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल
JSP-N
"Towards prosperity through struggle"
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Ujyalo Nepal Party
उज्यालो नेपाल पार्टी
UNP
"Not talk but work, not speeches but results"
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Rastriya Prajatantra Party
राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी
RPP
"A nation that harms none shall prevail"
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Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी
NWPP
"Serve the nation and the people selflessly"
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Nepali Communist Party
नेपाली कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी
NCP
"Good governance and employment are the foundation of socialism"
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Shram Sanskriti Party
श्रम संस्कृति पार्टी
SSP
"Dignity in labour, prosperity through labour"
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Policy Coverage — All Parties
Nepal's Key Challenges
FPTP Candidates Fielded
Policy Areas per Party
🚨 National Issues at Stake
Critical
Youth Unemployment
10.7% official unemployment; lakhs emigrating abroad
High
Economic Stagnation
Avg 4% GDP growth; per capita debt Rs 1 lakh; 20.27% poverty rate
Critical
Corruption
Transparency International rank 107th with score 34/100 (2024)
High
FATF Grey List
Nepal on FATF monitoring list, risking international banking and trade
High
Political Instability
Multiple government changes; NC and UML alternating power for 35 years
Medium
Infrastructure Deficit
Poor road quality, limited electricity access in rural areas, slow hydropower development
High
Brain Drain
Remittance ~$13.14B (25% of GDP) but not converted to productive investment
🤝 Shared Priorities Across Parties
Anti-corruption as top priority
Youth employment crisis acknowledged
Digital governance needed
Agriculture modernization
Free/subsidized education and health
Governance reform and accountability
Production-oriented economic growth
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राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टी
Rastriya Swatantra Party
"A pledge to fix the system"
Anti-Corruption, System Reform, Good Governance
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
The manifesto is organized as a set of numbered commitments ('policy bases') focused on systemic reform: digitized public service delivery, politically neutral administration, accountability and justice reforms, productivity-led economy, investment and financial governance reforms, tech-driven growth, energy diplomacy/export, tourism revival, education and health system upgrades, targeted social protection, environment/disaster resilience, and sovereignty/foreign policy rooted in evidence-based national interest.
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Digital Governance & Public Service Delivery
- Public service delivery will move from physical queues to online systems (Commitment 4).
- Strengthen national records/archives and build integrated databases supported by national identification coverage (Commitment 4).
- Phase out paper-based administrative processes; route decisions/approvals through digital workflows to speed delivery and reduce discretion (seen across early governance commitments, incl. e-noting / digital process language).
Politically Neutral Administration & Institutional Discipline
- End partisan capture within government service; curb/stop party-based trade unions inside the civil service to professionalize the bureaucracy (Commitment 6).
- Create enforceable legal and institutional systems so responsible officials are answerable for implementation failures (language appears in the early governance reform pages).
Justice, Transitional Justice & Rule of Law
- Complete remaining transitional justice tasks and modernize/implement the relevant legal framework; conduct independent audits/verification and make results public (Commitment 12).
- Strengthen institutional checks so conflict-of-interest decisions and unaccountable actions are constrained (appears around the justice/accountability commitment cluster following Commitment 12).
Economy: Productivity-led Growth, Investment & Tax/Regulatory Reform
- Base economic uplift on realistic, balanced, and sustainable productivity growth (Commitment 19).
- Make business registration simpler, faster, and low-cost/free through streamlined systems (language appears in the economic reform cluster).
- Reform revenue/tax dispute mechanisms (e.g., restructuring/strengthening the revenue tribunal) and reduce multi-agency friction through single-window style coordination (economic reform pages include these points).
Financial Sector & Capital Market Governance
- Restructure the securities regulator/board and strengthen autonomy/capacity to improve oversight and governance (capital market reform pages).
- Run financial literacy programs and improve listed-company transparency and reporting quality (capital market transparency/financial reporting emphasis pages).
Digital Economy, Innovation & Emerging Tech Policy
- Position Nepal as a global tech hub via province-level modern digital infrastructure and a digital-economy transformation agenda (digital economy pages).
- Adopt clear national policy on crypto/cryptocurrency regulation and consumer protection (digital policy cluster).
- Promote enabling legal frameworks for the digital ecosystem (mentions of data/cyber/technology policy appear within the digital reform pages).
Energy Diplomacy, Export Promotion & Regional Cooperation
- Promote energy export with structured energy diplomacy with India and Bangladesh and strengthen bilateral/regional cooperation (Commitment 47).
- Align institutions and processes so energy trade/export promotion is not blocked by fragmented bureaucracy (appears in the same energy-export cluster).
Tourism, Culture & Airport Operations
- Strengthen tourism beyond core religious sites; highlight Kathmandu Valley’s culture/architecture and broader Hindu–Buddhist circuits (Commitment 50).
- Bring Pokhara and Bhairahawa international airports into full operation and improve incentives/fee structures to boost usage (Commitment 53).
Education Reform & Academic Capacity
- Improve teacher/academic recruitment, promotion, and accountability using faster, criteria-based systems (education reform pages).
- Mobilize diaspora-origin academics/researchers for teaching/research engagement (education pages mention short-term/semester-based engagement ideas).
Health System Strengthening & Mental Health
- Develop integrated service models to ensure access to specialist and assistive/rehabilitation services (health services pages).
- Establish a dedicated structure to expand mental health services with easier access and links to other social services (Commitment 77).
Social Protection, Land Rights & Targeting
- Create a production-linked, targeted database to make social security programs transparent, effective, and accurately targeted (Commitment 85).
- Address landlessness with institutional mechanisms/authorities aimed at identifying real landless households and linking solutions to livelihoods (land-rights cluster around the mid–late social policy pages).
- Special focus on oppressed groups including Dalits; the manifesto frames historic discrimination as a structural barrier needing state correction (Commitment 1 and related inclusion language).
Environment, Forest Protection, Safe Water & Disaster Risk Reduction
- Establish a high-alert forest fire center using drones/satellite monitoring for real-time detection and response (Commitment 88/forest-fire center language).
- Ensure safe drinking water for all citizens; address arsenic issues in Terai districts (Commitment 91).
- Expand mapping and early warning systems for floods/landslides and reduce settlement exposure in high-risk zones (Commitment 96 includes early warning / risk language).
Sovereignty, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Engagement
- Keep sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national interest as the top priority while navigating changing geopolitics and neighbor relations (Commitment 96).
- Handle border disputes and legacy treaties using facts and evidence rather than emotion; institutionalize evidence-based positions (appears in late foreign-policy cluster).
- Enable voting rights for Nepalis abroad and engage Non-Resident Nepalis as a foundation for economic transformation; emphasize identity/citizenship continuity framing ('once Nepali, always Nepali') (Commitment 99).
🗂️ Digital-first service delivery and accountable execution
Commitments emphasize shifting public service delivery to online systems, building national records/databases, and creating enforceable accountability so responsible officials are answerable for delivery failures.
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नेपाली कांग्रेस
Nepali Congress
"For good governance and prosperity"
Social Democracy, Constitutional Democracy
FPTP Candidates
Conteseted
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Election pledge document of the Nepali Congress for the House of Representatives election 2074 BS, framed around “good governance and prosperity” and the party vision “Prosperous Nepal, Dignified Nepali.”
दण्डहीनताको अवस्था (impunity) अन्त्य गर्नुपर्ने
राज्यका निकाय/संस्थामा दलीयकरण (politicization) अन्त्य गर्नुपर्ने
सार्वजनिक सेवामा पहुँच सबैका लागि समान र खुला हुनुपर्ने
भ्रष्टाचार र सरकारी ढिलासुस्ती अन्त्य गर्नुपर्ने
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Vision
- Vision: “Prosperous Nepal, Dignified Nepali.”
- A society free from physical, mental and gender-based violence; end discrimination and privilege based on caste/ethnicity/class/geography.
- Citizen-friendly service delivery with stable development.
- Encourage wealth and employment creation through production and entrepreneurship; curb illicit wealth creation.
- Prosperous farmers through technology, market access, and fair prices.
- Health as a fundamental right; ensure access to medicines and hospitals via a strengthened health insurance system.
- Reduce the economic burden of education; ensure quality education regardless of poverty; link learning with technology and practice.
- Rule of law: equality before law; end impunity; depoliticize institutions; transparent appointment processes; “Digital Nepal” to reduce corruption and delays.
- Protect and promote languages, literature, culture and heritage.
- Foreign policy based on national interest and sovereign equality; respectful relations with neighbors; expand mutual-benefit cooperation.
- Results-oriented governance and quality project implementation; develop necessary infrastructure; open, competitive, technology- and environment-friendly economy that attracts investment.
Economy
- Promote industry, private sector and investment as engines of growth and job creation.
- Stabilize key economic policies across governments to reduce uncertainty for investors.
- Simplify and digitize business registration/renewal; paperless and citizen-friendly procedures.
- Provide legal assurance for tax-rate stability (e.g., multi‑year predictability) and reduce arbitrary changes.
- Strengthen competition and consumer protection; curb cartels/syndicates and artificial shortages.
- Improve price and quality transparency using digital systems and stronger market monitoring.
- Support entrepreneurship with easier credit and alternative financing (e.g., venture/crowdfunding frameworks).
- Target relief for low/middle-income households (e.g., tax relief up to a threshold).
- Develop affordable housing/hostels through public–private partnership, especially for students and workers.
- Make capital markets more accessible, including via mobile/digital participation.
Youth, Skills & Employment
- Increase meaningful youth participation in policy-making and public service.
- Run a “Mission Employment” style program to expand jobs via SMEs, tourism, agriculture and industry.
- Support startups with training, mentoring and easier access to seed/credit (including project-based loans).
- Introduce large-scale fellowship/internship pipelines into government and local bodies.
- Expand market-relevant skills training; promote apprenticeships/internships with industry.
- Support digital work/freelancing with clearer rules, easier payments and social protection pathways.
Foreign Employment
- Gradually reduce forced foreign migration by expanding jobs and entrepreneurship at home.
- Improve pre-departure information, counseling and skill certification aligned to destination-country demand.
- Make medical tests, insurance and documentation processes simpler, cheaper and more transparent.
- Strengthen protection and legal support for migrant workers from departure to return/reintegration.
- Crack down on irregular migration, fraud and abusive recruitment practices; enforce accountability.
Health
- Treat health as a fundamental right and expand access to medicines and hospitals.
- Strengthen health insurance implementation to reduce out-of-pocket spending.
Education
- Ensure no one is deprived of quality education due to poverty; reduce household burden.
- Link learning with technology and practical skills.
Agriculture
- Modernize agriculture with technology, market access and fair prices for farmers.
Sustainable Physical Infrastructure
- Improve project execution quality and expand essential infrastructure to support investment and services.
Environment, Climate & Disaster Management
- Promote environment-friendly development while improving disaster preparedness and response.
Social Justice, Inclusion & Inclusive Development
- End discrimination and violence; advance inclusion across caste/ethnicity/class/gender/geography.
Good Governance & Rule of Law
- End impunity; ensure equality before law.
- Depoliticize state institutions; ensure merit-based, transparent appointments.
- Advance “Digital Nepal” to reduce corruption and service-delivery delays.
Foreign Policy
- Foreign policy grounded in national interest and sovereign equality.
- Balanced, respectful relations with neighbors; expand cooperation for mutual benefit.
- Promote Nepal as a responsible and respected member of the international community.
Culture & Identity
- Protect and promote Nepal’s diverse languages, arts, culture, and heritage while advancing modernity.
🏛️ Governance Model: None
None
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नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एमाले)
Nepal Communist Party (UML)
"Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepalis!"
Marxism–Leninism, People’s Multiparty Democracy
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Manifesto of CPN (UML) for the House of Representatives Election 2082, centered on the vision of 'Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepalis' and the claim 'UML builds the nation'.
Unhealthy competition of forming and toppling governments after the constitution has led to public frustration.
Violence and destruction in Bhadra 2082 portrayed as organized attacks against the state system.
Damage to public infrastructure, courts, parliament, industries, businesses, and media houses.
Politics driven by misinformation and populist slogans rather than facts.
Political instability weakening economic and financial systems.
📊 Quantified Targets
Economic Size
- → NPR 100 trillion in 5 years; NPR 200 trillion in 10 years
Minimum Wage
- → 25,000
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Size | - | NPR 100 trillion in 5 years; NPR 200 trillion in 10 years | — | NPR |
| Minimum Wage | - | 25,000 | — | NPR/month |
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Five Fundamental Commitments for Development
- Nation First
- Complete democracy, constitution, rule of law, and good governance
- Trust in facts, not misinformation
- Nepal moving toward an era of prosperity
- Friendly and balanced foreign relations
Eleven Immediate Actions After the First Cabinet Meeting
- Provide 10 GB of free internet data per month for one year to youths aged 18–28.
- Provide a bank card facility equivalent to USD 10,000 per individual to support international payments for IT, startups, training, and services.
- Deposit NPR 5,000 annually into the bank accounts of remittance-sending migrant workers and ensure continued inclusion in contribution-based social security.
- Provide interest-free loans up to NPR 2 million for technical education students and paid internships in government, private, and teaching sectors.
- Provide free sanitary pads to all schoolgirls and mid-day meals up to grade 10.
- Increase minimum wage to NPR 25,000 and include all workers in contribution-based social security.
- Define teacher ranking and include all teachers in contribution-based social security.
- Increase health volunteers’ allowance to NPR 20,000 and include them in contribution-based social security.
- Provide interest-free loans up to NPR 2 million for women entrepreneurs, free insurance, maternal support, NPR 20,000 per childbirth nutrition allowance, and free life insurance up to NPR 500,000 for pregnant women.
- Waive loans up to NPR 25,000 taken by state-identified poor households by Bhadra 2082 and include them in social security.
- Ensure dignity, welfare, and social protection for serving and retired security personnel.
25 Pillars of Prosperity
- National economy: NPR 100 trillion in five years, NPR 200 trillion in ten years
- Dignified labor and domestic employment
- Safe and respectable housing
- Dynamic villages and modern cities
- Clean cities and complete infrastructure
- Clean water and healthy households
- Industrial expansion with 20% GDP contribution
- Reduce imports and increase exports
- Modern agriculture with adequate income
- Green forests as community wealth
- Transparent and well-governed cooperatives
- Tourism growth and longer stays
- Year-round irrigation and food self-reliance
- Quality education and advanced technology
- Healthy food and fitness culture
- Digital infrastructure for governance
- Safe transportation and modern connectivity
- Clean energy for domestic use and export
- Reconstruction and new development
- Strong financial system
- Creative youth and innovation
- Sports development and national pride
- Clean administration and service delivery
- Friendship with all, enmity with none
- Respect and contribution of the Nepali diaspora
🏛️ Governance Model: Target-Based Governance Model
A governance approach based on fixed targets, timelines, and performance contracts from the Prime Minister down to senior bureaucrats.
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आम जनता पार्टी
Aam Janata Party
"Change the system to change the country's condition: Struggle to protect national sovereignty"
Anti-establishment, People's Democracy, Digital Governance
FPTP Candidates
105
PR Candidates
105
📋 Context
Emerged as alternative force post-2079 elections; ran IT Army youth wing campaign against corruption; championed Maulapur municipality as governance model
35 years of alternating NC and NCP(UML) rule failed people
Dalal daltantra (broker party system) entrenched corruption
Political musical chairs without governance reform
Constitutional bodies weakened by political appointments
Judiciary not independent
Bureaucracy captured by party interests
NGO/INGO funds used for foreign agendas
Youth forced to migrate due to lack of opportunities
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Political & Constitutional Reform
- Direct election of PM and Chief Ministers
- Full proportional representation for parliament
- Right to Recall elected representatives mid-term
- No Vote (NOTA) option on ballots
- Age limit of 70 years for PM/Minister positions
- Digital referendum for national issues
- Non-resident citizenship provisions abolished
- Constitutional limit: taxes cannot exceed 20% of GDP
- Party-free local government elections
- Reduce number of municipalities
Economic Policy
- Zero/minimum tax on daily consumer goods, agriculture, education, health
- Single Window System for business registration
- Full digital administration to eliminate corruption
- Maulapur model expanded nationally (zero tax municipality)
- Support for small industries and entrepreneurs
- Cooperative fraud control: Savings Protection Fund
- Bring informal economy (40% of GDP) into mainstream
- Investment-friendly environment for FDI
- Strict action on black money and capital flight
Anti-Corruption
- Independent commission to investigate all presidents, PMs, ministers post-2072
- Nationalize unexplained wealth
- Online public disclosure of all govt expenses and contracts
- Whistleblower protection and reward system
- Citizen oversight committee (Jan Nigarani Aayog)
- Blockchain-based public construction tracking
- Control NGO/INGO funding transparency
Agriculture & Irrigation
- Make Nepali agriculture cheaper than India/China imports
- Smart Agriculture Farms with drones/sensors per constituency
- Land Bank concept for consolidated farming
- Cold storage per ward
- Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) subsidies to farmers
- Digital farmer profiles with insurance/market info on mobile
- Monthly pension for farmers
- Sensor-based irrigation systems
- Chure conservation and scientific embankment
Youth & Employment
- One household, one employment guarantee
- Nepal as Global IT Hub
- Seed money Rs 10-25 lakh for innovative youth
- Mandatory technical skill for every graduate
- IT Army brother organization for youth tech skills
- Vocational training integration
Education & Health
- Free quality healthcare for serious illnesses
- Smart Classrooms in government schools
- One household, one technician policy
- One local level, one sports ground
- Digital Health Card for every citizen
- Model hospital in every city
- One tap, one drain policy for sanitation
- Women empowerment: gas stoves, cycles, laptops for girls
Infrastructure & Energy
- Optical fiber along all major highways (digital corridor)
- Expansion of major highways
- Utility corridor to solve road-digging problem
- Digital Twin mapping for major cities
- Vertical housing for landless poor
- Hydropower development with modern technology
- Cheap electricity for industrial revolution
- Water trading (Himalayan Origin water brand)
- Waste to Energy technology
Foreign Policy
- Economic diplomacy as core of foreign policy
- Embassies as Investment Hubs
- Balanced relations with India and China above politics
- Promote Nepali products (handicraft, tea, herbs) globally
- Tourism: Nepal as major destination
- Attract FDI as priority over foreign aid
National Security
- Cyber Security Command establishment
- Smart Policing with modern tech, forensic labs, drone surveillance
- CCTV and sensor technology on borders
- Digital Early Warning System at local level
- Community participation in national security
🏛️ Governance Model: Maulapur Model
Maulapur Municipality in Rautahat as proof of concept - zero tax municipality with free electricity, irrigation, education, drinking water. 40% budget for education, urban doctors and masters instead of police.
- Zero tax municipality
- Free electricity, irrigation, education, drinking water
- 40% budget allocated to education
- Urban Masters and Doctors instead of police
- Pucca homes for Dalit settlements
- Economic support for women (gas stoves, cycles, laptops)
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जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल
Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal
"Towards prosperity through struggle"
Freedom, Federalism, Equality, Social Justice, Prosperity, Socialism
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Madhesi-based socialist party advocating for identity-based federalism, social justice for marginalized communities, and inclusive development
Identity-based federalism
Social justice for Madhesi and marginalized communities
Free education and health
Scientific agriculture
Corruption-free society
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Federalism & Identity
- Identity-based federalism as core principle
- Rights of all nationalities, religions, cultures recognized
- Coexistence of diverse communities
- Inclusive development for all regions
- Proportional representation for all groups in state structures
Social Justice & Equality
- End discrimination based on caste, religion, gender, geography
- Equal access to all state structures
- Respect for workers and laborers
- Pension for farmers with fertilizer, seed, market guarantees
- Special opportunities for Dalits and marginalized communities
- Women empowerment as priority
Education & Health as Rights
- Free education and health as fundamental rights - stop their commercialization
- Universal access to quality education
- Government responsibility for education and health quality
- Education and employment as birthright of citizens
Agriculture & Economy
- Scientific agricultural system establishment
- Agricultural industrialization
- Farmer-friendly market and price guarantee
- Support for agricultural cooperatives
Anti-Corruption
- Corruption-free Nepali society as goal
- Strong voice against corruption
- Transparent governance
Campaign Slogans
"Sangharshasangai Samriddhitarfa - Towards prosperity through struggle"
"Progressive change and development - the only way to build the nation"
"Identity-based federalism, equality and coexistence - our campaign"
"JSP Nepal's strong voice - corruption-free Nepali society"
"JSP Nepal's desire - establishment of prosperous Nepal"
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उज्यालो नेपाल पार्टी
Ujyalo Nepal Party
"Not talk but work, not speeches but results"
Result-oriented governance, Prosperity, Social Justice, Digital Economy
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Result-oriented party with detailed quantified targets; focus on hydropower, exports, employment generation, and digital economy; commitment to annual Report Cards
📊 Quantified Targets
GDP
~$45 Billion → $70 Billion
Exports
~$2 Billion → $10 Billion
Hydropower
~2,700 MW → 12,000 MW
Foreign Tourists
~1,000,000 → 2,000,000
Unemployment Rate
10.7% → Below 8%
Poverty Rate
20.27% → Below 15%
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | ~$45 Billion | $70 Billion | $111 Billion | USD Billion |
| Exports | ~$2 Billion | $10 Billion | $20 Billion | USD Billion |
| Hydropower | ~2,700 MW | 12,000 MW | 25,000 MW | MW |
| Foreign Tourists | ~1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Tourists/year |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.7% | Below 8% | Below 5% | % |
| Poverty Rate | 20.27% | Below 15% | Below 10% | % |
| Annual Jobs Created | ~200,000 | 900,000 | — | Jobs/year |
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Constitutional Reform
- Right to good governance as fundamental right in constitution
- Reduce Parliament seats: 275 → 201 (Pratinidhi Sabha)
- Reduce Provincial Assembly: 550 → 330 seats
- Federal ministries limited to 15
- Provincial ministries: 5-7 max
- No Ministers of State or Assistant Ministers
- Direct election of Chief Ministers in provinces
- Party-free local elections
- No Vote (NOTA) option
- Voting from outside district and abroad
- Annual Report Card on commitments
Anti-Corruption Campaign
- Lifetime ban from public office for corrupt officials
- Nationalization of corrupt officials' property
- Ujyalo Hotline - 5% reward to whistleblowers from recovered amount
- Mandatory online annual property declaration for all public officials
- Online property nationalization system
Hydropower & Energy
- 1,000 shares campaign: every household gets minimum 1,000 shares in hydropower projects at primary price
- Poor families get soft loans to buy shares
- Workers' labor converted to shares
- Peoples Hydropower Fund: 20% of revenue after 30-year PPA
- National Prosperity Fund from hydro exports: 15% of export revenue
- Crypto mining, data centers attracted with hydropower
- Export to India, Bangladesh, China
- Carbon Neutral Nepal: 25,000 MW by 2035, 40,000 MW by 2045
Universal Healthcare
- Free healthcare at designated hospitals
- Mobile clinic and telemedicine for rural areas
- Mental health counselor in every ward
- Minimum one specialist (orthopedics, gynecology, pediatrics) per local health facility
- Malnutrition-focused programs for mothers and children
Education Reform
- Free university education for every citizen
- 50% vocational in +2 curriculum with mandatory 100-day internship
- Monthly Rs 10,000 labor market entry allowance for students
- Education Savings Account: Rs 15,000 for every newborn
- Smart School: digital classroom, internet, digital library for 10 grades
- Nepal to be fully literate nation in short time
Agriculture Revolution
- Direct subsidy to farmers' bank accounts (DBT)
- Organic Agriculture Revolution: 50% organic farming in 5 years
- Govt buys agricultural produce at 20% above cost price
- Agricultural Cooperative Startup Fund: Rs 25 lakh soft loans for 5 years for youth farmer groups
- Free electricity for agricultural irrigation
- Subsidized electricity for commercial farming (fish, poultry, goats, mushrooms, tea)
Irrigation Mega Projects
- Complete Sunkoshi-Marin Diversion, Bheri-Babai Diversion
- Rani-Jamara-Kulharia, Babai, Sikta, Mahakali irrigation projects
- 3 lakh hectares surface irrigation in 5 years
- Underground irrigation: 3 lakh hectares in Terai in 5 years
- Lift irrigation: 2 lakh hectares in hills in 5 years
Infrastructure Development
- 8,000 km roads blacktopped in 5 years
- 4,000 km gravel roads
- 3,000 km new tracks
- Kathmandu-Nijgadh, East-West, Mid-Hill, Hulaki highways upgraded
- Raxaul-Kathmandu-Kerung railway feasibility and investment
- Waterway feasibility on Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali
- 13 cities as Smart Cities by 2040
- Optical fiber + 5G coverage
- Pokhara and Bhairahawa airports expanded
Tourism Decade 2026-2035
- 35 lakh tourists by 2035
- 365-day tourist destination branding internationally
- Tourism as Rs 10 billion revenue annually
- Religious, spiritual, health, education, adventure tourism
- 10 boutique airports
- Trekking routes, cable cars, homestay upgraded
- Sustainable Tourism Fund: Rs 5 billion
- Rural women tourism entrepreneurs supported
Youth Programs
- Ujyalo Youth Employment Fair in all 7 provinces
- Free skill training for 16-35 age group
- 10 lakh youth employed domestically in 5 years
- Zero-interest loans up to Rs 10 lakh from entrepreneurship fund with mentorship
- 101-member Youth Parliament for 18-35 age group for leadership development
- 5 lakh youth: coding, AI, cybersecurity training in 5 years
Industry & Trade
- Himalayan water (regulated), local spirits, herbal products branded for export
- Industrial hub modernization with better infrastructure
- Single window system for industry with tax and electricity subsidies
- Sick industries revival through PPP model
Non-Resident Nepalis
- Citizenship by descent - once Nepali always Nepali
- Children and grandchildren of diaspora get citizenship
- Gurkha veterans: equal pension advocacy with UK/India
- Gurkha veterans citizenship by descent
Social Protection
- Family Protection Package: comprehensive support if primary earner dies
- Social housing: 1 lakh families targeted annually
- Land distribution for landless Dalits and poor
- High-level Land Commission
Digital & Legal Reform
- Data Protection Act, Cybersecurity Act, AI Policy
- Blockchain for transparency and anti-corruption
- Mega Data Centers
- Nepal IT Hub: Rs 10 billion startup fund, IT parks in 7 provinces
- Digital Skills: 6 lakh youth trained in coding, AI, cybersecurity
Disaster Risk Reduction
- Building Code enforcement with risk-indexed development
- Early warning systems reaching all communities
- Climate-adapted green infrastructure
- Mandatory disaster insurance for all citizens
🗂️ Annual Report Card
Government will publicly release annual Report Cards on implementation progress of all commitments, allowing voters to directly evaluate performance
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राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
"A nation that harms none shall prevail"
Constitutional Monarchy, Sanatan Dharma, Nationalism, Conservatism, Good Governance
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Advocates constitutional monarchy, Sanatan Hindu state, abolition of federalism, and systemic reform against corruption, political instability, and foreign interference
Federal democratic republic failed to deliver stability
Excessive corruption institutionalized
Foreign interference in national affairs
Political parties captured state institutions
National identity and history undermined
Economic policies weakened domestic production
📊 Quantified Targets
Economic Growth Rate
4.6 → 7 %+ within five years
Hydropower Capacity
3800 → 28,500 MW by 2035
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Growth Rate | 4.6 | 7 %+ within five years | — | % |
| Hydropower Capacity | 3800 | 28,500 MW by 2035 | — | MW |
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
State Structure & Governance
- Constitutional monarchy as guardian institution
- Abolition of federalism
- Two-tier governance: central and strong local level
- Non-party local governments
- Electoral system reform
Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law
- High-level commission to investigate post-2046 corruption
- Confiscation of illegal property
- Whistleblower protection law
- Conflict of interest law
- Independent constitutional appointments
- Judicial restructuring
Economy & Private Sector
- Private sector as main driver of economy
- Economic Reform 3.0
- Protection-oriented development
- One Window System for business
- Ban strikes and shutdowns in industries
- Revival of sick industries
Energy & Hydropower
- Energy Production Decade
- 28,500 MW hydropower target
- Green energy export to India, Bangladesh, China
- Domestic electricity consumption promotion
- Free electricity for poorest households
Agriculture
- Chemical fertilizer factories
- Import substitution strategy
- Farmer-direct subsidy system
- Crop and livestock insurance
- High-value crop promotion by region
Tourism
- Religious tourism based on Hindu, Buddhist, Kirat heritage
- Adventure tourism expansion
- Health and wellness tourism
- Simplified trekking permits
- Removal from aviation blacklist
Foreign Policy
- Nepal First, Nepali First
- Non-alignment and Panchasheel
- Reject unequal treaties
- Economic diplomacy
- No foreign military use of Nepali land
National Security
- Strengthen Nepali Army
- Depoliticize police and investigation agencies
- National unity and sovereignty protection
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नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी
Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
"Serve the nation and the people selflessly"
Marxist class politics, Anti-Imperialism, Workers–Peasants Unity
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Marxist party advocating class-based politics, workers–peasants unity, anti-imperialism, national sovereignty, and opposition to comprador capitalism
Bourgeois parliamentary democracy serves ruling class interests
Foreign imperialist influence in state policy
Privatization harming public education and health
Workers treated as cheap labor
Peasants pushed into debt and landlessness
National culture distorted by commercial interests
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
State, Democracy & Class Politics
- People-oriented democracy
- Opposition to bourgeois parliamentarism
- Political education of workers and peasants
- Class-based representation
- Anti-imperialist national policy
Economy & National Production
- Self-reliant national economy
- Protection of domestic industries
- Opposition to neoliberal privatization
- Import substitution
- Planned economic development
Agriculture & Peasants
- Land rights for peasants
- State support for agricultural production
- Opposition to land commodification
- Fair price for farm produce
- Cooperative-based farming
Workers & Employment
- Workers’ rights protection
- Job security and fair wages
- Opposition to labor exploitation
- Union rights
- End to contractual insecurity
Education & Health
- Free and public education
- Opposition to commercialization of education
- Free basic healthcare
- State responsibility in health services
Culture & Society
- Protection of national culture
- Opposition to cultural commodification
- Promotion of progressive culture
- Class-conscious social values
Foreign Policy
- Anti-imperialist foreign policy
- Non-alignment
- Opposition to unequal treaties
- National sovereignty first
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नेपाली कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी
Nepali Communist Party
"Good governance and employment are the foundation of socialism"
Scientific Socialism, Marxism–Leninism, National Sovereignty, Social Justice
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
Positions itself as the core revolutionary communist force advocating scientific socialism, national sovereignty, anti-imperialism, good governance, and employment-led economic transformation
Scientific socialism
Good governance
Employment-led growth
Anti-corruption
National sovereignty
📊 Quantified Targets
Annual Employment Creation
- → 500,000
Poverty Rate (5 years)
20%+ → 5%
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Employment Creation | - | 500,000 | — | Jobs/year |
| Poverty Rate (5 years) | 20%+ | 5% | — | % |
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Governance & Political Stability
- Reform of governance system to ensure stability and accountability
- Merit-based appointments in constitutional and public institutions
- Downsizing oversized cabinets and reducing state expenditure
- Clear separation between political leadership and administration
Anti-Corruption & Transparency
- High-level commission to investigate assets of past and present public officials
- Nationalization of illegally acquired property
- Strengthened Lokpal with merged anti-corruption bodies
- Digital, faceless, paperless public service delivery
Economic Transformation
- Production-based socialist economy
- State-led industrialization using domestic raw materials
- Reduce import dependency and expand exports
- Public, private and cooperative sector balance
Employment & Labor
- Five million jobs within five years
- Returnee migrant entrepreneurship program
- Priority employment for marginalized communities
- Skill-based vocational expansion
Education, Health & Social Security
- End commercialization of education and healthcare
- Universal access to quality public education and health
- Guaranteed food, housing, health and employment as rights
श्रम संस्कृति पार्टी
Shram Sanskriti Party
"Dignity in labour, prosperity through labour"
Harkawad (balance of Nature + Culture + Technology), Labour-centred development, Welfare state, Direct presidential governance, Non-alignment, Anti-corruption and civic discipline
FPTP Candidates
Contested
PR Candidates
Contested
📋 Context
A labour-culture focused party proposing 'Harkawad'—balanced development of nature, culture and technology—along with a directly elected executive president, non-aligned foreign policy, strong transparency/anti-corruption via digital records, practical education and skills, agriculture-led import substitution, and an expansive social protection agenda.
Politics has remained ‘talk-heavy’ while practical delivery and discipline are missing.
Federal/provincial structures are viewed as bloated and in need of streamlining for service delivery.
Corruption and illegal money are enabled by weak record-keeping and non-transparent spending; leaders even seek foreign treatment instead of improving local services.
Urban/Kathmandu-centric development has widened rural–urban gaps and neglected border and remote areas.
Education is seen as overly theoretical, producing unemployment rather than skills and production-oriented citizens.
Strikes/shutdown culture and politicization of public institutions (bureaucracy, security, education, health, media) undermine governance.
📊 Quantified Targets
Executive President term
- → 5 years
Maximum times a person can be elected President
- → Up to 4 times (as stated)
Women’s participation in all bodies
- → 50%
Naturalized citizenship eligibility for foreign spouse
- → After 5 years of continuous residence
National plan horizon
- → 5-year plan aligned to 10-year goals
Year-round electricity generation
- → Through reservoir-based projects + solar/wind
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive President term | - | 5 years | — | |
| Maximum times a person can be elected President | - | Up to 4 times (as stated) | — | |
| Women’s participation in all bodies | - | 50% | — | % |
| Naturalized citizenship eligibility for foreign spouse | - | After 5 years of continuous residence | — | years |
| National plan horizon | - | 5-year plan aligned to 10-year goals | — | |
| Year-round electricity generation | - | Through reservoir-based projects + solar/wind | — |
🗂️ Key Policy Areas
Political & Constitutional
- Directly elect an executive President by popular vote with a 5-year term; limit re-election (cap mentioned as four terms).
- President forms a government that can include experts outside parliament; MPs joining cabinet lose their parliamentary seat.
- Rebalance the legislature: National Assembly with equal provincial representation; House with proportional representation by population.
- Reform provincial government structures to reduce unnecessary burden and improve service delivery.
- Ensure proportional inclusion for indigenous groups, Janajati, Khas-Arya, Madhesi, Dalit, Muslim and other marginalized communities.
Economy, Trade & Industry
- Adopt a 5-year development plan linked to 10-year national economic goals, keeping economic development at the center of physical planning.
- Promote import substitution and export-oriented production; control illegal trade, black marketing and commission-based intermediaries.
- Build industrial zones and ‘one village–one industry’; expand invention centers and commercialize innovations; reduce imports of automobiles/electronics by encouraging domestic production.
- Use PPP models for key economic institutions and infrastructure while ensuring national-interest safeguards.
- Use scientific, progressive taxation (burden on the rich, relief for the poor) and end monopoly practices.
Governance, Transparency & Anti‑Corruption
- Live/transparent decision-making: make meetings public where possible and publish key decisions and spending.
- Maintain digital records of financial accounts and transactions; expose ‘unknown source’ wealth.
- Build citizen networks and strengthen oversight institutions to prevent corruption.
- Keep state institutions non-partisan: civil servants, police, journalists and judiciary should be politically neutral; simplify procedures to reduce delays.
- Replace ‘permanent job as entitlement’ culture with performance-based accountability, including suspension/dismissal for non-performance.
Agriculture, Land & Environment
- Prioritize agriculture in budget; incentivize farmers; ensure fair markets for farm products and expand agro-based industries in villages.
- Land management reforms: stop unnecessary land plotting and fragmentation; apply land ceilings; ensure the right to housing; solve squatter issues with planned approaches.
- Community/cooperative farming; improved seed/fertilizer production and technology transfer; subsidies and insurance; relief for small and low-income farmers.
- Protect forests and natural resources with integrated multipurpose use; control floods/landslides; expand tree-planting and reduce carbon emissions; apply ILO 169 principles for resource use with local consent.
- Promote herbs/medicinal plants production, processing and management.
Youth, Labour & Employment
- Make labour and ‘labour donation’ central to nation-building; reduce stigma against manual work and ensure labour rights.
- Shift workers toward entrepreneurship; support ‘one house–one self-employment’ and organize job fairs.
- Expand rural self-employment programs, create unemployment support mechanisms, and ensure workers’ access to health/education via registration and insurance.
- Gen Z agenda: incorporate youth aspirations into national plans, stop political misuse of youth, and engage youth in production and innovation.
- Discourage strikes/shutdowns that disrupt work and production; emphasize training and workplace safety.
Education & Health
- Shift to life-useful, practical education: reduce excessive theory and content load; expand vocational skills (driving, carpentry, electrical, masonry, etc.).
- Embed ‘labour culture’ and civic responsibility in education; expand mother-tongue education and close rural–urban quality gaps; keep teachers out of partisan politics.
- Strengthen preventative public health: awareness campaigns, first-aid training in schools/communities, nutrition programs, and basic health services free.
- Improve domestic health system quality so leaders don’t seek treatment abroad; keep health sector non-political; expand rural health services.
- Integrate herbs and medicine production into the health economy; provide insurance/free treatment for poor, labourers, farmers and persons with disabilities.
Infrastructure, Transport & Urban Planning
- Expand road networks, build fast links to provincial capitals, and develop north–south corridors connecting border points; strengthen government air services and airports.
- Modernize public transport and invest in road safety systems, training and technology to reduce accidents.
- Plan cities via master plans; provide water, electricity and roads before allowing new settlements; manage waste and public facilities.
- Develop tourism infrastructure (airports, hotels, transport, info centers) and promote eco, cultural and sports tourism.
Foreign Policy
- Non-aligned foreign policy: avoid joining war blocs and prevent Nepal’s land/air/resources from being used in others’ wars.
- Prioritize national interest, sovereignty and balanced relations; pursue economic diplomacy and trade benefits.
- Position Nepal as a trade bridge between India and China without compromising national interest.
National Security & Citizenship
- Strengthen border integrity and stop encroachment; maintain security agencies per constitution with the President as commander-in-chief; enable local policing.
- Citizenship by mother or father; naturalized citizenship for foreign spouses after 5 years’ residence and renouncing prior citizenship; temporary residence documents for those without citizenship.
- Guarantee equality and protection against discrimination, with special safeguards for historically victimized groups.
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☀️ Nepal Communist Party (UML) — Progress Toward 2030 Targets
Economic Size
- → NPR 100 trillion in 5 years; NPR 200 trillion in 10 years
Minimum Wage
- → 25,000
☀️ All Quantified Targets — Nepal Communist Party (UML)
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Size | - | NPR 100 trillion in 5 years; NPR 200 trillion in 10 years | — | NPR |
| Minimum Wage | - | 25,000 | — | NPR/month |
GDP Growth Trajectory
Hydropower Targets (MW)
Employment & Poverty Targets
Export Growth Targets
Progress Toward 2030 Targets
💡 Ujyalo Nepal Party — Progress Toward 2030 Targets
GDP
~$45 Billion → $70 Billion
Exports
~$2 Billion → $10 Billion
Hydropower
~2,700 MW → 12,000 MW
Foreign Tourists
~1,000,000 → 2,000,000
Unemployment Rate
10.7% → Below 8%
Poverty Rate
20.27% → Below 15%
Annual Jobs Created
~200,000 → 900,000
💡 All Quantified Targets — Ujyalo Nepal Party
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | ~$45 Billion | $70 Billion | $111 Billion | USD Billion |
| Exports | ~$2 Billion | $10 Billion | $20 Billion | USD Billion |
| Hydropower | ~2,700 MW | 12,000 MW | 25,000 MW | MW |
| Foreign Tourists | ~1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Tourists/year |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.7% | Below 8% | Below 5% | % |
| Poverty Rate | 20.27% | Below 15% | Below 10% | % |
| Annual Jobs Created | ~200,000 | 900,000 | — | Jobs/year |
⚒️ Rastriya Prajatantra Party — Progress Toward 2030 Targets
Economic Growth Rate
4.6 → 7 %+ within five years
Hydropower Capacity
3800 → 28,500 MW by 2035
⚒️ All Quantified Targets — Rastriya Prajatantra Party
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Growth Rate | 4.6 | 7 %+ within five years | — | % |
| Hydropower Capacity | 3800 | 28,500 MW by 2035 | — | MW |
⭐ Nepali Communist Party — Progress Toward 2030 Targets
Annual Employment Creation
- → 500,000
Poverty Rate (5 years)
20%+ → 5%
⭐ All Quantified Targets — Nepali Communist Party
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Employment Creation | - | 500,000 | — | Jobs/year |
| Poverty Rate (5 years) | 20%+ | 5% | — | % |
Shram Sanskriti Party — Progress Toward 2030 Targets
Executive President term
- → 5 years
Maximum times a person can be elected President
- → Up to 4 times (as stated)
Women’s participation in all bodies
- → 50%
Naturalized citizenship eligibility for foreign spouse
- → After 5 years of continuous residence
National plan horizon
- → 5-year plan aligned to 10-year goals
Year-round electricity generation
- → Through reservoir-based projects + solar/wind
All Quantified Targets — Shram Sanskriti Party
| Indicator | Current | 2030 Target | 2035 Target | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive President term | - | 5 years | — | |
| Maximum times a person can be elected President | - | Up to 4 times (as stated) | — | |
| Women’s participation in all bodies | - | 50% | — | % |
| Naturalized citizenship eligibility for foreign spouse | - | After 5 years of continuous residence | — | years |
| National plan horizon | - | 5-year plan aligned to 10-year goals | — | |
| Year-round electricity generation | - | Through reservoir-based projects + solar/wind | — |