The provision for the formation of a commission in the land act was removed by amending the land act through an ordinance.
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The government has abolished the Land Problem Resolution Commission. The provision for the formation of the commission in the Act has been removed by amending the Land Act through an ordinance.
The provision for the formation of the commission in the Act, Section 52(a) 3 and 4, has been removed through an ordinance. The provision in that section was that the government can form a commission, committee or task force for the purpose of providing land to the landless Dalits.
Similarly, the provision in Section 52(b) 6, which allows the Government of Nepal to form a commission for the purpose of providing land to the landless squatters, has also been removed. With the removal of those sections, the Commission formed in 2081 BS has ceased to exist.
The Act has made a provision for the Government of Nepal to form a committee or task force at the central and district levels for the purpose of providing land to the landless Dalits and landless squatters and managing unorganized settlements. The provision has been added to Section 52(c).
Now the government will form a committee or task force to provide land to the landless without forming a commission. Damodar Wagle, Assistant Spokesperson of the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, said that the provision regarding the formation of the commission has been removed from the Act. ‘Since the provision for the formation of the commission is not in the Act, there is no point in continuing the commission. It is as if the ongoing commission has been abolished,’ he told Kantipur. ‘The government will form a committee or task force as an alternative to the commission.’
The Act has made provisions that such a committee or task force can identify and register landless Dalits, landless squatters and unorganized settlers for the purpose of providing land, identify land, conduct on-site studies and register land, and collect evidence and provide land. It has been said that the functions, duties, rights and working procedures of the chairperson and members of the committee or task force will be as prescribed.
The Act has brought in provisions to provide for the relocation of landless Dalits or landless squatters living on river banks, lake banks, national parks, reserves, forest areas, within the parameters of roads, or in other risky places.
