Village development committee (Nepal)
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A village development committee (
Purpose
The purpose of village development committees is to organise the village people structurally at a local level and creating a partnership between the community and the public sector for improved service delivery system. A village development committee has the status as an autonomous institution and the authority for interacting with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. In doing so, the village development committee gives the village people an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization, distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies. The village development committees within a given area discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and also monitor and record progress which is displayed in census data.[3]
Organization
In a village development committee, there was one elected chief, usually elected with an over 80% majority.
Dissolution
The village development committee structure was dissolved on 10 March 2017 to be replaced by
Wards and electoral divisions of Nepal
Previous village development committees were either merged with existing
See also
- Land-use planning
- List of village development committees of Nepal
- Palakot wodapalika (पालाकोट वडापालिका)
- Rural community council, England
- Village development committee (India)
References
- ^ "Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nepal - list & details". Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ Government of Nepal, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Archived 2 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Village Development Committee". Society for Community Support for Primary Education in Balochistan. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2008..
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Government announces dissolution of VDCs, birth of village councils". Online Khabar. Retrieved 12 April 2017.