The government has planned to form the land management department to implement the Land Use Policy 2012 formulated eight months back. Government introduced the policy in Baisakh.

The government has formed a nine-member committee to conduct the Organisation and Management survey under the coordination of joint secretary of the Ministry of Land Reform and Management Krishna Bahadur Raut. It has granted the committee 90 days to furnish the report, said Raut who is also spokesperson at the ministry.

The decision was taken as ministry found it difficult to implement the land use policy, he said. “The new department will have officials from agriculture, forest and survey sectors. It will have about 50 employees,” said Raut.

According to him, the ministry has been making changes to land reform, land registration and land revenue policies and directives to accommodate the new policy. The Land Use Policy has plans to categorise land into six different types according to their use.

source: The Himalayan Times,29 Dec 2012