Local self-government in Nepal
The Constitution of Nepal 2015 defines Nepal as a federal democratic republic organized around three levels of government – federal, state, and local. Henceforth, state is divided into seven provinces and local is divided into 77 districts & 753 local levels. These 753 local units are known as the local level in Nepal. A total of 6,743 wards are formed under these 753 local levels. The Constitution of Nepal 2015 gives 22 powers to these local levels. This enables them to formulate laws to implement these powers. Besides these single powers, there are 15 such concurrent powers that can be implemented by all three level of state, i.e., federation, province, and local levels, in the principles of coordination, cooperation, and coexistence.
