Nepal, May 6 -- The government has tabled a controversial bill to amend the Lands Act in the parliament. The bill aims to revise both the Lands Act, 2021 BS and the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act, 2029 BS.

The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation prepared the draft bill and is now in the registration process in the federal parliament. The draft contains provisions identical to those in the ordinance that the President issued on January 15 after a brief delay.

Although the President issued the ordinance, the House of Representatives (HoR) failed to pass the substitution bill due to controversy, leaving it invalid. On March 26, the ruling parties-the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML-decided not t...