Kathmandu, Mar. 15 :His Majesty’s Government has formed the Decentralisation Implementation and Monitoring Executive Committee under the convenorship of the Minister for Local Development.

The committee has the local development secretary as ex-officio member, and decentralisation expert Ram Chandra Pokharel of Tanahu, legal expert Srihari Aryal of Kathmandu and rural development expert Chakra Mehar Bajracharya of Lalitpur as members.

Similarly, joint secretary at the Ministry of Local Development Khemraj Nepal is member-secretary of the Executive Committee.

The term of office of the Executive Committee members will be three years, according to a press release of the Ministry.

The committee has been formed in accordance with the Local Self-Governance Act-2055 B.S.