The government has formed a new 16 member National Dalit Commission for the period of two years. Earlier, the government had appointed Bhagwat Biswasi as the chairman of the commission.

The new members of the Dalit commission which is there to work for the rights and welfare of the Dalit people include Santoshi BK from Rolpa, Durgi Pawan from Dhanusa, Khadga Bahadur Basyal from Surkhet, Bangali Hajara Paswan from Bara, Karna Bahadur Chunar from Rupandehi, Hom Khati from Dolakha, Sharada Swarnakar from Dang, Bikram Ram from Bara. The remaining are member secretaries.