District Coordination Committee

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The District Coordination Committee (DCC), is a district-level authority found in Nepal. It was formed on March 14, 2017 to replace the existing district development committee. ^{[1] [2]} There are 77 district coordination committees in Nepal. ^[3]

The Head of a district development committee is elected by the district assembly. The government also appoints a Local Development Officer in each district development committee who heads the DCC in absence of an elected head or deputy head. ^[4]

Formation

The district coordination committee is elected by the District Assembly, which consists of the Heads and Deputy Heads of all the rural municipalities and Mayors and Deputy Mayors of all the municipalities in the district. Nine members are elected for a term of five years by the District Assembly including, one Head, one Deputy Head, at least three women and at least one person from the Dalit or minority community. Only members of the village assembly or municipal assembly in the district are eligible to candidates. ^[5]

Powers, Duties and functions

The DCC acts as an executive to the District Assembly. The DCC coordinates with the Provincial Assembly to establish coordination between the Provincial Assembly and rural municipalities and municipalities and to settle disputes, if any, of political nature. It also maintains coordination between the provincial and Federal government and the local bodies in the district. ^[5]

List of district coordination committees with their heads

SN	District	Nepali	Chief	District Assembly control		Website
1	Taplejung	ताप्लेजुंग	Ghanendra Maden		Nepal Communist Party
2	Panchthar	पाँचथर	Bishnu Prasad Sapkota		Nepal Communist Party
3	Ilam	इलाम	Ganesh Prasad Baral		Nepal Communist Party
4	Jhapa	झापा	Somnath Bishwokarma		Nepal Communist Party
5	Morang	मोरङ	Naresh Prasad Pokharel		No overall control
6	Sunsari	सुनसरी	Gopal Rajbhandari		Nepali Congress
7	Dhankuta	धनकुटा	Tanka Bahadur Chuwan		Nepal Communist Party
8	Tehrathum	तेर्हथुम	Shiva Prasad Dhungana		Nepal Communist Party
9	Sankhuwasabha	संखुवासभा	Suman Shakya		Nepal Communist Party
10	Bhojpur	भोजपुर	Laxman Khadka		Nepal Communist Party
11	Solukhumbu	सोलुखुम्बु	Bir Kumar Rai		Nepal Communist Party
12	Okhaldhunga	ओखलढुङ्गा	Jay Bahadur Shrestha		Nepali Congress
13	Khotang	खोटाङ	Babi Chamling Rai		Nepal Communist Party
14	Udayapur	उदयपुर	Khadga Bahadur Pariyar		Nepal Communist Party
15	Saptari	सप्तरी	Prabhakar Yadav		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
16	Siraha	सिरहा	Ram Chandra Thakur		Nepal Communist Party
17	Dhanusa	धनुषा	Ram Dev Banrait Yadav		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
18	Mahottari	महोत्तरी	Suresh Prasad Singh		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
19	Sarlahi	सर्लाही	Methur Chaudhary		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
20	Sindhuli	सिन्धुली	Shankar Raj Tiwari (Verma)		Nepal Communist Party
21	Ramechhap	रामेछाप	Prem Bahadur Khadka		Nepal Communist Party
22	Dolakha	दोलखा	Dabal Pandey		Nepal Communist Party
23	Sindhupalchowk	सिन्धुपाल्चोक	Gopal Tamang		Nepal Communist Party
24	Kavrepalanchowk	काभ्रेपलाञ्चोक	Uddhav K.C.		Nepal Communist Party
25	Lalitpur	ललितपुर	Ambar Bahadur Khadka		Nepali Congress
26	Bhaktapur	भक्तपुर	Nawaraj Gelal		Nepal Communist Party
27	Kathmandu	काठमाडौं	Shiva Sundar Rajvaidya		Nepal Communist Party
28	Nuwakot	नुवाकोट	Santa Man Tamang		Nepali Congress
29	Rasuwa	रसुवा	Kul Prasad Bhattarai		Nepal Communist Party
30	Dhading	धादिङ	Jagannath Nepal		Nepal Communist Party
31	Makwanpur	मकवानपुर	Raghunath Khulal		Nepal Communist Party
32	Rautahat	रौतहट	Ram Ekwal Rae Yadav		Nepali Congress
33	Bara	बारा	Nawal Kishor Singh Rajput		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
34	Parsa	पर्सा	Nek Mohammad Ansari		Nepal Communist Party
35	Chitwan	चितवन	Krishna Kumar Dallakoti		Nepal Communist Party
36	Gorkha	गोरखा	Ashok Kumar Gurung		Nepali Congress
37	Lamjung	लमजुङ	Lok Raj Pandey		Nepal Communist Party
38	Tanahun	तनहुँ	Shanti Raman Wagle		Nepali Congress
39	Syangja	स्याङ्जा	Sita Kumari Sundas		Nepal Communist Party
40	Kaski	कास्की	Baina Bahadur Chhetri (Adhikari)		Nepal Communist Party
41	Manang	मनाङ	Yagya Prasad Ghale		Nepali Congress
42	Mustang	मुस्ताङ	Chhiring Lhamu Gurung		No overall control
43	Myagdi	म्याग्दी	Devendra Bahadur Katuwal Chhetri		No overall control
44	Parbat	पर्वत	Manohar Bishwokarma (Paudel)		Nepal Communist Party
45	Baglung	बागलुङ	Rajendra Dhungana		Nepal Communist Party
46	Gulmi	गुल्मी	Laxman Parajuli		Nepal Communist Party
47	Palpa	पाल्पा	Daya Raj Basyal		Nepal Communist Party
48	Parasi	परासी	Ches Ram Ale Magar		Nepali Congress
49	Nawalpur	नवलपुर	Shiva Shankar Prasad Rae		Nepali Congress
50	Rupandehi	रुपन्देही	Ek Raj B.K.		Nepal Communist Party
51	Kapilvastu	कपिलवस्तु	Narayan Prasad Khanal		Nepali Congress
52	Arghakhanchi	अर्घाखाँची	Pitambar Sharma		Nepali Congress
53	Pyuthan	प्युठान	Keshav Raj Acharya		No overall control
54	Rolpa	रोल्पा	Raj Bahadur Budha		Nepal Communist Party
55	Eastern Rukum	पूर्वी रुकुम	Gajendra Bahadur Oli		Nepal Communist Party
56	Western Rukum	पश्चिमी रुकुम	Raj Kumar Sharma		Nepal Communist Party
57	Salyan	सल्यान	Kesh Bahadur Bista		Nepal Communist Party
58	Dang	दाङ	Jitendra Man Nepali		Nepal Communist Party
59	Banke	बाँके	Ajay Kumar Shreewastav		No overall control
60	Bardiya	बर्दिया	Shankar Prasad Tharu		Nepal Communist Party
61	Surkhet	सुर्खेत	Chhawi Lal Sigdel		Nepali Congress
62	Dailekh	दैलेख	Prem Bahadur Thapa		Nepal Communist Party
63	Jajarkot	जाजरकोट	Man Bahadur Rawal		Nepali Congress
64	Dolpa	डोल्पा	Sher Bahadur Budha		Nepal Communist Party
65	Jumla	जुम्ला	Lal Bahadur Sarki		Nepal Communist Party
66	Kalikot	कालिकोट	Anipal Shahi		Nepal Communist Party
67	Mugu	मुगु	Purna Bahadur Rokaya		Nepal Communist Party
68	Humla	हुम्ला	Dan Bahadur Rawat		Nepal Communist Party
69	Bajura	बाजुरा	Narendra Kumar Rokaya		Nepali Congress
70	Bajhang	बझाङ	Khadak Bahadur Khadka		Nepal Communist Party
71	Achham	अछाम	Nar Bahadur Kunwar		Nepali Congress
72	Doti	डोटी	Ram Bahadur Airee		Nepal Communist Party
73	Kailali	कैलाली	Surya Bahadur Thapa		Nepal Communist Party
74	Kanchanpur	कञ्चनपुर	Fairu Tamang		Nepal Communist Party
75	Dadeldhura	डडेल्धुरा	Ganesh Raj Bhatta		Nepali Congress
76	Baitadi	बैतडी	Siddha Raj Bhatta		Nepali Congress
77	Darchula	दार्चुला	Karbir Singh Karki		Nepali Congress

See also

• Gaupalika
• List of cities in Nepal
• List of gaupalikas of Nepal
• Village development committee
• District Development Committee

References

1. "New local bodies operational in Province 1". thehimalayantimes.com. March 16, 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
2. Rastriya Samachar Samiti (March 29, 2017). "Jumla locals pleased with new local set up". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
3. "Official websites of District Coordination Committees | Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development". mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
4. Samata, Sapkota. "जिविसहरुको सम्पर्क विवरण | सङ्घीय मामिला तथा स्थानीय विकास मन्त्रालय". mofald.gov.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2017-07-07.
5. "Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

External links

• Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal)