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Lesson DISTRICT ASSEMBLY AND
5 DISTRICT CO-ORDINATION

COMMITTEE

Democracy (Loktantra) is called ‘the rule of people’. In democratic system,
people elect their representatives by themselves, and the government is formed
by these representatives. Thus, democracy refers to a political system where
governmental activities, policy formation and development works are carried out
by elected representatives of people.
It is not possible to carry out all the development works and deliver services
to people only by the central government. Thus, three different federal units

(Federation, Provinces, and Local Levels) have been created in our country
to make development and other activities easier and more fruitful. This is a
form of decentralization and also called the federal system. Such different federal
units exercise their power and authority as authorized by the constitution. In our
context, people elect their representatives to form governments of all three levels
(Federal, Provincial and Local Level).

Local Level consists of Rural Municipalities, Municipalities and District
Assemblies. There are 77 districts in Nepal and there is a District Assembly in
each district. Now let’s study about the District Assembly.

District Assembly

District Assembly consists of Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of Rural
Municipalities, and Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Municipalities within
the district. It makes coordination between the Rural Municipalities and
Municipalities within the district. All the functions of the District Assembly are
carried out by the District Coordination Committee.

District Co-ordination Committee
District Assembly elects a District Coordination Committee. District Coordination

Committee consists of a maximum of nine Members including one Chief,
one Deputy Chief, at least three women and at least one Dalit or minority.
A Member of a Rural Municipal Assembly or Municipal Assembly within the
concerned district is eligible to be a candidate for the office of Chief, Deputy

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