Village Development Committee (Nepal)

Village Development Committee (Nepal)

A Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nepal is the lower administrative part of its Local Development Ministry. Each district has several VDCs, similar to municipalities. A VDC is divided into wards of which, depending on the population of the district, it can have more or less than the average of nine.

In VDCs there is one elected chief. From each ward, there is also a chief that is elected along with these there are also four members elected or nominated.

To keep data, records and to manage administrative works, there is one village secretary. It is appointed from the government permanently, from whom they receive a salary. The ward members, ward chief, and VDC chiefs are not paid a salary but they obtain money according to presence.

VDC is guided from the District Development committee, headquarter, and the chief of DDC is a local development officer (LDO).


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