The Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 (2007) - Digital Himalaya

THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION OF NEPAL, 2063 (2007)AS AMENDED BY THE FIRST TO SIXTH AMENDMENTS(13) The State shall pursue the policy of creating conditions to graduallyaccelerate rural development, keeping in view the welfare of majority of therural population.(14) The State shall pursue a policy of making special provision on the basis ofpositive discrimination for the minorities, landless, squatters, bondedlabourers, persons with disability, backward communities and sections, andthe victims of conflict, including women, Dalits, indigenous tribes[AdivasiJanajati], Madhesis and Muslims.(15) The State shall pursue a policy of providing a minimum required piece ofland for settlement to the liberated bonded labourers[kamaiyas] havingdetermined their exact numbers.(16) The State shall pursue a policy of creating basic infrastructure to imparttechnical education, training and orientation for the development of that classof people dependent on labour including farmers and labourers, to motivatetheir participation in the development process of the country.(17) The State shall pursue a policy of making legal provision for allowancesto the aged, incapacitated women and the unemployed.(18) The State shall pursue a policy of modernising the traditional knowledge,skills and practices existing in the country by identifying and protecting them.(19) The State shall pursue a special policy of regulating the operation andmanagement of public and non-governmental organizations established inthe country.(20) The State shall pursue a special policy of mobilizing the youthful humanresources for the development of the country.(21) The foreign policy of Nepal shall be based on the principles of the UnitedNations Charter, nonalignment, the principles of Panchsheel, internationallaw and the norms of world peace.(22) The State shall pursue a policy of making continuous efforts toinstitutionalize peace in Nepal through international norms and values, bypromoting cooperative and good relations in economic, social and other sphereswith neighbouring friendly nations and all other countries of the world, onthe basis of equality.90