# Nepal's Council of Ministers approves the National AI Policy

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2025-08-01
- **Jurisdiction**: Nepal
- **Instrument**: National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2082 (2025) — Nepal
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## What changed

The cabinet approved the National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2082, Nepal's first national AI policy. Exact approval date and the published text need confirmation from MoCIT.

## What it means in practice

Organisations in Nepal should expect implementing measures, institutions and possible legislation to follow.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-08-nepal-national-ai-policy-approved
- **Official source**: https://mocit.gov.np/
- **Source document**: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
- **Published by**: Government of Nepal
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-24
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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