# Nepal

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Nepal
- **ISO code**: NP
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / South Asia

## In brief

Nepal has 3 recorded AI policy instruments, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. National AI policy adopted (2025); no binding AI-specific law; privacy and electronic-transaction laws apply. Regulators include Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT), Nepal Law Commission. Nepal is at an early stage of AI governance.

## Overview

Nepal is at an early stage of AI governance. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) published a concept paper on the use and practice of AI in 2024 and the Council of Ministers approved a National AI Policy in 2025 that sets objectives for AI development, ethics, data and institutional arrangements. There is no AI-specific legislation. Applicable law comes from the Electronic Transactions Act 2063 (2008), the Individual Privacy Act 2075 (2018) and its regulations, the National Cyber Security Policy 2080 (2023) and sector rules, alongside the Digital Nepal Framework.

## Regulatory status

National AI policy adopted (2025); no binding AI-specific law; privacy and electronic-transaction laws apply. Source certainty for policy documents is medium because official English-language texts and stable document URLs are limited; every record here must be verified against MoCIT publications.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Electronic Transactions Act 2063, Individual Privacy Act 2075 and the Individual Privacy Regulation 2077, sector rules from Nepal Rastra Bank and the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Guidance / policy: National AI Policy 2082 (2025), the 2024 AI concept paper, Digital Nepal Framework 2019, National Cyber Security Policy 2080.

## Current priorities

Implementing the National AI Policy's institutional arrangements, drafting AI-related legislation and standards, data governance and digital public infrastructure, and capacity building.

## Regulators

- Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) — ICT and AI policy lead — https://mocit.gov.np/
- Nepal Law Commission — Official repository of Acts and regulations — https://lawcommission.gov.np/

## How to use this profile

- Treat the Individual Privacy Act 2075 as the main binding constraint for AI using personal data in Nepal.
- Use the National AI Policy to anticipate future regulation and public-sector procurement expectations.
- Confirm every policy claim against the MoCIT website, and note the Nepali calendar (Bikram Sambat) dates used in official documents.

## Official sources

- Ministry of Communication and Information Technology — publications — Government of Nepal, MoCIT — https://mocit.gov.np/
- Nepal Law Commission — Acts and Regulations — Government of Nepal — https://lawcommission.gov.np/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (3)

- **Concept Paper on the Use and Practice of Artificial Intelligence in Nepal** — Consultation, Under consultation, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-concept-paper-on-the-use-and-practice-of-artificial-intelligence-in-nepal
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-concept-paper-on-the-use-and-practice-of-artificial-intelligence-in-nepal.md
- **Individual Privacy Act, 2075 (2018) — Nepal** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-individual-privacy-act
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-individual-privacy-act.md
- **National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2082 (2025) — Nepal** — Policy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-national-ai-policy
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-national-ai-policy.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-regulation-nepal
- **Official source**: https://mocit.gov.np/
- **Source document**: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of Nepal
- **Published by**: Government of Nepal
- **Provision**: Policy document URLs to be confirmed by reviewer
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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