# National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2082 (2025) — Nepal

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Nepal
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Government of Nepal, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
- **Adopted**: 2025-08-01

## In brief

The Nepal National AI Policy is a non-binding policy of Nepal, issued by the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. It was adopted on 1 August 2025. Government ministries and agencies implementing the policy; indirectly the private sector, academia and development partners engaged in AI in Nepal. Penalties: None; policy document.

## Summary

Nepal's National AI Policy sets the government's direction for developing and using artificial intelligence. Based on the published summaries, it aims to build AI infrastructure and skills, promote ethical and responsible AI, strengthen data governance, establish institutional arrangements for AI oversight, and prepare legal and regulatory measures. It is a policy framework, not a law, and does not itself create enforceable obligations on private organisations.

## Scope

Government ministries and agencies implementing the policy; indirectly the private sector, academia and development partners engaged in AI in Nepal. Specific measures, timelines and institutions must be confirmed from the official text.

## Who it applies to

Government of Nepal bodies (primary); AI developers and deployers in Nepal through future rules.

## What organisations must do

No mandatory duties yet. Organisations should monitor MoCIT for implementing legislation, standards and procurement rules, and ensure compliance with the Individual Privacy Act 2075 when using personal data.

## Key dates

Concept paper on AI published by MoCIT in 2024; National AI Policy approved by the Council of Ministers in 2025 (month to be confirmed).

## Penalties

None; policy document.

## Notes on dates

adopted_on is a month-level approximation (August 2025); confirm the exact cabinet decision date.

## Obligations recorded against this instrument (1)

- **Government bodies to promote ethical, responsible and inclusive AI (policy commitment)** (Policy objectives and strategies (to be confirmed against the official text)) — The policy commits the government to ethical, transparent and inclusive AI, data governance and institutional oversight. The specific strategies and any obligations on private actors must be confirmed from the official document; this record intentionally does not state details that could not be verified.
  - Binding: no
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/nepal-ai-policy-responsible-ai-principles

## Dated deadlines

- 2025-08-01 — National AI Policy approved by the Council of Ministers (precision: month, status: scheduled)

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0140 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0140; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-national-ai-policy
- **Official source**: https://mocit.gov.np/
- **Source document**: National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2082 (MoCIT publications page)
- **Published by**: Government of Nepal, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
- **Provision**: Document-level URL to be added by reviewer
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2082 (2025) — Nepal" [AIPT-POL-0140, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0140 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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