The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Federal Affairs approved the establishment of land banks in four more local units on October 15, 2026, bringing the number of local units permitted to set up land banks across Nepal to nine. The newly approved areas are Satyawati, Madane and Dhurkot rural municipalities in Gulmi district, and Ribdikot Rural Municipality in Palpa district.
Four new approvals in Gulmi and Palpa
The latest approvals cover three rural municipalities in Gulmi and one in neighbouring Palpa. Satyawati, Madane and Dhurkot are the Gulmi local units included in the decision, while Ribdikot is the newly approved local unit in Palpa.
The ministry’s decision gives all four local units permission to establish land banks. The reported approvals expand the list of local units authorized to pursue the arrangement from five to nine. The report did not identify the five local units that had received approval earlier.
The decision concerns permission to establish land banks. The information available on the approvals does not state when the four municipalities will begin setting them up, or provide details about their planned operations, land holdings or implementation schedules.
Total number of permitted local units reaches nine
The increase to nine marks the addition of four local units to the group permitted to establish land banks. The new approvals are concentrated in two districts: three of the four are in Gulmi, and the remaining one is in Palpa. No further district-level breakdown of the previously approved local units was provided in the report.
The ministry’s approval is the key development announced in the report. It identifies the local units covered by the latest decision and confirms the new total, but does not give additional information about the criteria used to select them or the process they must follow after receiving permission.
What the announcement confirms
The reported decision establishes three clear points: the ministry approved four additional local units, those units are Satyawati, Madane, Dhurkot and Ribdikot, and the total number of local units permitted to establish land banks now stands at nine. The approvals were reported on October 15, 2026.
The announcement does not say that land banks are already operating in the four municipalities. It confirms authorization to establish them, rather than their completion or launch. Further information would be needed to establish the timeline, operating arrangements and practical steps each local unit plans to take.
For now, the expansion is reflected in the wider coverage of local units holding permission to set up land banks. The ministry’s latest approvals add three rural municipalities in Gulmi and one in Palpa to that group, taking the reported total to nine.
