The government has successfully gained approval for five out of six ordinances during today’s sitting of the House of Representatives. These ordinances, which had been issued in December and January when Parliament was not in session, will be replaced by corresponding bills once they pass through the National Assembly.

The ordinances approved by the House include, the Ordinance to Amend Some Nepal Acts Related to Promoting Good Governance and Public Service Delivery-2025; Economic Procedure and Financial Accountability (First Amendment) Ordinance-2025; Privatisation (First Amendment) Ordinance-2025 and Ordinance to Amend Some Nepal Acts Related to Improving Economic and Business Environment and Enhancing Investments-2025. Similarly, the lower house also approved the ordinance to amend cooperative-related laws.

Despite reservations from opposition parties, these ordinances received majority support from lawmakers.

However, the land-related ordinance, which saw strong opposition from Madhesh-based parties in the ruling coalition, will not be discussed further at this stage. The Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal) and the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) had voiced concerns over the provisions in the ordinance, accusing it of benefitting land brokers and facilitating the illegal occupation of public lands. In response to the strong opposition, the ruling coalition decided to hold further discussions on the matter before taking it up again in Parliament.

With the ruling coalition’s majority in the House of Representatives, the ordinances were passed despite the objections from the opposition parties. Both the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML hold a combined majority in the lower house, ensuring the approval of the ordinances.

The ordinances will now move on to the National Assembly for further discussion. If approved there, the government will replace them with regular bills.

The government seems determined to have these ordinances passed before the legal deadline, despite the ongoing debates over the land ordinance.