Nepal Technology, Startup & Digital Governance News

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has published the preliminary draft of Nepal's first comprehensive National Artificial Intelligence Policy, focusing on digital sovereignty, local LLM evaluation frameworks, and public sector automation.

• Prioritizes low-compute Nepali language dataset preservation and open civic tokenization.
• Introduces ethical standards for AI deployment in financial audits and civil registry services.

A new state-backed technology hub has launched in Lakeside, Pokhara, providing high-speed fiber uplinks, cloud workstation credits, and seed mentorship for local software export agencies.

• Partnership with regional universities to offer subsidized digital tooling licenses.
• Includes a hardware testing laboratory for drone topography and hydro-sensor development.