[272] By paying stipends for four antenatal visits to health centres and hospitalised delivery, Nepal decreased home-births from 81% in 2006[269] to 41% in 2016. Social classes are defined by more than a hundred endogamous hereditary groups, often termed as jtis, or "castes". During Rana Regime, little was done to institutionalize the Police Organisation, establishing Milisiya, Thana police Chakki, office of Police director general etc. Commanders of the Anglo-Nepalese war, Amar Singh Thapa, Bhakti Thapa, and Balbhadra Kunwar are considered war heroes. [60] The Panchayat rule modernised the country, introducing reforms and developing infrastructure, but curtailed liberties and imposed heavy censorship. Discussion. Newar literature also emerged as a premier literary tradition. The outermost range of the foothills called Sivalik Hills or Churia Range, cresting at 700 to 1,000 metres (2,300 to 3,280ft), marks the limits of the Gangetic Plain. [138] Nepal was ranked 76 out of 163 countries in the Global Peace Index (GPI) in 2019. Nepal's defining geological processes began 75million years ago when the Indian plate, then part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana, began a north-eastward drift caused by seafloor spreading to its south-west, and later, south and south-east. In 2006, an analysis by the United Nations indicates an approximate median of 300 police officers per 100,000 inhabitants. The Police Act, 2012 BS (1955 AD) came into effect. Many cultures paint the walls of their homes with regular patterns, figures of gods and beasts and religious symbols; others paint their walls plain, often with clay or chernozem contrasted with yellow soil or limestone. Every officer around the world or anybody that rats out the Mafia in general has common knowledge that by the privilege of their power, influence and ranking system, they can conduct ruthless acts in order to attain almost anything of desire which also includes the successful annihilation of enemies and innocent families as a revenge retaliation. [341][339] Nepal also fields players and national teams in several tournaments for disabled individuals, most notably in men's[342] as well as women's blind cricket. The traditional kurta suruwal is rarely worn by younger women, who increasingly favour jeans. Along with Armed Police Force, the police of Nepal is responsible for maintaining law and order and prevention of crime according to the constitution of Nepal and is under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Seventy years after Nepal Police started appointing women, the female work force makes up to 8.5 per cent of the total number of staff in Nepal Police, while they constitute 12 per cent of Armed Police Force, and 4.5 per cent of the Nepali Army. Nepal's flag is the only national flag in the world that is not rectangular in shape. Politics. The district coordination committee, a committee composed of all elected officials from the local governments in the district, has a very limited role.[3][127]. The president is the symbol of national unity. The emblem consists of: Flag of Nepal as the crest [22][23][24][17] It has also been proposed that Nepa is a Tibeto-Burman stem consisting of Ne (cattle) and Pa (keeper), reflecting the fact that early inhabitants of the valley were Gopalas (cowherds) and Mahispalas (buffalo-herds). The characteristic architecture associated exclusively with Nepal was developed and refined by Newa artisans of the Kathmandu Valley starting no later than the Lichchhavi period. [48] In the eastern hills, a confederation of Kirat principalities ruled the area between Kathmandu and Bengal. The Constitution of Nepal is the supreme law of the land, and any other laws contradicting it are automatically invalid to the extent of the contradiction. Nepal declared untouchability to be illegal in 1963[287] and has since enacted other anti-discriminatory laws and social welfare initiatives. [89] The dramatic differences in elevation found in Nepal (60m from sea level in the Terai plains, to 8,848m Mount Everest)[90] result in a variety of biomes. [307] The simplest form of sewn clothing, Bhoto (a rudimentary vest), is a universal unisex clothing for children, and traditionally the only clothing children wear until they come of age and are given adult garb, sometimes in a ceremonial rite of passage, such as the gunyu-choli ceremony for Hindu girls. Other forms of traditional apparel that involve no stitching or tailoring are patukas (a length of cloth wrapped tightly over the waist by both sexes as a waistband, a part of most traditional Nepali costumes, usually with a khukuri tucked into it when worn by men), scarves like pachhyauras and majetros and shawls like the newar ga and Tibetan khata, ghumtos (the wedding veils) and various kinds of turbans (scarves worn around the head as a part of a tradition, or to keep off the sun or the cold,[306] called a pheta, pagri or sirpau). Urbanisation rate is high in the Terai, doon valleys of the inner Terai and valleys of the middle hills, but low in the high Himalayas. Police basically symbolize Law Enforcement Officials. The sixth point of the treaty directly questions the degree of independence of Nepal. The following list compares the size of police forces and police per head. [204], In 2022, Nepal limited import of non-essential goods after its foreign currency reserves dropped. AIGP Tek Prasad Rai is the executive director of this academy. Nepali film industry is known as "Kollywood". [200] Nepal's import partners include India (47.5%), the United Arab Emirates (11.2%), China (10.7%), Saudi Arabia (4.9%), and Singapore (4%). [298], Nepal's literature was closely intertwined with that of the rest of South Asia until its unification into a modern kingdom. [121] After the 2022 general election, the House of Representatives of 2nd Federal parliament was formed as hung parliament and a coalition government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal was formed in December 2022.[122]. [270] Contraceptive prevalence rate is 53% but the disparity rate between rural and urban areas is high due to a lack of awareness and easy access. Besides having landlocked, rugged geography, few tangible natural resources and poor infrastructure, the ineffective post-1950 government and the long-running civil war are also factors in stunting the country's economic growth and development. Nepal is a signatory to the Geneva Convention, Conventions/Treaties on the prohibition of Biological, Chemical and Nuclear weapons,[131] International Labour Organization Fundamental Conventions, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Paris climate accord. Severe flooding and landslides cause deaths and disease, destroy farmlands and cripple the transport infrastructure of the country, during the monsoon season each year. Later Chinese chronicles describe Nepal's king's palace as an immense structure with many roofs, suggesting that Chinese were not yet familiar with the pagoda architecture, which has now become one of the chief characteristic of Chinese architecture. In the following table, you can see the salary scale of . Download Embed. Nepal has five climatic zones, broadly corresponding to the altitudes. [139], Nepal depends on diplomacy for national defence. [276] In modern times, Tibetans and Bhutanese have constituted a majority of refugees in Nepal. Related: List of public holiday in Nepal 2079. [199] The distribution of wealth among the Nepalis is consistent with that in many developed and developing countries: the highest 10% of households control 39.1% of the national wealth and the lowest 10% control only 2.6%. The NPA is the apex body of all Nepal Police Training Institutions in the country. [34] The earliest inhabitants of modern Nepal and adjoining areas are believed to be people from the Indus Valley civilisation. [49] After another 300 years of Muslim rule, Tirhut came under the control of the Sens of Makawanpur. KATHMANDU, JUNE 22. Nepal Police has arrested Ishan Lamichhane, 20, for allegedly misusing a high ranking police officer's insignia in a social media app called 'clubhouse' which is rapidly . [338][349][350] Very few players are able to make a living as professional sportspeople. [220] All commercial fossil fuels (mainly oil, LPG and coal) are imported, spending 129% of the country's total export revenue. It is possible that the Dravidian people whose history predates the onset of the Bronze Age in the Indian subcontinent (around 6300 BC) inhabited the area before the arrival of other ethnic groups like the Tibeto-Burmans and Indo-Aryans from across the border. [182] The primary sector makes up 27.59% of GDP, the secondary sector 14.6%, and the tertiary sector 57.81%. It is worn with a blouse, or cholo, which serves as the primary upper-body garment, the sari's end, passing over the shoulder, now serving to obscure the upper body's contours, and to cover the midriff. The Indian plate continues to move north relative to Asia at about 50mm (2.0in) per year. [236] The capital, Kathmandu, nicknamed the "City of temples", is the largest city in the country and the cultural and economic heart. Though the spectrum of services provided by the hospital in the initial stage was minimal, it had a great positive impact on all the policemen and medical professionals. [338] Nepal has never won an olympic medal. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the valley's traders. The political parties were banned and politicians imprisoned or exiled. By 250 BC, the southern regions had come under the influence of the Maurya Empire. Ranks help agencies to run more effectively. As this issue has yet to be settled, the 35-forest-type classification is generally preferred to the ecological categorisation. The first contingent of police personnel was deployed in UN Mission in 1991. [223][224][225] Nepal's electrification rate (76%) is comparable to that of other countries in the region but there is significant disparity between the rural (72%) and urban (97%) areas. 95% of children have access to iodised salt, and 86% of children aged 6 59 months receive Vitamin A prophylaxis. Medical Director: AIGP Dr. Asha Singh INDIA BETTER THAN PAKISTAN India ties with Djibouti and Rwanda for the 100th rank, and with a score of 31.4 of 100 (with 0 being best and 100 the worst) but its neighbours in South Asia, Nepal . The main objectives of NPA are: Nepal Police has started using Polygraph system for credibility assessment in criminal and internal disciplinary investigations from 6 February 2014. [234] The annual population growth rate was 1.35% between 2001 and 2011, compared to an average of 2.25% between 1961 and 2001; also attributed to the absentee population.[235]. The Police Reform Commission was constituted in the year 1992 and Modernization of the Police Organisation started to tune with the aspirations of the people and norms of Multi-Party system. It has bilateral diplomatic relations with 167 countries and the EU,[140] has embassies in 30 countries[141] and six consulates,[142] while 25 countries maintain embassies in Nepal, and more than 80 others maintain non-residential diplomatic missions. [113] Nepal has ten national parks, three wildlife reserves, one hunting reserve, three Conservation Areas and eleven buffer zones, covering a total area of 28,959.67km2 (11,181.39sqmi), or 19.67% of the total land area,[114] while ten wetlands are registered under the Ramsar Convention. The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in 2015, affirms the country as a secular federal parliamentary republic divided into seven provinces. Literary works, which were written in Sanskrit by Brahmin priests educated and sometimes also based in Varanasi, included religious texts and other fantasies involving kings, gods and demons. [292] Popular children's games include versions of tag,[321] knucklebones,[321] hopscotch, Duck, duck, goose[321] and lagori, while marbles,[321] top, hoop rolling and gully cricket are also popular among boys. To conduct foundation training's (induction courses) by offering developmental opportunities to the senior police officers and technical police officers. Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, ranked 113rd most corrupt out of 176 governments [5] Press Freedom Index 2017, ranked 100 out of 180 countries [6] Freedom of the Press 2017, ranked 108 out of 198 [7] Democracy Index 2016, ranked 102 out of 167 governments [8] [190] Foreign exchange reserves were at US$9.5billion in July 2019, equivalent to 7.8 months of imports. [17] Suniti Kumar Chatterji believed Nepal originated from Tibeto-Burman roots Ne, of uncertain meaning (as multiple possibilities exist), and pala or bal, whose meaning is lost entirely. RANK-WISE PERSONNEL IN NEPAL POLICE March 28, 2018. Nepal performs most strongly in Governance and Social Capital but is weakest in Natural Environment. [73] These dual processes, driven by convection in the Earth's mantle, both created the Indian Ocean and caused the Indian continental crust eventually to under-thrust Eurasia and to uplift the Himalayas. Only nine countries disclosed values lower than 100 officers per 100,000 inhabitants. In 1923, the United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship that superseded the Sugauli Treaty of 1816. [336][337] Nepal has had some success in athletics and martial arts, having won many medals at the South Asian Games and some at the Asian games. Other large cities in Nepal include Pokhara, Biratnagar, Lalitpur, Bharatpur, Birgunj, Dharan, Hetauda and Nepalgunj. [308] Traditional dresses of many pahari ethnic groups are Daura-Suruwal or similar, with patuka, a dhaka topi and a coat for men, and Gunyu-cholo or similar, with patuka and sometimes a scarf for women. [191][192] The agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable as it is highly dependent on the monsoon rains, with just 28% of the arable land being irrigated, As of 2014[update]. Its epicenter was east of Gorkha District at Barpak, Gorkha, roughly 85 km (53 mi) northwest of . [b] According to Nepl Mahtmya,[c] Nemi was charged with protection of the country by Pashupati. From 2001 to 2011, the average family size declined from 5.44 to 4.9. Nepal Police Ranks include IGP, AIG, DIG, SSP, SP, DSP, PI, SSI, SI, ASI, SHC, HC, AHC, and C. Law enforcement officials are given power by the legislation to maintain peace and security and enforce laws. [155] China is viewed favourably in Nepal owing to the absence of any border disputes or serious interference in internal politics, coupled with its assistance in infrastructure development and aid during emergencies; favourability has increased since China helped Nepal during the 2015 economic blockade imposed by India. [88][g], Nepal contains 107 IUCN-designated threatened species, 88 of them animal species, 18 plant species and one species of "fungi or protist" group. Life expectancy at birth is estimated at 71 years as of 2017, 153rd highest in the world,[261] up from 54 years in the 1990s and 35 years in 1950. [299] By the end of the nineteenth century, Motiram Bhatta had published print editions of the works of Acharya, and through his efforts, single-handedly popularised and propelled Nepali language literature into modernity. Population density is high in valleys but notably less above 2,000 metres (6,600ft) and very low above 2,500 metres (8,200ft), where snow occasionally falls in winter. Rank; Map; Table; Rank Country Average ; 1: Honduras: 8.32 . Some instruments and equipments were donated by the Government of India and a Japanese club. A dispute with Tibet over the control of mountain passes and inner Tingri valleys of Tibet prompted the Qing Emperor of China to start the Sino-Nepali War compelling the Nepali to retreat to their own borders in the north. Nepalis can own property in India, while Indians are free to live and work in Nepal. [284], Around 2,000 immigrants, half of them Chinese, applied for a work permit in 2018/19. The Bureau is headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police and works in close collaboration with NCB Kathmandu and the Human Trafficking Bureau. [18] According to Buddhist mythology, Manjushri Bodhisattva drained a primordial lake of serpents to create the Nepal valley and proclaimed that Adi-Buddha Ne would take care of the community that would settle it. [293] The constitution contains instructions for a Geometric Construction of the double-pennant flag. Nepali indigenous sports, like dandi biyo and kabaddi which were considered the unofficial national sports until recently,[292] are still popular in rural areas. A special designation of "National hero" has been conferred to 16 people from Nepal's history for their exceptional contributions to the prestige of Nepal. The districts, in turn, comprise local units known as urban and rural municipalities. Embed. [327] Chess is also played. [169] Directorate of Military Intelligence under Nepal Army serves as the military intelligence agency;[170] National Investigation Department tasked with national and international intelligence gathering, is independent. The death penalty has been abolished. [181], The 16.8-million-worker Nepali labour force is the 37th largest in the world. 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