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Citizenship
bill eases process, but gender bias remains :
Experts say the revision still ties a child’s
citizenship to the father’s identity, not the
mother’s (kp 09/07/2025) [The high-caste patriarchs at the
head of the Nepalese state regard women at best as
second-class human beings with never the same
rights as men!], Criminalising
motherhood : It is unjust to link a child’s
identity solely to the father, disregarding the
mother’s presence (kp 11/07/2025), Full
equality vs status quo : Nepal’s Citizenship Act
(Second Amendment) yet to guarantee gender justice,
by Neha Gurung (nt 11/07/2025)
‘Shram
Sansar App’ launched to collect data on Nepalis
living abroad (kh 26/06/2025)
Citizenship
bill passed by Good Governance Committee (kh
10/06/2025), Opening
the Door to Fairer Citizenship (rep
15/06/2025)
Two
German firms bag Nepal e-passport contracts :
Veridos and Muehlbauer will deliver 6.4 million
passports over five years, by Anil Giri (kp
06/06/2025)
Govt to ease
citizenship for children born to Nepali mothers:
Home Minister (kh 05/06/2025) [Children of Nepalese women have
absolutely the same rights to Nepalese citizenship
as children of Nepalese men! There is no need for
special regulations. When will this patriarchal
macho thinking finally be eradicated?]
Simkot begins
issuing citizenship recommendations online (kh
03/06/2025)
97-year-old Bhatta
receives citizenship at home (kh 03/06/2025)
Born
in Nepal, treated as a foreigner : How adoptees
face hostility and human rights violations in
Nepal’s citizenship system, by Hari Prasad
Adhikari Sacré (nt 30/05/2025)
Concerns raised
over irregularities in e-passport tender process
(kh 22/05/2025)
Slow
and costly: ‘Fast track’ passport service lets
down applicants : Department accused of breaching
trust by failing to deliver passports in 3 days,
by Aarati Ray (kp 18/05/2025)
State
and statelessness in South Asia : Refugees are
seen as ‘unwanted’ people and a drain on limited
resources, by Smruti P Pattanaik (kp
24/04/2025)
Siblings denied
citizenship file contempt case, demand justice in
mother’s name (kh 19/04/2025) [Nepal's citizenship law is
extremely discriminatory against women. Only men
have an unrestricted right, women are only
tolerated under certain circumstances. Children of
a male Nepali have an automatic right to Nepalese
citizenship. Children of Nepali women only have
this right if the father is/was also a proven
Nepali citizen. Foreign husbands of Nepali women
are categorised like all foreigners, while wives
of Nepali men have little problems. Long live the
patriarchy!]
DoP
issues over 3,600 e-passports daily (rep
18/04/2025)
Three
generations without citizenship in Saptari :
Statelessness continues to marginalise an entire
Dalit family, leaving them without access to
education, healthcare, or state recognition,
by Bidyanand Ram (kp 15/04/2025)
KMC
to launch online citizenship recommendation system
from March 14 (rep 13/03/2025)
5
firms vie for multi-billion-rupee e-passport
contract : Bid evaluation process expected to
conclude within 45 days, says official. Winner of
Rs12 billion bid will supply 6.4 million passports
in five years (kp 22/02/2025)
Identity
crisis : Trust in the national identity card
project has been dented, to the detriment of the
public and the state (kp 05/02/2025), ‘E-Passport
tender split into two packages to increase
competition’ (rep 05/02/2025)
Bidders
demand fair play as passport tender drags on :
Interested parties are calling for extension of
submission deadline citing recent revisions to
bidding conditions (kp 04/02/2025)
Visa-free
provisions for NRN citizens will be introduced
soon: FM Deuba (rep 03/02/2025)
Supreme
Court clears way for National ID card
implementation, but people continue to face
hassles : NID has been incorporated into the
Nagarik App to provide additional services to the
public, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 02/02/2025)
Naturalized
citizenship for children born abroad to Nepali
mothers with unidentified fathers (rep
30/01/2025)
Children
raised by single mothers to get citizenship
(rep 29/01/2025) [Children of
Nepali women, whether married or not, must have
the unrestricted right to Nepali citizenship!
According to Article 18 of the Constitution, women
and men enjoy equal rights, which in turn
contradicts Article 11, which therefore needs to
be amended urgently!]
National
identity card is basis of good governance:
Communications Minister Gurung (rn 27/01/2025)
Foreign
spouses
struggle to
navigate
Nepali
immigration
laws : A group
of Nepalis
seeks to
change the
immigration
laws in favour
of their
spouses,
by Xenia Klaus
(kp
27/11/2024)
Govt
to provide
diplomatic
passports to
high-ranking
army and
police
officers
(rep
18/11/2024)
Govt
files writ
petition in SC
against
interim order
on National
Identity Card
(rep
09/11/2024)
गैरआवासीय
नागरिकता :
अन्योल र
अस्पष्टतामै
कति वर्ष
बिताउने ?
[Non-Resident
Citizenship:
How many years
will you spend
in confusion
and
ambiguity?]
(ka
29/10/2024)
EC
seeks details
of those
renouncing
Nepali
citizenship
(kh
17/10/2024)
PM
Oli stresses
‘serious
discussion’ on
dual
citizenship
issue (kh
09/10/2024)
Citizenship
directives
will be
reviewed: Home
Minister
Lekhak (kh
14/09/2024)
Travails
of the
orphaned,
landless and
stateless :
Ramrati Tharu,
elderly and
frail, is
denied her
elderly
allowance
because she
lacks
citizenship.
Several others
in Madi share
her plight,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
(kp
04/09/2024)
726
people receive
National ID
cards in
Taplejung
(kh
03/09/2024)
The
(Anti)
National
Identity Card!,
by Akhilesh
Tripathi (rep
30/08/2024) [By the way, are only the clothes and cultural attires of
the 30 per
cent Khas Arya
part of the
Nepalese
identity or
also those of
the 70 per
cent rest of
the
population?],
The
(Anti)
National
Identity Card
- II, by
Akhilesh
Tripathi (rep
18/10/2024)
National
ID not
mandatory for
Social
Security
allowance: SC
(kh
25/08/2024)
Ideate
before
implementing :
Authorities
must first
weigh the
utility,
functionality
and safety of
the national
ID before
imposing it
(kp
21/08/2024)
State
incurs loss of
over Rs 2
billion in
passport
procurement
and
distribution,
by Tapendra
Karki (rep
14/08/2024)
Singapore
becomes
country with
most powerful
passport,
Nepal remains
at 98th
position
(rep
26/07/2024)
Government
backtracks on
plan to make
National ID
cards
mandatory for
social
security
allowance :
Cabinet
meeting
extends terms
of two
transitional
justice
commissions
until mid-July
2025 (kp
12/07/2024)
State
increases
surveillance
on citizens,
by Bhuwan
Sharma (rep
02/07/2024)
National
ID mandatory
for real
estate
transactions
starting 2025
(kh
28/06/2024) [And what about the descendants of Nepalese mothers and
foreign or
unknown
fathers in
this extremely
patriarchal
state?]
NA
Session:
Lawmakers call
for easing
process of
providing
citizenship in
mother’s name
(kh
27/06/2024)
Experts
call for more
efforts to end
discrimination
in citizenship
rights :
Meanwhile,
experts and
other
participants
called for
more media
coverage on
legal identity
issue (kp
21/06/2024)
National
ID number is
sufficient. You
don’t need a
hard copy :
Citizenship and
National ID are
fundamentally
different.
Unique digital
identity numbers
can help
drastically
decrease frauds,
interview with
Yubaraj Katel (kp
17/06/2024)
'GO AWAY' : Nepal is
undermining
international
goodwill and
losing revenue
by driving out
long-staying
foreigners,
by Sonia Awale (nt
14/06/2024)
National
ID card mandatory for social
security allowance (rn
13/06/2024) [And
what about the millions of
people who are denied
citizenship by the state for
reasons of patriarchal thinking?],
Plan
to make
National ID
cards
mandatory
draws flak :
MPs say
government has
terrorised
citizens by
introducing
the rule in
haste.
Department
official
defends the
move (kp
14/06/2024)
Dual
identity dilemma, by Animesh Ghimire (rep
08/05/2024)
Consular
services will now be available at home: DPM
Shrestha (rep 04/04/2024)
National
Identification Number to be provided at time of
birth registration (rep 15/03/2024)
Digital
identification to be assigned during birth
registration : As distribution of national ID
cards falls behind, they are yet to be made
mandatory for public services, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/202)
2024
passport rankings revealed: France leads, Nepal
holds 103rd position (rep 19/02/2024), For
A Strong Nepali Passport (rep 26/02/2024)
Two
individuals fined Rs. 50,000 each for false
citizenship information in Ilam (kh
17/02/2024)
Expedite
Distribution Of National ID Cards, by Uttam
Maharjan ((rn 30/01/2024)
Integration
of biometrics system: Passport Department to
streamline processes with National ID software
(rep 23/01/2024)
No
state for women : Nepali mothers can confer
citizenship to their children, but conditions
still apply, by Neha Gurung (nt 12/01/2024)
[Only males are real
Nepalis and they are best from the so-called
high Hindu castes! This country belongs to them!
Only men are real Nepalis and they are best from
the so-called high Hindu castes! This country
belongs to them! Therefore, they have to bear
the burden of holding all responsible posts!]
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