Poverty Alleviation Fund Act, 2063 (2006).

This Act, consisting of 7 Chapters, may be called "Poverty Alleviation Fund Act, 2063 (2006)." The objectives of the Fund shall be as follows: to uplift economic and social status of the poor person, household or community through social mobilization; to ensure their access in the service and facility what they need and to enable them to utilize it; and to cause to build up their capacity so that they can exercise their right, claim and power by making them active in the decision making process of the local development fund; to cause to conduct the programme of economic, social and physical infrastructure by identifying economically or socially backward person; to co-operate the poor person household or group for uplifting their economic and social status by identifying the root causes of poverty in local level and by utilizing the local know-how and resources through the medium of social mobilization; to supply economic and technical support for mobilizing the resource for poverty alleviation and for institutional development household or community. The following programmes, as per local demand, shall be conducted to achieve the objectives of the Fund: programmes relating to income generation, skill development, employment creation and production growth such as: agriculture, livestock, aviculture, sewing, cottage and small industry based on local resources and raw materials.