District Coordination Committee

District Coordination Committee, is a district level authority found in Nepal. It was formed on March 14, 2017 to replace the existing district development committee. There are 75 district coordination committees in Nepal.

The Head of a district development committee is elected by the district assembly. The government also appoints a Local Development Officer in each district development committee who heads the DCC in absence of an elected head or deputy head.

Formation

The district coordination committee is elected by the District Assembly, which consists of the Heads and Deputy Heads of all the rural municipalities and Mayors and Deputy Mayors of all the municipalities in the district. Nine members are elected for a term of five years by the District Assembly including, one Head, one Deputy Head, at least three women and at least one person from the Dalit or minority community. Only members of the village assembly or municipal assembly in the district are eligible to candidates.

Powers

The DCC acts as an executive to the District Assembly. The DCC coordinates with the Provincial Assembly to establish coordination between the Provincial Assembly and rural municipalities and municipalities and to settle disputes, if any, of political nature. It also maintains coordination between the provincial and Federal government and the local bodies in the district.

List of district coordination committees

SN	District	Nepali	Website
1	Taplejung	ताप्लेजुंग	[1]
2	Panchthar	पाँचथर	[2]
3	Ilam	इलाम	[3]
4	Jhapa	झापा	[4]
5	Morang	मोरङ	[5]
6	Sunsari	सुनसरी	[6]
7	Dhankuta	धनकुटा	[7]
8	Tehrathum	तेर्हथुम	[8]
9	Sankhuwasabha	संखुवासभा	[9]
10	Bhojpur	भोजपुर	[10]
11	Solukhumbu	सोलुखुम्बु	[11]
12	Okhaldhunga	ओखलढुङ्गा	[12]
13	Khotang	खोटाङ	[13]
14	Udayapur	उदयपुर	[14]
15	Saptari	सप्तरी	[15]
16	Siraha	सिरहा	[16]
17	Dhanusa	धनुषा	[17]
18	Mahottari	महोत्तरी	[18]
19	Sarlahi	सर्लाही	[19]
20	Sindhuli	सिन्धुली	[20]
21	Ramechhap	रामेछाप	[21]
22	Dolakha	दोलखा	[22]
23	Sindhupalchowk	सिन्धुपाल्चोक	[23]
24	Kavrepalanchowk	काभ्रेपलाञ्चोक	[24]
25	Lalitpur	ललितपुर	[25]
26	Bhaktapur	भक्तपुर	[26]
27	Kathmandu	काठमाडौं	[27]
28	Nuwakot	नुवाकोट	[28]
29	Rasuwa	रसुवा	[29]
30	Dhading	धादिङ	[30]
31	Makwanpur	मकवानपुर	[31]
32	Rautahat	रौतहट	[32]
33	Bara	बारा	[33]
34	Parsa	पर्सा	[34]
35	Chitwan	चितवन	[35]
36	Gorkha	गोरखा	[36]
37	Lamjung	लमजुङ	[37]
38	Tanahun	तनहुँ	[38]
39	Syangja	स्याङ्जा	[39]
40	Kaski	कास्की	[40]
41	Manang	मनाङ	[41]
42	Mustang	मुस्ताङ	[42]
43	Myagdi	म्याग्दी	[43]
44	Parbat	पर्वत	[44]
45	Baglung	बागलुङ	[45]
46	Gulmi	गुल्मी	[46]
47	Palpa	पाल्पा	[47]
48	Nawalparasi	नवलपरासी	[48]
49	Rupandehi	रुपन्देही	[49]
50	Kapilvastu	कपिलवस्तु	[50]
51	Arghakhanchi	अर्घाखाँची	[51]
52	Pyuthan	प्युठान	[52]
53	Rolpa	रोल्पा	[53]
54	Rukum	रुकुम	[54]
55	Salyan	सल्यान	[55]
56	Dang	दाङ	[56]
57	Banke	बाँके	[57]
58	Bardiya	बर्दिया	[58]
59	Surkhet	सुर्खेत	[59]
60	Dailekh	दैलेख	[60]
61	Jajarkot	जाजरकोट	[61]
62	Dolpa	डोल्पा	[62]
63	Jumla	जुम्ला	[63]
64	Kalikot	कालिकोट	[64]
65	Mugu	मुगु	[65]
66	Humla	हुम्ला	[66]
67	Bajura	बाजुरा	[67]
68	Bajhang	बझाङ	[68]
69	Achham	अछाम	[69]
70	Doti	डोटी	[70]
71	Kailali	कैलाली	[71]
72	Kanchanpur	कञ्चनपुर	[72]
73	Dadeldhura	डडेल्धुरा	[73]
74	Baitadi	बैतडी	[74]
75	Darchula	दार्चुला	[75]

See also

• Gaupalika
• List of cities in Nepal
• List of gaupalikas of Nepal
• Village development committee
• District Development Committee

External links

• Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal)