The policy and programme introduced by the Lumbini Provincial Government for the fiscal year 2026/27 has prioritised health, education, food rights, and social security.
Presenting the policy and programme in the Provincial Assembly, Province Chief Krishna Bahadur Gharti stated that facilitation would be provided for the operation of provincial prisons and juvenile correction homes. The programme also mentions conducting stress management, psychosocial counselling, skill development, and educational programmes for prisoners and children involved in legal disputes. Likewise, in coordination with the Government of Nepal, necessary arrangements will be made to provide treatment in government hospitals and livelihood-oriented skill training programmes for those injured during the armed conflict, people’s movements, Madhesh movement, and Janajati movement, as well as for persons with disabilities and family members of martyrs and disappeared persons.
Similarly, the policy and programme states that the Swarna Bindu Prashan Programme will be expanded as a campaign to promote Ayurveda and naturopathy. The Community Health Information System Programme will also be expanded to continuously monitor the health and nutritional status of women and children, which remains a major health concern in Lumbini. The Maternal and Child Health Handbook Programme will also be implemented. Concessions currently being provided for heart valve transplants, kidney transplants, and cancer treatment will continue. Arrangements will also be made for medicines, treatment, and infrastructure management for sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and haemophilia. Regular supplies of anti-rabies vaccines and anti-snake venom will be ensured in all provincial hospitals to expand access to services. In addition, dialysis services, neonatal intensive care units, burn treatment wards, breastfeeding management units, breast milk collection banks, free blood transfusion services, and elderly care services will be expanded in hospitals across the province.
Likewise, the policy and programme mentions continuing rescue, protection, and rehabilitation efforts to build a province free from street-dependent vulnerable people. Rescue, protection, and family reintegration programmes for street children will also be continued. Targeted programmes will be implemented for the economic and social empowerment of poor and single women, Dalits, Indigenous peoples, Janajatis, Madhesis, Muslims, Tharus, sexual and gender minorities, freed Kamaiyas, Kamlaris, landless people, and the Badi community, among others. The programme also states that free ambulance and air rescue services will be provided under the Safe Motherhood Campaign for pregnant women and new mothers in remote areas requiring emergency care.
The programme further states that the province will be made gender-friendly, child-friendly, disability-friendly, and elderly-friendly by operating preventive, protective, treatment, and rehabilitation services for survivors and those affected by gender-based violence. For this purpose, the construction of a long-term rehabilitation centre in Ghorahi will be taken forward. Emphasis will also be placed on the protection, promotion, and advancement of child rights while ensuring the holistic development and best interests of children. In coordination with local governments, campaigns will be launched to build a child marriage-free and child labour-free province. The programme also states that emphasis will be placed on the protection, empowerment, and development of persons with disabilities.
Likewise, the provincial government has included programmes to formulate an integrated provincial education policy targeting Dalits, Indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, freed Kamaiyas, Kamlaris, landless people, Madhesis, Muslims, the Badi community, extremely poor households, victims of wildlife attacks, and conflict-affected people, covering early childhood education to higher education, technical education, and vocational training. Programmes have also been included to improve the living standards of marginalised communities, freed Kamaiyas, Kamlaris, landless people, and Dalits through employment and income generation by promoting riverbed farming, collective farming, livestock and poultry farming, disaster risk reduction for river erosion and flooding, and ensuring one drinking water tap for every household.