TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

5.4.2 Allocation of Government Budget to Anti-Trafficking Activities
Government of Nepal through the MoWCSW has been allocating the budget for combating TIP to
the NGOs and Nepali Missions to Abroad since the FY 2009/10. Government of Nepal in partnersip
with Eight NGOs that have been running the rehabilitation centers in different places of Nepal. Data
reveal that the budget allocated ranged from Rs. 8 million to Rs. 10 million each fiscal year. In the FY
2012/13, only Rs. 3.5 million was allocated, however. At the same time, some rehabilitation centers
have not received Government budget regularly.
Budget has also been allocated Nepali Embassy to India, Consulate General Office of Nepal in Kolkata
and Nepali Embassy to Thailand in the recent fiscal years (Table 5.2).
Table 5.2 Govt. Budget Allocation for Rehabilitation Centers and Nepalese Missions to Abroad, Nepal (in Rs.)
SN Name of NGOs running 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16
Rehab centers
1 ABC Nepal, Kathmandu 1,027,000 - 1,500,000 800,000 800,000
2 Srijanshil Samaj, Kailali 1,791,870 - 1,200,000 - 800,000
3 Saathi, Banke 1,698,000 - 1,500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
4 Adarsha Nari Bikash
500,000 1,000,000 800000 1,000,000 2,000,000
Kendra, Chitawan
5 Maiti Nepal, Jhapa 1,000,000 1,000,000 700,000 1,200,000 1,200,000
6 Shakti Samuha,
1,325,622 - 1,655,000 2,000,000 1,500,000
Sindhupalchok
7 Maiti Nepal, Parsa 500,000 - - 1,000,000
8 Maiti Nepal, Rupandehi 1,200,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 500,000 1,000,000
9 Nepali Embassy to India 500,000 500,000 - - 500,000
10 Consulate General Office
800,000 - 500,000
of Nepal in Kolkata
11 Nepali Embassy to
1,000,000 500,000
Thailand
Total 9,042,492 3,500,000 9,355,000 7,500,000 10,800,000
Note: Figures for 2015/16 refers to only to October 2015 (Kartik, 2072).
Source: Secretariat of National Committee on Controlling Human Trafficking and Transportation, MoWCSW (2015)
Allocation of Budget to the District Committee – The GoN has allocated budget for the district
committee on controlling human trafficking for all 75 districts. Looking at budget spent in the FY
2014/15, majority of districts in hills and mountains spent Rs. 42,000 and in Terai, Rs. 57,000. The
total amount spent is Rs. 3,854,400. Major areas of spending are interaction programs, formation of
the village committees, meeting allowances, awanress programs and rallies on anti-trafficking days.
District Committees have also the some balance amount in Emergency Rescue Fund by the end of
April 2015. The total amount is Rs. 7,648,574. The average amount in the Fund comes out to be
101,980 with the rage of no balance amount in Rupandehi district to Rs. 396,975 in Makwanpur
district. Districts like Lamjung, Gulmi, Pyuthan, Achham, Illam, Synja, Dailkeha, Jajarkot and Bajura
have less than Rs. 20,000 in the Fund while there are 13 districts with more than Rs. 200,000 (Table
5.3).
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