National identity

Governing entity

NA

Status of implementation

Pilot

Legally binding redress mechanism

NA

URL

https://citizenportal.donidcr.gov.np

Last Updated

01/10/24

Claim digital ID

YES

ID or Civil Registry Act

YES

Regulation for digital ID

NA

Identity act codifies legal status

NO

Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management

NO

Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents

NO

Terms of data storage and sharing available

NO

National Data Protection Act exists

YES

Data leak disclosure process exists

NO

Data handling terms exist

NO

Uses biometrics

YES

Enables authentication

NO

Enables KYC

NO

Enables authentication via government portal

NO

Two or more sectoral use cases enabled

NO

National Payments Interface (NPI)

Payment system type

Cross-domain payment system

Status of implementation

Active

Operator

Bank association

National or Regional

National

Annual value of transactions (USD)

NA

Annual volume of transactions

NA

Cost of transactions

NA

Participants

2024- 51

Types of transactions supported

P2P, P2M, B2B, P2G, G2P

Type of settlement system

NA

URL

https://nchl.com.np

Last Updated

01/10/24

Active real-time payment system

YES

Cross-border payments

NA

QR code transactions

NA

Bank participation

YES

Non-bank participation

YES

Interoperability policy

YES

Participation rules

NA

Data-handling rules

NA

Reporting forum

NA

AML Law

NA

Base technical architecture

NA

Status of implementation

Pilot

Governing Entity

Ministry of Science and Technology

Coordination unit

Department of Information and Technology

National or Regional

NA

Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral

NA

Permitted participants

NA

Ownership

NA

URL

https://nitc.gov.np

Last Updated

01/10/24

Semantic interoperability

NA

Real-time sharing

NA

Scalable architecture

NA

Auditable

NA

Procedural rules for data mgmt

NA

Enrolment and participation information

NA

Used by more than one public entity

NA

Impact metrics

NA