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Internally Displaced Persons – 2008

Although the Maoists leaders were committed to rehabilitating the displaced persons, they did not return the property seized during the conflict.¹ Nevertheless, the government took the initiative and encouraged the IDPs to return home by providing them with up to Rs 50,000 to put towards food, clothing, health care and shelter for a temporary basis. The government also formed a working group that was tasked with planning how to settle those who could not return to their community. The work of this group, however, was not made public in 2008.²

Based on the number of registered IDPs, the government estimated that there were 44,831 IDPs in the country, while the NGOs and international agencies estimated the figure to be between 50,000 and 70,000.³

1. “Human Rights Yearbook 2009,” Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), 2009.
2. Ibid., 87.
3. “NEPAL: IDPs still waiting for help, despite peace accord,” IRIN, August 6, 2008, accessed August 11, 2011, http://www.irinnews.org.