KATHMANDU, April 27 -- The recent data from the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (MoLMCPA) indicate that the poorest families in Nepal are in Bajura, while the richest reside in Mustang. This analysis is part of the poor identification program, which has been completed in 77 districts, with data analyzed in 64 of them.

The identity cards for poor families have been distributed in 49 districts, while data analysis continues in 13 others.

Among the 64 districts where the data was analyzed, the most poor families were found to be the residents of Bajura. According to the MoLMCPA, out of the total number of 21,711 families in Bajura, 63.63 percent of the families are poor.

It means that 13,815 families are ...