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Cannabis licence & compliance consulting in Nepal
The question we hear most: 'How do I get a licence?' The honest answer: through a framework that is still being finished — and by preparing now. We help farmers, cooperatives, and companies get ready.
Cannabis licence & compliance consulting in Nepal: step by step
Form or use a registered company
Provincial frameworks such as Gandaki's licence registered companies only, not individuals or households — and require no drug-related conviction in the preceding ten years.
Secure consolidated, controllable land
Applications favour a small number of consolidated, secured blocks over many small dispersed plots — perimeter and security cost scale with the number of boundaries, not just total area.
Build the required security infrastructure
A perimeter wall or fencing and CCTV must be built and pass inspection before a licence is granted — this is capital spent ahead of approval, not after.
Source THC-compliant, traceable seed
Cultivation seed must keep THC below the legal threshold (0.3% for industrial use in Gandaki's framework), with provenance you can document.
Arrange certified laboratory testing
Prevailing law requires chemical testing at a certified laboratory before harvest, processing, or sale. Line this up before you apply, not after.
Apply once your district is designated, and pass inspection
Licensing authorities approve specific districts by gazette notice — not every district is eligible yet. Apply once yours is designated, complete the site inspection, and expect a fixed licence term (five years under Gandaki's framework) with renewal conditions.
What licensing involves
Nepal's medical and industrial cannabis framework — federal bills and provincial frameworks such as Gandaki's — is built on licences from the relevant authority, THC limits verified by certified testing, and traceable operations. Applications favour operators who can demonstrate land access, compliant seed, testing plans, and record-keeping before they apply.
We cannot issue licences and no consultant can. What we do is make you the applicant the framework is designed to approve.
How we help
As Nepal's cannabis-sector resource centre — a role written into our founding objectives — we provide readiness assessment, compliance system design, seed-to-sale tracking software, packaging and equipment guidance, and training for farmers and enterprises. Early preparation is the single biggest advantage in a new licensing regime.
Consulting and training are available now. Licences themselves are issued by government authorities, not by us — we prepare you for the process.
Common questions
- How do I get a cannabis licence in Nepal?
- Licences are issued by government authorities under the medical and industrial framework as it comes into force. Preparation — land access, compliant seed, testing plans, records — is what you control now, and it is what applications are judged on. We help you build exactly that.
- Can foreigners get a cannabis licence in Nepal?
- Licensing operates within Nepal's company and foreign-investment law. Foreign participation typically routes through investment in a Nepali company, subject to approvals. Take Nepali legal advice for your structure; we can work alongside your counsel.