Madhesh 2030 · 2040 · 2050
The conversation Madhesh must have now is about its economy.
Madhesh Next is a citizen-led, non-partisan campaign to make economic possibility a subject of everyday public conversation — in all 8 districts and 136 local governments.
From political discourse to economic possibility
Madhesh has never been short of political conversation.
For decades, questions of identity, representation, inclusion, citizenship, federalism and political power have occupied the centre of public life. That conversation remains important and should stay vibrant.
And yet there is another conversation Madhesh must turn to now. Where will its young people find meaningful work? What can municipalities do to encourage enterprise? What can Madhesh produce competitively for the national market and for the markets across the border?
That is the gap Madhesh Next seeks to address.
दशकौंदेखि पहिचान, प्रतिनिधित्व, समावेशिता, नागरिकता, संघीयता र राजनीतिक शक्तिका प्रश्नहरू सार्वजनिक जीवनको केन्द्रमा रहे। त्यो बहस महत्त्वपूर्ण छ र जीवन्त रहनुपर्छ।
तर अब मधेशले अर्को बहसतर्फ फर्कनुपर्छ। हाम्रा युवाले अर्थपूर्ण काम कहाँ पाउँछन्? नगरपालिकाले उद्यम प्रवर्धन गर्न के गर्न सक्छन्? मधेशले राष्ट्रिय बजार र सीमापारिको बजारका लागि के प्रतिस्पर्धी रूपमा उत्पादन गर्न सक्छ?
यही खाडल पूर्ति गर्न मधेश नेक्स्ट अघि सरेको हो।
The questions we want asked
- What can our municipality do to create jobs?
- What local businesses could grow here?
- What skills do our local industries need?
- What could Madhesh produce for the Indian market?
- How many jobs were created here last year?
How the campaign is built
Four modules
Everything Madhesh Next does fits into one of four modules. Each district chapter runs the same four — so work is comparable, repeatable and easy to join.
Where the work happens
8 districts · 136 local governments
The 2015 Constitution made municipalities powerful institutions. Madhesh Next treats every one of them as an economic actor — with its own page, its own questions and its own numbers.
Saptari
सप्तरी
Siraha
सिराहा
Dhanusha
धनुषा
Mahottari
महोत्तरी
Sarlahi
सर्लाही
Rautahat
रौतहट
Bara
बारा
Parsa
पर्सा
The team
Five people, one question
Prashant Singh
प्रशान्त सिंह
Mentor
Anil Mahaseth
अनिल महासेठ
Public Relations Specialist
Sanjog Dev
सञ्जोग देव
Campaign Convener
Ajay Pandey
अजय पाण्डे
Campaign Strategist
Bala Krishna
बालकृष्ण
Media Specialist
Before governments change, the conversation must change.
Start a chapter in your municipality, contribute data, write, or simply ask your representative one economic question this month.
Join Madhesh Next