However, the general feeling amongst most activists is that there is a lack of political will to implement these laws.  There is a compulsion to maintain the status quo and serve the interests of the powerful elite. The period covered by the Tenth Plan is close to conclusion and many of the provisions have yet to be implemented. New towns continue to emerge on fertile agricultural land and there is ever increasing land fragmentation. The Government of Nepal, the National Land Rights Forum (NLRF) and the National Land Rights Concern Group (NLRCG) jointly signed an agreement on 14th September 2006 to form a high level commission on land reform, which to-date has yet to be formed. 2006 witnessed massive political upheaval in the country. Maoist rebels fighting for a People’s Republic forged an alliance with the parliamentary parties under a constitutional monarchy. The Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) signed between the Nepali government and CPN (Maoist) on 21 November 2006 agreed: • to adopt the policy of implementing scientific land reform and ending feudal land ownership; and • to adopt the policy of managing economic and social security including providing land for slum dwellers, bonded laborers, Haliya, Haruwa, Charuwa and the economically impoverished. Following the Peace Accord, the monarchy was suspended and a roadmap was set forth for a Constitutional Assembly with an Interim Constitution and a rebel-included Interim Parliament. The Interim Constitution 2007 made a commitment in Article 11 under the directive of economic-social transformation, which included the following two motions: “All laws, including those on land and natural resources, have deprived indigenous peoples of ownership, control and use of their traditionally owned, controlled and used ancestral lands.” • to end all facets of feudalism. Structuring and implementing the minimum common program by combined consensus for economic social transformation; and • to establish the rights of each citizen on education, health, settlement, employment and food security. No significant change can be expected until a more stable government is in place. However, there exists a cross-party consensus on tackling land reform. The constitution of 1990 and the current Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007 accept caste, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversities, but fall short of giving due rights to indigenous peoples. As a consequence, there has been no legislation specific to indigenous peoples. All laws, including those on land and natural resources, have deprived indigenous peoples of ownership, control and use of their traditionally owned, controlled and used ancestral lands. In 2002, the first law on indigenous peoples was passed. However, it was not about indigenous peoples’ rights; rather, it was about the establishment of the Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities. Although the Lok Niti 77