Panel for revamp of Indo-Nepal treaty

Panel for revamp of Indo-Nepal treaty

What has happened?

The final report of a bilateral committee — appointed to advise governments in Delhi and Kathmandu — is likely to suggest that the 1950 India-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty should be revised

Will guide relations in the future

• The committee will finalise its report, which will shape ties over the next two decades, by this summer
• The committee consists of eight members with four persons representing each side.

Eminent Persons Group (EPG)

• The EPG was set up during the February 2016 visit of Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli, in the aftermath of the economic blockade of Nepal, to bring in measures to address concerns of both sides
• It has met seven times in two years and will hold its last meeting next month in Delhi when the report is expected to be finalized
• At the penultimate meeting in Kathmandu, the two sides had exchanged an early draft of the report.

What now?

Both sides had addressed the key issues and it will be up to the governments on both sides to implement the report