{"id":246121,"date":"2023-06-02T21:03:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=246121"},"modified":"2023-06-02T21:03:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:33:16","slug":"how-to-be-a-pal-on-india-nepal-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-be-a-pal-on-india-nepal-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be A Pal \u2013 on India Nepal Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cHow To Be A Pal\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Times of India \u201d <\/strong>on <strong>2nd June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong><strong> GS Paper 2 \u2013 India and its neighbourhood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Nepal PM Prachanda visited India for the first time, during his present tenure.<\/p>\n<p>During Prachanda&#8217;s visit, several agreements were signed, including a transit treaty, bilateral digital payments, and a long-term understanding on power trade, which are positive steps.<\/p>\n<p>However, India needs to consider the changing dynamics of their relations and transform its approach towards Nepal.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the changing dynamics that need to be considered in India Nepal Relations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Changing equation: <\/strong>Over time, the dynamics of the India-China-Nepal equation have undergone significant changes, with strained India-China ties and Chinese incursions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategic battleground:<\/strong> Nepal is becoming a battleground for the US and China. US has entered in the Nepal\u2019s political discourse by around the $500 million US grant. On the other hand, China is pushing for faster implementation of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awareness of power rivalry:<\/strong> The ongoing Ukraine conflict has made Nepal cautious about not becoming a bone of contention between major powers.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Nepal will naturally try to maintain close relations with both India and China.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should be India\u2019s approach towards Nepal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Soft approach: <\/strong>The unresolved bilateral border issue should be addressed through diplomatic discussions rather than exacerbating tensions. For example, 2015 blockade reversed the goodwill generated by India, before that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economic cooperation: <\/strong>India should expedite pending projects in Nepal and follow a needs-based development model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cHow To Be A Pal\u201d published in \u201cThe Times of India \u201d on 2nd June 2023. Syllabus: GS Paper 2 \u2013 India and its neighbourhood News: Nepal PM Prachanda visited India for the first time, during his present tenure. During Prachanda&#8217;s visit, several agreements were signed, including&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-be-a-pal-on-india-nepal-relations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Be A Pal \u2013 on India Nepal Relations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-246121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704852395},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}