{"id":247380,"date":"2023-06-10T20:14:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T14:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=247380"},"modified":"2023-06-10T20:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T14:44:52","slug":"a-pragmatic-approach-for-better-india-nepal-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-pragmatic-approach-for-better-india-nepal-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"A pragmatic approach, for better India-Nepal ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cA pragmatic approach, for better India-Nepal ties\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 10th June 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Bilateral groupings and agreements<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– India and Nepal bilateral relationship<\/p>\n

News- <\/strong>The Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda\u2019s first bilateral visit to India since assuming office<\/p>\n

What was the attitude of leadership during the summit?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

He has not paid attention to irritants in relationship such as the 1950 Treaty, border differences<\/strong>, and India\u2019s reluctance to receive the report of the Eminent Persons Group<\/strong> set up by the two governments.<\/p>\n

The Indian Prime Minister has shown sensitivity<\/strong>. He reassured Prachanda that differences on the border issue would be resolved to mutual satisfaction<\/strong>. Neither side tried to justify their official version of the border as the correct one.<\/p>\n

What were important developments during the summit?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The visit has helped in underlining the real priorities<\/strong>, such as hydropower projects, energy supply to India, infrastructure, access to Indian river transport, innovative tourism circuits, and better connectivity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The finalised Detailed Project Report of Mah\u00e0kali Treaty<\/strong> will be submitted to both governments expeditiously. The modalities of implementation will be concluded within one year after their approval of the DPR.<\/p>\n

There is a new dimension of cooperation in the power sector with the transmission passage <\/strong>from Nepal to Bangladesh through India.<\/p>\n

There was finalisation of an agreement for long-term power trade<\/strong>. It was agreed to increase the quantum of export of power<\/strong> from Nepal to India to 10,000 MW within a timeframe of 10 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enhancing digital financial connectivity<\/strong> is another crucial development. The MoU between the National Payments Corporation of India and the Nepal Clearing House Ltd. for facilitating cross-border digital payments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

India offered to create a ground station and supply 300 user terminals<\/strong> to offer the services of the South Asia Satellite<\/strong> to Nepal. They would promote regional cooperation in the space sector, and space technology applications.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward for improvement in the bilateral relationship between India and Nepal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The real challenge for Nepal is to depoliticise cooperation<\/strong> with India, especially in water resources cooperation. It needs to improve the quality of democracy and governance<\/strong> and check unbridled corruption.<\/p>\n

For India, it may be necessary to address the perception in Nepal<\/strong> that it is no longer a foreign policy priority.<\/p>\n

It is necessary to give a sense of ownership, equality and credit<\/strong> for progress in sectors such as hydropower to parties across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- The post is based on the article \u201cA pragmatic approach, for better India-Nepal ties\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 10th June 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Bilateral groupings and agreements Relevance– India and Nepal bilateral relationship News- The Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda\u2019s first bilateral visit to India since assuming office What was… Continue reading A pragmatic approach, for better India-Nepal ties<\/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":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-247380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247380","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=247380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}