INDIA-NEPAL RELATION

 India & Nepal sign four MoUs (16 jan 2010)

1.     812 crore rupees 680-Km long highway in Terai region.

2.     electrification of five villages of Nepal.

3.      establishment of science learning centre in Lalitpur.

4.      agreement on setting up of central depository services for Nepal Stock. Exchange.

  HIGHLIGHTS OF INDIA-NEPAL RELATIONS

1925: second Treaty of Sagauli, signed with the government of British India.

July 1950:  Treaty of Peace and Friendship

October 1950: Treaty of Trade and Commerce

1950: Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship

The Citizenship Act of 1952

1952: Indian military mission in Nepal

Late 1950s & 1960s Nepal voted differently from India in the UN

Nepal challenged the existing mutual security arrangement in 1969

secret accord of 1963 and 1965 India won a monopoly on arms sales to Nepal.

Nepal challenged the existing mutual security arrangement in 1969

The 1978 agreements incorporated Nepal's demand for separate treaties for trade and transit

India refused to endorse Nepal as a zone of peace

1987 India urged expulsion of Nepalese settlers from neighboring Indian states, and Nepal retaliated by introducing a work permit system for Indians working in Nepal

1987 agreement setting up a joint commission to increase economic cooperation in trade and transit, industry, and water resources.

1988  Kathmandu signed an agreement with Beijing to purchase weapon

On March 23, 1989, India declared that both treaties had expired and closed all but two border entry points.

2008 Indo-Nepali ties got a further boost

Nepal-India Joint Committee on Water Resources meet decided to start the reconstruction of  breached Kosi embankment

high volume of unauthorized trade across the Nepalese border

The two issued a 22-point statement highlighting the need to review, adjust and update the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, amongst other agreements.

India and Nepal share a 1,400-kilometre open border, which has very few checkpoints.