(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: India-Nepal Development Partnership

Topic: India-Nepal Development Partnership

Guest:

Manjeev Singh Puri, (Former Ambassador)
Shakti Sinha, (Director, Delhi School of Public Policy & Governance)
Prof. Tej Pratap Singh, (International Politics, BHU)

Topic Description:

Senior diplomats of India and Nepal on August 17 held a virtual meeting to review the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects being implemented in the Himalayan nation. The meeting came days after Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to greet him on India's 74th Independence Day, in the first high-level contact after bilateral ties came under severe strain. According to the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, India and Nepal held the 8th meeting of the Oversight Mechanism (OSM) through digital video conferencing. The meeting carried out a comprehensive review of bilateral economic and development cooperation projects.