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Intro- India and Nepal are joined by the umbilical cord of religion,culture,economy and shared strategic interests. It has been called as roti beti ka rishta by former EAM Sushma Swaraj. This puts Nepal at the top of the pyramid in India’s neighbourhood first policy context: India Nepal treaty of peace and friendship of 1950 forms the bedrock of the special relations that exist between India and Nepal. cooperation: 8 million Nepali citizens work in India. Surya Kiran military exercise; Indian army provides training to Nepal army, helps in modernization by supplying equipments India was the first to rush to Nepal's assistance in the wake of 2015 earth quake with NDRF teams and essential supplies. Also India announced $1B of reconstruction package Twin cities : Ramayana circuit( Janakpur to Ayodhya), lumbini Bodhgaya , Pashupatinath and Varanasi annual summits through Joint commission mechanism PM Modi proposed HIT(highway,IT,trade) formula for Nepal's development Integrated chec...

Recently political instability in Nepal has attracted renewed attention towards implications for India’s bilateral and regional interests. Socio- cultural ties   share a cultural history around the development of – Hinduism and Buddhism. Education : around 3000 scholarships/seats annually to Nepalese nationals for various courses at the Ph.D/Masters, Bachelors and plus–two levels in India and in Nepal. Culture : many facets from religion, language, cuisine, movies etc. Nepal, with its unique geography, history and cultural heritage, still is an integral part of the broader cultural history and tradition of Indian sub-continent ‘ Roti-Beti ka Rishta’ open borders and unhindered movement across it. helps the citizens of both countries in both livelihoods as well as to have strong people to people contact and close bonds through marriages and familial ties. Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 establishing close strategic relationship signed at Kathmandu. allows free movement of pe...