FOCUS ON NEPAL FROM EASTERN INDIA

A special Focus on Nepal by the civil society of Eastern India, inspired and supported, inter alia, by the Embassy of India in Kathmandu and the Consulate General of Nepal in Kolkata, is being organised  for the first time  in Kolkata from 23-26 September 2019 to explore with counterparts from the Federal Republic of Nepal the possibilities of elevating our bilateral engagement to a higher trajectory. This novel bilateral civil society  initiative is expected to create new opportunities for mutual engagement in all fields such as education, travel and logistics, tourism, healthcare, business enterprise, pilgrimage and cultural activity, foster greater civil society and academic interaction, promote private sector investment, trade, tourism and other economic activity by private initiative and enterprise, generate greater employment and income, particularly between eastern Nepal and northern West Bengal as well as other States of eastern and north-eastern India.