Recent High-Level Exchanges

There are regular exchanges of high level visits and official interactions between India and Nepal.

  • In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nepal twice – in August for a bilateral visit and in November for the SAARC Summit.
  • The Nepali Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was on a State visit to India from 19 to 24 February 2016.
  • The Nepali Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ paid a state visit to India from 15-18 September 2016.
  • The Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ visited India from 15-17 October 2016 to participate in the BRICS-BIMSTEC leaders’ Summit in Goa.
  • Pranab Mukherjee, President of India paid a State visit to Nepal from 2-4 November, 2016 accompanied by a high-level delegation included MoS Defence Dr.Subhash Bhamre and four Members of Parliament.
  • The President of Nepal, Bidya Devi Bhandari paid a five-day State visit to India from 17-21 April 2017.
  • India and Nepal have several bilateral institutional dialogue mechanisms, including the India-Nepal Joint Commission co-chaired by External Affairs Minister of India and Foreign Minister of Nepal. The Fourth Joint Commission Meeting was held on 26-27 October 2016 in New Delhi.

Earthquake 2015

When a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April 2015 (followed by a powerful aftershock of 7.4 magnitude on 12 May 2015), the Government of India swiftly dispatched National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and special aircrafts with rescue and relief materials to Nepal.

India’s assistance, which reached Nepal within six hours of the earthquake, included 16 NDRF teams, 39 IAF aircraft sorties with 571 tons of relief material including rescue equipment, medical supplies, food, water, tents, blankets and tarpaulin. Medical teams from India were deployed in various parts of Nepal. India helped in restoring 3 power sub–stations in Kathmandu valley. The total Indian relief assistance to Nepal amounted to approx. US$ 67 million.

After the initial rescue and relief phase, India committed US$ 1 billion (which comprises US$ 250 million grant and US$ 750 million concessional Line of Credit) for post earthquake reconstruction of Nepal during the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction (ICNR) held in Kathmandu on 25 June 2015.

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