INDIA-NEPAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION PROGRAMME

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INDIA-NEPAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION PROGRAMME

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FOCUS ON GRASSROOTS

• In the late 1990s, Indian economic cooperation
  in Nepal was further diversified to focus on
  grassroots projects.

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SMALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (SDP) PROGRAMME

• MOU signed between GOI and GON in November 2003
  and renewed in June 2006, August 2008 and August
  2011
• Projects costing less than NRs. 5 crores ( 0.7
  Million) approximately ie.IRs. 3.125 crores).
• Focus areas-Infrastructure Development and
  Capacity Building in the areas of
• -Education
• -Health
• -Community Development

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SMALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (SDP) PROGRAMME

• FEATURES
• -Based on local needs,
• -Through participation of
  community
  
• and local bodies of GON
• -Development directly reaching
  the beneficiaries, no overheads
• -Direct involvement of stakeholders
• -Low investment, no overheads
• -Short gestation period
• -Simple and transparent modality
• -Flexible
• -Hugely popular

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RANGE OF PROJECTS UNDER SDP

• Schools, multiple campuses, nursing campuses
  Other specialised training institutes Libraries
  Gifting of books, gifting of school buses
• Primary health posts, maternity centres,
  hospitals, gifting of ambulances/medical
  vans/medical equipment
• Rural electrification, micro hydroprojects
• Rural/Urban roads, bridges
• Canals (for example, Rajkulo in Lalitpur)
• Rural drinking water projects, cold storages
• River Training Projects
• Reforestation/ afforestation
• Developmental training for GONs senior
  bureaucrats.

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SMALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (SDP) PROGRAMME

• SOME STATISTICS
• No. of SDPs (as of 31 December 2011) 389
• Total value NRs.673.09 Crores ie 94.34 Million
  (appx) (IRs.421 cr)
• Completed 183 Ongoing 206
• No. of school projects(ongoing/completed) 200
• No. of districts covered so far 70
• No. of beneficiaries over 11 million

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Nepal-Bharat Maitri Auditorium, Gorkha
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Shree Janata Secondary School, Garahiya Dumaria,
Sarlahi
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Shree Mahakaruna Sakyapa Vidyalaya, Lomanthang,
Mustang
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SOME OTHER POPULAR GRASSROOTS PROGRAMMES

• GIFTING OF AMBULANCES AND BUSES
• Since 1994, 342 ambulances and 66 buses
  presented across 68 districts in Nepal (As of 26
  January 2012)
• EYE CAMPS
• Since 2001, assistance to Nepal Netra Jyoti
  Sangh for cataract and trachoma surgeries through
  country-wide eye-camps. So far, almost 4.25 lakh
  patients have been examined and more than 87,000
  surgeries performed in these camps, with total
  Indian assistance of NRs. 21.10 crores ie 2.84
  Million (appx). Number to exceed 100000 in 2012.
• Since 2007, a new School Eye Health Care
  Programme has also been launched. More than 27000
  students have been provided with optical devices.

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FINDINGS OF IMPACT STUDY OF SDPs IN DISTRICT
SARLAHI

• Significant improvement in the pass percentage of
  students indicating high correlation with the
  improvement in the infrastructure of schools.
• Significant improvement in the enrollment of
  students from disadvantaged groups including
  Dalit, Janajati and girl students.
• Number of girl students registered impressive
  growth in most of these schools an important
  factor being availability of separate toilets for
  girl students.

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OVERALL ONGOING PROJECTS(Including Large and
Small Projects)

• DURING 2003- (December 31) 2011
• 424 projects
• Total outlay over NRs.6345 Crores ie 858
  Million (appx).
• Education, Health, Community Development,
  Infrastructure

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LARGE HEALTH PROJECTS

• 5 Storeyed OPD cum Ward Block of Bir Hospital
• 200 Bed Emergency and Trauma Centre, Kathmandu
  NRs 149 Crores ie 20.1 Million (appx)
• BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
  NRs 200 Crores ie 26.7 Million (appx)
• Establishment of Bakhtawari Hari Eye Hospital in
  Krishnanagar, Kapilvastu NRs 40 Crores ie
  5.4 Million (appx)

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Large Road Projects

• Government of India has constructed 807
  Kilometers out of the total road length of 1024
  Kilometers of the East West Highway from
  Mahendranagar to Mechi (Mahendra Raj Marg) which
  is today a life line of Nepal.
• Twentytwo bridges on Kohalpur-Mahakali section of
  the East West Highway. These were handed over to
  the Government of Nepal in 2001.
• Eight village and urban roads and three bridges
  have been constructed with GOI assistance of NRs
  48.79 crores( 6.59 Million appx) under SDP
  Programme to provide easy access to the people of
  remote villages.
• Work is ongoing for construction of 10 roads and
  2 bridges at a cost of NRs 29.09 Crores ( 3.93
  Million) under SDP.

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OTHER ROAD PROJECTS

• India constructed roads linking Kathmandu to
  Dakshinkali, Trishuli, Balaju and Godavari in the
  Kathmandu valley.
• Tribhuvan Rajmarg Links Kathmandu with Birgunj.
  Construction started in 1953 and was completed in
  1956. Handed over to GON in 1965.
• Siddhartha Rajmarg Links Sunauli with Pokhara.
• Construction of Bagmati (Kathmandu) Mohana
  (Kailali) and Sirsiya (Parsa) Bridges.
• Construction of Dakshinkali-Kulekhani Road

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Flood Control and River Training

• India has been providing assistance to Nepal for
  strengthening and extension of embankments for
  river training and flood protection works along
  Bagmati, Lalbakeya, ,Kamla, Gagan Trijuga,
  Lakhandehi, Sunsari, Kankai and Kaligandaki
  rivers in Nepal. Since 2007 an amount of nearly
  NRs 3 Billion ie 38.9 Million appx has been
  provided to GON.
• A project for river training works on Banganga
  River in Kapilvastu District has been initiated
  at a cost of NRs 40 Million.
• The embankments have helped to channel the rivers
  and prevent loss of life and property of the
  people of Nepal. 

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Creation of Irrigation Facilities

• Development of 1350 Shallow Tube Wells in
  Dhanusha,Mahottari and Siraha districts-NRs 11.46
  Crores ie 1.55 Million appx.
• Development of 2700 Shallow Tube Wells in 9
  districts of Nepal NRs 25.67 Crores ie 3.47
  Million appx.
• 22 Deep Tube Wells in Sunsari, Jhapa, Saptari and
  Siraha NRs 8.84 Crores ie 1.2 Million appx.

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Hydropower

• India-Nepal cooperation on the hydroelectricity
  projects on Koshi, Trishuli, Gandaki and Mahakali
  rivers account for the major portion of Nepals
  country's electricity output.
• A 20 MW powerhouse was constructed as a part of
  Trishuli Hydropower Project in the 1970s.
• Devighat Hydropower Project (3x5 MW) has been
  rehabilitated by BHEL in 2011 and was handed over
  to the GoN on 13th July, 2011.
• Surajpur Power Project, Kataiya Power Project and
  Pushrekhola Project have received assistance as
  well.
• Mahakali Treaty involves the integrated
  development of the river Mahakali, the Sarada
  Barrage, Tanakpur Barrage and Pancheshwar Project
  Cooperation and is also focusing on projects on
  the BudhiGandaki River.

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Co-operating to provide electricity to Nepal

• Presently Nepal is drawing 109 MW from India
  using various electric lines.
• GOI actively supports Nepal to meet the shortfall
  of power that it faces.
• Presently Nepal is drawing 109 MW from India
  using various cross border electric lines.
• Plans are afoot to augment the supply to Nepal by
  about 74 MW in the short term ie within 2012  and
  upto 200 MW  by 2013

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LARGE EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

• Manmohan Memorial Polytechnic at Biratnagar- NRs
  46 Crores ie 6.2 Million(appx)

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• CTEVT affiliated. Three disciplines Electrical,
  Electronics, and Mechanical and several short
  term 90 day- courses
• More than 400 students Indian Faculty support for
  5 years.Work in progress. First batch to pass
  out in 2011

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Proposed polytechnic at Hetauda, Makwanpur- NRs
50 Crores ie 6.7 Million (appx). Will offer
diploma courses in Electronics and communication,
Electrical, mechanical and Computer
EngineeringShort term certificate courses
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LARGE ST PROJECTS

• Establishment of proposed Science Learning Centre
  in Kathmandu- NRs 16 Crores ie 2.2 Million
  (appx)
• Laying of 904 Kilometres Optical Fibre cable
  along the East-West Highway and setting up of 80
  stations of SDH equipment- NRs 118 Crores ie
  16.2 Million (appx)

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CROSS-BORDER CONNECTIVITY
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TERAI ROADS PROJECT

• MOU for implementation of Phase I signed in
  January 2010
• Upgradation of over 1450 km of feeder roads and
  postal roads in Terai (part of Strategic Road
  Network identified by GON).Two Phases
• Phase-I to includes 19 roads totaling 605 km
  with cost of NRs. 1100 crores ie 166 Million
  (appx)

Phase-I Roads
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MAHENDRANAGAR-TANAKPUR LINK ROAD

• The 14.5 km link road connecting Mahendranagar in
  Nepals far-west with Tanakpur in India will
  extend the connectivity beyond the East-West
  Highway into India.- NRs. 67 crore ie 9 Million
  (appx)
• DPR for the project had been completed. However
  GON has requested that this link road, which
  would be part of the Asian Highway Network (AHN),
  be designed as per the AHN specifications.
  Necessary modifications in the DPR are presently
  being carried out.

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INTEGRATED CHECK-POSTS

• State-of-the-art Integrated check-posts (ICP) at
  Birgunj, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj.
• To provide integrated channel for cross-border
  movement of people and goods.
• DPR for all four checkposts has been completed.
• Raxaul-Birgunj andf Jogbani-Biratnagar ICPs are
  being undertaken under Phase-I. Work on ICP
  Birgunj has started and is expected to start soon
  in Biratnagar. Estimated cost is about Nrs. 416
  crores ie 56.2 Million (appx)
• Work on ICP at Nepalgunj has been selected to be
  taken up next.
• A high-level bilateral Project Steering Committee
  is monitoring the project to fast-track it.

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CROSS-BORDER RAILWAY LINKS

• Cross-border railway links at five border points
  Biratnagar, Janakpur (Bardibas), Nepalganj,
  Bhairahawa and Kakarbhitta.
• DPR has been completed.
• Projected cost at present over NRs 2123 crores
  ie 287 Million (appx)
• Will significantly facilitate cross-border
  movement and will be a major boost for promoting
  trade and commerce.
• following two points along the India-Nepal border
  at an estimated cost of NRs Rs.1090 crores ie
  147 Million(appx) are prioritised
• (i) Jogbani-Biratnagar ( 18 Kms)(ii) Gauge
  conversion of Jayanagar to Bijalpura (51 kms) and
  extension of the same to Bardibas (17 kms).

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Indias Assistance for the Peace Process in
Nepal

• Indias economic cooperation engagement with
  Nepal has grown manifold in the past few years,
  particularly since the restoration of multiparty
  democracy in the country.
• India welcomed the roadmap laid down by the
  historic Comprehensive Peace Agreement towards
  political stabilization in Nepal leading to the
  formation of the Constituent Assembly.
• India remains steadfast in its commitment to
  extend assistance for Nepals economic
  rehabilitation and political stabilization. The
  existing developmental engagement stands to be
  further strengthened with the ushering in of a
  new era of hope and peace in Nepal.

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Indias General Assistance

• Direct budgetary assistance of IRs. 100 crore to
  GON in fiscal 2006-07
• Soft credit line of US100 million for
  infrastructure development projects as
  prioritized by GON (In 2007).
• Another line of credit of US250 extended in
  October 2011 during visit of PM of Nepal to
  India.
• Waiver of outstanding dues on defence purchases
  (more than IRs. 100 crore)
• Doubling the number of GOI scholarships for
  Nepalese students to 2000
• Supply of 25,000 metric tons of fertilizers at
  subsidized prices

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Indian Technical And Economic Co-operation
Programme- ITEC

• India provides 100 ITEC scholarship annually to
  Nepalese citizens. It has been agreed to double
  the ITEC slots to 200 during PM Dr. Bhattarais
  visit.
• From 2000 till date, more than 600 participants
  have benefited from attending short- term
  professional courses in India.
• Apart from the training in professional courses,
  the participants are provided NR 40,000 per
  month, lodging Boarding facilities and return
  airfare.

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• More than 50 institutions conduct around 200
  short-term, medium-term and long-term courses
  every year.
• The training programme is demand-driven and
  subjects selected are of interest to developing
  countries for their working professionals on a
  wide and diverse range of skills and disciplines.
  
• Institutions like Indian Institute of Mass
  communication, IITs, Indian Institute of
  Science, TERI, Geological Survey of india and
  other institutions of international repute.

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Indias Assistance for the Peace Process in
Nepal

• Supply of over 1200 vehicles and 14,000 wireless
  sets to the Nepal Police
• Supply of over 80 vehicles and 50 wireless sets
  to UN
• Supply of 70 containers for storage of arms being
  managed under UN supervision
• Supply of 6800 metric tons of food material and
  4000 tents for rehabilitation of internally
  displaced persons
• Supporting the electoral process with close
  interaction between the Election Commissions of
  both countries through supply of equipment such
  as Electronic Voting Machines (200), ballot
  printing machines, computers, vehicles (75),
  training, sharing of experiences of Indian
  elections, etc.

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Indias Assistance Philosophy

• India believes that alongside progress in
  political process in Nepal, it is equally
  critical to ensure that economic deliverables,
  particularly in the areas of education, health
  and infrastructure, reach people without any
  pre-conditions in a smooth, quick and
  unencumbered manner.

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Indias Development Focus in Nepal

• Focus on connectivity projects
• Large infrastructure projects to continue to be
  taken up aligned with Nepals development
  priorities
• At the same time, small, grassroots level,
  community-based projects to be further
  strengthened and expanded

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Miscellaneous Facts

• There are 125,000 Indian Ex service Persons in
  Nepal.
• GOI disburses pension worth NRs 2000 Crores (
  270 Million appx) every year besides other
  welfare activities like Medical camps, Medicine
  Pack Scheme, Rural electrification and drinking
  water projects.

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Thank You