Prime Highlights
- India and Nepal signed MoUs for eight projects worth about NPR 803 million.
- Education remains a major focus, with projects covering Belbari Multiple Campus and B P Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences.
Key Facts
- The HICDP programme has supported 605 projects in Nepal since 2003.
- India has provided 1,049 ambulances and 381 school buses to Nepal.
Background
India and Nepal have signed agreements for eight development projects in education, health and agriculture under India’s High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) programme. The projects, valued at around NPR 803 million, will receive Indian grant assistance and will be implemented by local governments and institutions in Nepal.
The agreements were signed in the second week of August between the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, Nepal’s Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration, and the agencies responsible for executing the projects.
Education is a key focus of the latest package. The projects include a new building for Belbari Multiple Campus in Morang and the digitalisation of B P Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences in Dharan. The package also includes a 10-bed hospital in Dailekh and a 15-bed hospital building in Barju Rural Municipality in Sunsari.
Agriculture-related projects include a produce collection and sales centre in Bhojpur, a municipal agricultural and livestock centre in Dhading, an agriculture promotion centre in Humla and a cold store in Syangja.
India launched the HICDP framework in Nepal in 2003. With the latest projects, the programme has supported 605 projects across the country. Nepal has completed 512 of them, while others remain under implementation.
India has also provided 1,049 ambulances across all 77 districts and 381 school buses covering 65 districts.
The projects are selected by Nepal’s local governments, allowing the programme to address local needs and support development at the community level.
