Explain India-Nepal relations.

India and Nepal have very good relations that has very few parallels in the world as explained below:

(i)There is a treaty between the two countries that allows their citizens to travel  to and work in the other country without visas and passports. A large number of Nepalese are in Indian army. Indian citizens are doing business in Nepal.

(ii)Trade, scientific cooperation, common natural resources, electricity generation and interlocking water management grids have brought the two countries closer to each other. But inspite of this relationship there are minor differences between the two countries :

(iii)The Indian government has often expressed displeasure at the warm relationship between Nepal and China and at the Nepal government’s inaction against anti-Indian elements.

(iv) Maoist movement in Nepal is considered a growing threat to the security of India, givev the rise of naxalite groups in various Indian states from Bihar in the north to Andhra Pardesh in the south.

(v) Citizens in Nepal think that the Indian government interferes in their internal affairs, has designs on its river waters and hydro-electricity and prevents Nepal from getting easier access to the sea through Indian territory.

(vi) There is a hope that the consolidation of democracy in Nepal will lead to improvements in the ties between the two countries.