Uncertainty looms over India-Nepal cross border trade
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Synopsis Life has started getting back to its normalcy after 10 months long pandemic regulations. But large portion of bilateral trade between India and Nepal is still under deep stress. While organized exim is on, the informal trade across the open border is badly suffocating due to covid restrictive protocols.
Under Indo-Nepal friendship treaty 1951, citizens of both the countries do not need visa to cross border. Thousands cross the open border daily to work, buy or sell.
Life has started getting back to its normalcy after 10 months long pandemic regulations. But a large portion of bilateral trade between India and Nepal is still under deep stress. While organized exim is on, the informal trade across the open border is badly suffocating due to covid restrictive protocols.