Nepal, India sign 6 agreements

Nepal and India have signed six agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Lumbini on Tuesday

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By Annapurna Expresss
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Nepal and India have signed six agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Lumbini on Tuesday.

The officials from the two countries signed the agreements in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Modi and his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.

According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the signed agreements are as follows: 

Sr. No. Name of MoU
1. Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Lumbini Buddhist University on the establishment of Dr. Ambedkar Chair for Buddhist Studies
2. Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and CNAS, Tribhuvan University on the establishment of ICCR Chair of Indian Studies
3. Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Kathmandu University (KU) on the establishment of the ICCR Chair of Indian Studies 
4. Memorandum of Understanding [in collaboration] between Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), India
5. Letter of Agreement (LoA) between Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology (IITM), India [ For Joint degree program at Master’s level]
6. Agreement between SJVN Ltd and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for Development and implementation of Arun 4 Project