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Government Expands Scope of Investment in Small Projects backed by India

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Government Expands Scope of Investment in Small Projects backed by India
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October 8: The government has decided to increase the scope of small projects backed by India’s investment in coordination with the local units.

The Indian government has been investing in various small development projects (SDPs) in Nepal ranging from waste management to construction of school buildings in villages.

The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration is the handles all the matters related to SDPs.

A ministerial-level decision taken by Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Hridayesh Tripathi last week decided to change the programmes and expand the scope of SDPs run on investment made by India.

With the amendment, India can now invest on SDPs including construction of community school buildings, child development centres, libraries, hospitals, health posts, blood collection centres, maternity wards among others.

The scope of SDPs have been increased with the objective of bringing in more investment from India in projects like waste management, drinking water projects, agriculture among others.

Prior to this, the government had not clearly specified the areas of investment due to which India had been investing in projects at its will, insist officials at the ministry.

After the government clearly identified areas of investment by India, the Indian government will now have to invest in those specific projects in coordination with the local units. The local levels have been given the authority to select the projects and implementing them as well.

The SDPs were initiated in 2003. Initially, the Indian Embassy in Nepal used to be directly involved in the projects. But after the promulgation of the new constitution of Nepal in  2015, a provision was included for the projects to be run in coordination with the local units.

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