With an aim to explore trade opportunities and economic development of India’s Northeast region and Nepal, the India-Nepal Economic Partnership Summit was organised in Gangtok, Sikkim on Friday. The PHDCCI under the aegis of its India-Nepal Centre State Development Council (SDC), in association with the Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi, kick-started the inaugural event on Friday.
The summit was attended by chief minister Prem Singh Golay along with Ambassador of Nepal to India Nilambar Acharya and host of other dignitaries from Nepal as well as from Sikkim.
The summit focused on sectors where India-Nepal cooperation through proactive and sublime ‘East Connection’ can achieve the desired goals for Nepal’s economic development in tourism, agriculture and food processing, healthcare and start-ups among services. The summit hosted key industry and government stakeholders from both the countries who were either already involved with the industrial development of Nepal or have genuine urge to be part of it.