INDIA
The Mangdechhu project in Bhutan is being built with India's help and will be commissioned soon.
India has announced that it will provide Rs 4,500-crore support to Bhutan's 12th five-year plan and both New Delhi and Thimpu have agreed on the Mangdechhu Tariff. The announcement was made during a joint press statement delivered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering who is on a 3-day maiden visit to India after assuming charge in November.
Announcing India's support to Bhutan's five-year plan and outcome on Mangdechhu Tariff, PM Modi said, "In Bhutan's progress, India will be a committed friend. India will contribute Rs 4,500 crore in Bhutan's 12th 5-year plan.
We discussed cooperation in Hydropower project. Work on Mangdechhu project will be completed soon. We have agreed on Mangdechhu tariff as well."
The Mangdechhu project in Bhutan is being built with India's help and will be commissioned soon.
Bhutan govt will soon launch RuPay cards which PM Modi said "will benefit the people-to-people ties between both the countries."
Thanking India for its support to Bhutan's 5-year plans and personal commitment of PM Modi to India-Bhutan ties, Bhutan PM explained how "barely 20 hours after (Bhutan Election) results were declared", he "got a call from none other than PM Modi".
He thanked PM Modi for supporting Bhutanese traders affected by "GST which has come in action in India"
He lauded India's neighbourhood first policy and invited PM Modi to "visit Bhutan as soon as possible" to inaugurate Mangdechhu which will be "commissioned in next few months".
India plays an important in Bhutan economic development and has constructed three Hydroelectric Projects (HEPs) in Bhutan totalling 1416 MW.
He appreciated what India achieved under PM Modi and said it is because of "Modi Factor" and his country has all the regards for it.
Earlier during the day, he was given a ceremonial guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhawan where did he said, "I carry volumes of love from my King and people of Bhutan".
He later paid respects to the Father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi and in the visitors book wrote "It is my great honour to be visiting India today. Thank PM Modi and people of India. I could not have hoped for a better country on my first foreign visit after assuming office"
This was the visit of new Bhutanese PM after taking charge. He took over on 7th of November and is the 8th Prime Minister of Bhutan. After taking charge in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit abroad was to Bhutan.
This year marks the Golden Jubilee year of establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Bhutan and has seen a number of events. Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale was the 1st Indian official to visit Bhutan to meet the new Prime Minister.
India is Bhutan's largest trading partner. In 2016, total bilateral trade between the two countries stood at Rs. 8,723 crore. 82 % of Bhutan's total import which is Rs. 5528.5 crore comes from India while Bhutan's 90% export goes to India and stands at Rs. 3205.2 crore. Most of the Bhutanese export to India is electricity.
India plays an important role in Bhutan’s economic development. It has constructed three Hydroelectric Projects (HEPs) in Bhutan which produce as much as 1416 MW energy.
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