Foreign secretary Shringla's Nepal visit kindles hopes of traders in Bihar

India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla ended his Nepal visit with a meeting with Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and extensive discussions with Foreign Minister  Pradeep Kumar Gyawali amid strain in India-Nepal relations over boundary disputes. 

But his visit has got a rousing welcome from unanticipated quarters: traders and investors in Bihar waiting eagerly for cordiality to return to India-Nepal relations, so that trade can come back to normal levels.

Trade normalisation with Nepal is crucial to Bihar’s economy, says S Prahalathan Iyer, chief general manager, Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank), because tension between the two countries and