India and Nepal sign Letter of Exchange to amend transit protocol, boosting rail connectivity and trade

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Anil Kumar Sinha in New Delhi yesterday. During the meeting, both countries exchanged a Letter of Exchange (LoE) amending the Protocol to the Treaty of Transit between India and Nepal.     The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that the letter enables direct rail connectivity along the Jogbani-Biratnagar rail link for both containerised and bulk cargo.       It added that the initia...