Boundary Working Group: India-Nepal

Boundary Working Group: India-Nepal

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-II – International Relations

In News:

• Recently, it has been reported that Nepal has proposed a meeting of the Boundary Working Group (BWG) in August end or early September 2020.

Important value additions 

Boundary Working Group (BWG)

• It is a joint agency constituted by the governments of India and Nepal in 2014. 
• Objective: To carry out works in the fields of construction, restoration and repair of boundary pillars including clearance of ‘no-man’s land’ and other technical tasks.
• Led by: The Surveyor General of India. 
• The BWG is different from the foreign secretaries meeting that is being sought to discuss the Kalapani border dispute. 
• It is an important mechanism to review the boundary work. 
• The BWG’s inputs are critical as they are given to the governments on the basis of field-level survey.