NEPAL TO LAUNCH NEW CURRENCY NOTE FEATURING MAP DISPUTED TERRETORIES WITH INDIA

Nepal on Friday announced the printing of a new Rs 100 currency note with a map that shows the controversial territories of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani, already termed as artificial enlargement and untenable by India.

The meeting of the council of ministers chaired by Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda' took a decision to print the new map of Nepal, which includes the Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani in the Rs 100 denomination bank notes, government spokesperson Rekha Sharma told media persons while briefing about the cabinet decision.

The cabinet approved the redesign of the banknote of Rs 100 and replace the old map printed in the background of the bank note during the cabinet meetings held on April 25 and May 2, Sharma, who is also the Minister for Information and Communication, added.

On June 18, 2020, Nepal completed the process of updating the country's political map by incorporating three strategically important areas Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas by amending its Constitution, something that India reacted sharply, calling it a "unilateral act" and terming as untenable the artificial enlargement of the territorial claims by Nepal.

India maintains Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to it.

Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states - Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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