India, Nepal sign agreement to ease movement of rail-based freight between the two nations

India and Nepal person amended the Treaty of Transit betwixt the 2 countries to facilitate the question of rail-based freight betwixt Jogbani successful India and Biratnagar successful Nepal, including bulk cargo. 

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal’s Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Anil Kumar Sinha met successful New Delhi connected Thursday (November 13, 2025) to speech the letters amending the protocol to the Treaty of Transit betwixt India and Nepal. 

“This signing volition facilitate the question of rail-based freight betwixt Jogbani (India) and Biratnagar (Nepal) including bulk cargo nether an expanded definition,” the authorities said successful a release. 

“This liberalisation extends to cardinal transit corridors — Kolkata-Jogbani, Kolkata-Nautanwa (Sunauli), and Visakhapatnam-Nautanwa (Sunauli), thereby strengthening multimodal commercialized connectivity betwixt the 2 countries and Nepal’s commercialized with 3rd countries,” the merchandise added.

The 2 Ministers besides welcomed the ongoing bilateral initiatives to heighten cross-border connectivity and trade. 

“India remains Nepal’s largest commercialized and concern partner, accounting for a important stock of its outer trade,” the merchandise said. “These caller measures are expected to further consolidate economical and commercialized linkages betwixt the 2 countries and beyond.”