Kathmandu, Sep 2 (IANS) Officials from Nepal and India will be meeting in New Delhi Wednesday and Thursday to hold talks on the much-touted Power Trade Agreement (PTA) between the energy-starved nations. According to the decision taken during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal in August, the two sides agreed to complete the negotiations within 45 days. Nepal’s cabinet Tuesday formed a seven-member task force comprising senior officials from the ministries of energy, finance, foreign affairs and law and justice to negotiate with the Indian side, Nepal’s Minister for Information and Communication, Minendra Rijal, told the media after a meeting. Energy Secretary Rajendra Kishor Chettri would be leading the Nepali delegation to India to finalise the PTA, Rijal said.
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