What is MCC in Nepal | MCC controversy in Nepal

 What is MCC in Nepal? Introduction of MCC

Millennium challenge corporation is a US government development agency that is independent very much like USAID. Their mission around the globe is poverty reduction through economic growth.

America's innovation foreign aid agency the millennium challenge corporation is leading the fight against poverty with compassion and generosity and is changing the conversation about how to effectively deliver U.S government assistance by focusing on accountability and results.

In an increasingly connected world, helping the world"s, poor promotes global prosperity and security.

since MCC was created back in 2004 They have provided over 13 billion dollars in compacts or grants to in 37 different compacts or grants to nearly 30 different partner countries including in South and Southeast Asia 

"for too long we've measured our efforts by the dollars we spent and the food and medicines that we delivered but aid alone is not development is helping Nations to actually develop moving from poverty to prosperity and we need more than just a to unleash that change.

we need to harness all the tools that are disposable from our diplomacy to our trade policies" by BARAK OBAMA

How Does MCC select the country?

They select countries using a competitive process we look at how they perform against their peers and the same income.

There are category on 20 different transparent third-party indicators of economic freedom ruling justly and investing in citizens like  

• agriculture and irrigation
• transportation (roads, bridges, ports),
• water supply and sanitation,
• access to health,
• finance and enterprise development,
• anticorruption initiatives,
• land rights and access,
• Right to education
• Anti-corruption 

like the above category, there are 20 categories country has passed in 16 categories out of 20 categories. It means a country is eligible for the Millennium challenge corporation.

Guided by its founding principles, MCC’s investments have successfully delivered projects that are improving the lives of millions of people around the world

• Create jobs and expand markets
• Build a more stable world
• Promote growth through infrastructure
• Invest in the next generation
• Incentivize policy and institutional reform
• Empower women and girls
• Increase the capacity of partner governments
• Give entrepreneurs tools to succeed
• Lay the groundwork for healthy communities

The MCC (Millenium challenge corporation)  signing done on September 14, 2017, in Washington DC between Nepal and Millennium challenge corporation State Department. 

Under the Nepali Congress, Finance Minister Mr. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and MCC Acting CEO Mr. Jonathan Nash singed the compact agreement.

Fact about MCC (Millenium challenge corporation)

Fact of What is MCC in Nepal in the view of American

1. At the request of Nepal's leader, the us government began working with Nepal in 2012 toward the development of an MCC compact.
2. Every Nepali political party civil society and private sector representatives have expressed a desire to conclude in-country development in the nation.
3. The MCC project is focused purely on economic development by helping to build power lines and improve the road.
4. There is no military component to the MCC, in fact, US law prohibits it.
5. Nepal does not need to "join" or "sign up" for anything in order to participate in the MCC.
6. The $500 million is a grant with no strings attached, no interest rates, and no hidden clauses. nation has to do is commit to spending the money, transparency, for the projects that have been agreed upon.
7. Nation proposed and decided which projects MCC will fund in the nation based on national own priorities.
8. MCC's model requires Nepal to hire Nepalese to lead the implementation of the projects.
9. MCC project tenders are open, transparent, and available to everyone.
10. In Nepal as in every country where MCC works, parliamentary ratification is required and provides transparency and an opportunity for Nepalis to understand the project.

Millennium challenge corporation project in Nepal

1. monitoring and evaluation
2. Programmer and Administrate
3. Electricity and transmission project
4. transportation project 

Out of 4, compact priority in-country is ELECTRICITY AND TRANSMISSION PROJECT and TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.

The total cost of this project is $630 million out of that Nepal has to raise $130 million.

This project must complete within 5 years

• Maintenance of road around 300 km
• Plant involves 400 km transmission line

What is  MCC in Nepal controversy?

1. Without permission, the country government has no right to access the project area.
2. Tax must be free
3. According to agreement, they going to hire about the equipment and employment in project
4. Government should not interfere in audit and account

In 2019 American Assistant Secretary of south Asia visit Nepal and said MCC is the internal parts of IPS (info pacific strategy) if the assistant secretary is right then can use American military, economic, and politics in Nepal. 

Which is not good for the two giant neighboring countries.

It is not written that country has to sign the agreement but if the country sign than the Nepalese constitution is not allowed to interfere in the project.

In section 6.8 it is written if a member of MCC has to any mistake or crime than national law is not allowed to touch.

By giving $130 million, Nepal has not allowed to interfere in the project.

Americans have all right in expenses, audits, and project cancellations. Which not good for the country.

The project duration is 5 years. If it is not complete in 5 years than all money will be taken back.

Controversy between political Nepali Congress and ruling party.

Still, there are may controversy regarding agreement (Millenium challenge corporation)

agreement link

         Agreement in English

         Agreement in local language

In my opinion

The country should be clear between MCC and IPS (Indo specific strategy) we cannot make china and India sad by agreement compact.

The project must be under the Nepalese constitution and law. It must be in favor of the nation.

Ok tax will be free but the equipment and employment must be in the present 

of government. 

We all know many countries have developed by compact agreement but we should not forget what happens to Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq so we have to avoid that type our condition in the nation by applying our policy.

Before signing this agreement is should have to discuss in the national forum so the situation of today would not be today.

$500 million is a big amount I think we shouldn't let them go easily because till now the nation hadn't released that much amount for the development.

Minister for foreign affairs

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CONCLUSION

If today Compact is pass than the controversy mention above will always be there.

If Compact doesn't pass then there will be a problem in diplomatic relations between America and Nepal.

Now this time people should use their knowledge, skill, and courage for the long term business with CHINA and INDIA because we are surrounded by giant nations. 

If you want to read an agreement of compact link is below

        Agreement in English

        Agreement in local language

I hope you all understand what is MCC in Nepal? If you have any suggestions regarding MCC in Nepal please comment below. 

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Relation between India and Nepal | India and Nepal dispute

The relationship between Nepal and India has always been a great neighbor. if any two countries exist in the past that have the closest relation then it's Nepal and India.

 for sure considering its culture tradition language major religion of the nation as well as for trade, both countries share a common intersection. 

This two nations can be counted among those countries whose citizens don't need any kind of visas and passport to go from one nation to another to stay and even work 

Meanwhile we also can say that they share an open border of 1690 kilometer with each other which is running relation between Nepal and India. the relation nowadays gets worse day by day.

What was a dispute between India and Nepal?

Since 1816 after the treaty of Sugauli but this friendship of kith and kins seems to deem in the recent days when the political map of India and political map of Nepal 

Intersects certain reasons in  Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani when the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi published its political map in October 31, 2019.

Nepal denied the political map because Nepal claims that the published map includes the territory supposed to be of Nepal.  

This is when the reason for border dispute in recent days came forward as the consequences of this newly published map by India there was a huge protest conducted in Kathmandu by the civilian.

By: the Kathmandu post

1. Both India and Nepal consider Kalapani as an integral part of their country. 
2. According to India, Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand region.
3. Nepal considers the region to be a part of the Dharchula district.
4. Nepal says the new map is based on the Sugauli Treaty signed between the British Government of India and Nepal.
5. in 1816 according to the treaty documents. On the basis, Nepal believes that Limpia is the origin of the unfinished Kali River and that it is situated on the Indo-Nepal border.
6. The map covers 335 kilometers of terrain in which Limpia is unfinished as part of Nepal.
7.  8th May 2020 when both countries were in Covid-19 lockdown India inaugurated the Kailash-Mansarovar track without the prior notice or negotiation with the Government of Nepal. 
8. Nepalese government raised this issue farther by publishing the new political map of Nepal including the  Limpiadhura Lipulekh pass and Kalapani.  

Reason based on the historical evidences artifacts and documents this step of the  Nepalese government is highly criticized by the Indian media and the Indian media is claiming that this step of the Nepalese government is highly pressurized by the  Chinese government.

The tension between these two countries in recent days is building up rapidly not only the government but the civilian also have started passing the hate comments across the border.

I think this issue should be resolved very soon before it's too late for the remarkable historical friendship between these two nations.

Before coming into the main topic who is right I would like to highlight you some of the historical data and events that exist between these neighboring nation.

Nepal has also been included in the new map of the Susta region located near West Champaran district on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar state. Susta region is also long disputed between Nepal and India.

  Evolution of dispute

For this you have to go back to  1816 before 1816 Nepal was a  big nation it was spread from Kagada Fort in the west till the Teesta river in the east and also includes some reason in the south which lies in modern-day.

India this bigger Nepal is denoted by greater Nepal as the consequences of  Anglo-Nepal war fought between East India Company and Nepal Sugauli Sandhi or Treaty of Sugauli was held. 

This treaty was held between the British government as East India Company and Raj guru Gajaraj Mishra and Chandra Shekhar Upadhaya for the Nepalese government.

In article 5 of this Sugauli treaty, the western border of Nepal is denoted by the Mahakali river also known as the kali river. 

Article 5 reads the raja of Nepal renounces for himself his heirs and successor all claims to or connected with the countries lying to the west of the river Kali, and engages never to have any concern with those countries or inhabitants thereof after the Sugauli treaty. 

The map of Nepal seems to be like this including Limpiadhura and its Westernmost border later in the 1860s the map was published again by the Indian side  (the then East India Company)  which unfairly shifted the border towards Kalapani. 

Showing the origination of the kali river at Kala Pani but not Limpiadhura this map shows Lipulekh as a tri-junction between three countries India  Nepal and China.

There was no treaty has done where both sides agree on this statement during this time Nepal has a Rana regime an autocratic government there was no response are very little objection from the Nepal side.

Probably because of the weaker economy and unstable government after that Nepal and India both had been following the unofficial border until 1962 when the Sino-Indian war was fought to highlight you about the Sino-Indian war. 

How India occupy Kala Pani?

It was the war fought between India and China in 1962 due to the disputed  Himalayan border at that time Nepal was under monarchy led by King Mahindra. 

Nepal and India were closely related and had a very good friendship.

India asked King Mahindra to settle a temporary camp for the Indian Army in  Kalapani for the war, which King Mahendra had no reason to deny for they choose to build a camp in Kalapani. 

Because strategically it was better since it was a higher place and the Indian army could easily inspect the Chinese movement. 

Kala Pani

Later after the war, there were several requests by the Nepalese government to back out the Indian army camp from the Kalapani region but India forcefully stayed. 

They dismissed the request because Kala Pani was strategically important for the protection of India. 

After that incident, Nepal had to go various internal governmental crises as well as a change in the system of government to panchayat so it could not exert pressure on the Indian government. 

Later on, the Indian government published the Kalapani and  Lipulekh region as a disputed reason. 

Nepal had no way to object that because of low economic conditions as well as a lack of skilled manpower to draw its own map.

Voice raise against territory

India and Nepal dispute

Nepal was able to publish its own map only in 1975  before that Nepal used to draw a map with the reference map of India and China.

Democracy came into Nepal very late in 1990 after democracy came into Nepal. 

People had a lot of freedom to raise voice and look at the treaties and agreements previously done. 

After this, the claim for their disputed border became more frequent in 2015 when India and China signed a contract for India china treaty for trade and track for Kailash Mansarovar yatra.

Which passes from trijunction Lipulekh pass Nepal was not involved here due to this  Nepal protested this act between China and India. 

China responded to that protest and cleared his position but India has been ignorant about this protest there was no response from the side of India later on October 31st, 2019  when India published its new political map it forcefully included the Kala Pani region. 

Which was declared as a disputed region before for this map there were huge protests done in Kathmandu by the civilian also the Nepalese government sent a letter of disapproval calling for a diplomatic negotiation but again India didn't respond.

According to Deputy Prime Minister and defense minister of Nepal, Mr. Ishwar Pokhrel Nepalese government sent three diplomatic notes calling for the meeting but none of them were responded. 

The blockade that India imposed over Nepal in 2015 when Nepal drafted its first democratic constitution was already enough to hate the Indian government. 

This ignorant act of the Indian government added more hatred towards India among the Nepalese people also the friendship of India. and Nepal was already a matter of question

Present situation  of dispute

This year in 2020 when Nepal again asked for the diplomatic negotiation with India government responded to have a meeting only after  COVID is over but few days after this statement was given on 8th May 2020.

The Defense Minister of India Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Kailash Mansarovar track from the Kalapani region which brought huge protests in Nepal among the civilian and government in the ruling party as well as in opposition party Nepalese government showed the disapproval regarding this inaugurated track.

But  India responded that the track passes through the territory of India soon after the ignorant behavior of India, compelled Nepal to publish  new political map including 

Limpiadhura Lipulekh and Kalapani stating that this would be a base to negotiate on this act of Nepalese government could not be ignored in India. 

There was a huge dispute occurred Indian media, as well as the Indian army chief, came forward to give a statement that this step of  Nepal is highly influenced by the Chinese government.

Whereas Nepalese official object that statement and claims that this was only based on the historical and documented proofs and evidences they possess and not by the influence from the third party this is the history between Nepal and  India border dispute.

Who do you think is right please write in the comment section down below 

In my opinion

if I have to decide on who is right I would say both and if I have to pick the wrong ones I would pick them both again.  

say how to listen

When Nepal publishes its new political map it included the reason for Limpiadhura taking the Sugauli Treaty of 1816 as the reference but when British India published its new map 

In the 1860s stating Kalapani as the source of the Kali river, there was no objection from the Nepali side. Maybe Nepal is small but they have to raise the voice.

Even the Nepalese government drew its map later taking reference with the British India map published in the 1860s which shows acceptance of the map.

But in my personal opinion, Nepal rightfully belongs to the area of Kala Pani and Lipulekh which India forcefully took it away. 

Because during the Sino-India war in 1962 India asked King Mahendra the then king of Nepal to build a camp in  Kalapani for the Indian army because of its strategic importance but when the war ended King Mahendra asked them to leave the region but India didn't back out their camp.

The unstable government of Nepal and is the stronger military power of India became the reason to not leave the camp also India took advantage of the very rural area of Nepal that the Government of  Nepal could hardly reach. 

Later on, when Nepal was struggling for the democracy  India wrongfully called this reason as a disputed region and included forcefully. 

New political map of India as I see the sequence of activities of India over Nepal I perceive that India is playing a fishy game with Nepal.

India should have included Nepal during the construction of the Kailash Mansarovar track as well as the inclusion of the Kala Pani region in their new political map was quite unfair. 

But there is a big question being raised why is India not responding to Nepal's request for diplomatic negotiation.

Does  India have no proof?

so what you think If you have your own opinion about the relation between India and Nepal comment below.

MCC in Nepal (internal link)