Indian grants

India pledged $250 million in grant support for Nepal's reconstruction following the April 2015 earthquake, allocated to housing, education, health, and cultural heritage. A 5th Joint Project Monitoring Committee this week concluded that 26 projects in the education sector, including Tribhuvan University Central Library in Kathmandu, 32 in the health sector and three in the cultural heritage sector, amounting to Rs3.35 billion, have been handed over in the past year.