Overview
- India and Bhutan jointly inaugurated the 1,020 MW Punatsangchhu-II hydropower project, with electricity to be supplied to both countries.
- New Delhi announced a Rs 40 billion concessional line of credit to fund Bhutan’s energy projects.
- The two sides agreed to establish an immigration checkpost at Hatisar in Assam to facilitate access to the Gelephu Mindfulness City.
- Leaders welcomed resumption of work on the main dam of the 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I project with a push for expedited completion.
- Three MoUs were concluded covering renewable energy, health and medicine, and institutional linkages between Bhutan’s PEMA Secretariat and India’s NIMHANS, alongside India’s reaffirmed support for Bhutan’s 13th Five-Year Plan.