On May 3, the government of Nepal, presided over by Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda,' decided to produce new banknotes featuring a revised map that included disputed territory as part of Nepal.
According to a media report on Tuesday, Nepal's central bank is getting ready to produce new banknotes with the updated map—which now covers disputed territory with India—within a year.
Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura are included in the new map that Nepal Rashtra Bank is manufacturing banknotes with. This information was cited by online news portal Nepalkhabar.com by Dilliram Pokharel, the bank's joint spokesperson.
According to Pokharel, the bank has already started the process of producing the new notes, and it should be finished in six months to a year.
However, the bank's spokesperson was unable for comment when asked about his reaction to the news article.
On May 3, the cabinet of Nepal, presided over by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the country's prime minister at the time, decided to produce new banknotes that included the newly drawn map designating these territories as belonging to Nepal.
In May 2020, under the leadership of K P Sharma Oli, the Nepali government released a new political map that included the areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura inside its borders. The Parliament of Nepal approved it. After that, in spite of protests from India, the government replaced the outdated map that was used in all official papers with the updated version.
Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura are all claimed by India.
Nepal shares a 1,850-kilometer border with five Indian states: Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
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