Project ID: 72291

China grants RMB 150 million to Nepal Army for the purpose of humanitarian and disaster relief management in 2019

Commitment amount

$ 24543002.310774148

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 24543002.31

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Nepal

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2019-10-20

Description

In 2018, China and Nepal began talking about a potential grant. On October 20, 2019, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Ishwar Pokhrel held bilateral talks with China's State Councillor and Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe in Beijing. During this meeting, Pokhrel and Wei signed an agreement whereby China will provide an assistance of RMB 150 million (around Rs 2.53 billion) to Nepal Army over a period of 3 years for the purpose of humanitarian and disaster relief equipment.

Additional details

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Nepali Army (NA) (Gorkhali Army) (Royal Nepali Army) [Government Agency]