India and her Neighbour: Indo-Nepal economic cooperation through Uttar Pradesh.

In the era of globalization where the whole globe plays to be our home, has regionalization lost its importance? At least in the context of South Asian nations the answer can no way be a Yes. Regional and sub-regional integration play a vital role when it comes to South Asia, which once used to be the economic heartland of the British Empire in the continent. India with the ambitious vision of her multifarious development has always accorded high importance to maintaining close economic ties with the countries of South Asia and other parts of Asia as well. A strategic diagnosis of India’s relations with its neighbours brings to light one of her closest and socio-culturally identical neighbor Nepal—a small landlocked country with huge geographical advantages. A recent study, in this regard, not only brings out the latest status of economic and social cooperation existing between India and Nepal but also draws attention towards the immense potential this inter-linkage offers with a lucrative promise of a win-win position for both the countries. Moreover the study, notably, justifies and highlights the prospective role of Uttar Pradesh in attaining the same. Based on both primary and secondary data sources the study has also taken into the account ground level scenario on the border, witnessed through field visits.