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China funds study on Nepal youth joining Indian Army's Gorkha regiment
Updated On: 17 August, 2020 05:42 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
he recruitment of Nepali Gorkhas into the Indian Army stems from an arrangement agreed to in 1947 between India, the UK and Nepal, known as the Tripartite Agreement
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at a forward base in Ladakh, where he was accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (L) on Friday. Pic/ PTI
China has given 12.7 lakh Nepalese rupees to a Kathmandu-based NGO to carry out a study on what motivates Gorkha community members to join the Indian Army. Sources said that in the first week of June, China's Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, funded a Nepalese NGO -- China Study Centre (CSC) -- to conduct a study on Nepalis being recruited in the Gorkha regiments of the Indian Army.
#China has given 12.7 lakh Nepalese rupees to a #Kathmandu-based NGO to carry out a study on what motivates #Gorkha community members to join the #IndianArmy. pic.twitter.com/VnOknMb9rb
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