A new economic pact between India and Nepal is in the pipeline with its seeds sown during Nepal's new Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's maiden official visit to India earlier this month.

Jairam Ramesh, the Indian minister of state for commerce and power, who is in Kathmandu on a three-day visit to attend a major Indo-Nepal power summit, told the media Tuesday that he would be holding talks with Nepal's Commerce and Supplies Minister Rajendra Mahato over the new Comprehen