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    Annual Report English 2018-19-97

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    The document summarizes international cooperation activities of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India in 2018-19. Key initiatives included signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements with other countries to facilitate collaboration in road transport. Regional cooperation efforts focused on negotiating a Motor Vehicles Agreement within the BIMSTEC group of South and Southeast Asian nations to regulate cross-border traffic. A working group meeting was held between BIMSTEC member countries to discuss a draft agreement. Additionally, a trial bus service was conducted between Bangladesh, India, and Nepal to test cross-border passenger transportation under their existing motor vehicles agreement.

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    The document summarizes international cooperation activities of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India in 2018-19. Key initiatives included signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements with other countries to facilitate collaboration in road transport. Regional cooperation efforts focused on negotiating a Motor Vehicles Agreement within the BIMSTEC group of South and Southeast Asian nations to regulate cross-border traffic. A working group meeting was held between BIMSTEC member countries to discuss a draft agreement. Additionally, a trial bus service was conducted between Bangladesh, India, and Nepal to test cross-border passenger transportation under their existing motor vehicles agreement.

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    The document summarizes international cooperation activities of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India in 2018-19. Key initiatives included signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements with other countries to facilitate collaboration in road transport. Regional cooperation efforts focused on negotiating a Motor Vehicles Agreement within the BIMSTEC group of South and Southeast Asian nations to regulate cross-border traffic. A working group meeting was held between BIMSTEC member countries to discuss a draft agreement. Additionally, a trial bus service was conducted between Bangladesh, India, and Nepal to test cross-border passenger transportation under their existing motor vehicles agreement.

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    Annual Report 2018-19 Slippery Road

    CHAPTER XII
    INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
    12.1 The International Cooperation Division of this Ministry engaged in various bilateral and
    regional level activities for cooperation with neighbouring and countries during 2018-19.
    12.2 MAJOR INITIATIVES TAKEN BY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIVISION:
    12.2.1 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/Agreements and other instruments signed:
    For cooperation with other countries on the basis of reciprocity, equality and mutual benets,
    an instrument signed between two Governments provides Government support and sense of
    reliability to the executive agencies, professionals and private sector for collaborating and
    cooperating in identied sectors/areas. Hence, efforts were focused on following up various
    bilateral and regional instruments in the Road Transport sector to identify activities and
    action plan to utilise the best practices and technologies in the partner countries
    12.2.2 Regional Cooperation
    To strengthen relations with countries in the South and South East Asian region and to
    facilitate seamless movement of vehicles across international borders, Ministry of Road
    Transport and Highways initiated negotiations to forge Motor Vehicle Agreements and
    conclude bus service agreements with neighbouring countries in the sub-region. Under
    these initiatives, the following activities were conducted in 2018-19:
    (i) The First Working Group Meeting of the BIMSTEC Member States to negotiate the Text of the
    Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger and Cargo Vehicular Trafc
    between and among BIMSTEC Member States was held on 09-10 April, 2018 in New Delhi.
    Delegations from the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Republic
    of India, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal,
    the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Kingdom of Thailand participated in
    the Meeting. The meeting discussed the draft text of the Motor Vehicles Agreement and its
    annexures clause-by-clause and nalised a revised draft text for further consideration. The
    revised draft of the text of the Agreement has been shared with the Member States by the
    BIMSTEC Secretariat, to examine the draft through their respective internal/inter-
    Ministerial consultations.
    (ii) As part of preparatory steps towards implementation of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
    (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) across Bangladesh, India and Nepal (BIN), as
    Bhutan is yet to ratify the agreement, a trial run of two passenger buses from Dhaka,
    Bangladesh was conducted during 23rd to 26th April 2018, with 43 passengers (ofcials from

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