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Nepal and India concluded the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) meeting headed by the commerce secretaries from both countries on Thursday, in New Delhi. The IGC is a mechanism constituted under Nepal-India Treaty of Trade to resolve issues of trade and transit between the two countries. The meeting focused on minimising technical barriers to trade, trade facilitation, trade infrastructure development and progress review of earlier IGC meeting that was held in December, 2013, in Kathmandu. Commerce Secretary Naindra Prasad Upadhyay, leader of the Nepali delegation, spoke to Pushpa Raj Acharya of The Himalayan Times on the developments of the recently held IGC meeting. 
 Nepal and India recently concluded the commerce secretary-level talks, also termed as Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) meeting. Was the meeting able to fulfil its objectives? We held discussions on Nepal-India trade and transit issues and reached a conclusion to resolve them gradually to boost bilateral trade and investment. Overall, the meeting was a success. The meeting has proved that IGC is a very effective mechanism to resolve bilateral trade and transit issues where higher authorities of both sides spoke on technical and operational matters.