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On June 18, 2020, Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura were added to the new political map through a constitutional amendment process that India had previously deemed “untenable.”
A Chinese company has been given the task of printing new 100-rupee notes with the updated political map of Nepal by the Nepal Rastra Bank, the country’s central bank.
The $100 note’s redesign, which includes the three strategically significant regions of Limpiyadhura, Lipulek, and Kalapani as part of Nepal, was approved by the country’s Council of Ministers.
Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura were added to the new political map on June 18, 2020, through a constitutional amendment that India had previously referred to as “untenable” and the “artificial enlargement” of Nepal’s territorial claims.
Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura — in Western Nepal along the border — are maintained as belonging to India.
According to the English daily Republica, the contract was given to the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation following a competitive international tender process.
The NRB has requested that the company design, print, supply, and deliver 300 million 100-rupee notes, with an estimated printing cost of USD 8.99 million, according to the daily.
However, when contacted for comment, the spokesperson for Nepal Rastra Bank was unavailable.
After Kathmandu released a new political map in 2020 that included three Indian territories—Limpiyadhura, Kalapani, and Lipulekh—as part of Nepal, relations between India and Nepal became extremely strained.
India responded angrily, denouncing it as a “unilateral act” and warning Kathmandu that it would not tolerate such “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims.
Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand are the five Indian states that border Nepal by more than 1,850 kilometres.