Indian embassy in Nepal ink MoU with STMHF

Current Context: The Embassy of India, Kathmandu and the Sushila Thakur Memorial Health Foundation (STMHF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) the on May 4, 2023 for the distribution of LPG gas stoves and cylinders in Mahottari District, Nepal with the Indian grant assistance of Rs 50 million (approx) under India-Nepal Development Cooperation.

• This project will benefit nearly 8,000 underprivileged and marginalised families of five municipalities in Mahottari District, Madhesh Pradesh of Nepal.
• The project is inspired by the Government of India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana which is a flagship scheme with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes.

Question:

Q. 1 Which foundation did the Embassy of India, Kathmandu sign a MoU with for the distribution of LPG gas stoves and cylinders in Mahottari District, Nepal?
a. Sushila Thakur Memorial Health Foundation
b. Nepal-India Women Friendship Society
c. B. P. Koirala Foundation
d. Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre