{"id":20095,"date":"2026-07-12T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:59:10","slug":"indian-additional-secretary-munu-mahawar-arriving-in-nepal-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary at India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs, is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Monday to participate in bilateral meetings on energy cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>According to available information, Mahawar will arrive in Kathmandu on July 13. During his visit, he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal.<\/p>\n<p>Mahawar heads the Northern Division of India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs, which handles matters related to Nepal and Bhutan.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, he will participate in meetings of the Nepal\u2013India Joint Steering Committee and the Joint Working Group on power-sector cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Steering Committee is a secretary-level mechanism, while the Joint Working Group operates at the joint secretary level. The two bilateral mechanisms discuss and make decisions on electricity trade, hydropower projects, cross-border transmission lines and energy infrastructure cooperation between Nepal and India.<\/p>\n<p>The meetings are expected to review the expansion of bilateral electricity trade, the status of proposed and ongoing cross-border transmission lines, access for electricity generated by Nepali hydropower projects to the Indian market and progress in implementing previous agreements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary at India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs, is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Monday to participate in bilateral meetings on energy cooperation. According to available information, Mahawar will arrive in Kathmandu on July 13. During his visit, he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Foreign &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dragon Media News Desk Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary at India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs, is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Monday to participate in bilateral meetings on energy cooperation. According to available information, Mahawar will arrive in Kathmandu on July 13. During his visit, he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Foreign &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-12T10:59:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/munu.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"782\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"507\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dragon Media\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb\"},\"headline\":\"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-12T10:59:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/munu.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Asia\",\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095\",\"name\":\"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday - Dragon Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/munu.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-12T10:59:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/munu.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/munu.jpg\",\"width\":782,\"height\":507},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=20095#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\",\"description\":\"committed to true &amp; factual news.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3.png\",\"width\":511,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=61560346806474\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb\",\"name\":\"Dragon Media\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Dragon Media\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday - Dragon Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday - Dragon Media","og_description":"Dragon Media News Desk Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary at India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs, is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Monday to participate in bilateral meetings on energy cooperation. According to available information, Mahawar will arrive in Kathmandu on July 13. During his visit, he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Foreign &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095","og_site_name":"Dragon Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474","article_published_time":"2026-07-12T10:59:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":782,"height":507,"url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/munu.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dragon Media","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dragon Media","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095"},"author":{"name":"Dragon Media","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/person\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb"},"headline":"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday","datePublished":"2026-07-12T10:59:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095"},"wordCount":193,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/munu.jpg","articleSection":["Asia","News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095","name":"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday - Dragon Media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/munu.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-12T10:59:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/munu.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/munu.jpg","width":782,"height":507},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20095#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Indian Additional Secretary Munu Mahawar Arriving in Nepal on Monday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/","name":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e","description":"committed to true &amp; factual news.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization","name":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.png","width":511,"height":113,"caption":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/person\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb","name":"Dragon Media","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","caption":"Dragon Media"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np"],"url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?author=4"}]}},"views":3096,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20097,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20095\/revisions\/20097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}