(a) the details of border posts set up and functioning in Indo-Nepal border in the state of Uttar Pradesh;
(b) whether Customs border check post has been set up in Belranya town;
(c) if so the details thereof and if not the reason therefor; and
(d) the steps taken or proposed to be taken to set up such post?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)
(a) The details of Land Customs Stations set up and functioning on Indo-Nepal border in the State of Uttar Pradesh are listed in Annexure I.
(b) No.
(c) & (d) The movement of goods across the Indo-Nepal Border can only take place through bi-laterally agreed routes and through notified Land Customs Stations (LCS) agreed by both India and Nepal in terms of the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade. Belranya is not an agreed LCS under the India Nepal Treaty for Trade. There is no proposal to set up a Land Customs Station at Belranya as an existing notified Land Customs Station is at Tikonia, which is about 10 Kms from Belranya.