Nepal Tables Amendment for New Map

• The government of Nepal tabled the Constitution Amendment bill to formalise the country’s new map  

• The Constitution Second Amendment bill will change the Schedule 3 of the Nepalese Constitution and replace the existing map with the map that was unveiled on May 20. 

• The new map depicts the important land covering Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani as part of Nepal. 
• Kalapani : The Kalapani territory is an area under Indian administration as part of Pithoragarh district in the Uttarakhand state,
• The territory represents the basin of the Kalapani river, one of the headwaters of the Kali River in the Himalayas
• The valley of Kalapani, with the Lipulekh Pass at the top, forms the Indian route to Kailash–Manasarovar,
• Lipulekh is a Himalayan pass on the border between India's Uttarakhand state and the Tibet region of China, near their trijunction with Nepal..