Medha Bisht replies: India and Bhutan have shared a special relationship since 1950s. It was a display of soft power when the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru reached out to Bhutan in an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries. India's soft power approach to Bhutan is well reflected in its foreign policies ranging from economic to cultural domain. For instance, India has been giving financial assistance to Bhutan towards its five-year plan. Both countries also hold cultural exchange programmes on a regular basis.

Medha Bisht replies: A treaty can only be revised by the mutual consent of the concerned parties. The India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty was first signed in 1949. Since certain aspects of the over five-decades-old Treaty were seen as outdated, not reflective of the bilateral relations as it stands today, the two countries agreed to update the Friendship Treaty in 2007. For instance, in the updated Treaty of 2007, many articles from the 1949 Treaty such as Article II, III and IV were dropped.