Nepal's tourism ministry has once again proposed signing an “air bubble” agreement with India more than one and a half months after its first proposal was rejected outright by the government amid soured relations with the southern neighbor over boundary disputes.

Multiple sources at the ministry confirmed that the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre would table the proposal at the next Cabinet meeting on Thursday to allow the ministry to sign the agreement.

Although India continues to restrict regular international passenger flights, it allows flights through “air bubbles” or “travel corridors”, a system established between two countries that perceive each other to be safe and allow carriers of both the countries to fly their citizens either way without any restrictions on the number of passengers.