Second Border Haat Market was opened in June 2015 between

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KVS TGT WET (Work Experience Teacher) 8 Jan 2017 Official Paper

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The correct answer is India and Bangladesh.

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Second Border Haat Market was opened in June 2015 between India and Bangladesh.
The second border haat (rural market) was opened for common people at Kamalasagar in Sipahijala district of Tripura bordering Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh.
The haat was jointly inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina by video-conferencing from Dhaka on June 6, 2015.
This market is set up at the zero line of the international border with one part on the Indian side and the other in Bangladesh.
Initially it will facilitate bilateral trade of 16 shortlisted locally produced goods.
These goods include agricultural and horticultural crops, spices, minor forest products excluding timber, fish and dry fish, dairy and poultry products, cottage industry items, wooden furniture, handloom and handicraft items.