Foreign secretary S Jaishankar said the transport planes were carrying disaster management experts along with medical supplies and other relief material desperately needed in the wake of Saturday's deadly quake.
"We expect to have 13 military aircraft going to Kathmandu ... Five of these have landed while the others are on their way. By late evening (Sunday) we expect all 13 to land," Jaishankar told a briefing in New Delhi.
India's assistance is part of a massive aid effort that has started pouring into Nepal following the quake that has claimed more than 2,300 lives.
The planes are carrying three Army field hospitals along with two tonnes of medical supplies and 10 tonnes of blankets and tents, Jaishankar said.
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India has separately pressed civilian aircraft into service to evacuate stranded nationals, many of whom have been camping at Kathmandu's airport since Saturday.
Jaishankar said the government was still trying to determine how many Indians needed to be evacuated from Nepal.
Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the first priority was helping Nepal to rescue those still trapped.
"Even now many people buried under the rubble must be alive," Modi said during his monthly radio programme. "Our effort will be to rescue as many people alive as possible."
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