India, France sign 17 agreements

Paris, April 11 (ANI): India and France on Friday signed 17 agreements, including on the stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with French President Francois Hollande. Pre-engineering agreements were inked between NPCIL and Areva which intend to bring clarity on all technical aspects of the plant. MoU was also signed between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) on the Indo-French Megha Tropiques satellite which was launched on board the Indian launch vehicle PSLV on October 12, 2011. An MoU on cooperation in the field of renewable energy between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and France's Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy was also signed. A Railway protocol between Indian Ministry of Railways and French National Railways (SNCF) was also inked.