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MoUs 2017 (Jan-Oct)

January
MoUs Purposes
India & Kenya Cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and
India & Pakistan
Facilities
India & Uruguay For cooperation and mutual assistance in Customs Matters.
India & Portugal. Cooperation in the field of Agriculture and allied sectors
India & Indian Ocean Rim Association
For cooperation in MSME sector.
(IORA) Member countries
For collaboration in the fields of developmental
India & USA
activities and assist the third world countries.
For the construction of 3000 rain water harvesting systems in
India & Sri Lanka
northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka
Australia & Japan To boost cooperation between their militaries
For Cooperation in the field of Information Technology and
India & Serbia
Electronics
India & Vietnam For Cooperation in the field of cyber security
India & Russia For Cooperation in Youth matters
ISRO & JAXA For Cooperation in the Field of Outer Space
For the Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Competency
For cooperation in the field of Small and Medium
India & the United Arab Emirates
Enterprises and Innovation & agriculture and allied sectors,
Maritime Support
To set up $950 million liquefied natural gas import project of
Petrone&Petrobangla
7.5 million tonnes a year in Bangladesh.
Rs 67,000 crore for Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet
Gujarat&National High Speed Rail
Train Project
Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)
Punjab National Bank & To provide technology platform for pilot launch of IPPB on
India Post Payments Bank receipt of regulatory nod from the RBI
NTPC Ltd &Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut To takeover of Chhabra Thermal Power Plant under asset-
Utpadan Nigam Ltd,Rajasthan Urja Vikas for-equity deal.
Nigam Ltd
For air connectivity by developing small airports and
Telanagana & Civil Aviation Ministry
airstrips in the state.
Arunachal Pradesh&NDDB To kick-start a ‘white revolution’ in Arunachal Pradesh
Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) To set up 1,000 ‘Janaushadhi Kendras‘ under the Pradhan
&National Yuva Cooperative Society Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme
Ministry of AYUSH &Advertising Standards To curtail malpractices in the advertisement of AYUSH
Council of India drugs
Jharkhand&Ministry of Railways For the development of railway infrastructure in the State

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To help the institutes to procure specified equipment and
software for enhancing their capability to support the World
IIT Madras & IIS Bengaluru
Bank assisted Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
(DRIP) of CWC.
Telangana&French Aero campus To set up a world-class aero skills academy in the city in
Aquitaine collaboration with academia and industry of the state.
India and France To enable information sharing on maritime traffic and maritime
domain awareness in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Mauritius along with Gabon, Hungary, Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement for Country-by-
Indonesia, Lithuania, Malta and the Russian Country Reporting (CbC MCAA).
Federation to curb profit shifting by MNEs
India & UAE 14 agreements on defence, comprehensive strategic partnership,
shipping, agriculture, prevention and combating human
trafficking and other allied sectors
Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority For Cooperation in Power Transmission
(ADWEA) and Power Grid Corporation of
India Limited (PGCIL)
Kwality Ltd &Bank of Baroda To provide Rs. 4000 crore loans to one lakh farmers out of the
established networks from whom the company procures milk.
Karnataka Bank &Tirth Agro Technology To finance farmers for agri mechanisation
Public Sector Oil Companies To invest 1.65 lakh crore in several projects of the state
&Andhra Pradesh especially the Krishna-Godavari basin.
To spur greater trade, investment, tourism and cultural
India & Greece exchange also in line government’s developments in the civil
aviation sector
India & Poland Cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors
To enhance railway safety in the Indian Railways with focus on
India & Japan
railway track and rolling stock safetys
India & Ukraine To strengthen bilateral cooperation through Cinema
Ratify 2011 Agreement on Social Benefit
India & Germany
to improve investment flows between the two countries.
India &Bangladesh To provide financial assistance of Taka 240 mn for
development of Sylhet city
Pakistan & Turkey 10 agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation
TomakeVishakhapatnam
Visa&Andhra Pradesh
as India’s first ‘less-cash’ city
Microsoft & To utilise Microsoft Azure Stack for AP government state data
Andhra Pradesh centre
Ministry of Tourism, M/s NPCC & NBCC For the implementation of Tourism projects in Jammu and
and Government of J&K Kashmir.
To perform repair and alteration services for US Navy’s
Reliance Defence &US Navy
Seventh Fleet vessels
Telangana &
For setting up centre of excellence in Hyderabad
Airbus
To collaborate on the technology front for making driving a
Tata Motors Ltd & Microsoft India
more personalized experiences for the customers.
Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) To explore areas of cooperation
& Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange
National Aluminium Company
Scientific, technological and educational activities in the area of
Limited(NALCO)& The Energy and
mining rehabilitation.
Resources Institute (TERI)
To start two-way direct international flights from Bhubaneswar
AirAsia &Odisha Government
to Kuala Lumpur.
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February
MoUs Purposes
For the construction of a multi-ethnic tri-lingual
India & Sri Lanka
school in a north central district of the island nation
For technical cooperation in rail sector with focus on
India & Italy
safety operations.
India & Austria Protocol to Amend Bilateral Taxation Treaty
Cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space
India & Vietnam
for peaceful purposes.
Cooperation in the field of science, technology and
India & France innovation between India and France to ensure
exchange of best practices and technology.
India & Senegal Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine.
To maintain the pace of their partnership especially in
India& the United States
the area of the defence ties
India&UK To allow more flights to boost tourism and trade
To enable the airlines of the two countries to operate
India & Rwanda
services in each others’ territory.
To boost bilateral trade & enhance economic
India&Croatia
cooperation
For promotion and development of cooperation in civil
India & Australia
aviation security

March
MoUs Purposes
India and Oman To Enhance Defence Ties
India and Portugal Cooperation in IT&E
India & Portugal Cooperation in Renewable Energy
To provide technical support to the Ministry of Panchayati
India &UN-Women
Raj
To provide various services in the field of energy
India & UAE
management and conservation
India &Belgium To amending the existing Agreement and Protocol
India & with Indonesia and Kyrgyz Republic For cooperation in Youth and Sports Matters
India &Bangladesh To set up Border Haats on India-Bangladesh Border.
India & Brazil social security agreement (SSA)
China and Saudi Arabia Letters of Intent(LoI) potentially worth about $65 billion
India & US Cooperation in the field of Cyber Security
India & Nepal Renewed their Petroleum Trade Agreement
FSSAI & Coca Cola To Train Street Food Vendors
Taiwan &CSBC Corporation To Build Home Grown Submarines
Google India and Telangana To supporting the digitisation efforts of the state
Ola &Madhya Pradesh To Train 25,000 People
National Mission for Clean Ganga To make Namami Gange programme a mass movement
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(NMCG)& Rotary India through the involvement of more and more voluntary
organizations.
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
with National Skill Development For skill development of its serving/retired personnel and
Corporation (NSDC) and National Skill their family members
Development Fund (NSDF)
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie and For Capacity Building
Namibia Institute of Public Administration
and Management (NIPAM), Namibia
University Institute of Railway
To support future research and technology development
Technology (IRT), Australia
related to critical infrastructure in India
Indian Railways
Jharkhand with AAI, DRDO For Development of Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand
IIT Madras &Indian Army To Enhance Critical Technological Areas
Karnataka Bank &Bajaj Allianz General
For General Insurance business
Insurance Company
State Bank of India & CREDAI To promote housing for all
To provide housing loan and education loan for its
Assam govt&SBI
employees
Vijaya Bank &Piaggio Vehicles For providing financial support for the purchase of vehicles
under Small Road Transport Operators (SRTO) scheme
To promote industrial growth in the region, generate
Chennai Port &
substantial employment and attract investment by major
Government of Puducherry
industries
Punjab, J&K For the completion of the Shahpur Kandi Dam project

April
MoUs Purposes
Cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector
India &Bangladesh Agreement on Audio Visual Co-production
MoU on cooperation in the field of Mass Media
To promote economic, trade and investment relations
India&Georgia
between the two countries.
India With Malaysia, Serbia, Georgia Revised Air Service Pacts
India & Australia Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine
India & France Technical Cooperation in Civil Aviation
India & Italy Technical Cooperation in the Rail Sector
India-UK Cooperation in the energy sector.
India & Tunisia Cooperation in the field of justice
India & Portugal For avoidance of Double Taxation
EU&India To strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation
China and Iran For reconfiguration of Iran's Arak reactor
India and Republic of Korea For Defence Industry Co-operation in Shipbuilding.
Forum of Regulators and the National
Association of Regulatory Utility For large scale integration of renewable energy.
Commissioners
Ministry of Rural Development and Centre
CIRDAP establishment Centre in Hyderabad
on Integrated Rural Development for Asia
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and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

India with French National Research Agency
(ANR), France
NSFDC and the Development Commissioner
(Handlooms)
Maharastra with Railways
ISRO&BHEL
HPCL and Rajasthan GovtRs 43129 crore
Mou
CII &3 Singapore Universities
TERI,3WAYSTE Company French firm
Tamil Nadu with BBNL
BBNL, Department of Posts and BSNL.
For supporting the Belmont Forum Secretariat
To promote production and marketing of high value quality
Handlooms products among Scheduled class weavers
To expand Green cover & Railways to set up Rs 200 Crore
Solar Power Plant
For lithium-ion batteries to have buyback agreements
For Barmer refinery
To allow the universities and International Enterprise (IE)
Singaporeto tap into CII#39 network
For 'Clean India'
To implement BharatNet
To provides broadband connectivity of BharatNet to Post
Offices in rural areas

May
MoUs Purposes
For the development of a urea and ammonia manufacturing
India & Malaysia
plant in Malaysia
Cooperation in area of Civil Aviation
India & Spain
Cooperation in the field of Organ Transplant Service
Third Line of Credit of US $ 4.5 billion to Bangladesh for
India & Bangladesh implementation of developmental projects
Cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
India &Germany Cooperation in the sector of alternative medicine
Development of a urea and ammonia manufacturing plant in
India & Malaysia
Malaysia.
India & FIJI Defence Cooperation
Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and
India & Australia
Transnational Organized Crime
India & Tajikistan Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters
Amul and ISRO For Fodder acreage estimation
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)&Israel $630 million deal for supplying Long Range Surface to Air
Aerospace Industries (IAI) Missile (LRSAM) systems.
Prasar Bharati &
To step up cooperation in the broadcasting sector
Moroccos Societe Nationale de Radio
diffusionet de Television (SNRT).
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and
To set up 100 driver training institutes.
the Union Skill Development Ministry
Jharkhand and Oracle For cloud-based citizen services
Maharashtra &WHO For Eradication of Rubella
Goa&Centre To provide subsidised medicines in the stateunder Pradhan
Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)
Indian Navy and Space Application Data Sharing and Scientific cooperation in the field of
Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad Meteorology and Oceanology.
BSNLwith Facebook, MobiKwik, and To popularize the internet and its value added services
Disney Land India among its customers
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IIT Kharagpur &Madhya Pradesh
India & Tajikistan
Amul and ISRO
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)&Israel
Aerospace Industries (IAI)
Prasar Bharati &
Moroccos Societe Nationale de Radio
diffusionet de Television (SNRT).
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and
the Union Skill Development Ministry
Jharkhand and Oracle
Maharashtra &WHO
Goa&Centre
Indian Navy and Space Application
Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad
BSNLwith Facebook, MobiKwik, and
Disney Land India
IIT Kharagpur&Madhya Pradesh
To collaborate on the development of a Happiness Index for
measuring the well-being of the residents of the state.
Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters
For Fodder acreage estimation
$630 million deal for supplying Long Range Surface to Air
Missile (LRSAM) systems.
To step up cooperation in the broadcasting sector
To set up 100 driver training institutes.
For cloud-based citizen services
For Eradication of Rubella
To provide subsidised medicines in the stateunder Pradhan
Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)
Data Sharing and Scientific cooperation in the field of
Meteorology and Oceanology.
To popularize the internet and its value added services
among its customers
To collaborate on the development of a Happiness Index for
measuring the well-being of the residents of the state.

June
MoUs Purposes
Protocol of Cooperation was signed between the National
Archives of India and the Minister of Culture of the
India & Portugal
Portuguese Republic in the field of archives in Lisbon,
Portugal
India & Korea For export credit of USD 9 billion
India & Cyprus Co-operation on Merchant Shipping
Mutual cooperation on matters pertaining to securities
India & Iran
markets.
India & Somalia Agreement on Transfer of sentenced persons
India & Palestine Cooperation in the field of agriculture
India & Armenia Cooperation on youth matters
India & Mali For standardization and conformity assessment
India & Mauritius To institutionalise cooperation between their parliaments
To provide fresh assistance of USD 318 million line of credit
for the development of the railway sector
India & Sri Lanka
Cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine and
Homoeopathy
Nepal & China To develop a 1,200 MW hydroelectric project
India & Israel National Campaign for Water Conservation in India
India & the USA Cooperationon Homeland Security
India & Armenia Cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
India and the Netherlands Cooperation in the field of water resources management

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Ministry of Textiles &Department of Foreign

Cooperation in the textiles, clothing and fashion sectors
Affairs and Trade, Australia
Meghalaya &SBI For Digital transaction
Nalanda University &South Korea's
For academic cooperation
Academy of Korean Studies
EPFO&with HUDCO For New Housing Scheme of EPF & MP Act-1952
Central Industrial Security Force & National To work together at CISF units all across the country.
Skill Development Corporation

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

(CSIR)
To implement a twinning programme
Metal Industries Development Institute
(MIDI), Ethiopia

MoU
Rail Land Development Authority&National
Building Construction Corporation(NBCC)
Microsoft India & National Independent
Schools Alliance (NISA)
India-Jordan Morocco Trade and Economic
Joint Committee (TEJC) Meeting
Odisha and EOI(Expression of Intent) with
IAAF & AFI
Srei Infrastructure Finance & Russia’s
Vnesheconom bank
EPFO & Five banks (Bank of Baroda, ICICI
Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bankand Kotak
Mahindra Bank)
South Indian Bank & PFG Forex
Canara,HSBC,Oriental Bank of Commerce &
Life Insurance with
Dhanlaxmi Bank
India&Bangladesh
Ministry of Health & Government of West
Bengal
India& Palestine
India and Bangladesh
July
Purposes
Redevelopment of 10 railway stations across the country on
global standards
Offers Microsoft Aspire School Program (MASP) Pro Plus
to over 55,000 member schools
To promote economic, trade and investment cooperation
based on the principle of equity and non-discrimination.
The roadmap for promotion of trade and investment through
B2B mechanism
To establish High Performance Academy in the Kalinga
stadium
To create a $200 million IT and Innovation Fund
For collections of provident dues and to make retirement
payments
For remittance facility for the benefit of Indian expatriates
from Australia
For marketing bancassurance
To construct a bridge over Mizoram’s Khawthlangtuipui
river
To set up Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine
Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine
Cooperation in the field of Information Technology and
Electronics (IT&E)
Promotion and Protection of Investments (BIPA)
Cyber security cooperation

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August
MoUs Purposes
India and Spain Cooperation in renewable energy.
Establishment of the BRICS Agriculture Research Platform
India & BRICS
(BRICS-ARP).
Enables a robust surveillance network and Himmat app
Delhi police & UBER
provides quick assistance to women in distress.
Provide agriculture related price information.
MCX&Mahindra Agri
India & Somalia Agreement on Transfer of sentenced persons.
India & Sweden Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
Time and frequency traceability services to ISRO by CSIR-
ISRO and CSIR-NPL
NPL
India’s first digital initiative for prevention and early
Tata Memorial Centre and The Indian Dental
detection of oral cancer.
Association (IDA)
July 27 – the World Head and Neck Cancer Day
Educate, train and enable weavers and artisans to directly
Amazon India and Telengana Handloom dept
sell their products to Amazon customers across the country.
 Technical assistance and facilitate cross-border co-
operation in the area of securities regulations.
 It will facilitate mutual assistance and contribute
towards efficient performance of the supervisory
SEBI & Iran
functions.
 It will also enable effective enforcement of laws and
regulations governing the securities markets.

 Drug Demand Reduction and Prevention of Illicit

Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substance.
 New Mechi Bridge over Mechi River at Indo-Nepal
border
 MoU was signed between the Institute of Chartered
India & Nepal
Accountants of India and the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Nepal.
 Modalities for utilization of India’s housing grant
component to support reconstruction of 50,000
houses

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September
MoU Purposes
Andhra Pradesh & Hyperloop Transportation India’s 1st Hyperloop to connect Vijayawada and Amaravati
Technologies (HTT)
India &Morocco Cooperation in the field of health
India & Armenia Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management
For collaborative research in the field of silkworm and silk
India & Japan
industries
Co-operation Sports, Vocational Education and Training
,Agricultural Research and Education, Oil and Gas and
India& Belarus
between JSC Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) and Indian
Potash Ltd (IPL)
NRDC, Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society To encourage start-up in the manufacturing & technology
(APIS) driven sectors.
TRIFED & Amazon For online sale of tribal products
Cooperation in the field of Information, Communication and
India & Ethiopia
Media
India & Afghanistan Technical Cooperation on Police Training and Development
Disaster risk reduction,skill training developmental
projects in the North Eastern Region of India ,
India & Japan • Open skyagreement
• India, Japan sign $76 mn loan deal
• To set up India-Japan Act East Forum
Mother Dairy & Maharashtra Government For processing plant
Karnataka & Finland innovation tie up for start-up incubation
Mahindra & Mahindra and Ford Motor To explore collaboration on electric vehicles
Tata Steel &ThyssenKrupp To become second largest European steelmaker
National Aluminium Company (NALCO), To form a joint venture named KhanijBidesh India Ltd
Hindustan Copper (HCL) and Mineral (Kabil).
Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL)
BSNL & ZTE For 5G Technology
Ministry of Corporate Affairs & CBDT For Automatic and Regular Exchange of Information
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute To promote coloured wheat
Signs & Bonn
To upgrade Thondaman Vocational Training Centre in
India & Sri Lanka
Srilanka
Infosys Foundation & Visakhajillasamithi
For water supply systems Visakhapatnam tribal villages
Australia’s Deakin University & NSDC For skills ecosystem
India & Norway To extend health co-operation:
India & United States Commitment on Health security
India & Japan Co-operation in Rail Safety:
Tamil Nadu & German firm GIZ For land use planning project
Indian Army &Jamia Millia Islamia
For Academic Collaboration
University
Maharashtra & South Korea For Infrastructure Projects
Gujarat government &Google For Digital Gujarat
Assam govt & Google To increase digital literacy
Infosys Foundation &IISc To enhance infrastructure and broaden research activities
USTDA signs MoU& AAI To develop Kolkata, Lucknow airports

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October
MoU Purposes
Construction of 1,200 houses through 50 model villages
India &Srilanka
in Sri Lanka.
Meghalaya, UP and Arunachal To boost cultural ties
1. Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-2-Line R6 for Euro
300 million out of total loan of Euro 500 million.
2. Implementing Arrangement between the European
Commission and the Science and Engineering Research
India & EU summit
Board (SERB) for Indian Researchers.
3.Joint Declaration between the Interim Secretariat of
the International Solar Alliance and the European Investment
Bank.
Central Water Commission (CWC) & IIT To support dam rehabilitation efforts of various
Roorkee and Motilal Nehru National Institute implementing agencies and CWC.
of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad
National Research Centre for Banana
Develop technologies relating to banana production
(NRCB) &Andra Pradesh
India and Switzerland Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector
Upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at
India & Myanmar
Yamethin, Myanmar.
IIT Kharagpur & Samsung India For the setting up of a digital academy in its campus.
SEBI & Financial Services Commission For mutual co-operation and technical assistance.
(FSC) Gibraltar
SEBI & Capital Markets Authority (CMA), For mutual co-operation and technical assistance.
Kuwait
India & Japan Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)
India & Japan Establishing Flexible and Global LNG Market
For Cooperation in the field of Vocational Education and
India & Belarus
Training
India & Morocco Cooperation in the field of water resources
Pakistan & Iran To boost border security
Vijaya Bank & HPCL For digital payments with BHIM/ UPI
Odisha & SBI For integration of SBI e-Pay with cyber treasury
Yes Bank & Abu Dhabi Global Markets Collaboration on fintech
Engineering Export Promotion Council
For Export Finance
(EEPC) & PNB
Andhra Pradesh &Mastercard For setting up centre of excellence in Vizag
Karnataka & Microsoft For technology oriented solutions to farmers

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