Friday, 12 April 2013

India and Germany sign six new pacts in Berlin


Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh visited Germany from 10 April 2013 to 12 April 2013 for participating in second round of Inter Governmental Consultations with Germany. 
Joint Declaration of Intent for promotion of German as a foreign language in India
• Under the Joint Declaration, India would cooperate in introducing B.Ed programmes for German language.
• Scholarships would be awarded for Masters degree programs and for short stays in Germany.
MoU on Cooperation in the field of Higher Education
•This MoU intends to facilitate people-to-people exchanges. This includes students, academics, and project collaborators.
Indo-German cooperation in the area of Civil Security Research
• Research cooperation in this area intends to fund 5 pilot projects in 2013 on natural disaster management, biological risk situations, urban security, protection & rescue of people and social aspects of civil security research.
Bilateral "Cooperations Program” of the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the National Seeds Association of India and the German Association of Plant Breeders
This joint declaration aims at strengthening cooperation in:
• plant variety protection 
• conservation of plant genetic resources
• cooperation between Indian and German agricultural research institutions and seed companies
Establishment of an Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure for Cooperation in Standardisation, Conformity Assessment and Product Safety
• Strengthening bilateral cooperation in standardization, conformity assessment and product safety through advancing bilateral economic and technical cooperation, intensifying dialogue and promoting coordinated activities in international organizations.
• It also provides for establishing and Indo-German Working Group Quality Infrastructure.
Indo-German Development Cooperation on Establishment of Green Energy Corridors
• This joint declaration aims at fostering increased use of renewable energy in India through technical and fanatical cooperation by way of integrating additional renewable energy generation capacity with the national grid.
• The Technical cooperation would be implemented through the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and KfW intends to provide concessional loans of up to Euro one billion over the next six years.
List of documents signed on the sidelines of 2nd round of India-Germany Intergovernmental Consultations
• MoU between Solar Energy Centre and Fraunhofer Institute for cooperation and exchanges in various areas including solar photovoltaic; solar thermals systems; hydrogen and fuel cells.
• Programme of Cooperation between Dept. of Biotechnology of India and Helmholtz Association in the area of development of future natural drugs.
• Supplementary MoU on Research Framework of the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability at IIT, Madras under the National Climate Action Plan.
• MoU between Deutsche Bahn and Indian Railways for cooperation in the field of freight, passenger operations, infrastructure building and management; development of modern competitive railway organization.
• MoU between DB Systel and Centre for Railway Information Systems for cooperation in the field of information systems related to railways.
• MOU between Hof University of Applied Sciences & Integrated Association of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises of India (SPV formed by Faridabad Small Industries Association) to develop specialized vocational training course.
• MOU between Manipal University, Manipal, India & Bavarian Universities Consortium represented by Hof University of Applied Sciences of Germany to establish the Indo-Bavarian Integrated Bachelors and Masters Programme in August 2013.
• MoU between Infosys Ltd and Bertelsmann Stiftung to support Vocational Education and Training in India.
•MOU between PSG Institute of Advanced Studies & Professional Training Centres of the Bavarian Employers Association (BFZ).
• Contract agreement between Cairn India and TUV Rheinland to set up a state-of-the-art vocational education training facility in Rajasthan.

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