EU-India
Cabinet approves MoU between India and France in new and renewable energy
The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and France on technical bilateral cooperation in the field of new and renewable energy. India and France aim to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable issues on the basis of mutual benefit, equality and reciprocity.
India signs customs treaty with Holland to push business with Europe
India and European economic major Netherlands singed Customs Treaty which will boost trade ties between the two countries through an efficicent management of customs rules. In the last 15 years, the Netherlands has invested 15 billion USD in India and in the past few years, the Netherlands was one of the 5 largest investors in India while at the same time India was in the top-5 investors in Netherlands.
India-Germany join hands for cooperation on ‘Water & Waste Management
During the meeting of 3rd Indo-German Working Group for cooperation on water and waste management which concluded in New Delhi, both sides discussed potential cooperation in this area. Both sides decided to work on developing reference documents for the textile sector, Water Governance, Marine Litter, waste to energy landfill sites, water quality management, training and capacity building of local bodies and Circular Economy.
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Finland in the field of Biotechnology
The Union Cabinet has approved the MoU between India and Finland for collaborating based on mutual interest in the field of Biotechnology, for funding and implementing ambitious industry-led innovative and transnational projects within the broad scope of research development and innovation. The MoU will support creation of long-term R&D and Innovation collaboration mechanism and to strengthen cooperative network between Indian and Finnish organizations.
EU keen on boarding Indian start-ups for space missions
The European Union is upbeat on Indian innovators, startups, incubators and accelerators for collaboration in space technology. The collaboration has been on for almost four years, the two sides are also working together in the space sector on Copernicus and Galileo, the EU’s flagship Earth observation and navigation programmes, respectively. For Galileo, the grouping is promoting startups and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) market applications in India.