India-France
Collaborate on Aerospace and Nuclear in Backdrop of Rafale Purchase
·
Adoption
of the India-France
Innovation Roadmap 2030.
·
Formation
of a Joint
India-France AI Working Group on AI governance.
·
Establishment
of a National
Centre of Excellence for Skilling in Aeronautics and Allied Sectors at NSTI, Kanpur.
·
Creation
of a Centre
of Digital Sciences
between DST and INRIA.
·
Establishment
of an ICCR
India Chair on “AI, Innovation and Culture” at Université Paris-Saclay.
·
Expansion
of academic, research, and innovation cooperation.
·
Expanded
use of India’s UPI
(Unified Payments Interface) in France.
·
Incubation
of 10
additional Indian startups at Station F, one of the world's largest startup hubs.
·
Letter
of Intent between Indian Council of Medical Research and Health Data Hub for
cooperation in health data and medical research.
·
Establishment
of a High-Level
Mechanism
to double India-France bilateral trade within five years.
·
Launch
of an Economic
Security Dialogue
to strengthen investment, economic resilience, and supply-chain cooperation.
·
Declaration
of Intent on cooperation in railway modernization and high-speed rail development in India.
·
Signing
of a General
Security Agreement
for the exchange and protection of classified information.
·
Letter
of Intent between Indian Space Research Organisation
and Centre National d'Études Spatiales.
·
Cooperation
in:
o
Microgravity
research
o
Human
space exploration
o
Future
space missions
The
Prime Minister’s visit to France resulted in 13 major outcomes covering innovation, AI,
education, digital payments, startups, healthcare, trade, infrastructure,
security, and space cooperation, further strengthening the India-France Special
Global Strategic Partnership.
[ABS News Service/15.06.2026]
|
S.No. |
MoUs/ Agreements/
Announcements |
Area |
|
1 |
Adoption of India-France Innovation Roadmap
2030 |
Technology and Innovation, Research and
Education |
|
2. |
Creation of a Joint India-France AI Working
Group focused on AI governance |
|
|
3. |
Memorandum of Understanding on the
establishment of a National Centre of Excellence for Skilling in Aeronautics
and Allied Sectors at NSTI, Kanpur |
|
|
4. |
Expanded possibilities for using India’s
real-time payment system – Unified Payments Interface (UPI) – in France |
|
|
5. |
Incubation of an additional 10 Indian
startups at Station F. |
|
|
6. |
Establishment of a Centre of Digital Sciences
between Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Institut
National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique (INRIA) |
|
|
7. |
Establishment of an ICCR India Chair on “AI,
Innovation and Culture” at Universite Paris-Saclay |
|
|
8. |
Letter of Intent between Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR) and Health Data Hub of France |
|
|
9. |
Setting up of a High-level Mechanism for
realizing the goal of doubling bilateral trade in the next five years, building on the existing Economic and
Financial Dialogue |
Trade, Investment and Supply chains |
|
10. |
Institution of an Economic Security Dialogue |
|
|
11. |
Declaration of Intent on Cooperation on
Railway and High-speed Railway Development in India |
|
|
12. |
General Security Agreement on the Exchange
and Protection of Classified Information |
Strategic and Space |
|
13. |
Letter of Intent between ISRO and CNES
concerning cooperation in the field of microgravity research and human space
exploration |