List of Outcomes: Visit of Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India
[PIB/06.09.2022]
A. List of Agreements/ MoUs
Exchanged
|
Sr.
No. |
Name
of the MoU/Agreement |
Exchanged
from Indian Side by |
Exchanged
from Bangladesh side by |
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1 |
MoU
between the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India and Ministry of Water
Resources, Government of Bangladesh on withdrawal of Water by India and
Bangladesh from common border river Kushiyara. |
Shri
Pankaj Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti |
Mr.
Kabir Bin Anwar, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources |
|
2 |
MoU
between the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India and the
Ministry of Railways, Government of Bangladesh on training of Bangladesh
Railway personnel in India. |
Shri
Vinay Kumar Tripathi , Chairman, Railway Board |
Mr.
Muhammad Imran, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India |
|
3 |
MoU
between the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India and the
Ministry of Railways, Government of Bangladesh on Collaboration in IT systems
such as FOIS and other IT applications for Bangladesh Railway. |
Shri
Vinay Kumar Tripathi, Chairman Railway Board |
Mr.
Muhammad Imran, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India |
|
4 |
MoU
between the National Judicial Academy, India and the Supreme court of
Bangladesh on Training and Capacity Building Programe
for Bangladesh Judicial Officers in India. |
Shri
Vikram K Doraiswami, High Commissioner of India to
Bangladesh |
Mr.
Md Golam Rabbani, Registrar General, Supreme Court of Bangladesh |
|
5 |
MoU
on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Council for Scientific
& Industrial Research (CSIR), India and Bangladesh Council of Scientific
& Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh. |
Dr
N Kalaiselvi, DG CSIR |
Dr.
Md. Aftab Ali Shaikh, Chairman BCSIR |
|
6 |
MoU
on Cooperation in the Areas of Space Technology |
Mr.
D. Radhakrishnan, Chairman & Managing Director of NSIL |
Dr.
Shahjahan Mahmood, Chairman and CEO of BSCL |
|
7 |
MoU
between the Prasar Bharti and Bangladesh Television
(BTV) on Cooperation in Broadcasting. |
Shri
Mayank Kumar Agrawal, CEO, Prasar Bharti |
Mr.
Shohrab Hossain, Director General, BTV |
B. List of Projects Inaugurated/Announced/Unveiled
1.Unveiling of Maitree power plant - The 1320 (660x2) MW super
critical coal-fired thermal power plant at Rampal, Khulna is being set up at an
estimated cost of approximately USD 2 billion with USD 1.6 billion as Indian
Development Assistance under Concessional Financing Scheme.
2. Inauguration of
Rupsha bridge - The 5.13 km Rupsha
rail bridge is a key part of the 64.7 km Khulna-Mongla Port single
track broad gauge rail project, connecting for the first time Mongla
Port with Khulna by rail, and thereafter to Central and North Bangladesh and
also to the India border at Petrapole and Gede in West Bengal.
3. Supply of road
construction equipment and machinery - The project consists of supply of
road maintenance and construction equipment and machinery in 25 packages to
Bangladesh Road and Highways Department.
4. Khulna Darshana
railway line link project - The project is upgradation of existing
(doubling of Broad Gauge) infrastructure linking the current cross border rail
link at Gede-Darshana to Khulna thereby augmenting
the rail connections between the two countries, especially to Dhaka, but also
in future to Mongla Port. The project cost is estimated at USD 312.48 million.
5. Parbatipur -Kaunia railway line - The conversion of the existing Metre Gauge line to Dual Gauge line project is estimated at
USD 120.41 million. The project will connect to the existing cross border rail
at Birol (Bangladesh)-Radhikapur (West Bengal) and
will enhance bilateral rail connectivity.