India, France ink 14 pacts

India and France have singed 14 pacts for enhancing the bilateral cooperation various fields including defence, space, railways, education, Food safety, Public Administration, Cultural exchange, Science & Technology, etc.These agreements were signed between the two countries after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande. 

In the packs signed, India signed a pact to purchase 36 Rafale Aircrafts. Also, a pact was gigned in association with implementation arrangement between ISRO and CNES on hosting Argos-4 Payload onboard Oceansat-3 satellite of India. MoU between IIT Mumbai and Thales Systemes Aeroportes for Industry Sponsored Ph.D (Doctorate) Fellowship, cooperation agreement for joint research, teaching, exchange of personnel etc between IISER, Pune and ENS de Lyon (France) and agreement of Cooperation in the field of Higher Education & Research between IIT Mumbai and CNRS, TB, UBO, UBS,ENSTA Bretagne,ENIB (French Universities) were also signed.