President Barack Obama appears to be making his trip to India successful. To date, on behalf of the United States, he has signed six different agreements with India. This does not include a number of business deals that have also been signed by the President.
Joint Clean Energy Research And Development Center
One of the agreements is the joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center. This agreement will be backed by 50 million dollars from both countries over a five year period. The work will be to complete joint research in solar, biofuels, and energy efficiency.
The Memorandum Of Understanding For A Global Center For Nuclear Energy Partnership
The President also signed a bill whereby the United States will agree to cooperate in India’s plans for a nuclear center. This nuclear center is to promote nuclear security as well as to address threats of nuclear terrorism. Another memorandum of understanding is to establish an India-US Energy Cooperation Program. This is intended to mobilize private sector expertise and resources intended to address clean energy related issues in both countries.
Three Other Agreements Signed By President Obama
The president signed an agreement on technical cooperation to study the annual monsoon rains in India. Both countries agree to cooperate on weather forecasting for India’s crucial annual monsoon. Another memorandum of understanding involves the two countries seeing U.S. technology to be used to assess shale gas resources in India. Finally, to date, the final memorandum of understanding establishes and operates a Global Disease Detection Center in India. This will set up a laboratory in New Delhi. It will be designed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV. The center is expected to greatly reduce the number of infectious diseases in India.
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