Modi's visit day-2: India signs 24 deals with China
Beijing : Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Beijing on his second day of visit to China and signed 24 agreements of whopping worth $10 billion to bring development in India.
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India has signed 24 deals with neighbour nation China worth $10 billion
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MoUs included upgradation of railways and education
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Protocol for setting up Consulates-General at Chengdu and Chennai was also signed
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An action plan between the Indian Railways and China National Railways on enhancing cooperation in the railway sector was signed
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A MoU on education exchange programme and ‘Space Cooperation Outline’ were also signed
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Other key agreements are on developing China India think-tanks, maritime cooperation and ocean sciences
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Four agreements were signed on sister-state and sister-city relations between Karnataka and Sichuan province; Chennai and Chongqing; Hyderabad and Qingdao; and Aurangabad and Dunhuang
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An agreement on setting up a Mahatma Gandhi skill centre in Ahmedabad was also signed besides a broadcast tie-up for Doordarshan and China’s state-run CCTV
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Agreements on education exchange programme, on mining and minerals, skill development, tourism and vocational education also figured on the list.
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Two MoUs between Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Yunnan Minzu University and another with Fudan University were signed on the establishment of a yoga college and centre for Gandhian and Indian studies, respectively.
