List of documents signed during the Official Visit of President of Russian Federation to India

List of documents signed during the Official Visit of President of Russian Federation to India (December 10-11, 2014)

Sl. No.	Name of the Documen	Details/Scope	Indian Signatory	Russian Signatory
1.      Inter-Governmental Documents
1.	Protocol for consultations between the Ministry of External Affairs & Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia for the period 2015-2016.	Envisages close consultation between the two Foreign Ministries on as many as 17 issues, ranging from Asia-Pacific to West Asia to West Europe to Latin America as also at various multilateral for a like UN, G20, BRICS, SCO, RIC.	Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister	Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister
2.	Agreement for Training of Indian Armed Forces Personnel in the Military Educational Establishments of the DefenceMinistry of the Russian Federation.	Lays down provisions and procedures for training courses in military educational and training establishments. Will facilitate better understanding between the two defence forces.	Radha KrishnaMathur Secretary, Ministry ofDefence	A Bakhin, First Deputy Minister of Defence
3.	Strategic Vision for Strengthening Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy between the Republic of India and the Russian Federation	Envisages roadmap of bilateral cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector for the next two decades.	Ratan Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy	Sergey Kirienko, Director General, ROSATOM
4.	Provisions for the Technical Data and Information Nondisclosure in the framework of cooperation in the field of Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy	Envisages provisions/terms of information exchange between the nuclear agencies of both the countries. Will provide an impetus to scientific and technological cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.	Ratan Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy	Sergey Kirienko, Director General, ROSATOM
5.	Programme of Cooperation (POC) under Framework of Inter-governmental Agreement for Enhancement of Cooperation in Oil & Gas in 2015-16	Sets out a concrete programme for cooperation, envisaging projects including joint exploration and production of hydrocarbons, long term LNG supplies and joint study of a hydrocarbon pipeline system connecting Russia with India.	DharmendraPradhan, MoS (I/C),MoP&NG	Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy
6.	MoU between Quality Council of India (QCI) and Federal Accreditation Service of Russian Federation on technical cooperation on accreditation	Aims at development of accreditation systems, sharing of information, recognition of test reports, and creation of conditions for the elimination of technical barriers in trade and economic cooperation.	Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, Quality Council of India	Savva Shipov, Head of Federal Accreditation Service
7.	Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) on cooperation in Health Research	Envisages programme of cooperation in specific areas of health research such as oncology, bioinformatics & bioimaging, neurosciences, new generation vaccine research and research in HIV/AIDS.	Dr. V.M. Katoch, Secretary & DG, Indian Council of Medical Research	Vladislav Panchenko, Chairman, RBFR Board
1.      Commercial Contracts
8.	MoU between TATA Power and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)	Describes cooperation in exploring investment opportunities in the energy sector across the Russian Federation.	Krishna Kumar Sharma, Executive Director & CEO, Coastal Gujarat Power Limited	Kiril Dmitriev, General Director, RDIF
9.	MoU between ACRON of Russia and NMDC of India (consortium leader) to implement the understanding reached to acquire stake in a potash mine in Russia	Envisages acquisition of stakes by a consortium of Indian companies in a US$ two billion project of ACRON, a Russian fertilizer company.	Narendra Kothari, Chairman & MD, NMDC	Alexander Popov, Senior Vice President, ACRON
10.	MoU between VTB (Vneshtorgbank) of Russia and ESSAR Group	Envisages finance arrangement of US$ one billion to ESSAR by VTB for general corporate purpose.	Shashi Ruia, Chairman, ESSAR	Andrey Kostin, Chairman, VTB
11.	MoU between IDFC (Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd) and RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund) on a co-investment opportunity up to US $ one billion.	Describes terms and conditions on creation of a fund for investments in India and Russia.	Dr Rajiv Lall, Executive Chairman, IDFC	Kiril Dmitriev, Chairman, RDIF
12.	MoU between ‘Oil India Limited’ and ‘Zarubezhneft’	Envisages cooperation in joint search and evaluation of new hydrocarbons exploration, production, and transportation projects. Will facilitate technological association on hydrocarbon projects in India.	Sunil K Srivastava, Chairman, OIL	S I Kudryashov, Director General, Zarubezhneft
13.	MoU between FICCI andDelovaya Rossiya	Aims at broadening and strengthening economic ties and identifying new areas of economic cooperation. Will facilitate exchange of information and support to enterprises in both countries.	Sidharth Birla President, FICCI	Alexey Repik, President,Delovaya Rossiya
14.	MoU between news agencies PTI and TASS	Envisages cooperation on exchange of news and the right to use news items. Aims at exchange of expertise and technical assistance through contacts between editorial staff, experts, journalists, press photographers and senior managers.	Maharaja KrishnaRazdan, Editor-in-Chief of PTI	Sergey Mikhailov, Director General, ITAR-TASS
15.	MoU between Electronics and Software Export promotion Council of India (ESEPCI) andSkolkovo Foundation of Russia	Describes support to companies in the Information Technology and ‘innovation’ sectors in their efforts to enter new markets by means of joint ventures, strategic alliances and in joint research and development.	Deepak KumarSareen, Executive Director, ESEPCI	Victor Vekselberg, President, SkolkovoFoundation
16.	MoU between ESSAR and ROSNEFT for long-term supply of crude oil.	Envisages ten year supply and purchase by India of crude oil and feed stocks/products.	Shashi Ruia, Chairman, ESSAR	Igor Sechin, President ROSNEFT
17.	Supplement to the General Framework Agreement (GFA) for Units 3 and 4 of KudankulamNuclear Power Project between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and ATOMSTROYEXPORT (ASE)	Will operationlise the General Framework Agreement (GFA) and Technical Commercial Offer (TCO) signed in April 2014, for the implementation ofKudankulam Nuclear Power project (KKNPP) Units 3 and 4.	Kailash ChandraPurohit, Chairman, NPCIL	Valery Limarenko, President, NIAEP (Company of ATOMSTROYEXPORT)
18.	Contract between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and ATOMSTROYEXPORT (ASE) for unit 3 and 4 of KudankulamNuclear Power Plant.	Will mark the commencing of the implementation of the Units 3 and 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power with supply of some major equipment by ATOMSTROYEXPORT.	Roopak KumarGargaye, Director(Projects), NPCIL	Andrey Lebedel, Vice President, NIAEP (Company of ATOMSTROYEXPORT)
19.	MoU between Gamesa Wind Turbine Pvt Ltd. of India and ROTEK of Russia.	Will facilitate cooperation between the two companies in wind power equipment.	Ramesh Kaymal, Chief Executive Director, Gamesa PvtLtd.	Mikhail Lifshitz, Director General, ROTEK
20	MoU between EIRENE SYSTEMS and GLONASS Union	Envisages a joint venture to market GLONASS technologies and solutions in India. Will contribute to joint development and implementation of projects like ‘Navigation Platform’ and ‘Geographical Information System’ in India. Courtesy: pib.nic.in	Subodh Agarwal, Director, Eirene Systems Private Limited	Alexander Gurko, President, GLONASS Unio