The Union Government and the Russia Government, on 12 March 2010, signed slew
of pacts including an Inter-Governmental Agreement on Cooperation in Atomic
Energy.
The two countries upgraded their nuclear energy partnership by signing an
agreement for the construction of as many as 16 Russian nuclear reactors at
three different sites in India. Of the total, six reactors are likely to be
built between 2012 and 2017. Russia is already constructing two nuclear power
units in Tamil Nadu. Construction of the Haripur station in West Bengal is
likely to begin after 2017.
A commercial agreement on nuclear power development between NPCIL and
Atomstroy Export on Koodankulam III and IV has also been inked.
In hydrocarbon sector, an agreement on Protocol of Cooperation was signed
between ONGC and Russia's Gazprom.