Nepal Foreign Affairs (KATHMANDU, April 08, 2017) – India and Bangladesh have signed 22-points agreements and memorandum of understanding including Defence Cooperation Framework during the visit of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself received Prime Minister Hasina at Indira Gandhi International Airport upon her arrival. What are the agreement and MOUs signed during the bilateral talks ? Here is the list :
| Sl. No. | Agreements/MoUs entered between GoI and Government of Bangladesh | Indian Sitory | Bangladesh Signatory | MoU Exchanged in the presence of dignitary or not |
| 1 | MoU on Defence Cooperation Framework between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. | Defence Secretary | Principal Staff officer (PSO) | — |
| 2 | MoU between Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiris), Tamil Nadu, India and Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangaldesh for Enhancing Cooperation in the Field of Strategic and operational studies. | Defence Secretary | Principal Staff officer (PSO) | — |
| 3 | MoU between National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh and National Defence College, New Delhi, India for enhancing cooperation in the field of national security, development and strategic studies | Defence Secretary | Principal Staff officer (PSO) | — |
| 4 | MoU between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | Chairman, ISRO & Secretary, Department of Space | Chairman, BTRC | YES |
| 5 | Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Cooperation in Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy | Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy | Secretary, Ministry of S&T | — |
| 6 | Arrangement between The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board(AERB) of the Government of the Republic of India and The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority(BAERA) of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in the Regulation of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection | Chairman, AERB | Chairman, BAERA | — |
| 7 | Inter-Agency Agreement between Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission(BAEC), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Cooperation regarding Nuclear Power Plant Projects in Bangladesh | Chairman, Project Advisory Committee, GCNEP, DAE | Chairman, BAEC | — |
| 8 | MoU between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of the Government of the Republic of India and Information and Communication Technology Division of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Co-operation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics | Foreign Secretary (Minister & Secretary, MeitY are not available) | Secretary, ICT Division | — |
| 9 | MoU between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Republic of India and Bangladesh Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT), Bangladesh Computer Council of Information and Communication Technology division, Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and IT On Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security | Foreign Secretary (Minister & Secretary, MeitY are not available) | Secretary, ICT Division | — |
| 10 | MoU between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on EstablishingBorder Haats Across the Border between India and Bangladesh | Commerce Secretary | Commerce Secretary | — |
| 11 | MoU between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh onBilateral Judicial Sector Cooperation | EAM (Minister & Secretary Ministry of Law & Justice are not available) | Minister, Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs |
YES |
| 12 | MoU between the National Judicial Academy, India and the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Training and Capacity Building Programme forBangladeshi Judicial Officersin India | Director, National Judicial Academy (NJA) | Registrar General of Supreme Court of Bangladesh | — |
| 13 | MoU between the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL), Ministry of Shipping, the Government of the Republic of India and the Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Concerning Cooperation on Aids to Navigation. | Director General (DGLL) | DG, Shipping | — |
| 14 | MoU between Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) on Mutual Scientific Cooperation in the field of Earth Sciences for Research and Development. | Deputy Director General & HoD, GSITI | DG, GSB | — |
| 15 | MoU & SOPs on Passenger and Cruise Services on the Coastal and Protocol Route between the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the Republic of India. | Secretary, Ministry of Shipping | Secretary, Ministry of Shipping | YES |
| 16 | MoU on Development of Fairway from Sirajganj to Daikhowa and Ashuganj to Zakiganj on Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route between the Ministry of Shipping of the Republic of India and The Ministry of Shipping of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. | Secretary, Ministry of Shipping | Secretary, Ministry of Shipping | — |
| 17 | MoU between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Cooperation in theField ofMass Media. | Foreign Secretary (Secretary, MoI&B is not available) | Secretary, Information | — |
| 18 | Audio-visual Co-production Agreement between the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. | Foreign Secretary (Secretary, MoI&B is not available) | Secretary, Information | — |
| 19 | MoU between GoI and GoB for extending Defence LOC of USD 500 million. | Foreign Secretary | Principal Staff officer (PSO) | — |
| 20 | Agreement between Bangladesh And India for the Regulation of Motor Vehicle Passenger Traffic (Khulna-Kolkata route) and SOP of the Agreement | Secretary, (MoRTH) | Secretary, Road Transport & Highways Division | — |
| 21 | MoU between the Government of the Republic of India (GoI) and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (GoB) for Extending a 3rd Line of Credit (LoC) by GoI to GoB | Foreign Secretary | Secretary, ERD | YES |
| 22 | Financing Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India & the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for the Construction of 36Community Clinics in Bangladesh. |
High Commissioner | Secretary, ERD |