India and Germany today inked six key
MoUs including that for putting together seven million euros for next four years towards joint research in the field of higher education and a pact for a soft loan of one billion euros for strengthening the green energy corridor.

The pacts were signed today in Berlin in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A pact to promote German as a foreign language was also signed by the two sides following the 2nd round of
Inter-Governmental Consultations in Berlin.

Under pacts signed, both Germany and India have committed to Euro 3.5 million each towards working on joint research and innovation programmes.

A pact regarding the establishment of green energy corridor was also signed besides one in agriculture and establishment of a working group in infrastructure, cooperation in standardisation, conformity assessment and product safety.

Under the pact for the green energy corridor, the grid system in several states will be used to transmit energy
produced by renewable and non-conventional means.

Another pact for Indo-German civil security research was also signed.