India and Mauritius signed five agreements in the field of Education, Textiles, Sports and Youth affairs, Science and Technology including an MoU on setting a Planetarium at the Rajiv Science Centre in Mauritius. The agreements were signed following delegation level talks between the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Mauritius Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam.

In a joint statement following the signing of the agreements, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said, the next Meeting of the India-Mauritius Joint Commission on Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation will be held later this year to identify new measures to promote cooperation in key areas. He said India will provide a new economic package to Mauritius consisting of a Line of Credit of 250 million US dollars and a grant of 20 million US dollars.

A part of this grant will be used to establish a hybrid planetarium at the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre in Mauritius.