The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Spain on renewable energy. The MoU was signed on 30th May this year at Spain. The MoU will help strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries with the exchange of expertise and networking of information. <br/><br/>It envisages to establish a Joint Working Committee to review, monitor and discuss matters relation to areas of cooperation.<br/>The Cabinet also gave its ex-post facto approval for an MoU signed among India and various BRICs countries for establishment of the BRICS Agriculture Research Platform (BRICS-ARP). <br/><br/>During the 7th BRICS Summit held in 2015 at Ufa in Russia, Mr Modi proposed to establish BRICS Agriculture Research Centre which will be a gift to the entire world. The Centre will promote sustainable agricultural development and poverty alleviation through strategic cooperation in agriculture to provide food security in the BRICS member countries. <br/><br/>BRICS-ARP will be the natural global platform for science-led agriculture-based sustainable development for addressing the issues of world hunger, under-nutrition, poverty and inequality.