India and France announce 13 key outcomes to deepen strategic, tech and trade cooperation on 14 June 2026

Key facts

• Adoption of India–France Innovation Roadmap 2030 to guide cooperation in technology, innovation, research and education.
• Creation of a Joint India–France AI Working Group focused on AI governance and responsible artificial intelligence.
• MoU to set up a National Centre of Excellence for Skilling in Aeronautics and Allied Sectors at NSTI, Kanpur.
• Expansion of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) usage in France to strengthen digital payments cooperation.
• Incubation of 10 additional Indian startups at Station F, France’s leading startup campus.
• Establishment of a Centre of Digital Sciences between India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and France’s INRIA.
• Establishment of an Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) India Chair on AI, Innovation and Culture at Université Paris-Saclay.
• Letter of Intent between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and France’s Health Data Hub on cooperation in digital health research.
• Agreement to set up a High-level Mechanism to double bilateral trade over the next five years.
• Institution of an Economic Security Dialogue to enhance cooperation in supply chains and critical sectors.
• Declaration of Intent on railway and high-speed rail development in India.
• General Security Agreement on the exchange and protection of classified information between the two countries.
• Letter of Intent between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and France’s Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) on microgravity research and human space exploration.