Important Agreements In The Month Of August: Refresher

S. no	Related to	Agreement signed between?
1.	Patratu Power Plant	National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited with Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL)
2.	To boost ties in New and Renewable Energy sector	India, Mozambique ink MoU Note:  Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique
3.	To boost MSME productivity	ILO, FICCI ink MoU Note:  The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have done to impart training to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to make them competitive and boost productivity.
4.	Establishment of a Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia-Pacific region.	Union Cabinet with UNESCO Note:  This centre will be established as a category-2 centre (C2C) of the UN body at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
5.	Social Security Pact comes into force	Between India and Canada Note:  According to the pact the employees posted by Indian entities in Canada are not required to contribute towards Canada’s social security schemes for period of 60 months and similarly the Canadian employees posted in India would enjoy the same benefit.
6.	Financing Agreement	India s with World Bank for NCRMP Projects (National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project)ii. The two separate financing agreements were signed for Note:   a) NCRMP- I & II for $ 104.00 Million and $ 308.40 Million b) NCRMP-I covers States of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. c) NCRMP-II covers States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala,  and West Bengal.
8.	The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the PACEsetter Fund.	Between America and India Note:  The PACEsetter Fund is a fund that supports the Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy (PEACE) an initiative between US and India through Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE).
9.	Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) for skill development training in eastern states and Bihar.	National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) with  National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed.
10.	Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for full cooperation to tackle the menace of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling.	India and Bangladesh
11.	With an intention of curbing black money generation the government approved signing and ratification of the Tax Information Exchange Agreements	Between India and Seychelles
12.	MoU on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Training and Research.	India&Australia Note:  It was signed after the 3rd meeting of the Australia-India Education Council (AIEC) which was held in New Delhi.
13.	Mou for setting up an electronic platform to facilitate trading in different asset classes for international investors.	Multi Commodity Exchange with Gift Special Economic Zone, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City(Gift)