Angela Merkel vows one billion Euros for ‘low-carbon urban mobility’ in India
November 2, 2019: German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her two-day visit to India for the fifth Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) promised to finance one billion Euros for green urban mobility in India.
Exchanging the JDI on Green Urban Mobility between Norbert Barthle, Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
November 2, 2019: German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her two-day visit to India for the fifth Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) promised to finance one billion Euros for green urban mobility in India. The Joint statement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to advance collaboration on environmentally sustainable low-carbon mobility solutions and has signed a new Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) on Friday in New Delhi. The partnership also extends to E-mobility, fuel cell technology, smart cities, inland waterways and Coastal management.
Today’s talks with Chancellor Merkel were extensive and fruitful. We reviewed the full range of India-Germany relations.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 1, 2019
Chancellor Merkel has distinguished herself as one of the most widely respected world leaders. She is also a great friend of India’s. pic.twitter.com/92JgCnCKNL
The statement reads: “Both sides agreed to foster cooperation on low-carbon mobility solutions and welcomed the signing of the new Joint Declaration of Intent on the Indo-German Partnership on Green Urban Mobility wherein the German side expressed its readiness to provide additional concessional finance of Euros 1 billion to support improvements of green urban mobility infrastructure and services and strengthen capacities of national, state and local institutions to design and implement sustainable, inclusive and smart mobility solutions in Indian cities. In addition, both leaders welcomed that e-Mobility is being envisaged an important area of collaboration, including under the already well established Joint Working Group on Automotive.”
The JDI on Green Urban Mobility was exchanged between Norbert Barthle, Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The Chancellor was accompanied by Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Science and Education, Food and Agriculture and an official delegation. The consultation saw the signing of 22 MoUs/agreements between the two countries including strategic projects of Railways, research on artificial intelligence, civil aviation, prevention of Marine litter, space research, and smart cities network.
