India and Canada have signed multiple strategic agreements covering nuclear fuel supply, food technology cooperation, critical minerals, and renewable energy, marking a significant expansion of bilateral collaboration across energy and technology sectors.
A major outcome includes a commercial contract between India’s Department of Atomic Energy and Cameco, Canada, for the long-term supply of uranium ore concentrates.
The agreement is expected to support India’s nuclear power expansion and contribute to the national target of achieving 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047 under the Viksit Bharat initiative.
In the food technology sector, both countries signed a Declaration of Intent to establish a Joint Pulse Protein Centre of Excellence at the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM-K), Kundli.
The centre will strengthen food processing capabilities, support advanced protein extraction, and help develop fortified pulse products aimed at addressing micronutrient deficiencies and strengthening nutrition-sensitive food systems.
India and Canada also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on critical minerals cooperation to build secure and resilient supply chains for strategic minerals.
The agreement will promote investments, facilitate technical knowledge exchange, and strengthen collaboration in exploration, mining, beneficiation, and processing of critical minerals essential for clean energy and industrial applications.
Another key MoU focuses on promoting renewable energy cooperation between the two countries.
It includes collaboration in solar, wind, biomass, and energy storage technologies, along with exchange of best practices and capacity-building initiatives to accelerate clean energy deployment.
The agreements were signed during the visit of the Prime Minister of Canada to India and form part of a broader set of bilateral initiatives aimed at strengthening cooperation in energy security, sustainable development, and advanced technology sectors.
