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Dr Jitendra finalizes MoU with Canadian Trade & Revenue Ministers Joint 'clean water' prog 10/15/2014 11:47:54 PM Early Times Report new delhi, Oct 15: Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) today launched a joint Indo-Canadian science programme focusing on "clean water" technologies. During his meeting with the Canadian Minister for International Trade, Ed Fast and the Canadian Minister for National Revenue, Kerry Findlay, who called on at his Anusandhan Bhawan office here today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, it was a matter of great satisfaction with a sense of achievement that just about two months back he had mooted the idea with the Canadian High Commissioner when the latter called on him and today within this short period, we are able to finalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of two senior members of the Canadian Council of Ministers. Dr Jitendra Singh said that the new programme will be pursued through a joint collaboration between the Department of Science & Technology under his ministry and the National Science and Engineering Council of Canada. This joint venture would enable building up of 'Safe and Sustainable Infrastructure' and 'Integrated Water Management', thus addressing the vital aspects related to effective water management and clean water supply, he added, and observed that today's joint declaration is a way forward to the recent joint call by India and Canada to work towards the goal of "Water for Health". Dr Jitendra Singh said that while on the one hand this new initiative is in keeping with the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi's "Clean River Mission" and "Clean Ganga Mission", on the other hand this joint participation will help develop a value based relationship and also enable to promote industrial research & development (R&D) projects with application potential through participation of scientific institutions and industrial units.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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