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Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was in Delhi to co-chair
the 20th meeting of Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade,
Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).
While addressing a few reporters, he spoke about potential joint
projects in civil aircraft manufacturing and plans to establish a
working group to examine the feasibility of a free trade agreement
between India and the Customs Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia).
Are there any plans during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to
India in December to sign a new agreement in nuclear energy?
We are working on a strategic agreement that will include, in
particular, Russia’s participation in the development of nuclear energy
in India, and we hope to have this document ready by the time of the visit.
What will be included in the strategic agreement?
At the moment, the authors of the future document are summarizing all of
the projects that were discussed during the meeting of the
intergovernmental commission. We observed a positive reaction, on the
part of our Indian colleagues, to our proposal to develop high-tech
cooperation, primarily in aerospace. India is interested in Russia’s
short and medium-range MC-21 airplanes. We also discussed the
possibility of assembling the Sukhoi Superjet-100 airplane in India.
Interest was also expressed in possible aircraft engine manufacturing
projects.
In addition, in the coming weeks, we agreed to hold separate
consultations on cooperation in space exploration. These will involve
manned space missions and deployment of projects in India connected to
the use of the Russian navigation system GLONASS.
We are also looking at the possibility of joint-production in India of
GLONASS signal receiving modules and introduction here of the
ERA-GLONASS satellite monitoring system for transport vehicles, used for
automatic notification of emergency services in case of accidents and
other emergencies.Space instrument engineering was also discussed. We
hope that before Vladimir Putin’s visit, or immediately after it, we
will have reached a mutual understanding on the alignment of our space
programs.
These and other projects will be detailed in the strategic agreement,
which I have already mentioned. We provisionally call this – the
“strategic vision,” which we would like to consider and adopt during the
visit.
It seems that these Russian projects fit nicely into the Indian agenda
– “Make in India”. Do you agree?
The agendas of Russia and India coincide. We are also committed to “Make
in Russia,” and are currently implementing an import substitution
program. And this is something that is long overdue.As for our relations
with India, Russia was the first to propose to not just deliver finished
products to the Indian market, but also to establish assembly and
manufacturing plants in the country, together with the transfer of
technologies.
Please tell us more about the Indian interest in the MC-21 and the
Sukhoi Superjet-100?
I would like to repeat that the Indian side made it clear that they are
interested in the MC-21 airplanes. The first flight of this airplane is
scheduled for 2016, and the beginning of mass production – for 2017. It
will carry 180 passengers and have a range of 5,000 km. Thus, it is an
ideal aircraft for India.
As for the Sukhoi Superjet-100, we are talking about the possibility of
building production plants in India for the needs of the Indian market,
and even possible joint-entry into the markets of other countries.We
also view joint projects in helicopter manufacturing as very promising.
Russian helicopters have established a good reputation in India. In
addition, we must keep in mind that Western helicopter manufacturers
were hit with a number of scandals, and this has had an impact on their
dealings with partners. Indian partners must be treated with great
respect and one must understand their own interests in increasing their
domestic industrial capacity.
Our proposal concerns the possibility of using various models of the
Ka-226, for both civil and military purposes. This helicopter is unique.
Its high-altitude performance characteristics are in fact unique, with
no analogues in the world, which is important for India’s mountainous
terrain.Our Indian colleagues also have a great interest in working on
joint energy projects, including liquefied natural gas.
The Russian state corporation Rusnano has come up with its own new
project, proposing the establishment of a joint investment fund with
capital of $1–2 billion, contributed on a parity basis, which could be
used to finance start-ups in high technology. This proposal now needs to
be studied by the Indian side.
Has there been any progress on the establishment of a working group to
examine the prospects for a free trade agreement between India and the
Customs Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia)?
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informed us that the Indian side
has approved the creation of such a working group. This means that we
will begin working on this right away.The working group will submit a
report to the intergovernmental commission about the feasibility of
signing such an agreement.
Source : Several new Indo-Russian projects to come under “strategic vision” agreement – Dmitry Rogozin | idrw.org
since it's just a working model,no test as common tactic of deception toy, I will expect you guys to bash this "
until we prove it as operational and real missile.
what is the best way to add insult to injury??? guess what? ->CX-1 
Not only we make a missile that can compete and counter BrahMos but bruise Indian's ego at the same time
