All eyes on nuke deal between India, Russia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Wednesday night for an annual summit with President Vladimir Putin, during which the two sides will sign a host of agreements.

All eyes will be on a deal to build, with Russia's help, the last two units of India's largest nuclear power plant.

With hours to go before the summit, Indian officials told PTI that last-minute talks are taking place to iron out details and language of the agreement on a line of credit for building Unit 5 and 6 of the Kundankulam nuclear power plant in



Tamil Nadu. "The agreement remains work-in-progress," the source said. 

The reactors are being built by India's Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Russia's Atomstroyexport company, a subsidiary of Rosatom, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex.

The two sides are expected to ink 12 agreements in wide-ranging sectors, including science and technology, railways, cultural exchanges and other business areas between private parties also, in addition to a "vision statement" that the two leaders will release.