India and France Reaffirm Commitment to Power Sector Cooperation

Pankaj Agarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Power, held a meeting today in New Delhi with Mr. Bernard Fontana, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EDF, France, to review the ongoing engagement between India and EDF on the proposed deployment of EPR reactors in India. The meeting was attended by officials from the Ministry of Power, the Ministry of External Affairs, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), NTPC Limited and NPCIL on the Indian side, and by officials of EDF and the Embassy of France in India on the French side.

The discussions centred on the deployment of EPR technology, India’s regulatory reforms for the nuclear sector, cooperation on pumped hydro storage projects, and the way forward for a robust, mutually beneficial partnership.

EDF apprised the Indian side of its efforts to build an ecosystem and supply chain in India for large-scale localization, and reiterated that a sizeable programme with multiple nuclear reactors would give suppliers confidence and enable economies of scale by leveraging Indian industry’s capabilities. (UPDATED ON 25TH SEPT 2026)