Paris, Sept. 30 : The social security agreement inked between India and France will benefit Indian nationals working in France and French nationals working in India.

Under the agreement, workers on short term contracts of upto five years, do not have to make any social security contribution in the country of employment provided they continue to make social security payments in India and France.

Paris, Sept. 30 : Visiting Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, today said that developed countries primarily needed to take responsibility for resolving the global financial crisis, but added that India and China, as the world''''s two largest emerging economies, must take part in the solution.

Stating this during an interview with the prominent French daily Le Figaro, Dr. Singh warned that the crisis could spread to developing countries like India, as "we live in an interdependent world and the fate of all countries is related to the international financial system."

Paris  - France and India have signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation in the development of nuclear energy, according to a joint statement released after a meeting in Paris Tuesday between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The agreement "constitutes the basis of an increased bilateral cooperation in the domain of energy and research," the statement said.

Although no details were provided, French media reported last week that such an agreement could eventually lead to contracts worth some 20 billion euros (28 billion dollars) to French firms for the construction of nuclear power stations in India.

Paris, Sept. 30 : India’s re-entry into the global nuclear trade market after 34 years was achieved today with the historical signing of a bilateral agreement for civil nuclear cooperation with France.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and the chief of the Department of Atomic Energy signed the agreement in the French President’s office in the Champs Elysee here in the presence of President Nicholas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Paris  - As the two largest developing nations, India and China should take part in helping resolve the current finance crisis, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in remarks published Tuesday in the French daily Le Figaro.

"The prime responsibility (for resolving the crisis) is that of the developed nations. But India and China should take part in the solution," Singh said.

The Indian prime minister, who was to meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy later on Tuesday, said that India may take part in the international summit on the finance crisis proposed by Sarkozy.

Paris, Sept. 30 : Ending 34 years of nuclear trade isolation, India and France today finalized a landmark agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, covering the supply of reactors and atomic fuel.

The agreement is to be initialled this afternoon after summit talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.