Prime Minister
The Modi-Putin talks will cover a new point in the Indo-
The hydrocarbon pipeline is likely to cost $40 billion and would take four to five years to complete. Initially, the pipeline would be used for transporting gas and later also for oil.
Modi and Putin are likely to give the political clearance to the project. After this, technical consultations will start. Both the countries will set up a task force for implementing this project.
Since setting up a joint task force for such a massive project would require a lot of work and hectic consultations, the deal is unlikely to be clinched at a meeting on the sidelines of a multilateral summit. India and Russia are likely to announce the setting up of this joint task force when Putin travels to India later this year for a bilateral summit.