New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Germany has completed its internal processes for concluding a deal worth almost $7.5 billion to build submarines in India and is awaiting the final go-ahead from New Delhi, German envoy Jasper Wieck said on Wednesday against the backdrop of the two countries deepening their security ties. The German side has signed off on a government-to-government agreement that is "very forward-leaning" in meeting India's requests and the deal can pave the way for enhanced cooperation on other defence systems, Wieck told a media briefing. Noting that everything has been cleared on their side, Wieck said: "From the German side, we could sign tomorrow. So, it is up to the Indian side, I think it's the Cabinet Committee on Security that has to give its final approval and this is still awaited." Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and India's state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders will join hands to build six submarines in India, marking the first big-ticket defence deal between the two countries in several decades. The Rs.70,000-crore (almost $7.5 billion) Project 75I for building six next generation conventional submarines is aimed at sharpening the Indian Navy's underwater capabilities. The first submarine is expected to be delivered seven years after the contract is signed, with the rest coming at the rate of one a year....