New Delhi, July 9 -- India has clinched a deal for the supply of uranium from Australia during the ongoing visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the nation.

India is looking to scale up nuclear power generation in the coming years, which will help deal with the energy requirement in the world's most populous country.

"We have signed an important agreement today on nuclear energy," PM Modi said after talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese.

"This will pave the way for uranium supplies from Australia to India and give our clean energy objectives fresh momentum."

A joint statement issued by the two nations says that the exports will be for "exclusively peaceful purposes".

"The arrangement facilitates Australian uranium...