India, June 12 -- In a significant step towards enhancing India's energy security and achieving greater self-sufficiency in the energy sector, a tripartite agreement on energy exploration and extraction was signed on Thursday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The agreement, signed under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeks to facilitate exploration and production activities across more than 1,000 square kilometres of land along the Assam-Nagaland border, an area believed to possess substantial energy and mineral reserves.

According to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa S...