The power project was not only by far the largest single foreign investment ever made here.
This is the first time the two countries have co-operated on a nuclear power project.
Most were from previous power projects, he said, and many had been provided to him by his multinational clients.
Schneider Electric has its own unit for large power projects.
It is unclear what will happen to aid for India's national power projects.
In 1980, according to the bank's Web site, 21 percent of bank lending went to power projects like dams.
Instead this should apply to all large hydroelectric power projects.
Debate about the nuclear power project at Jaitapur is ongoing on various levels.
"In Brazil, power rates are so low that doing a power project does not make any sense."
The investment climate for new power projects is dreadful almost everywhere.