Modi also met Singapore President Tony Tan Keng on the second day of his visit today and was accorded a ceremonial welcome here at Istana, the official residence and office of the President.
The ten pacts signed by the two sides included a joint declaration by the two Prime Ministers on a strategic partnership.
"India and Singapore elevate their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership to deepen and broaden engagement in existing areas of cooperation and catalyse new ones ranging from political, defence and security cooperation to economic, cultural and people-to-people contact. The strategic partnership is also a framework to contribute to greater regional stability and growth," the joint declaration said.
The two sides also signed an agreement on the extension of loan of artifacts to the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore and an MoU between Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the Indian IT department and Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCERT), Singapore's Cyber Security Agency on security cooperation.
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An MoU was also signed between Airports Authority of
India (AAI) and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) to facilitate mutual cooperation in a number of mutually agreed areas of civil aviation services and airport management beginning with Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) of Singapore also signed an MoU on cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substance and their precursors.
The agreement facilitates and enhances cooperation by exchange of information on trends in illicit manufacture and those arrested on drug trafficking charges and establishes direct contact points between the two bureaus. Other areas identified for cooperation include capacity building, skill upgrading and knowledge development.
Besides, both sides inked an executive programme document on cooperation in the fields of arts, heritage, archives and library for 2015-18.
The programme envisages a detailed plan of action and cooperation in the field of arts, museums, archives, monuments, library and exchange of technical experts and students for 2015-18.
The two countries also signed an operationalisation document for the technical agreement on sharing 'White Shipping Information' between the Indian Navy and Singapore Navy signed on July 21, 2015.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup later tweeted that ten bilateral documents were signed across sectors, showing "a large bandwidth of cooperation".
These included a joint declaration on strategic partnership to defence, cyber security, shipping, culture, and the agreements showcase strength of bilateral ties, Swarup tweeted.
The two Prime Ministers also released commemorative stamps on Rashtrapati Bhawan and Istana (the official residence and office of the President of Singapore).
Modi, who arrived here last evening and addressed the prestigious Singapore Lecture, held a breakfast meeting with prominent citizens of Singapore earlier today.
Later, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong called on Modi. In his Lecture yesterday, Modi talked about contributions made by Tong, who was Singapore's second Prime Minister, towards strong ties between India and Singapore.