Government of India has approved the setting up of Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) at village Kheri-Jasaur, near Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar, Haryana, in September 2010. GCNEP is the sixth R&D unit being established under the aegis of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The Centre aims to promote international collaboration in nuclear energy research & development, and capacity-building.