SE: Since Indian partners can be eligible for the Indian co-funding mechanism (by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)), does that mean the coordinator should insert zero for the Indian partner in the budget table? Should they describe the proposed contribution by the additional secondments to be funded directly by India in part B?

As the MSCA Staff Exchanges proposal is part of the application for the CSIR funding, the secondments from India to Europe need to be described in the proposal in Part B. The CSIR entities participate as ‘Associated Partners’. This detailed document can be consulted.  

SE: Considering the new partnership CSIR-EU that allows Indian partners to be funded in Staff Exchanges proposals, in part A, in the budget table should the Indian partners still indicate 0 budget?

The new CSIR-EU partnership establishes a co-funding mechanism, allowing Indian partners in Staff Exchanges proposals to receive top-up funding from CSIR. Accordingly, for Indian partners it should still be indicated a budget of 0 in Part A of the budget table of the submission form.