Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To The United States:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States marked a major step forward in India-US ties, with several significant agreements and partnerships being established.
Key highlights of the visit:
- High-Tech Partnership:
- Semiconductor supply chain agreements; Introduced Indo-U.S. Quantum Coordination Mechanism to facilitate better collaboration among academia and industries;
- Defence Cooperation ·:
- Strategic Defence partnership;
- India – US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X);
- MoU between GE and HAL for manufacturing GE-F414 jet engines in India (with 80% technology transfer) to be used in Tejas Mk2
- Purchase of 16 armed MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs;
- Defence acceleration ecosystems;
- Ship repair agreements;
- Placement of Indian liaison officers at US commands
- Space Cooperation:
- India signing the Artemis Accords for lunar and space exploration;
- NASA provides advanced training to Indian astronauts;
- Strategic Framework for human spaceflight cooperation by 2023 end
- NASA and ISRO have agreed to launch a joint mission to International Space Station in 2024
- Trade and Consular Issues :
- Resolution of WTO disputes and market access;
- Establishment of new consulates in India (Bengaluru and Ahmedabad) and the US (India’s consulate in Seattle);
- Relaxation in H1B visa norms
- Clean Energy :
- US-India New and Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies Action Platform to accelerate cooperation in green hydrogen and other emerging technologies.
- U.S. Agency for International Development is to support Indian Railways’ to become a “net-zero” carbon emitter by 2030.
