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Summary of India - USA agreements during P M Modi's recent visit 21st to 23rd June 2023: Ambassador Ajit Kumar
Ambassador Ajit Kumar

There were five main areas on which agreements were reached: Defense, Technology, People to people ties, Global Issues and Energy & Health.

I. Defense
- GE-HAL jet engine deal which will support Bharat to make Tejas MK2 and Generation 5 fighter Jet.
- MQ-9B drones for India worth 3 Billion USD
- 3 Indian liaison officers to US commands
- US Navy ship repair in Chennai, Mumbai, Goa
- INDUS X
- Boeing C-17 logistics support in India

II. Tech
- US semiconductor facilities and training in India (Micron, Advanced Material, LAM), LAM will train 60,000 Indian Engineers in Semi Conductors.
- India joins critical mineral security partnership
- DFC/USAID financing 6G/ORAN deployment
- Quantum partnership
- Google AI support for 100 Indian languages
- India's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to invest in US particle accelerator
- Indian company Sterlite to build fiber cable manufacturing in South Carolina
- Space cooperation: astronauts, observatory in India, data sharing

III. People to people ties
- In country H1B / L visa renewal pilot
- US consulates in Bengaluru/Ahmedabad; Indian consulate in Seattle + 2 other cities
- Tamil studies chair at Univ of Houston
- Vivekananda Professorship at U Chicago
- 100 Gilman Scholarships to India

IV. Global Issues
- India/U.S. resolve 6 WTO disputes
- US joins Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
- India invited to APEC Summit in November
- US support for India at IEA
- USAID/MEA to train healthcare experts from Fiji

V. Energy and Health

- India's VSK to do solar manufacturing in Colorado
- India's JSW to produce steel in Ohio for offshore wind
- 10k made-in-India electric buses
- Cooperation on cancer, diabetes, pathology
- Fast-tracking the discussions for setting up 6 reactors of  1000MW each for Kovvda nuclear project in Andhra Pradesh by Westinghouse Electric Company.
- Investment for RE/battery storage
- Hydrogen breakthrough agenda

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