The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the American Chamber of Commerce in India (AMCHAM India) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the growing partnership between the U.S. Government and U.S. private sector to address India’s development needs. The announcement comes the same day as the launch of ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 30 July, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Economic growth, Environment, Health, Women Empowerment
The United States is pleased to announce that the inaugural U.S.-India “2+2” Dialogue will be held in New Delhi, India, on September 6. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis look forward to meeting with their Indian counterparts, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Defense Nirmala Sitharaman, ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 20 July, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Defense, Economic growth
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, has committed a $12.5 million (Rs. 80 crore) loan to a project that will expand access to affordable clean drinking water to millions of low and middle-income people in India. OPIC’s loan to WaterHealth India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of WaterHealth International, Inc. ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 26 March, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Economic growth, Water, Women Empowerment
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publicaffairs@doc.gov On October 27, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu met to discuss the U.S.-India commercial relationship and launch their first session of the U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue. Upon noting the impressive three-fold increase in total U.S.-India trade since 2005, both sides affirmed the significant strategic and economic ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 27 October, 2017 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Business, Economic growth, Trade
ITC Maurya Hotel | September 28, 2017 (As Prepared for Delivery) Good Morning. On behalf of the United States Embassy in New Delhi, I am honored to welcome you to Passage to Prosperity, the India-Afghanistan Trade and Investment Show. It is a privilege to share the dais with this esteemed group. That you have taken the ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 28 September, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, U.S. & India | Tags: Business, Economic growth, Trade
Following the announcement by President Trump and Prime Minister Modi in Washington that the United States and India will co-host the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), we are pleased to announce the event will be held November 28-30 in Hyderabad, India. The theme of the Summit will be Women First, Prosperity for All, highlighting the ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 11 August, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Economic growth, Entrepreneurship
Hosted by AMCHAM’s HR Committee Leela Palace, April 10, 2017 (As Prepared for Delivery) Mr. DP Singh, thank you so much for inviting me to speak. It is an honor to share the dais with you. Let me be honest right at the outset. The future of work for me, personally, is not in India. ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 10 April, 2017 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Speeches | Tags: Culture, Economic growth
(As Prepared for Delivery) Good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to be back here in historic Jaipur and to inaugurate this symposium on Making North Indian States Competitive. Let me first thank the
Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) for their leadership and vision in organizing this event. Mr. Pradeep Mehta, we are grateful for the outstanding cooperation we have ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 18 November, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth
(As Prepared for Delivery) Good Afternoon. I am very pleased to see so many of you here at the American Center for this Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016 gathering. We are deeply grateful to Special Secretary Y.S. Malik for having taken time out of his extremely hectic schedule to join us. Entrepreneurship is a major feature ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 16 November, 2016 | Topics: Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, Speeches, U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Trade
Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman at the University of Chicago Center in Delhi Nearly seventy years ago, Prime Minister Nehru stood before the Constituent Assembly on the occasion of India’s independence to describe his vision of the future: a nation whose freedom, forged in its “suffering and sacrifice,” would serve as a ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 20 October, 2016 | Topics: Speeches, U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Trade
Minister of Commerce and Industry of India Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman met in Delhi on October 20, 2016, for the tenth ministerial-level meeting of the India and United States Trade Policy Forum (TPF). The Ministers agreed that the TPF has greatly strengthened U.S. – India engagement on bilateral trade ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 20 October, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Intellectual Property, Trade
(As prepared for delivery) Let me start by thanking all of you for your willingness to participate in these workshop sessions and play a role in unlocking the potential of India’s renewable energy revolution. I don’t want to overstate this, but I believe we are at a transformational moment in history. It seems like there ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 27 July, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Energy
Remarks by Ambassador Richard R. Verma at National Agriculture Science Complex, New Delhi (As Prepared for Delivery) Secretary Pattanayak, fellow Ambassadors, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for joining me here today to celebrate the launch of the Feed the Future India, Triangular Training Program. This exciting new program marks not only a significant ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 25 July, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Agriculture, Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Education, Food Security
Thank you Assistant Secretary Biswal, Ambassador Singh, distinguished panelists and guests. It’s good to be back in Washington for Prime Minister Modi’s historic visit and to have this opportunity to reconnect with so many close friends. Selfishly for me, it’s a welcome reprieve from the Delhi heat – the temperature there today is 107 degrees! ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 14 June, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Climate, Defense, Economic growth, Regional Security
The Embassy of the United States of America today opened a two-day workshop here on combating air pollution in North India. Mr. Sanjiv Saran (IAS), Chairman, UP Pollution Control Board and Mr. Jonathan Kessler, Director-North India Office, US Embassy New Delhi, inaugurated the workshop, which is part of a series of workshops being held in ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 25 May, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Environment, Urbanization
The Embassy of the United States of America today opened a two-day workshop here on combating air pollution in North India. Shri Manpreet Singh, Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and Prof. Arun Kumar Grover, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University inaugurated the workshop, which is part of a series of workshops being held in New Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 23 May, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Environment, Urbanization
The Embassy of the United States of America today launched a series of workshops on combatting air pollution in North India. Health Minister of Delhi, Mr. Satyender Jain, inaugurated the workshops which will be held in New Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, and Lucknow from May 17-26. The workshops are organized by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 18 May, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Urbanization
Remarks by Michael P. Pelletier, Chargé d’Affaires Air Quality Workshop: Combatting Air Pollution in North India The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi | May 17, 2016 (As prepared for delivery) Thank you Dr. Sagnik Dey for your introduction. I am pleased to be here with the Delhi Health Minister, Mr. Satyender Jain. I would like ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 18 May, 2016 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Environment | Tags: AQI, Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Urbanization
Assistant Secretary Nisha Biswal’s Remarks to the University of Chicago Alumni Club of India (As prepared for delivery) Thank you for that kind introduction Aditi and thank you all for a very warm welcome, and of course a big thanks to the University of Chicago Alumni Club of India for hosting this event. It is ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 19 April, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology, Urbanization
