Highlights of BARACK OBAMA's INDIA Visit
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Barack Obama's India Visit Barack Obama visited India from 25-27 January 2015. Highlights of the Visit Modi and Obama pledged to translate their commitment of "Chalein Saath Saath”: "Forward Together We Go" into action through "Sanjha Prayaas; Sab Ka Vikaas": "Shared Effort; Progress For All". In one of the biggest deals for the growing renewable energy sector in India, US federal agencies have committed a total $4 billion for both projects and equipment sourcing.
The understanding has been reached on the issues of civil nuclear liability and administrative arrangements for civil nuclear cooperation. Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Research (PACE-R): A renewed commitment to PACE-R, including extending funding for three existing research tracks of solar energy, building energy efficiency, and biofuels for an additional five years and launching a new track on smart grid and grid storage. Ajmer, Allahabad and Vishakhapatnam will be developed as smart cities with US support.
NASA and ISRO to conduct the joint NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. US-India Knowledge partnership for supporting the Indian Institute of Technology at Gandhinagar through USAID. Obama and Modi also pledged to collaborate through India's Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), to facilitate short-term teaching and research programs by up to 1000 visiting U.S. academics in Indian universities.
Two sides will consider opportunities for enhanced cooperation in Mars exploration, including potential coordinated observations and analysis between ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission and NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN). The two-way defence engagement to include technology cooperation and collaboration, co-production and co-development through Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).
The Leaders reiterated their strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations with ‘zero tolerance’ and reaffirmed their deep concern over the continued threat posed by transnational terrorism including by groups like Al Qaida and the ISIL, and called for eliminating terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, disrupting terrorist networks and their financing, and stopping cross-border movement of terrorists.
US has committed to continue to work towards India’s phased entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Wassenaar Arrangement, and the Australia Group. U.S. Trade and Development Agency and Indian Railways technical cooperation will assist Indian Railways’ efforts to modify its leasing and public-private partnership frameworks to attract private sector funding.
President Obama reaffirmed his support for a reformed UN Security Council with India as a permanent member, and both leaders committed to ensuring that the Security Council continues to play an effective role in maintaining international peace and security as envisioned in the United Nations Charter. The Leaders also looked forward to enhancing engagement on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in 2015 under the High Level Working Group on Intellectual Property, to the mutual benefit of both the countries.
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