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List of agreements signed between India and US | India and the United States inked several agreements/memoranda of understanding with the aim
of taking the bilateral strategic partnership forward. Following is the list of agreements signed: Both countries signed an "MoU to Enhance Cooperation on Energy
Security , Energy Efficiency , Clean Energy and Climate Change". The bilateral
document was signed by External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna and US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton at the US State Department. The MoU would strengthen
and intensify India-US collaboration on energy security, clean energy and climate
change and bring together joint ideas on energy efficiency, renewable energy and
green technologies to stimulate India-US Energy dialogue and the India-US bilateral
dialogue on Global Climate Change, a new framework announced on 20 July 2009.
It would allow the two countries to share their experiences and best practices
as they both try to diversify their energy mix. The MoU would help to expand current
partnerships for promoting sustainable growth, innovation, application of lternative
fuels and clean energy and capacity building for deployment of adaptable, affordable
and climate friendly technologies in both countries. The MoU envisages setting
up an India-US Clean Energy Research and Deployment Initiative, including a Joint
Research Center to foster innovation and joint efforts to accelerate deployment
of clean energy technologies. .The two sides also initialed an MoU on Agricultural
Cooperation and Food Security and an India-US Conterterrorism Cooperation Initiative
today. The MoU on Agricultural Cooperation and Food Security was initialed by
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning Commission, and US Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack. Cooperation in the field of agriculture between India and
the US is a key agenda of the India-US Strategic Dialogue announced on 20 July
2009. The MoU would help the two countries to expand current partnership in the
field of agriculture and further joint initiatives for promoting sustainable agricultural
development, food security, and for increasing the application of knowledge, innovation
and capacity building in the two countries and globally. Cooperation in the field
of agriculture with the United States could be leveraged to strengthen agricultural
productivity, and agro based R and D in India. . The India-US Counterterrorism
Cooperation Initiative was initialed by India's Ambassador to the USA Meera Shankar
and her American counterpart to India Timothy Roemer. India and the US have strong
cooperation in the field of counter-terrorism. Post Mumbai attack, bilateral collaboration
on counter-terrorism has increased substantially. India and the US recognize terrorism
as one of the biggest threats to world security and have reaffirmed the determination
to fight the evil in all its forms and manifestations. |
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