What are PM Modi’s USA visit 2023 important deals and agreement?

Summary of India USA agreements during PM Modi's recent visit 21st to 23rd June 2023.

I. Defense

- GE-HAL jet engine deal which will support Bhaarat to make Tejas MK2 and Generation 5 Fighter Jet.

- MQ-9B drones for India worth $3 Billion

- 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 Semiconductors.

- 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 within the USA

- US consulates in Bengaluru/Ahmedabad; Indian consulates in Seattle + 2 other cities

- Tamil studies chair at University of Houston

- Vivekananda Professorship at University of 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

- Investment for RE/battery storage

- Hydrogen breakthrough agenda

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