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After Japan's $35 billion over 5 years, and China's $20 billion over 5 years (Originally $100 billion, but scuttled by Busharaf's Kargil Extremist war hawks in the PLA who sent a 1000 troops into Indian territory during the Chinese premiers visit to India)
.....such projects will boost Indian INFRASTRUCTURE and INDUSTRY, the primary ENGINE for growth in the Indian economy that is non-inflationary and gives jobs to the teeming masses moving out of their villages into the growing cities.
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US investors bet on PM Modi, to invest $41 billion in India in 3 years
By Times of India
While
much has been made of the US' decision to revoke PM Narendra Modi's
visa in 2005, the issue did not figure at all in his discussions with
President Barack Obama either over the dinner at White House or the
bilateral meet between the two leaders next day. Official sources also
said that the success of Modi's trip to the US had paved the way for
investments worth $ 41 billion from the US into India in the next few
years.
"PM has said he does not hold any grudge against the
issue and President Obama too chose not to bring up the issue at the
meetings he had with the PM,'' said a government source here, adding
that Modi's visit to the country was a "game-changing'' one.
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"That's because the visit has put bilateral ties now in an altogether
higher trajectory,'' the source said. Asked to identify takeaways from
the visit, sources cited the announcement by USIBC (US-India Business
Council) about investments worth $ 41 billion into India in the next 3
years.
"This is actually only 20% of what is expected from the
US. Because of the kind of majority he has in Parliament, and also his
ability to get things done based on Gujarat model, the PM commanded a
lot of respect among prospective US investors and this has done wonders
for the global investor sentiment,'' said an official source, adding
that the visit marked an intersection of foreign policy priorities and
domestic issues.
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USIBC told Modi during the visit that it had identified upwards of $41
billion for investment by its members in India within the next 3 years.
Ficci has welcomed the development saying this was very encouraging
given Modi's emphasis on making India a manufacturing hub. The
development is being seen as a "harbinger'' of transformative projects
that would be launched by the private sector from both sides and would
contribute to realising Modi's vision for manufacturing excellence.
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi speaking at a reception hosted by US-India
Business Council during his trip to the United States. (PTI file photo)
Sources said that Modi and Obama hit off really well when they first
met for the dinner at White House with the two leaders even exchanging
notes on issues related to technology and their election campaigns.
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According to sources, both the leaders "reaffirmed'' their commitment
to implement fully the US-India civil nuclear cooperation agreement
despite serious differences over India's nuclear liability law. The two
countries have established a Contact Group on advancing the
implementation of civil nuclear energy cooperation in order to realize
early "their shared goal of delivering electricity from US-built nuclear
power plants in India''.
They said the two countries are
looking forward to advancing the dialogue to discuss all implementation
issues, including but not limited to administrative issues, liability,
technical issues, and licensing to facilitate the establishment of
nuclear parks, including power plants with Westinghouse and GE-Hitachi.
