We were doing things in so many different areas, so many different dialogues, but with really tangible results. I think it's really important that India have those capabilities," he said.Verma hoped that the US will "really pursue" the Major Defence Partner status granted to India, which is completely brand new and unique. That if an American company opens up a plant in India, it doesn't mean a loss of American jobs necessarily. This is without a bilateral investment treaty, this is without any kind of, I think, convergence in the trade and economic area. "The United States probably issued over a million visas to Indian nationals last year, sixty thousand of them were H1Bs.

Source: Economic Times August 10, 2017 03:06 UTC