Indo-US Pacts

About ties with India, Hankey said the number of Indian students going to the US has gone up since 2008

Goyal, speaking at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington after signing, described the MOU as a multi-dimensional partnership that would include open supply chains for materials

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Govt had earlier criticised free trade deals for boosting cheap imports into the country

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says India is willing to have an 'early harvest trade deal' with the US for 50-100 export products and services

The agreement will not allow stationing of troops in each other's bases

Defence ministry officials may choose to sign only a pact on logistics sharing during US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter's 3-day visit to India