US - India Relations

India - US bilateral relations have developed into a Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, based on shared democratic values and increasing convergence of interests on bilateral, regional, and global issues.

The bilateral cooperation between the two nations is broad-based and multi-sectoral, covering trade and investment, defence and security, education, science and technology, cybersecurity, high-technology, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health. This strong cooperation between the two countries is evident as US is one of the top FDI contributors.

- India - US Ministerial 2+2 Dialogue was launched to provide a positive, forward-looking vision for the India - US strategic partnership and to promote synergy in their diplomatic and security efforts.
- India - US Commercial Dialogue is set up to discuss trade and commerce relations and identify areas for closer collaboration between the two countries. The corresponding CEO Forum focuses on investments and business issues to promote a mutually beneficial business environment.
- US - India State Spotlight Webinar Series was launched to raise industry awareness of key economic policy developments in both countries and gather feedback from stakeholders. The objective is to disseminate information on the regulations for Doing Business to the Private Sectors of both countries.
- During the third India - US Ministerial 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, 5 agreements were signed including Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) between the respective defence ministries and an agreement for Electronic Exchange of Customs Data between the Postal Operators. Other MoUs and agreements for cooperation in the energy healthcare sectors were signed.
- The US is the 3^rd largest investor in India, having invested $36.9 bn between April 2000 and September 2020. This represents 7% of the total FDI into India during this period.
- Imports from the US to India from April 2019 to March 2020 were valued at $35.8 bn and exports were valued at $53 bn.
- US energy exports are an important area of growth in the trade relationship. In 2018 India purchased 48.2 million barrels of US crude oil, a significant increase from 9.6 million in 2017.
- The 3.5 mn plus strong Indian American community is an important ethnic group in the US, accounting for about 1% of the total population in the country. Indian American community includes a large number of professionals, business entrepreneurs, and educationalists with increasing influence in society.
- With two Indian Americans occupying high-level posts of Governor and several representatives of the people, the Indian diaspora has assimilated into their adopted country and is acting as a catalyst to forge closer and stronger ties between India and the US.
- The total number of Indian students in the United States has more than doubled over the last decade, from 81,000 in 2008 to a record high of 196,000 in 2018.

Prominent Investments

US in India

Google

Google is a leading technology company with a presence across 50 countries. It set up office in India in 2003 with operations across Delhi, Hyderabad ...Read more

Microsoft Corporation

Leading technology company with 11,500 stores under 63 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. It came to India in 1990 with ...Read more

Apple

Apple Inc designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication, personal computers, and portable digital music players for stakeholders worldwide ...Read more

Ford Motor Company

Ford has manufacturing facilities in Chennai and Sanand with more than 376 sales and service outlets in 209 cities across India. As part of its ...Read more

ExxonMobil

Exxon has offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai and NCR. ExxonMobil’s downstream business engages in the distribution, sales and marketing of Mobil - branded ...Read more

General Electric

One of the oldest MNCs in India with presence across sectors including IT, finance, energy and healthcare with strong capabilities in engineering, ...Read more

PepsiCo

PepsiCo, a multinational food, snack and beverage corporation headquartered in New York entered India in 1989. It has grown into one of the largest ...Read more

JP Morgan

One of the world’s oldest financial institutions, JP Morgan was built on the foundation of more than 1200 predecessor institutions. It has Global ...Read more

Johnson & Johnson

A multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company, Johnson & Johnson has been present in the ...Read more

Citigroup

Citigroup is a multinational financial services corporation headquartered in New York. It is present in India through its subsidiary Citibank India. ...Read more

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) will invest $250 mn to expand in India with the launch of 4 new sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) under its Jeep brand ...Read more

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Wipro

Wipro is an Indian IT services corporation headquartered in Bengaluru. Wipro has over 40 facilities across 23 US states. This includes Wipro’s four ...Read more

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services is India’s largest IT company. It operates in 44 countries and has 199 offices across the world. TCS has invested nearly $ ...Read more

Infosys

Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. Infosys ...Read more

Tata Steel

Established in 1907, Tata Steel is among the top ten global steel companies in the world with an annual crude steel capacity of 28 mn tonnes per ...Read more

HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies is the 5th largest IT company in India. It has offices in 31 countries and commenced operations in the United States in 1989, in the ...Read more

Sun Pharma

Sun Pharma is the world's fourth largest specialty generic pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai. The Company entered the US market in 1996 and has ...Read more

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad in India. Established in 1994, Reddy Therapeutics (US) ...Read more

Jubilant Life Sciences

Jubilant Life Sciences is a leading pharmaceutical company with customers across 98 countries. Jubilant Life Sciences (USA) Inc. engages in the sales ...Read more

Essar Global Fund

Essar Global Fund Limited is a global investor, controlling assets diversified across the core sectors of energy, metals and mining, infrastructure ...Read more

Piramal Group

Piramal Group is a global business conglomerate with diverse interests in pharma, financial services, information management, real estate, and glass ...Read more

Mahindra & Mahindra

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is an Indian multinational car manufacturing corporation established in 1945. It entered the American market as ...Read more

Sectoral Opportunities in India

Automobile & Auto-Components
4^th

Largest car manufacturer

5^th

Largest automobile producing nation

$118 bn

Current value of Indian Automobile Industry
Largest two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer

2^nd largest bus manufacturer

3^rd largest heavy trucks manufacturer

Employs 35 mn people both directly and indirectly

Electric vehicle market in India is expected to be valued at $2 bn by 2023
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Chemicals
3^rd

Largest consumer of polymers in the world

$304 bn

Value of Indian chemical industry by 2025

6^th

Largest producer of chemicals in the world
3^rd largest producer of chemicals in Asia, with an estimated industry size of $180 bn

4^th largest producer of agrochemicals in the world

Supplies 16% of the global dyestuff and dye intermediates

Specialty chemicals market to reach $70 bn by 2020

Petrochemicals market expected to grow at CAGR of 10% to reach $100 bn by 2022
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Aerospace & Defence
2^nd

Largest armed force in the world

3^rd

Largest defence budget in the world

6%

Budget allocated to R&D
Contributes 3.3% to global military expenditure

Exports worth $1.3 bn to 68 countries

60% of requirements met through imports
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Electronic Systems
$400 bn

Value of Indian electronics market by 2025

19.5%

Projected CAGR of the sector during 2016-20

2^nd

Largest smartphone market
Opportunities across Electronics, Technology and Telecom sectors to reach $1 tn by 2024

Fastest growing smartphone market in the Asia Pacific

Consumer Electronics and Appliances Industry expected to become 5^th largest by 2025
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Food Processing
2^nd

Largest producer of fish

2^nd

Largest producer of horticulture crops

$33 bn

Expected investments by 2024
Largest producer, consumer and exporter of spices

World's largest processor, producer and consumer of cashew nuts

World's second-largest producer of food grains, fruits, and vegetables

Largest livestock, milk and millets production in the world

327 cold-chain projects have been approved, of which 210 are operational as of 2020

Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana, a government scheme, was formulated for creating a modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet

42 upcoming Mega Food Parks under Mega Food Park Scheme
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IT & BPM
55%

Market share in global outsourcing market

17,000+

Firms and startups offering IT services

18 GB

Data consumption per smartphone in 2023
IT-BPM industry (excluding e-commerce) stands at $191 bn as of FY20

Digital technologies business is the fastest growing segment for the industry at 30%

Smartphone users expected to double to 829 mn by 2022 from 404.1 mn in 2017
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Retail & E-commerce
2^nd

Rank in Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) in 2019

3^rd

Largest consumer economy by 2025

5^th

Largest preferred retail destination globally
Asia’s 3^rd largest retail market and 4^th largest globally

Consumption expenditure to reach $6 tn by 2030

E - commerce market expected to reach $200 bn by 2026
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FinTech & Financial Services
1^st

Highest fintech adoption rate (87%) globally

$140 bn

Transaction value estimated to reach by 2023

3^rd

Largest FinTech ecosystem globally
FinTech software market is valued at $2.4 bn as of 2020

2^ndlargest deal market in the APAC region in 2019 with over 1,000 private equity and venture capital pacts valued at $ 45 Bn
Digital payments market is expected to reach $ 1 Tn and digital lending in India is expected to be $ 100 Bn by 2023
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Recent Investments

Jan, 2021

Cavli Wireless partners GCT Semiconductor to manufacture LTE, 5G IoT modules in India

US-based Cavli Wireless has partnered with GCT Semiconductor, another US-based company, to license chipsets and manufacture LPWAN, LTE, and 5G IoT modules in India. It will be the first-ever wireless communication module to be designed and manufactured in India and will be used to power IoT applications.

Jan, 2021

MassMutual invests in 1.50 lakh sq.ft. global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad

U.S. life insurer Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, also known as MassMutual, is setting up a 1.50 lakh sq.ft. global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad with an estimated investment of INR 1,000 crore.

Jan, 2021

Baxter to set up global R&D headquarters in Ahmedabad

Baxter, a United States-headquartered pharmaceutical giant, will invest around Rs 100 crore to set up its global research and development (R&D) headquarters in Ahmedabad

Jan, 2021

Salesforce’s first India investment is in cloud startup Darwinbox

Salesforce's venture arm is leading a $15 mn financing round for Darwinbox, a developer of human resources software that serves several of Asia’s largest tech startups. It is Salesforce's first investment in India and its only investment in Asia outside of Japan.

Jan, 2021

Tesla registers its Indian entity in Bengaluru

Palo Alto-based electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc has registered its Indian entity in the name of Tesla India Motors And Energy Private Limited in Bengaluru Karnataka

Nov, 2020

Honeywell invests in Trinity Mobility

Global technology company Honeywell announced a strategic investment in India-based software company Trinity Mobility Private Limited to expand its smart cities capabilities by providing access to Trinity’s Smart City solutions.

Nov, 2020

Amazon Web Services invests in Telangana

Amazon Web Services to invest $2.77 bn in Telangana to set up its second data centre region in India. It will be operational by mid-2022.

Aug, 2020

Wistron begins assembling iPhone SE in Karnataka facility

Wistron, Apple's Taiwanese manufacturer has commenced assembly of iPhone SE in its Bengaluru factory. Wistron has manufactured iPhone models 7, 6S and first-generation SE in its Indian factories. In May 2020, Wistron also announced plans to invest $165 mn to expand its Bengaluru facilities

Jul, 2020

Microsoft to open a 4000-employee campus in Uttar Pradesh

Microsoft India in a virtual agreement has agreed to bring its next campus of 4,000 employees in Greater Noida.

Oct, 2019

Cargill to invest $160 mn in the next three years

Global food and agriculture major Cargill plans to invest $160 mn out of the $240 mn it promised in the next three years for fresh acquisitions, including brands, geographical and product-line expansions

Sep, 2019

Google will be opening research lab in Bangalore focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in India

Google has announced that it is setting up a research lab focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in India. Google's Bengaluru based AI lab will focus on the advancement of Computer Science research in India, wherein it will focus on Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Languages, Speech, Systems

Jun, 2019

Amazon invests INR 2,800 cr in India

US online retail giant Amazon has invested INR 2,800 cr into its Indian operations to expand its presence within the country. It has invested in Amazon Seller Services which helps sellers establish an online presence.

Jun, 2019

PepsiCo to invest $ 70 mn to set up food manufacturing plant in UP

PepsiCo will invest $ 70 mn in a food manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh as part of its capacity expansion plans in the packaged foods market in India. PepsiCo will invest with its local bottling partner Varun Beverages leading towards a boost in manufacturing capacity and upgrade of cold storage facilities.

May, 2019

Mastercard to invest $ 1 bn to develop India as global tech node

Global card payments major Master Card will be investing $ 1 bn in India with the objective of establishing India as a global technology node. The investment will expand India's presence in technical services required for card payments.

Nov, 2018

Intel unveils new design house in India with INR 1,100 cr investment

Intel Corporation, the world's biggest chip-maker has invested INR 1,100 cr in a design house in Bengaluru. This facility known as the 'SRR4', will lead development across hardware and software.

Oct, 2018

Qualcomm invests $ 400 mn for setting up campus in Hyderabad

Leading technology innovator Qualcomm will be investing $ 400 mn for development of a campus in Hyderabad, which will be its 2^nd largest campus globally. This centre will lead R&D in electronics and semiconductors industry.

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Salesforce’s first India investment is in cloud startup Darwinbox

Tesla registers its Indian entity in Bengaluru

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