RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1962
TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019
PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT TO THE US
1962. SHRI ELAMARAM KAREEM:
Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) number of agreements and MoUs signed between India and US during last visit of Prime Minister to the US, and details thereof;
(b) whether any discussion was held for reducing the imposition of 25 per cent safeguard duty on steel by US which affected steel exports from India, if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) details of the organiser of the "Howdy Modi” event in US;
(d) whether Government has any information regarding the expenditure incurred and source of fund for organising that event; and
(e) if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons for not collecting such information?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
[SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]
(a) An Indian company, Petronet LNG Limited, and a U.S. company, Tellurian Inc., concluded an MoU to explore energy cooperation on the sidelines of the Prime Minister’s interaction with leading energy sector CEOs in Houston, Texas on 21 September 2019.
(b) India and the U.S. have engaged on trade issues of mutual interest, including on the additional tariffs on import of steel imposed by the U.S..
(c) to (e) The U.S.-based Texas India Forum, Inc. organized a Community Summit entitled ‘Howdy, Modi! Shared Dreams, Bright Futures’ in honour of the Prime Minister in Houston on 22 September 2019. According to the website of the event, the costs of the event
will be covered by donations from the general public.
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