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Indian home affairs minister to visit U.S. next month

Xinhua, June 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

India Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh has reportedly said he will visit the United States next month to hold talks on homeland security.

"More investments are needed for the police modernisation program. Homeland security is one of the important areas for the nation's economic development. If border management is proper, then only internal security is ensured," he was quoted as saying in the southern city of Hyderabad Friday.

He added: "There is a need to use technology for border management. The red tape and governmental procedures were minimised to attract foreign direct investments. Earlier, the government used to sanction security clearance for three years and now the same has been extended to 10 years."

Singh, who was there for the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce's National Conclave-2016, also said that "India and U.S. are natural allies and could transform the world with trade and trust."

"The U.S.-India trade value was 90 billion U.S. dollars during 2009-10. It rose to 100 billion U.S. dollars in 2014-15. Now we should focus on the goal to achieve the 500 billion U.S. dollars Indo-U.S. trade value soon," he said. Endit