As India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a state visit to Washington, which will also entail an address to a joint meeting of Congress on June 22, US-India relations remain on an upward trajectory that began in 2000.

Close to a quarter century later, short of India becoming a formal ally of the United States, it has established itself as one of America’s most consequential global partners, particularly in the Indo-Pacific where its increasingly assertive neighbor China is flexing its muscles.

To understand what the Modi visit means for US-India relations, Mayank Chhaya Reports spoke to Arun Kumar Singh, a former Indian Ambassador to the US.  

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