Resetting the Indo-US economic compass: Navigating a successful journey

At the India Today Global Roundtable Union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said,  "If you look at the capital market, the trend is positive, optimistic. And I get a sense of that optimism when I speak with business people - they are not cautiously optimistic. They are very optimistic." 

Talking about the links between India and the United States ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi, Sinha said though business to business and people to people links between the two countries are intertwined, government to government equation has not fulfilled its potential over the years.

Dismissing opposition to the liberal economic reform agenda of the Modi government from saffron organizations like Swadeshi Jagran Manch, Sinha said there are many voices in a democracy, and that's how a successful democracy thrives.

Sinha also touched upon three areas in the region close to India's borders where the Indo-US relations can get better. Afghanistan, he said, is one such point, followed closely by  "some of the violent and turbulent areas to the east of us - Burma, some parts of Bangladesh even  we (India and the US) need better coordination to address those issues," he said.