The US Trade and Development Agency is bullish on the exponential growth of the aviation sector in India, despite the global economic downturn.
India and the US on Tuesday decided to set up a task force for jointly developing Allahabad, Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam as Smart Cities.
Trade mission has been supported by USTDA in response to President Barack Obama's call for increased cooperation in agriculture during his trip to India in November last year.
India on Sunday signed three agreements with the US for developing smart cities in Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam, with the government saying that the agreements would make significant contribution to building such cities in the country.
The annual Routes event attracts top representatives from a wide variety of organisations, including airlines and airports, who meet, plan and conduct business for new global routes.
A consortium of three US-based firms - AECOM, KPMG and IBM - was given the task of developing the master plan.
Piyush Goyal emphasised that India is committed to pursue a green path to growth.
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