The deal will let India draw upon the resources of the Federal Aviation Administration to modernise its infrastructure.
Delhi will become the first such city in India to have such a scheme and the only one after Beijing in Asia.
India is expected to cut imports by a fifth in the fiscal year.
Over 75 per cent of India's daily coal output has been hit as the five-day strike by workers of state-run miners entered the second day on Wednesday, raising fears of disruption in power supplies.