US Ambassador David C Mulford pointed out that time is of essence, but underlined that Washington was not pushing India as it has highest respect for the political processes of this country. "It is practical to complete the processes, if we can, during the course of this administration," Mulford told journalists in New Delhi.
The United States wants India to do more in developing a world-class infrastructure, energy security, creation of true national markets and protection of intellectual property rights to attract American investments.
US Ambassador to India David C Mulford, who is in Vienna for meetings on the sidelines of the two-day NSG meeting considering India's case ending Friday, told NDTV that Washington thinks that eventually a consensus would be arrived at on the issue, but it does not not know how quickly.
With External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee set to visit Iran on February 6, there will be more than one pair of eyes watching the visit closely.
Mulford said the US and India were together in fight against terrorism and that Washington had offered its services in investigations into the Mumbai bombings, particularly in forensic examinations.
The American view of India's economic reform process was voiced by that country's Ambassador here David C Mulford, who said: "There are signs of a pause in the reforms process in recent months."
K Subrahamnayam, strategic thinker and staunch supporter of the deal debates the issue with rediff.com Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt.
Acquiring a visa for the United States is going to be easier from next year when the American missions in the country will have additional facilities in place to cater to the ever-increasing number of aspirants.
'There is no need for suspicion regarding the US-India civil nuclear agreement,' US Ambassador David C Mulford tells the Rediff Chat.
President George W Bush on Friday night left Delhi for Pakistan.
The US ambassador said "every effort" is being made to conclude the deal before President George W Bush arrives here.
Mulford was at the centre of a controversy after his remarks in an interview to PTI that the Indo-US nuclear deal, signed on July 18 last year, could 'die' in the US Congress if New Delhi did not oppose Iran's nuclear programme.
It committed $1.6 million towards relief. Earlier, it committed $1.5 million.
US Ambassador David C Mulford said India had no cause to worry about imbalance since it was getting civil nuclear cooperation, a one-time, very special exception for any country.
It was a United Nations Committee and Washington had nothing to do with it.
Defence cooperation not to undermine India's sovereignty: US
Alert: US to fund 19 more Fulbright scholars
Atul Keshap, a senior Indian American career diplomat and one of the rising stars in the United States foreign service, has been picked by Nisha Desai Biswal, the newly appointed assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, to be her deputy.
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