Reply #6: U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner Visits India [View All]

NEW DELHI (AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met Tuesday with Indian leaders to discuss steps to strengthen economic ties and boost U.S. business prospects in the fast-growing South Asian economy, officials said.

Geithner started off his two-day visit to India with a stop at a store in the capital that offers mobile banking services, highlighting steps to expand Indians' access to financial services. He spoke briefly to a street vendor who irons clothes and is a customer of the mobile banking shop.

Geithner later met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Indian counterpart, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and took part in the first meeting of the U.S.-India Economic and Financial Partnership, designed to promote trade and investment. ...

India is a member of the Group of 20 nations, which brings together the wealthiest industrial countries and major developing economies such as China, India and Brazil. The G-20 was designated by President Barack Obama and other leaders at a summit last September in Pittsburgh as the top policy-setting group for the global economy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/asia/AP-AS-India-US.html