'Now, US has a big India agenda' - Daily News & Analysis

New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's re-election was welcomed by the Obama administration which is keen to recapture the magic of the close working relationship Singh shared with former president Bush, obviously in their decision to pursue the N-deal sealed last year.

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Foggy Bottom knows it needs to woo Singh anew and that he has been a big driver of improved relations between the US and India. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who praised India for doing "a pretty good job" in running the biggest elections in the world, will visit New Delhi "very soon" after Singh's government is installed. "Our task is be to strengthen the partnership that exists between US and India, to base that on our converging values and interests," said assistant secretary of state for South Asia Robert Blake. "The nuclear deal is going well...but there are still a couple of steps that India has to take to implement the agreement." The US is thrilled that Singh may not have to rely this time round on scrappy support from Communist parties. They quit the government in opposition to India's deal with the US on N-deal-- the signature achievement of Singh's five years in office. The US now expects the new government to begin the process of enacting a nuclear liability law that facilitates compensation in the event of an accident. US companies can't do business in India till New Delhi signs the Convention on Supplementary Compensation treaty.

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