Sec. 104. Assistance to promote and support the economic, environmental, and other sectors of India
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The President is authorized to provide assistance to India to support the activities described in subsection (b). The activities described in this subsection are activities to— promote economic growth, including through regional economic integration, innovation and entrepreneurship, including through support for technology hubs and the Government of India’s digital and skill India initiatives, and technical and vocational education; support greater access to clean water and sanitation, including through support for the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat campaigns, and improved access to public health services, including support for cooperative cancer research, prevention, control, and management and strengthened engagement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and India’s National Centre for Disease Control; promote infrastructure development, including through the establishment of an Infrastructure Collaboration Platform that would enhance participation of United States businesses in infrastructure projects in India, including in the establishment of smart cities ; promote efficient urban energy infrastructure, the scaling of renewable energy integration into India’s power grid, and support for the Government of India’s efforts to upgrade its alternative energy institutes and to develop new energy innovation centers; support India’s efforts to transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient energy economy, including financing to facilitate expanded cooperation and enhance United States private sector investment in Indian clean energy and other infrastructure projects; further international military education and training opportunities for Indian military personnel consistent with United States policy; scale innovation in technologies for the benefit of the peoples of the United States and India and to harness innovation to solve global development challenges; further educational exchange with a focus on vocational education, increase the number of United States students who study in India, and promote the Global Initiative of Academic Networks to further academic exchanges with India, including technical support to the Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs)and other educational institutions, to strengthen research and entrepreneurship capabilities; expand joint development initiatives in third countries in a range of sectors, including agricultural productivity, election monitoring, clean energy, health, women’s empowerment, and disaster preparedness; support the Government of India’s efforts to improve access to formal banking for India’s poor, including through India’s Jan Dhan initiative; and support collaboration in hydrology and water studies and monsoon modeling.