Social security pact with US to take time: Goyal
Business Standard|October 05, 2024
India will continue its dialogue with the United States (US) on a totalisation or social security agreement to protect the interests of cross-border workers, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said.
SHREYA NANDI
Social security pact with US to take time: Goyal

Goyal, who was on a five-day visit to the US till October 4, said that while India has been advocating a totalisation agreement, the issue should have been resolved decades ago.

"...when the numbers were small, and the impact was manageable. Over time, this issue was neglected by several Indian governments. Now, the dimension of the amount and the money collected by the (US) Treasury is so large that, for any government, it will be a major decision," Goyal told reporters during a briefing in Washington DC. However, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government came to power in 2014, India held discussions with the US on the matter.

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