{"id":353434,"date":"2025-04-21T01:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353434"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:11:02","slug":"us-vice-president-jd-vance-arrives-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/us-vice-president-jd-vance-arrives-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"US Vice President JD Vance arrives in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

United States Vice President J.D. Vance, accompanied by his Indian-origin wife Usha Chilukuri Vance and their three children, arrived in India on Monday for a four-day official visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks a significant diplomatic engagement and the first trip by a sitting US Vice President to India in more than a decade. The last such visit was by Joe Biden in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Vance, who began his international tour with a stop in Italy on Friday, landed at the Air Force Station in Palam, New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon his arrival, Vance was received by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His visit underscores a renewed emphasis on strengthening US-India ties amid ongoing negotiations over a long-awaited bilateral trade agreement and deepening of strategic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to host the Vice President for formal talks, followed by a dinner at his official residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg on Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting will include key Indian officials, with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar expected to be present during the discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to sources, the leaders will discuss trade-related matters, regional security, and avenues to boost technological and economic collaboration between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s arrival in India comes at a time when talks over a bilateral trade deal \u2014 originally triggered by former President Donald Trump\u2019s imposition of sweeping tariffs \u2014 have gained renewed momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the US had initially set a 26 per cent tariff on imports, India currently faces a reduced baseline levy of 10 per cent, which is the standard for most US trading partners except China, during a 90-day pause in the broader tariff rollout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be the Vice President\u2019s first-ever visit to India and his second bilateral engagement with Prime Minister Modi, following their initial meeting in Paris earlier this year during the AI Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That meeting was followed by PM Modi\u2019s visit to Washington for his first official meeting with the current US President after his return to office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vice President is travelling with a five-member high-level US delegation, which includes representatives from the Pentagon and the State Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The delegation\u2019s itinerary includes visits to Agra and Jaipur, underscoring the cultural dimension of the visit alongside strategic dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, who is of Indian origin, is also part of the trip with their children \u2014 Ewan, 7; Vivek, 4; and Mirabel, 2. Usha Vance\u2019s family traces its roots to Andhra Pradesh. However, it remains unclear whether they will be meeting with any relatives during their stay in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This visit also marks the second high-profile trip to India by a senior official from the Trump administration during the current term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, Tulsi Gabbard, who serves as the Director of National Intelligence, visited India and participated in the Raisina Dialogue while also holding meetings with Indian officials and the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Vance\u2019s presence in India after such a long gap reflects the significance both countries place on their evolving partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His visit is expected to set the tone for further high-level engagements in the near future, especially in the context of growing global geopolitical shifts and economic realignments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

United States Vice President J.D. Vance, accompanied by his Indian-origin wife Usha Chilukuri Vance and their three children, arrived in India on Monday for a four-day official visit. This marks a significant diplomatic engagement and the first trip by a sitting US Vice President to India in more than a decade. The last such visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[16742,19560,16202,17965],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353436,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353434\/revisions\/353436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}